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    Thread: Contemplating whether to delete my RTK deck or not
Post: Contemplating whether to delete my RTK deck or not

Been learning Japanese for about a year now, probably finished RTK about half a year ago, its come to the point where I'm contemplating to actually delete the deck and stop reviewing it each day. I fe...
Lavasioth General discussion 3 716 2012-12-22, 2:08 pm
    Thread: I think about qutting SRS
Post: I think about qutting SRS

I guess im the completely opposite. Circumstances has led me for it to take around 2hours each day to srs through everything cause I have 800 cards. Reading manga, watching raws, sure it yields me a b...
Lavasioth Learning resources 35 8,951 2012-08-01, 12:51 pm
    Thread: Making up for the short comings of Kanji Odyssey
Post: Making up for the short comings of Kanji Odyssey

Oh yeah and on a quick note. I do work through the core 6000 deck, I've just taken a break from it due to after passing the first 2000 the vocabulary becomes suddenly much steeper unfortunately. I ag...
Lavasioth Learning resources 7 1,431 2012-08-01, 6:17 am
    Thread: Making up for the short comings of Kanji Odyssey
Post: Making up for the short comings of Kanji Odyssey

I really liked Kanji Odyssey 2001 mining the example sentences and quickly learning the readings, but I was quickly disappointed realizing they only covered the 1100 first and not the 900 next with se...
Lavasioth Learning resources 7 1,431 2012-07-31, 7:35 am
    Thread: Tae Kim.
Post: Tae Kim.

Should cover all the grammar for JLPT5 and likely JLPT 4. Although as for the JLPT3 grammar, some will be covered, some will not. You'd probably have to fill in the missing gaps on jlpt to pass the gr...
Lavasioth Learning resources 3 1,157 2012-07-22, 1:05 am
    Thread: Tae Kim Issues
Post: Tae Kim Issues

I really like Tae-kim's guide, and its the one I never fail to revisit when it comes to looking up grammar but, as an only source it is at least for me lacking. There's a lot of grammar points I haven...
Lavasioth Learning resources 18 5,394 2012-07-17, 12:36 am
    Thread: A Norwegian guy speaking Japanese?
Post: A Norwegian guy speaking Japanese?

As a fellow Norwegian I was wondering if there were any specific problems you encountered that seemed to be difficult due to the propeties of your own native language. (if anything) The only obvious ...
Lavasioth The Japanese language 76 22,491 2012-06-20, 5:19 am
    Thread: Learning from reading
Post: Learning from reading

partner55083777 Wrote:I agree with yudantaiteki. The type of speech you hear in dramas and the type of speech you hear in real everyday life is often very different. But that's not to say that drama...
Lavasioth The Japanese language 11 2,981 2012-06-19, 12:07 pm
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

I finished all the entries in Kanjidamage ( I tried to make the switch to rtk but had already done 600 by then and already had a picture of most of the mnemonics radicals used there) So now, I feel a...
Lavasioth General discussion 1,389 294,710 2012-06-16, 5:56 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Few quick questions her: 1. うちの息子は遊んでばかりいる - Why is there an iru at the end? 2. Whats the difference in. 上がる 上る あがる、のぼる、when they both can mean go up?
Lavasioth The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,701 2012-06-13, 1:58 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Crispy Wrote:Lavasioth Wrote:雨が降ったなら試合はなかったはずです。明日雨が降るなら試合はないでしょう Why is the first one a legit use of nara, while the second isn't? I suck at explanations so apologies in advance but generally なら is ...
Lavasioth The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,701 2012-06-11, 11:34 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

雨が降ったなら試合はなかったはずです。明日雨が降るなら試合はないでしょう Why is the first one a legit use of nara, while the second isn't?
Lavasioth The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,701 2012-06-11, 5:48 pm
    Thread: How to handle big (10k+ facts) decks?
Post: How to handle big (10k+ facts) decks?

vix86 Wrote:Lavasioth Wrote:Same problem, have no idea what to do. I frequently don't even finish cause I keep getting stuck not knowing cards for new words and never get through them. Occasionally c...
Lavasioth General discussion 22 5,356 2012-06-11, 12:20 am
    Thread: How to handle big (10k+ facts) decks?
Post: How to handle big (10k+ facts) decks?

Same problem, have no idea what to do. I frequently don't even finish cause I keep getting stuck not knowing cards for new words and never get through them. Occasionally can have as much as 800 revie...
Lavasioth General discussion 22 5,356 2012-06-10, 4:58 pm
    Thread: Cementing grammar for output?
Post: Cementing grammar for output?

As for tips, I don't really have any except use it a lot. Especially in speech, you're just gonna have to live wiht the shame of being slow at making sentences and making tons of mistakes I also rec...
Lavasioth The Japanese language 11 2,434 2012-06-08, 1:13 am
    Thread: Learning Vocabulary is going too slow
Post: Learning Vocabulary is going too slow

JapaneseRuleOf7 Wrote:Well, I'm sure there's a lot of different ways to approach this, but for what it's worth, here's what I do. I do think sentences is the way to go, because they provide context a...
Lavasioth The Japanese language 25 7,784 2012-06-03, 11:13 am
    Thread: Learning Vocabulary is going too slow
Post: Learning Vocabulary is going too slow

Quote:Did you ever tryed to use mnemonics ?That what i used to do before knowing any kanji and I could do very good with it.Even after doing kanji, sometimes I feel better making my own mnemonics for ...
Lavasioth The Japanese language 25 7,784 2012-06-02, 7:47 pm
    Thread: Learning Vocabulary is going too slow
Post: Learning Vocabulary is going too slow

Learning grammar is fine, learning kanji is fine, but learning vocabulary keeps being for me the biggest obstacle. I've been a long used for anki, and it works great at least for kanji but for vocabu...
Lavasioth The Japanese language 25 7,784 2012-06-02, 4:04 pm