They're from a new language learning app I'm trying called Langua. These are written for a beginner learner so I think it's okay if they don't sound 100% natural as long as they are grammatically correct.
There aren't any actual mistakes, so it doesn't sound unnatural at all. However, as a native Japanese speaker, I can feel a certain stiffness in the phrasing. It makes it sound like something an AI or a foreign learner would say.
It's an AI fueled language learning app, which means it's bad and as you can see from the sentences, even if they are grammatically correct, they reek of AI and "google translate". I genuinely don't see how anything like this can be useful compared to reading actual useful and interesting Japanese (even stuff like graded readers).
grammatically correct. And it also sounds natural but as a side note, it makes me feel like I read a textbook of schools. That means, if someone DMs me these sentences i would feel that they are Japanese learners who are not used to casual Japanese style or more likely, they are using google translation.
This is good to know. I speak and type rather stiffly in English and have seen some reactions to how I speak Japanese in Japan, people clearly can tell I know how to speak it, but are likely confused as to why I'm speaking like a textbook 😅
None of this is grammatically wrong or anything but I definitely agree with the others saying that it just reads as 'translated'. It's kind of inevitable with beginner-target materials, but particularly when translated with AI and what not.
AI/translator sounding; 翻訳調. As expected of an AI powered App. It's not that AI cannot generate natural sounding text, it can, but not under "learner" restrictions. AI needs to be directed without restrictions in the same way you would use ChatGPT with English.
If you're learning from them, why? There's a billion things available made by real natives everyday on social media to read. If not there's graded readers or easier books.
There aren't any actual mistakes, so it doesn't sound unnatural at all. However, as a native Japanese speaker, I can feel a certain stiffness in the phrasing. It makes it sound like something an AI or a foreign learner would say.
It's an AI fueled language learning app, which means it's bad and as you can see from the sentences, even if they are grammatically correct, they reek of AI and "google translate". I genuinely don't see how anything like this can be useful compared to reading actual useful and interesting Japanese (even stuff like graded readers).
grammatically correct. And it also sounds natural but as a side note, it makes me feel like I read a textbook of schools. That means, if someone DMs me these sentences i would feel that they are Japanese learners who are not used to casual Japanese style or more likely, they are using google translation.
This is good to know. I speak and type rather stiffly in English and have seen some reactions to how I speak Japanese in Japan, people clearly can tell I know how to speak it, but are likely confused as to why I'm speaking like a textbook 😅
None of this is grammatically wrong or anything but I definitely agree with the others saying that it just reads as 'translated'. It's kind of inevitable with beginner-target materials, but particularly when translated with AI and what not.
AI/translator sounding; 翻訳調. As expected of an AI powered App. It's not that AI cannot generate natural sounding text, it can, but not under "learner" restrictions. AI needs to be directed without restrictions in the same way you would use ChatGPT with English.
If you're learning from them, why? There's a billion things available made by real natives everyday on social media to read. If not there's graded readers or easier books.
agree with the rest. grammatically correct
hella formal and stiff. steer clear and start mining sentences from shows like terrace house. your native level will skyrocket