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Thread: Adj. Suffix Formation Chart Post: Adj. Suffix Formation Chart Hi all, I've recently found Aeron Buchanan's verb chart (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A..._Verbs.pdf) to be very helpful in reviewing for an upcoming Japanese placement test and was wonderi... |
Dragonsheep | Learning resources | 0 | 463 | 2014-09-06, 9:27 pm | ||
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Thread: University Language Placement Prep Post: University Language Placement Prep Hi everyone, I'll be going to university this fall and would like to take advantage of the Japanese material I've already learned so that I may place somewhere into 2nd year Japanese. I plan to conti... |
Dragonsheep | Learning resources | 2 | 596 | 2014-06-08, 1:16 am | ||
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Thread: Exercising during learning improves vocabulary acquisition Post: Exercising during learning improves vocabulary acq... Despite being out of the age range of test subjects, I'd say that the effect is present, too, in teenagers. The feeling of intensified physical and mental concentration I have after a swim or jog cou... |
Dragonsheep | Off topic | 11 | 6,192 | 2011-06-13, 2:02 pm | ||
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Thread: 10-month progress-(Constructive Criticism Welcome) Post: 10-month progress-(Constructive Criticism Welcome) May I ask, percentage wise, how much of your total study time is devoted to Anki? How much of your total immersion time? Was Anki your main source for vocab building (when your vocab was still in the... |
Dragonsheep | The Japanese language | 175 | 34,983 | 2011-03-21, 1:56 am | ||
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Thread: Any Formality Guides Speicifically for Kids? Post: Any Formality Guides Speicifically for Kids? Being a high school student (and one very young for my grade at that), I've been having trouble finding any light resources (websites and other free things) concerning keigo and the degree of formalit... |
Dragonsheep | The Japanese language | 2 | 757 | 2011-02-18, 12:26 am | ||
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Thread: Language learning = time-consuming for the rest of your life? Post: Language learning = time-consuming for the rest of... I've often compared language learning to playing a musical instrument. Can you ever truly "master" it? Arguably or no. Even professional musicians still practice, for if they don't they may very well... |
Dragonsheep | The Japanese language | 21 | 5,863 | 2010-12-26, 6:06 am | ||
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Thread: "Learning" vocabulary with an SRS? Post: "Learning" vocabulary with an SRS? I'd have to say that a "bare" SRS (word/reading to character/meaning or something inverted like that) is not suitable for new vocabulary. It's really hard to learn a random, often useless, word with... |
Dragonsheep | The Japanese language | 10 | 4,179 | 2010-12-24, 3:46 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread This seems like it belongs here. I was going through my JCore6k on Smartfm. What's the difference in usage between 飲み水 and 飲料水? Thanks! |
Dragonsheep | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,438 | 2010-11-28, 1:45 am | ||
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Thread: Learning words in Hiragana and Katakana Post: Learning words in Hiragana and Katakana pm215 Wrote:Dragonsheep Wrote:Textbooks are nice, but being able to learn vocabulary and phrases in a context is extremely beneficial. After having a sentence structure background, purer vocabulary me... |
Dragonsheep | The Japanese language | 11 | 6,371 | 2010-08-10, 10:57 pm | ||
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Thread: Learning words in Hiragana and Katakana Post: Learning words in Hiragana and Katakana The above posters are correct, you are taking a somewhat wrong approach to learning vocabulary. May I recommend Assimil? It's a coursebook that uses parallel texts to teach vocabulary. Textbooks are ... |
Dragonsheep | The Japanese language | 11 | 6,371 | 2010-08-10, 1:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Heisig, A Somewhat Lazy Approach Post: Heisig, A Somewhat Lazy Approach I finished 3/4 of Heisig using this site, but choked and died on reviews. I stopped using Heisig and moved on. Anyways, many people learn Japanese just fine without it, right? But, as I found out, He... |
Dragonsheep | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 7,318 | 2010-08-10, 3:47 am | ||
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Thread: Finished RTK1; next step...? And a demoralizing first attempt. Post: Finished RTK1; next step...? And a demoralizing fi... zachandhobbes Wrote:How does this translate into one being able to read a manga book? It seems like you wouldn't even be able to pronounce anything you see, clumsily trying to attach your keywords to ... |
Dragonsheep | Remembering the Kanji | 35 | 10,501 | 2010-08-10, 3:37 am | ||
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Thread: A little help, wondering where to start Post: A little help, wondering where to start Note that the below are just recommendations from my experience. I too was able to grasp the Kana with RTKana in a few hours with little review. I recommend just writing out a Hiragana and Katakana c... |
Dragonsheep | Learning resources | 11 | 5,070 | 2010-07-02, 3:02 pm | ||
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Thread: Half way! Post: Half way! Wow, have I really done that many? 1332 Kanji, with 313 due today... And, to make it worse, Assimil came in the mail and I'm loving it. (Looks at RTK lying on the ground.) "I'll get back to you la... |
Dragonsheep | Remembering the Kanji | 616 | 180,481 | 2010-06-28, 12:17 am | ||
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Thread: Stupidly Confused T.T about kana Post: Stupidly Confused T.T about kana Another good point made by crayon: The kanji you learn aren't standalone. They must be combined with other kanji and kana to make sensible words. RTK doesn't intend to teach you words, only the eleme... |
Dragonsheep | Remembering the Kanji | 14 | 4,523 | 2010-06-24, 4:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Stupidly Confused T.T about kana Post: Stupidly Confused T.T about kana And, don't get too comfortable with the RTK readings. They aren't exactly correct much of the time. RTK teaches you more to recognize and identify characters rathern than giving a direct meaning. You'... |
Dragonsheep | Remembering the Kanji | 14 | 4,523 | 2010-06-24, 12:43 pm | ||
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Thread: The Modern Katakana Post: The Modern Katakana Well, I finished RTKana a while back but have just discovered the modern katakana (gwa, va and all that). What's the best way to memorize them? Is there a good chart, website, learning method , etc.... |
Dragonsheep | The Japanese language | 11 | 3,571 | 2010-06-22, 11:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Turning Cojnugated Adjectives into Adverbs Post: Turning Cojnugated Adjectives into Adverbs masaman Wrote:Dragonsheep Wrote:What would adding a past tense adverb to a past or present tense verb mean? Is it grammatically correct? I don't quite get this part. Can you give me an example? I was ... |
Dragonsheep | The Japanese language | 20 | 6,940 | 2010-06-20, 1:16 am | ||
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Thread: Turning Cojnugated Adjectives into Adverbs Post: Turning Cojnugated Adjectives into Adverbs So pretty much you're saying that it depends on the adjective. Some describe states, others describe actions, and only the latter can be formed into an adverb when conjugated into a negative form. Wh... |
Dragonsheep | The Japanese language | 20 | 6,940 | 2010-06-18, 9:36 pm | ||
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Thread: Vocalization of l & r sounds - hidden meanings? Post: Vocalization of l & r sounds - hidden meanings? I also noticed Yui's l-ish pronunciation (from listening to the FMA Brotherhood opening song, lol). I don't know why its like that, though. |
Dragonsheep | The Japanese language | 10 | 3,482 | 2010-06-18, 6:47 pm | ||
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Thread: Turning Cojnugated Adjectives into Adverbs Post: Turning Cojnugated Adjectives into Adverbs Well, I was browsing through Tae Kim's guide and a question popped up. Can you turn a conjugated adjective into an adverb? For example, is it possible to say: "He quietly(negative) to run(past)" to... |
Dragonsheep | The Japanese language | 20 | 6,940 | 2010-06-18, 2:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Starting Over - Uncertain Methods? Post: Starting Over - Uncertain Methods? Muscle memory is infact seperate from rote memorization. I solve Rubik's cubes and play an instrument. Rubik's cubes are solved with 50 some different sequences of moves called algorithms. One such ... |
Dragonsheep | Remembering the Kanji | 15 | 3,100 | 2010-06-13, 10:03 pm | ||
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Thread: Stop RTK and move on to KO2000? Post: Stop RTK and move on to KO2000? Well, I'm a fairly new learner and started with RTK. I'm comfortably memorized up to 750ish. I started doing the Smart.fm KO2000 step 1. I'm about 25% of the way through and am having no problems. I... |
Dragonsheep | Learning resources | 3 | 1,798 | 2010-06-13, 9:34 pm | ||