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    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

For me it's always been less of "lack of usage" and more of "no one I know talks like that". I start using a word often after I've seen it being used often, not after making myself use it a few times ...
fanty General discussion 1,517 595,183 2009-06-04, 6:56 am
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

harhol Wrote:For example you know that the French word for hello is "bonjour" without having to think French word for hello... French word for hello... bon... bonj... aha! But... you don't need to use...
fanty General discussion 1,517 595,183 2009-06-03, 9:41 pm
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

When you people say "internalise the language", just what *exactly* do you mean? I never felt any need to "internalise" anything...
fanty General discussion 1,517 595,183 2009-06-03, 9:26 pm
    Thread: Tips for mining from manga.
Post: Tips for mining from manga.

Tobberoth Wrote:Manga is still manga. Sentences are short and to the point. They focus fully on conversations and very little on explanations (which is why people who are experienced with reading mang...
fanty Learning resources 39 7,019 2009-05-29, 9:16 am
    Thread: Tips for mining from manga.
Post: Tips for mining from manga.

Tobberoth Wrote:No, but seriously though, it's QUITE common to hear people use incorrect Japanese, let's make sure people stop doing that. Also, getting your sentences from several sources makes sure ...
fanty Learning resources 39 7,019 2009-05-29, 8:47 am
    Thread: Tips for mining from manga.
Post: Tips for mining from manga.

Tobberoth Wrote:The only danger is getting WAAAY too much exposure to one small aspect of Japanese. I think people are exaggerating that danger WAAAY too much. I learnt English mostly from the intern...
fanty Learning resources 39 7,019 2009-05-29, 8:29 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

I'm done with RTK but I think it'll take me a few days (or weeks) for the fact to sink in... I'm so used to having this "there's X more kanji to learn today" constantly looming over my head that it st...
fanty Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,794 2009-05-26, 1:04 pm
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

I'm at 1525 right now and funnily enough the finish line seems to be more far away than it ever was. My retention rate dropped dramatically after I switched to Anki, but I had no other choice as my in...
fanty Remembering the Kanji 462 138,245 2009-05-05, 5:02 am
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

I'm a bit over half way right now. Have been feeling tired since around 600 but as I started approaching the half way point I got a boost in energy from somewhere. Now I'm back to feeling tired again,...
fanty Remembering the Kanji 616 180,502 2009-04-15, 10:39 am
    Thread: English is no longer English - Kanji is no longer Kanji.
Post: English is no longer English - Kanji is no longer ...

I completely agree with the post above. Studying Japanese has left my Polish, Russian, Lithuanian and English completely unaffected, but whenever I try to make a sentence in Spanish (which I barely kn...
fanty General discussion 74 10,174 2009-03-30, 9:40 pm
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

Got to 550 today. Doesn't really feel I accomplished anything, though. I'm just waiting till I get to 1000, now that's a much nicer number :p
fanty Remembering the Kanji 526 167,182 2009-03-18, 2:25 pm