So how's your Japanese?

[Sweet Swinging Billy]

-- I dunno, maybe I'm the only one but I really got excited to hear how the Cub players said they were really looking forward to meeting Kosuke Fukudome. I really wish he would have taken a break from his training, bundled up the wife and kid, and come to the Convention. Anyway, this is what the players said:

 

"They play the game the same way we play it," Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee said of Japanese players. "If [Fukudome] can play there, he doesn't need to change here. They're very fundamentally sound players, and if your fundamentals are sound, you'll be all right."

Lee spent a few summers in Far East when his father, also Derrek, and uncle, Leon Lee, were playing for the Japan's Lotte Orions. Does Lee speak any Japanese? "Just a little, very little," he said. "I'm hoping it comes back to me -- but it's been more than 20 years."

 

Zambrano's Japanese is even more limited. "'Arigato' is the only thing I know how to say," Zambrano said. That means "thank you."

 

Alfonso Soriano played in Japan from 1995-97. Can he speak any Japanese? "A little bit," Soriano said. "I can't wait to meet [Fukudome]."

 

--This will be an exciting year, I can't wait.

 

link: http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080118&content_id=2351060&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

[Omar]

Alfonso Soriano played in Japan from 1995-97. Can he speak any Japanese? "A little bit," Soriano said. "I can't wait to meet [Fukudome]."

 

Japanese? He can barely speak English. He no berry berry goo.

[Sweet Swinging Billy]

Alfonso Soriano played in Japan from 1995-97. Can he speak any Japanese? "A little bit," Soriano said. "I can't wait to meet [Fukudome]."

 

Japanese? He can barely speak English. He no berry berry goo.

 

lol. You're right about that. Hey, does any of our posters know japanese? Could somebody throw us a few lines?

[UMFan83]

Alfonso Soriano played in Japan from 1995-97. Can he speak any Japanese? "A little bit," Soriano said. "I can't wait to meet [Fukudome]."

 

Japanese? He can barely speak English. He no berry berry goo.

 

What does speaking English have to do with speaking Japanese if Spanish is his first language?

[Clem Fandango]

Alfonso Soriano played in Japan from 1995-97. Can he speak any Japanese? "A little bit," Soriano said. "I can't wait to meet [Fukudome]."

 

Japanese? He can barely speak English. He no berry berry goo.

 

What does speaking English have to do with speaking Japanese if Spanish is his first language?

 

You've clearly never been to Siberia.

 

Wait, what?

[TruffleShuffle]

domo arigato mister roboto

[Abe Frohman]

I know that "negy" means "onion."

 

Negy negy means "2 onions."

[1908]

Alfonso Soriano played in Japan from 1995-97. Can he speak any Japanese? "A little bit," Soriano said. "I can't wait to meet [Fukudome]."

Japanese? He can barely speak English. He no berry berry goo.

How many languages do you speak?

[BCVM22]

I don't know much Japanese, but here's Kosuke's name as it's written in the language:

 

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r71/bcvm22/sigzeon/FukudomeKosuke.png

 

(FUKU DOME KO SUKE)

 

Save, enlarge, print on signs, banners, t-shirts, flags, headbands, whatever you like.

[Omar]

Alfonso Soriano played in Japan from 1995-97. Can he speak any Japanese? "A little bit," Soriano said. "I can't wait to meet [Fukudome]."

Japanese? He can barely speak English. He no berry berry goo.

How many languages do you speak?

 

English, Urdu/Hindi/Punjabi (basically the same thing) , Spanish. I can also read Arabic.

[1908]

Alfonso Soriano played in Japan from 1995-97. Can he speak any Japanese? "A little bit," Soriano said. "I can't wait to meet [Fukudome]."

Japanese? He can barely speak English. He no berry berry goo.

How many languages do you speak?

English, Urdu/Hindi/Punjabi (basically the same thing) , Spanish. I can also read Arabic.

Huh, in that case, I would've expected you to be more tolerant of the challenges involved in learning a non-native language.

[GoCubsGo1679625768]

Zambrano's Japanese is even more limited. "'Arigato' is the only thing I know how to say," Zambrano said. That means "thank you."

 

Sweet, Big Z is a Styx fan.

[Omar]

Alfonso Soriano played in Japan from 1995-97. Can he speak any Japanese? "A little bit," Soriano said. "I can't wait to meet [Fukudome]."

Japanese? He can barely speak English. He no berry berry goo.

How many languages do you speak?

English, Urdu/Hindi/Punjabi (basically the same thing) , Spanish. I can also read Arabic.

Huh, in that case, I would've expected you to be more tolerant of the challenges involved in learning a non-native language.

 

Nah, it's less fun that way.

[Rob]

domo arigato mister roboto

 

Baka.

[Fred Hornkohl]

domo arigato mister roboto

 

Baka.

 

Let's try to remember this is a family site. :wink:

[PrimeTime]

Just was on EBAY..Check out these Tshirts...We all need to bust these out in the RF bleachers

 

http://i23.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/ce/6b/aae4_1.JPG

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Just was on EBAY..Check out these Tshirts...We all need to bust these out in the RF bleachers

 

http://i23.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/ce/6b/aae4_1.JPG

 

http://images.cafepress.com/product/14692171v1_240x240_Front_Color-AshGrey.jpg

[Mephistopheles]

boku wa nihongo o hanasimasu

[Sweet Swinging Billy]

Zambrano's Japanese is even more limited. "'Arigato' is the only thing I know how to say," Zambrano said. That means "thank you."

 

Sweet, Big Z is a Styx fan.

 

--yeah "Truffle" and Zambrano must be big Styx fans. I used to be until Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw and the gang came out with that wimpy song. What was that robot's name? Kilroy? Wow, in the later years, Styx really got away from the type of music that made them famous. Hey, maybe as a present to Fukudome, we could give him a copy of the smash hit: "Mr. Roboto"! Don't worry. It's okay, I'm only kidding.

[NCCubFan]

What was that robot's name? Kilroy?

Yes, it was Kilroy (disguised as a robot to hide from Dr. Righteous). The title of the album is Kilroy Was Here.

[NCCubFan]

Lee spent a few summers in Far East when his father, also Derrek, and uncle, Leon Lee, were playing for the Japan's Lotte Orions.

Actually Leon Lee is Derrek's father. His uncle is former major leaguer Leron Lee.

 

Leon Lee

[Sweet Swinging Billy]

Lee spent a few summers in Far East when his father, also Derrek, and uncle, Leon Lee, were playing for the Japan's Lotte Orions.

Actually Leon Lee is Derrek's father. His uncle is former major leaguer Leron Lee.

 

Leon Lee

 

--Thanks for the correction NC. Cubs.com definitely had their facts mixed up. Hey, does anybody know how to say "Go Cubs Go"! in Japanese? What would the characters be for that?

[Vanilla Ice]

I am taking chinese in school, but don't happen to know any japanese

[cubscausestress]

4 years of japanese study through a university program while i was in high school. lots of independent study since. 14 years to be exact.

 

i've only recently decided to learn spanish. after learning to speak japanese, spanish dialect is often hard. Rs don't roll well

 

私が言っていることを知っているか

[BCVM22]

I'm not at all sure how accurate this is, but it's my best guess. I know we have people here who are fluent in the language, or at least have a better knowledge of it than I do, so if I'm wrong please correct me, since I want to make sure I have it right as much as anyone else.

 

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r71/bcvm22/sigzeon/gocubsjp.png