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    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

pistolsteve Wrote:(^-^*)皆こんにちは!『RTK:1』 を終わるだった、そう僕の成功を祝ってください。終わるに僕に48日けど、か毎日五ぐらい時間漢字を勉強するだったでも、飲むことを行ったぁ;; とにかくごめんなが、僕の文法はあんまり上手じゃないと正していただけませんか。 Okay, you hooked me! I've been finding myself trying ...
Thunk Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,573 2010-06-13, 10:47 am
    Thread: Keeping it at RTK, is it possible?
Post: Keeping it at RTK, is it possible?

I finished RTK1 in May 2009, but had to drop it for a whole year because of my schedule. But i picked it up again a few weeks ago, and it only took 3 weeks to put all the kanji back in rotation! The...
Thunk Remembering the Kanji 7 2,115 2010-06-13, 10:35 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

btw - I am totally impressed and a little intimidated by all the people plowing through RTK3! In the year that I was away, these site-goers have become way more ambitious! Giddyup! Now I have to pi...
Thunk Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,573 2010-06-07, 2:56 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Just went through the last of the 2042 kanji. :) It was the second time, since I had to put it down for a year, but it was so easy the second time around because most of the stories stuck. I'll prob...
Thunk Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,573 2010-06-07, 2:51 pm
    Thread: Audio Download - Anki plugin for downloading JDIC audio
Post: Audio Download - Anki plugin for downloading JDIC ...

Now, after you save the audio from JDIC, it doesn't just automatically play when you hit "show answer", right? Even after saving the audio, I still have to click on the reddish/green button and click...
Thunk Learning resources 57 29,310 2010-05-24, 6:51 pm
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

Man. I had gone through all 2042, but then I had to put it down to get my broker's license and start a new job. But now that things are more settled, I started from scratch with my kanji cards... .....
Thunk Remembering the Kanji 526 167,123 2010-05-23, 12:41 pm
    Thread: When do you use あります ?
Post: When do you use あります ?

You guys are amazing. I love this forum. Thank you!
Thunk The Japanese language 18 4,115 2009-10-11, 9:07 am
    Thread: When do you use あります ?
Post: When do you use あります ?

Okay. So ではありません Is the opposite of です。   あります IS for inanimate objects, stating that they are/exist. And the reason why there is あります At the end of this sentence 私はお金があります。is because it's tied to t...
Thunk The Japanese language 18 4,115 2009-10-10, 2:42 pm
    Thread: When do you use あります ?
Post: When do you use あります ?

But what does it mean? When is it used?
Thunk The Japanese language 18 4,115 2009-10-10, 2:21 pm
    Thread: When do you use あります ?
Post: When do you use あります ?

I know I can get this information from tae kim somewhere、so forgive me! But it'd take less time if I asked the folks on here. I'm seeing あります All over the place, and can't quite figure out when it's...
Thunk The Japanese language 18 4,115 2009-10-10, 1:49 pm
    Thread: Rosetta Stone success?
Post: Rosetta Stone success?

That'd be good to know. Right now, I just hold the mic up to the earphones. It's fuzzy, but it serves its purpose.
Thunk Learning resources 41 21,102 2009-10-05, 2:32 pm
    Thread: Rosetta Stone success?
Post: Rosetta Stone success?

I do skip a lot of parts, granted; lessons from previous sessions, the writing (got that from iKnow), kana recognition & speech... I just started putting some of it into anki, too, audio & al...
Thunk Learning resources 41 21,102 2009-10-03, 10:12 am
    Thread: Rosetta Stone success?
Post: Rosetta Stone success?

So yeah. I got Rosetta Stone. And I like it! *ducks tomatoes* I got so dang busy over the summer that I didn't have any uninterrupted time to study, so I decided I needed to be spoon-fed Japanese i...
Thunk Learning resources 41 21,102 2009-10-02, 7:19 pm
    Thread: So I started over
Post: So I started over

Man, I just had to start over. I had burned through all 2042 in 2 months before summer with a 95% retention rate, but then stopped reviewing by June when I abruptly had 4 boys to entertain during t...
Thunk Remembering the Kanji 40 7,499 2009-09-19, 9:30 am
    Thread: trouble going kanji to keyword
Post: trouble going kanji to keyword

I totally have the same problem! And it drives me nuts! Every time I come across a kanji that I don't know, I have to go back to the book, where there's an inevitable "Oh yeah... That's what it was...
Thunk Remembering the Kanji 13 1,672 2009-06-08, 12:17 am
    Thread: Kana or Romaji
Post: Kana or Romaji

blackmacros Wrote:Thunk Wrote:lol. Alright. Guess I'll keep on using kana when learning readings, then. Hopefully it'll get as familiar as my ABC's. The turning point, for me, was when I started fol...
Thunk The Japanese language 69 17,360 2009-06-07, 4:10 pm
    Thread: Kana or Romaji
Post: Kana or Romaji

lol. Alright. Guess I'll keep on using kana when learning readings, then. Hopefully it'll get as familiar as my ABC's.
Thunk The Japanese language 69 17,360 2009-06-07, 12:17 am
    Thread: Kana or Romaji
Post: Kana or Romaji

I know I'm resurrecting an ancient thread, here, but I'm facing this. I learned the kanji, then the kana, and now I'm on Tae Kim's grammar, and am learning the vocabulary that goes along with it. I'...
Thunk The Japanese language 69 17,360 2009-06-06, 8:24 pm
    Thread: Anyone else in my boat?
Post: Anyone else in my boat?

You are unique here! I think most here love some form of Japanese entertainment, which is why we're here. I think all of us through school or work have had to force ourselves through some learning m...
Thunk General discussion 58 10,590 2009-06-03, 7:56 pm
    Thread: Learning the kana
Post: Learning the kana

This question belongs in this thread, I think. Coming in with a blank slate, I've been learning Japanese in the order this site suggests. Kanji --> Kana --> Grammar --> Sentences. I'm on th...
Thunk The Japanese language 29 8,661 2009-05-31, 6:24 pm
    Thread: Chinese writing Hanzi vs Japanese writing Kanji
Post: Chinese writing Hanzi vs Japanese writing Kanji

This is totally unrelated to the topic, so please forgive me for not having anything useful to say about any discrepancies between Chinese and Japanese writing. But there's this question that I've be...
Thunk The Japanese language 15 7,164 2009-05-31, 6:17 pm
    Thread: Anki vs. iKnow
Post: Anki vs. iKnow

Burritolingus Wrote:The importing plugin is definitely a great tool and a huge time saver, but I've found that I personally end up being far too lazy when using it, neglecting to review each sentence ...
Thunk The Japanese language 16 7,196 2009-05-25, 5:37 pm
    Thread: Anki vs. iKnow
Post: Anki vs. iKnow

Found the plugin. It's AWESOME. Saves me some time! Thanks, guys. I finished the kanji, the kana, and now I'm on Tae Kim's Grammar guide. I started putting things into anki from smart.fm, and wond...
Thunk The Japanese language 16 7,196 2009-05-25, 9:43 am
    Thread: Anki vs. iKnow
Post: Anki vs. iKnow

Quick question - for those of you studying lists on smart.fm (iKnow), do you bother to copy and paste them into Anki for maximum SRSing? Or does iKnow seem to do the job well enough?
Thunk The Japanese language 16 7,196 2009-05-24, 11:33 pm
    Thread: Learning the kana
Post: Learning the kana

Here's where you can download and print kana flashcards http://www.polarcloud.com/kana I'm at the same stage as you. I made real flashcards, but haven't used them actually. Instead, I read through "...
Thunk The Japanese language 29 8,661 2009-05-21, 5:31 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Good job, plumage! After having RTK1 hanging over your head for the past 14 months, you must be stoked! barrik - yay! I also wrote a primitive several times upon learning it, so now that I've got t...
Thunk Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,573 2009-05-18, 11:50 am
    Thread: Experiences with movie method/kanji town
Post: Experiences with movie method/kanji town

Here's a quick question - why is the Onyomi the focus and not Kunyomi? Just curious. I just recently finished RTK1 (huzzah!), and am dedicating this week to learning the kana. I had glanced at the m...
Thunk Remembering the Kanji 36 18,323 2009-05-12, 8:31 pm
    Thread: Anything to learn hanzi from kanji?
Post: Anything to learn hanzi from kanji?

I just bought that book, actually (the 2nd one is due out at the end of summer. Thumbing through it, I'm noticing that many of the hanzi have similar if not exact meaning as the kanji. When I start ...
Thunk Chinese and Hanzi 5 1,810 2009-05-12, 1:35 pm
    Thread: Taskmaster Vs. Walking legs
Post: Taskmaster Vs. Walking legs

Katsuo Wrote:lanval Wrote:is there any good alternative to that taskmaster primitive Heisig wrote "conjure up the memory of some taskmaster (or taskmistress) whom you will 'never forget'". So think o...
Thunk Remembering the Kanji 33 13,000 2009-05-08, 5:13 pm
    Thread: Strategies for the Looooong Lessons (i.e. 18 and 23)
Post: Strategies for the Looooong Lessons (i.e. 18 and 2...

I went at that pace and finished a week ago. It took me a total of 8 weeks. But I didn't break it down by day. I broke it down by week. When I first got the book, I dog-eared the pages in 250-kanji ...
Thunk Remembering the Kanji 9 1,482 2009-05-08, 5:04 pm