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    Thread: Do you conjugate the -te form from -masu or dictionary form?
Post: Do you conjugate the -te form from -masu or dictio...

Thanks for all the replies and it's interesting to hear others learning experiences.. I can instinctively turn most common verbs into the -te form without much thought, but for new verbs it's useful ...
sir_sanuk The Japanese language 18 7,735 2011-04-15, 10:13 am
    Thread: Do you conjugate the -te form from -masu or dictionary form?
Post: Do you conjugate the -te form from -masu or dictio...

Hi, We are using the Minna no Nihongo books at my Japanese school, which insists on teaching the polite -masu form of all verbs before even seeing the dictionary form. As such, when covering the -te...
sir_sanuk The Japanese language 18 7,735 2011-04-14, 4:08 pm
    Thread: Anki RTK1 Shared Deck: Adding learned cards manually?
Post: Anki RTK1 Shared Deck: Adding learned cards manual...

OK, thanks a lot for clearing that up.. makes sense now :)
sir_sanuk Remembering the Kanji 6 3,101 2010-11-24, 6:52 am
    Thread: Anki RTK1 Shared Deck: Adding learned cards manually?
Post: Anki RTK1 Shared Deck: Adding learned cards manual...

Ah, thanks. I thought I could set 'new cards per day' to 0 and they'd still be added when unsuspended.
sir_sanuk Remembering the Kanji 6 3,101 2010-11-24, 5:31 am
    Thread: Anki RTK1 Shared Deck: Adding learned cards manually?
Post: Anki RTK1 Shared Deck: Adding learned cards manual...

Hello, Apologies for the newbie question.. I've searched for answers but would still like to clarify something.. I'm using the pre-made Heisig shared deck on Anki. Since I don't study the same numbe...
sir_sanuk Remembering the Kanji 6 3,101 2010-11-24, 5:13 am
    Thread: Integrate readings into your stories
Post: Integrate readings into your stories

Many thanks for the replies and links. The Movie Method is quite interesting. I did a similar thing for learning Thai, which is a tonal language. I created a virtual town in my head with a school, sh...
sir_sanuk Remembering the Kanji 9 4,983 2010-09-09, 10:38 am
    Thread: Integrate readings into your stories
Post: Integrate readings into your stories

Sorry if this has been discussed before.. Having had great success with Heisig's Remembering the Kana (which use keywords to remember syllable prounciations), I'm now about to start the Kanji but won...
sir_sanuk Remembering the Kanji 9 4,983 2010-09-09, 4:44 am