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    Thread: Copyright Heisig
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Using kanji components is nothing new as kanji themselves are made of components grouped together as listed here  http://kanjinetworks.com/index.cfm and in numerous other sites for example  庫 is  車 ve... 		Digix Learning resources 27 3,341 2016-02-09, 10:22 pm
    Thread: I need a list of "small" words
Post: RE: I need a list of "small" words
(2016-02-09, 6:43 pm)pm215 Wrote: This is because natural language grammar is not an artificially logically constructed system. You can examine it and try to summarise it with rules of varying degre... 		Digix The Japanese language 47 3,323 2016-02-09, 10:00 pm
    Thread: Copyright Heisig
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(2016-02-09, 4:38 pm)EratiK Wrote: I think "until recently" is the key issue here. Imagine this is a fansub, there's a certain leniency until a series is licensed (especially if it's in a language n... 		Digix Learning resources 27 3,341 2016-02-09, 6:27 pm
    Thread: Copyright Heisig
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(2016-02-09, 4:32 pm)yogert909 Wrote: (2016-02-09, 2:35 pm)Digix Wrote: I think you should ask for a list of supposed copyright infringements in you work  and maybe change those parts a bit or pro... 		Digix Learning resources 27 3,341 2016-02-09, 6:21 pm
    Thread: I need a list of "small" words
Post: RE: I need a list of "small" words
(2016-02-09, 5:56 pm)zx573 Wrote: I usually like to try helping people, but I don't think it's very productive to carry on trying to explain anything to you anymore. You should really study Japanese... 		Digix The Japanese language 47 3,323 2016-02-09, 6:07 pm
    Thread: Japanese "politeness levels"
Post: RE: Japanese "politeness levels"
(2016-02-09, 5:24 pm)vix86 Wrote: (2016-02-09, 12:33 pm)Digix Wrote: If so, then usage of polite language is, like I said ,dependent on your own choice and attitude not on some language requiremen... 		Digix General discussion 52 4,358 2016-02-09, 5:59 pm
    Thread: Japanese "politeness levels"
Post: RE: Japanese "politeness levels"
Quote:I don't understand how you can have gone from asking about the basic meaning and usage of politeness levels when you started this thread to speaking with authority on it to contradict people wit... 		Digix General discussion 52 4,358 2016-02-09, 5:28 pm
    Thread: Japanese "politeness levels"
Post: RE: Japanese "politeness levels"
Oh good you are so angry. I never claimed being expert Japanese politeness I just see situation and make my conclusions.  there are plenty of contradictions and just general human nature and culture ... 		Digix General discussion 52 4,358 2016-02-09, 2:53 pm
    Thread: Copyright Heisig
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I had no personal experience but as I know the situation, everything is pretty ridiculous and can only be resolved in courts. it is very common to sue people just to kill competition expecting that yo... 		Digix Learning resources 27 3,341 2016-02-09, 2:35 pm
    Thread: Japanese "politeness levels"
Post: RE: Japanese "politeness levels"
(2016-02-09, 8:18 am)Ash_S Wrote: (2016-02-09, 7:44 am)Digix Wrote: From All what was said and examples i found, it seem that it is about familiarity after all. Logic is similar to other languages... 		Digix General discussion 52 4,358 2016-02-09, 12:33 pm
    Thread: I need a list of "small" words
Post: RE: I need a list of "small" words
I want to clarify situation, because I see that some do not understand what is going on: and it gets in wrong direction. I do not argue that "at" is perfect equivalent of "ni" it is just closes what ... 		Digix The Japanese language 47 3,323 2016-02-09, 11:09 am
    Thread: Japanese "politeness levels"
Post: RE: Japanese "politeness levels"
From All what was said and examples i found, it seem that it is about familiarity after all. Logic is similar to other languages. I came to this conclusion because both parties always use same languag... 		Digix General discussion 52 4,358 2016-02-09, 7:44 am
    Thread: Japanese "politeness levels"
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(2016-02-08, 8:08 am)Zgarbas Wrote: (2016-02-07, 11:52 pm)Digix Wrote: for me, term "dude"  is derogatory regardless of context . so it cannot be used as example here. you still don't understand ... 		Digix General discussion 52 4,358 2016-02-08, 3:27 pm
    Thread: I need a list of "small" words
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(2016-02-08, 1:26 pm)zx573 Wrote: (2016-02-08, 12:56 pm)Digix Wrote: you are using context and experience here but let's replace table with car and we have sentence コーヒーは車にあります now can you a tell ... 		Digix The Japanese language 47 3,323 2016-02-08, 3:05 pm
    Thread: I need a list of "small" words
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(2016-02-08, 12:04 pm)Zgarbas Wrote: I am really sorry about this, but now you've stirred my curiosity. What *is* your native language, if you don't mind my asking? I didn't quite get your answer, b... 		Digix The Japanese language 47 3,323 2016-02-08, 1:51 pm
    Thread: I need a list of "small" words
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(2016-02-08, 11:52 am)zx573 Wrote: >コーヒーはテーブルにあります does not tell you if coffee is on the table or near the table or on the tray. and we have to convert same ambiguity into English I don't think ... 		Digix The Japanese language 47 3,323 2016-02-08, 12:56 pm
    Thread: I need a list of "small" words
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(2016-02-08, 11:50 am)debrucey Wrote: I may have some idea why your English isn't getting better after many years... You are so smart.... 		Digix The Japanese language 47 3,323 2016-02-08, 11:52 am
    Thread: I really don't know where to start?
Post: RE: I really don't know where to start?
I think it is personal preference. So far there are those methods listed. memorizing symbols as whole pictures. memorizing  stokes and their order  and my way is memorizing collection of individual f... 		Digix The Japanese language 23 2,340 2016-02-08, 11:50 am
    Thread: I need a list of "small" words
Post: RE: I need a list of "small" words
yes, in fact you are wrong about your assumption because my native language is not slavish  while it is almost precisely same with only difference that you have to replace words into appropriate equiv... 		Digix The Japanese language 47 3,323 2016-02-08, 11:20 am
    Thread: Japanese "politeness levels"
Post: RE: Japanese "politeness levels"
for me, term "dude" is derogatory regardless of context . so it cannot be used as example here. you still don't understand what I say. if this is rule of language it can be discarded as it holds no ... 		Digix General discussion 52 4,358 2016-02-07, 11:52 pm
    Thread: I need a list of "small" words
Post: RE: I need a list of "small" words
To all@ You are a bit wrong here. because japanese language does not provide that information either.  コーヒーはテーブルにあります does not tell you if coffee is on the table or near the table or on the tray. an... 		Digix The Japanese language 47 3,323 2016-02-07, 11:38 pm
    Thread: Japanese "politeness levels"
Post: RE: Japanese "politeness levels"
My question was not that: It was whether this is requirement of language itself which can be simply discarded as it holds no information or this is about expressing what you really think and should be... 		Digix General discussion 52 4,358 2016-02-07, 10:45 pm
    Thread: I really don't know where to start?
Post: RE: I really don't know where to start?
I used those methods you suggest and with those methods results were even worse. 		Digix The Japanese language 23 2,340 2016-02-07, 10:08 pm
    Thread: I need a list of "small" words
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アメリカにとっての最大の脅威 (the greatest threat to America) 間に合う (to be on time) コーヒーはテーブルの上にあります (The coffee is on the table) "at" works fine here The coffee is at the table to be at time the greatest threat at... 		Digix The Japanese language 47 3,323 2016-02-07, 10:06 pm
    Thread: I really don't know where to start?
Post: RE: I really don't know where to start?
(2016-02-07, 9:09 pm)CureDolly Wrote: (2016-02-07, 7:24 pm)Digix Wrote: Yes I was using anki. And while it is not that hard to learn clear those 30 symbols, next day I cant remember any of them. e... 		Digix The Japanese language 23 2,340 2016-02-07, 9:50 pm
    Thread: I need a list of "small" words
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(2016-02-07, 8:26 pm)debrucey Wrote: (2016-02-07, 7:15 pm)Digix Wrote: As I noticed you do not need that much of grammar . basic rule is to read sentence backwards and replace everything with Engl... 		Digix The Japanese language 47 3,323 2016-02-07, 9:13 pm
    Thread: Japanese "politeness levels"
Post: Japanese "politeness levels"
While reading manga I got a bit puzzled about Japanese  forms of politeness. Is it obligatory  to use specific levels of politeness in certain situations or you can use them according o your own choi... 		Digix General discussion 52 4,358 2016-02-07, 8:35 pm
    Thread: I really don't know where to start?
Post: RE: I really don't know where to start?
Yes I was using anki. And while it is not that hard to learn clear those 30 symbols, next day I cant remember any of them. even now I occasionally for get some katakana symbols and still cant distingu... 		Digix The Japanese language 23 2,340 2016-02-07, 7:24 pm
    Thread: I need a list of "small" words
Post: RE: I need a list of "small" words
As I noticed you do not need that much of grammar . basic rule is to read sentence backwards and replace everything with English equivalents and you get something sensible. but you need to select good... 		Digix The Japanese language 47 3,323 2016-02-07, 7:15 pm
    Thread: I need a list of "small" words
Post: RE: I need a list of "small" words
Yes that's almost exactly what I need. Now I will have to stick that to anki stack and learn them. 		Digix The Japanese language 47 3,323 2016-02-07, 6:47 pm