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Thread: Wearing off RTK... Post: Wearing off RTK... Z30G0D Wrote:But I really don't have time to edit these things. I just do my reviews, +10 new words and immerse as much as possible. Yeah, because it would be quite time consuming otherwise, I just ed... |
Ampharos64 | The Japanese language | 15 | 3,808 | 2014-01-21, 12:18 am | ||
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Thread: JFBP x Genki Post: JFBP x Genki fabriciocarraro Wrote:Yeah, but apparently it moves at the pace of a snail. =P Btw, how do you guys like "Tae Kim's Guide to Japanese"? Would you say it's better than a textbook? I like it a lot bett... |
Ampharos64 | Learning resources | 9 | 2,715 | 2014-01-20, 9:44 am | ||
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Thread: Wearing off RTK... Post: Wearing off RTK... What I'm doing with my RTK deck, is starting to add a Japanese vocab word in kana under the English keyword (one that has a similar meaning), with the word in kanji and meaning (if needed) on the back... |
Ampharos64 | The Japanese language | 15 | 3,808 | 2014-01-20, 12:02 am | ||
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Thread: More talking at a computer in Japanese AKA 噛み祭り Post: More talking at a computer in Japanese AKA 噛み祭り Nice to hear you speaking Japanese (although subtitles would be good). : ) drdunlap Wrote:I can hear people thinking in Japanese when they speak English and in English when they speak Japanese. It's ... |
Ampharos64 | Off topic | 21 | 4,095 | 2014-01-07, 7:58 pm | ||
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Thread: Forum Upgrade and/or Redesign Post: Forum Upgrade and/or Redesign I really like how it looks currently, the simple design is appropriate for an educationally focused forum like this imo, it helps make it easy to read, with no distractions. The cream colour scheme is... |
Ampharos64 | General discussion | 50 | 19,098 | 2014-01-01, 8:29 pm | ||
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Thread: Something really weird with kanji Post: Something really weird with kanji Heh, yeah. I've occasionally started to explain the origins to kanji to someone, only to realise that the one I've picked as my example doesn't actually look like what I'd somehow come to think it did... |
Ampharos64 | The Japanese language | 8 | 1,530 | 2013-12-31, 7:18 am | ||
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Thread: Listening and Reading Mishaps Post: Listening and Reading Mishaps All the time, yup. What most often happens is I'm just not sure what it means, even if I have one (...or two) decent guesses. I think it's a matter of just continuing to study grammar, including slang... |
Ampharos64 | The Japanese language | 5 | 926 | 2013-12-27, 6:25 pm | ||
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Thread: 2013 Reflections and 2014 Resolutions Post: 2013 Reflections and 2014 Resolutions Tzadeck Wrote:Just keep telling yourself: Bitches love guys who spend their life sitting and reviewing little squiggles. True story. Hee, well, I'm a girl so I dunno if that'll do me much good. Stil... |
Ampharos64 | General discussion | 55 | 13,397 | 2013-12-27, 1:13 pm | ||
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Thread: 2013 Reflections and 2014 Resolutions Post: 2013 Reflections and 2014 Resolutions Hirakana Wrote:8. Come to terms with the fact that, yes, someday I will die and all my experiences, skills and knowledge will disappear. Failing that, try to put this fact out of my mind while doing A... |
Ampharos64 | General discussion | 55 | 13,397 | 2013-12-27, 9:25 am | ||
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Thread: Easy reading for beginners Post: Easy reading for beginners That's great. I was able to figure out the meaning of several words from context, which I've hardly ever been able to do before, the material was too far above my level. Very helpful. ありがとうございます。 |
Ampharos64 | Learning resources | 4 | 1,207 | 2013-12-23, 7:09 pm | ||
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Thread: んだ and んじゃない as Commands Post: んだ and んじゃない as Commands Tzadeck Wrote:But, actually, I've lived in Japan a long time and the latter two I really picked up just from hearing them tons of times. I never really analyzed them logically. You really don't have... |
Ampharos64 | The Japanese language | 13 | 2,761 | 2013-12-23, 11:32 am | ||
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Thread: んだ and んじゃない as Commands Post: んだ and んじゃない as Commands Glad you asked the question, this has puzzled me a bunch of times. : ) It seemed to be a command from the context but I wasn't sure if it could be. Tzadeck Wrote:食べるんじゃない？ ("You're gonna eat it, righ... |
Ampharos64 | The Japanese language | 13 | 2,761 | 2013-12-23, 9:56 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Splatted Wrote:I think she's just saying "Next time your talking to a Japanese person about sushi tell them you make Kappa maki" If this was a spoken conversation the punctuation should probably be ... |
Ampharos64 | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,209 | 2013-12-22, 6:49 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I was chatting with a Japanese lady the other day, and wasn't sure I understood the last sentence of this conversation (...though kind of wondered if she was poking fun at me XD). This was in response... |
Ampharos64 | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,209 | 2013-12-22, 6:21 pm | ||
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Thread: Anki ruined my study habits! Post: Anki ruined my study habits! Hmm, well, one thing I've found useful, is if I'm having trouble remembering a reading, to make a vocab card for the word, kanji on front, picture on the back. Since there's already a sentence includi... |
Ampharos64 | Off topic | 14 | 4,805 | 2013-12-22, 11:44 am | ||
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Thread: The Political Discussion Thread Post: The Political Discussion Thread raharney Wrote:But how is the Japanese PM visiting Yasukuni Shrine any different to the Queen of England visiting Westminster Cathedral on Poppy Day, the day when past British imperialist aggression i... |
Ampharos64 | Off topic | 60 | 24,059 | 2013-12-22, 7:30 am | ||
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Thread: Anki ruined my study habits! Post: Anki ruined my study habits! Betelgeuzah Wrote:Quote:Wow, that fast? Tips please! : D I don't think there's much more to it than "don't get stuck on the words you don't remember". If it takes you more than 5 seconds to remember ... |
Ampharos64 | Off topic | 14 | 4,805 | 2013-12-22, 6:44 am | ||
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Thread: Anki ruined my study habits! Post: Anki ruined my study habits! NightSky Wrote:I love Anki, most peoples problems are they spend too much time doing reviews. You should be able to do 100 reviews in 10 minutes, if not faster. Wow, that fast? Tips please! : D That's... |
Ampharos64 | Off topic | 14 | 4,805 | 2013-12-22, 5:52 am | ||
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Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? I have to say, after having a chat with a Japanese person this morning (thanks to a link to a chatroom someone here provided in another thread), I've revised my opinion somewhat on how possible it is ... |
Ampharos64 | General discussion | 856 | 195,488 | 2013-12-17, 6:44 am | ||
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Thread: Burnout - need a new strategy Post: Burnout - need a new strategy phybron Wrote:I mean, I say I'm following AJATT, but am I really doing it to the letter? I don't know. There's a big difference between passive and active immersion for example. Yeah, I think maybe yo... |
Ampharos64 | General discussion | 60 | 11,126 | 2013-12-01, 12:09 am | ||
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Thread: Burnout - need a new strategy Post: Burnout - need a new strategy phybron Wrote:P.S. Maybe I just have a learning disability. I did hit my head pretty hard when I was about four, which could explain my general lack of academic achievement. :) Hee, I did, too - fell ... |
Ampharos64 | General discussion | 60 | 11,126 | 2013-11-30, 8:51 pm | ||
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Thread: Overusing English vocabulary in the language Post: Overusing English vocabulary in the language I quite like the way it sounds, but I still have to wonder just why they insist on doing it, when it's not an established loanword that is. I wonder to what extent the Japanese audience understand it,... |
Ampharos64 | Off topic | 15 | 3,263 | 2013-11-29, 12:39 pm | ||
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Thread: Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown: 東京 Post: Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown: 東京 If he thinks fetishism in Japanese pornography steers away from violence, then he's probably fortunate not to have heard of that involving animal cruelty. Not that I mean to imply this is mainstream i... |
Ampharos64 | General discussion | 73 | 17,918 | 2013-11-12, 5:30 pm | ||
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Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? t3amkill3r Wrote:His next video is up: [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKcuiGRIC44] Hmm, if his Skype partner wasn't so patient and good at figuring out what he's trying to say he'd be getting ... |
Ampharos64 | General discussion | 856 | 195,488 | 2013-09-28, 7:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Not really getting anywhere Post: Not really getting anywhere Vempele Wrote:It means that too. And a lot more. It's a versatile kanji. Oh, it does? Heh, funny that it should be similar to the English word 'degrees' and apply to both, always surprises me to find ... |
Ampharos64 | The Japanese language | 15 | 3,898 | 2013-08-26, 2:50 pm | ||
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Thread: Not really getting anywhere Post: Not really getting anywhere Thank you both. : ) For now I've just been carefully going through my deck and tweaking keywords. Now I think about it, it is silly to leave, say, the card for 'degrees' as it is when I keep messing u... |
Ampharos64 | The Japanese language | 15 | 3,898 | 2013-08-26, 2:05 pm | ||
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Thread: Not really getting anywhere Post: Not really getting anywhere For a while now, I've just not really been getting anywhere, and motivation is kinda at a low eb, it feels more 'this is impossible for me' than it's ever done, I think. I'm struggling to get through ... |
Ampharos64 | The Japanese language | 15 | 3,898 | 2013-08-26, 7:21 am | ||
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Thread: Friends are acting weird about my Japanese. Post: Friends are acting weird about my Japanese. uisukii Wrote:In respect to a lot of how people react there is a somewhat reversed issue in respect to people I have interacted with in my life in that I genuinely enjoy listening to people being pass... |
Ampharos64 | Off topic | 21 | 6,849 | 2013-05-23, 10:09 am | ||
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Thread: Bad Habits Picked Up? Post: Bad Habits Picked Up? I've now fallen into a bad habit of without thinking about it always mentally translating certain words when I hear them - into Japanese. XD I think it's that I listen to so much Japanese, and try to ... |
Ampharos64 | General discussion | 33 | 8,768 | 2013-04-12, 5:23 pm | ||
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Thread: SRSing vocab Post: SRSing vocab After a bit of experimentation, I now do kanji on the front, reading, definition and a picture on the back. I initially put the picture on the front, but found I only learned to associate the word wit... |
Ampharos64 | The Japanese language | 12 | 3,619 | 2013-03-26, 2:35 pm | ||
