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Thread: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace Post: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace Yea Grandia is great! I played through it (the Japanese version) when I didn't know any Japanese yet, I think it's time to play it again :) PS: it's the original version on Saturn :D ...now where did... |
Musashi | Learning resources | 87 | 21,500 | 2009-10-10, 6:43 am | ||
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Thread: Majoring in Chinese, studying Japanese at home? Post: Majoring in Chinese, studying Japanese at home? @ Gingerninja OsakaDan already said it (READ above) so I'm not gonna repeat that. And did you also read what I wrote? I said yes there ARE exception but it's a more wise thing to study for the field y... |
Musashi | General discussion | 32 | 3,718 | 2009-10-10, 4:13 am | ||
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Thread: Amazing Kanji Ability - Strange Grammar Use. Post: Amazing Kanji Ability - Strange Grammar Use. There are lots of websites that allow you to find a 'talking buddy' and use Skype to chat. You could try lang-8 and on one hand you can output (in writing) whatever you feel like 'saying', on the othe... |
Musashi | The Japanese language | 29 | 7,338 | 2009-10-09, 7:18 pm | ||
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Thread: When did you think "I'm going to see this through" Post: When did you think "I'm going to see this through" Yea your hard work comes to fruition, it's always nice to see your work paid off and the self-satisfaction that comes with it, it's like a mini victory: I KNOW WHAT THAT WORD MEANS, I JUST LEARNED IT!... |
Musashi | General discussion | 28 | 4,784 | 2009-10-09, 5:54 pm | ||
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Thread: Pronouncing special characters like ☆ Post: Pronouncing special characters like ☆ wccrawford Wrote:Musashi Wrote:You guys need PopChar Or we could just do it this way, on any PC/Mac/etc, without installing anything at all. I'm just giving an idea, nobody's forcing you duh (who spit... |
Musashi | The Japanese language | 33 | 4,405 | 2009-10-09, 5:02 pm | ||
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Thread: Remembering Hiragana words Post: Remembering Hiragana words @Nuriko That might be something yea to associate a picture with it. I guess sometimes you reach a point when certain words blur into eachother. And associating an image of somebody throwing up makes a... |
Musashi | The Japanese language | 27 | 5,280 | 2009-10-09, 3:27 pm | ||
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Thread: Majoring in Chinese, studying Japanese at home? Post: Majoring in Chinese, studying Japanese at home? Gingerninja Wrote:Problem being, not every job in the world is so cut and shut. Take degree A get job A. If it was everyone would be doing it. That's also a very bad example, if I worked for a trans... |
Musashi | General discussion | 32 | 3,718 | 2009-10-09, 3:18 pm | ||
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Thread: Remembering Hiragana words Post: Remembering Hiragana words I do quite some listening, have my Livestation news, podcasts, audio exercises etc. It's not THAT bad, I can clearly hear/see/know the difference between しっかり and すっかり, somehow I just mix them up (but... |
Musashi | The Japanese language | 27 | 5,280 | 2009-10-09, 2:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Pronouncing special characters like ☆ Post: Pronouncing special characters like ☆ You guys need PopChar (I don't know if it's available for PC though, probably in some form) and it's like a microscopicly small button in your upper lefthand corner and if you click it, a chart (a REA... |
Musashi | The Japanese language | 33 | 4,405 | 2009-10-09, 2:31 pm | ||
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Thread: Question for those using the self-immersion technique Post: Question for those using the self-immersion techni... shihoro Wrote:Musashi Wrote:jacf29 Wrote:If thats the case then I have to wonder how people who are completely fluent in 5 languages keep up? Different language every day? Don't tell them I said that... |
Musashi | General discussion | 20 | 3,125 | 2009-10-09, 1:49 pm | ||
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Thread: Remembering Hiragana words Post: Remembering Hiragana words ahhh...! That's why I always see it listed as 〜ずに in grammar points/books next to 〜ないで やっぱり！ :D |
Musashi | The Japanese language | 27 | 5,280 | 2009-10-09, 12:47 pm | ||
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Thread: Question for those using the self-immersion technique Post: Question for those using the self-immersion techni... jacf29 Wrote:If thats the case then I have to wonder how people who are completely fluent in 5 languages keep up? Different language every day? Don't tell them I said that, but those people actually ... |
Musashi | General discussion | 20 | 3,125 | 2009-10-09, 12:45 pm | ||
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Thread: Remembering Hiragana words Post: Remembering Hiragana words Ah ok, now it's clear and I can sleep again :D |
Musashi | The Japanese language | 27 | 5,280 | 2009-10-09, 11:15 am | ||
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Thread: Question for those using the self-immersion technique Post: Question for those using the self-immersion techni... wccrawford Wrote:Musashi Wrote:you don't lose or need to keep up with your native language(s) if you're truly natively bilingual. Yes you do. Just because you managed to remember it for 3 years doesn... |
Musashi | General discussion | 20 | 3,125 | 2009-10-09, 11:10 am | ||
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Thread: Switch RTK to RTK lite Post: Switch RTK to RTK lite Just remember, never study when you're tired, you can study for 3 hours straight but nothing will stick, I mean we all 'want' but we have to consider 'can'. Gewoon lekker in je eigen tijd doen Koos83,... |
Musashi | Remembering the Kanji | 18 | 5,611 | 2009-10-09, 10:46 am | ||
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Thread: Question for those using the self-immersion technique Post: Question for those using the self-immersion techni... kazelee Wrote:Musashi Wrote:Well if you say you have 'trouble' keeping up with your French then I don't you if it really counts as being natively bilingual, you don't lose or need to keep up with your... |
Musashi | General discussion | 20 | 3,125 | 2009-10-09, 10:18 am | ||
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Thread: Question for those using the self-immersion technique Post: Question for those using the self-immersion techni... Well if you say you have 'trouble' keeping up with your French then I don't you if it really counts as being natively bilingual, you don't lose or need to keep up with your native language(s) if you'r... |
Musashi | General discussion | 20 | 3,125 | 2009-10-09, 9:22 am | ||
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Thread: Remembering Hiragana words Post: Remembering Hiragana words Jarvik7 Wrote:Musashi Wrote:Yeah I saw that when it came up when I was looking for めげず but to go from「to be discouraged」to「in spite of」seemed a bit strange. Where is Magamo when you need him? :P 〜ず is... |
Musashi | The Japanese language | 27 | 5,280 | 2009-10-09, 8:37 am | ||
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Thread: 電子辞書 With a Good Screen? Post: 電子辞書 With a Good Screen? I was also thinking of getting one since my sonomama jiten isn't doing it for me anymore, it's a nice (cheaper) option but too often I encounter words that are not in it too bad. I was thinking Canon ... |
Musashi | General discussion | 22 | 4,983 | 2009-10-09, 8:27 am | ||
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Thread: Remembering Hiragana words Post: Remembering Hiragana words Yeah I saw that when it came up when I was looking for めげず but to go from「to be discouraged」to「in spite of」seemed a bit strange. Where is Magamo when you need him? :P |
Musashi | The Japanese language | 27 | 5,280 | 2009-10-09, 7:34 am | ||
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Thread: Remembering Hiragana words Post: Remembering Hiragana words Jarvik7 Wrote:wccrawford Wrote:It sounds to me like this stems from book learning problems. Start reading more and <snip> Stop all of the book learning and read a book! :D It's a reader! Basic... |
Musashi | The Japanese language | 27 | 5,280 | 2009-10-09, 6:53 am | ||
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Thread: Majoring in Chinese, studying Japanese at home? Post: Majoring in Chinese, studying Japanese at home? @Gingerninja Well let's say you want to become a doctor, studying in that direction would be obvious and the thing to do right. It's that simple. What company is gonna hire you if you didn't study for... |
Musashi | General discussion | 32 | 3,718 | 2009-10-09, 5:44 am | ||
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Thread: Remembering Hiragana words Post: Remembering Hiragana words Hmm..it really says めげず in my book in the 単語 section. Strangely I couldn't find it in an online dictionary but somehow I wrote the translation next to it in my book (I cant remember where I found the ... |
Musashi | The Japanese language | 27 | 5,280 | 2009-10-09, 5:35 am | ||
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Thread: Majoring in Chinese, studying Japanese at home? Post: Majoring in Chinese, studying Japanese at home? I can totally relate to OsakaDan, when I was studying Japanese in uni (already graduated in my major before), lot's of my fellow classmates only had that as a major and no other 'real world skills' w... |
Musashi | General discussion | 32 | 3,718 | 2009-10-09, 5:10 am | ||
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Thread: Remembering Hiragana words Post: Remembering Hiragana words Hashiriya Wrote:most of those words do come from some sort of kanji though i believe, you might prefer just to look that kanji up and study it as a kanji word... maybe place a "*" mark or something by... |
Musashi | The Japanese language | 27 | 5,280 | 2009-10-08, 5:35 pm | ||
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Thread: Majoring in Chinese, studying Japanese at home? Post: Majoring in Chinese, studying Japanese at home? bflatnine Wrote:Musashi Wrote:C'mon that was not seriously meant (hence the :)) Sometimes I'm a grumpy old bastard. Sorry about that. I can be a pesky kid sometimes, sorry bout that :P As for your qu... |
Musashi | General discussion | 32 | 3,718 | 2009-10-08, 5:21 pm | ||
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Thread: Remembering Hiragana words Post: Remembering Hiragana words Lately I'm having difficulty remembering words that only/or are usually written in Hiragana only. Somehow it doesn't stick as fast compared to words that have at least one kanji in it. When I'm studyi... |
Musashi | The Japanese language | 27 | 5,280 | 2009-10-08, 4:12 pm | ||
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Thread: Majoring in Chinese, studying Japanese at home? Post: Majoring in Chinese, studying Japanese at home? C'mon that was not seriously meant (hence the :)) But I think it's what you want to do with it and achieve with it afterwards rather than what you would like to study just because you like it. I don'... |
Musashi | General discussion | 32 | 3,718 | 2009-10-08, 3:48 pm | ||
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Thread: Majoring in Chinese, studying Japanese at home? Post: Majoring in Chinese, studying Japanese at home? nah, don't start Chinese cus you don't care about stroke order :) |
Musashi | General discussion | 32 | 3,718 | 2009-10-08, 3:23 pm | ||
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Thread: RTK1+3 --> Hanzi symplified Post: RTK1+3 --> Hanzi symplified Yea what's wrong with being a kid? :) No I was saying that it seemed like you made it sound that when writing cursive would surely mean different stroke order as a rule. Because you can also write cu... |
Musashi | Chinese and Hanzi | 15 | 2,521 | 2009-10-08, 3:21 pm | ||
