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Thread: I'm somewhere over 3000 words in core2k/6k Post: I'm somewhere over 3000 words in core2k/6k Dustin_Calgary Wrote:Northern_Lord Wrote:[Snip] This is exactly what I have done, and it started with disambiguating a lot of the rtk characters with similar keywords. It really sucks when I knew it'... |
Northern_Lord | General discussion | 12 | 2,799 | 2014-06-06, 2:45 am | ||
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Thread: I'm somewhere over 3000 words in core2k/6k Post: I'm somewhere over 3000 words in core2k/6k Why don't you just create a "notes" field that appears next to the word and write i.e. "not [word that you are likely to mix it up with]". I found myself saying しばしば for しょっちゅう and vice versa, so I wr... |
Northern_Lord | General discussion | 12 | 2,799 | 2014-06-05, 5:37 pm | ||
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Thread: If you could go back in time, what would you tell yourself Post: If you could go back in time, what would you tell ... I would tell myself to start learning a lot more words from the very beginning. By the end of my first year my spoken vocabulary may have been around 1500 to 2000, which isn't a whole lot. |
Northern_Lord | General discussion | 53 | 11,163 | 2014-06-01, 2:08 am | ||
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Thread: Core 2k accent Post: Core 2k accent poblequadrat Wrote:Northern_Lord Wrote:From the wikipedia article on the fenomenon it seems like there's a third sound that I have yet to actually notice myself, ɣ. Quote:To summarize using the examp... |
Northern_Lord | The Japanese language | 15 | 3,213 | 2014-05-20, 5:05 pm | ||
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Thread: Core 2k accent Post: Core 2k accent From the wikipedia article on the fenomenon it seems like there's a third sound that I have yet to actually notice myself, ɣ. Quote:To summarize using the example of hage はげ 'baldness': A-speake... |
Northern_Lord | The Japanese language | 15 | 3,213 | 2014-05-20, 12:12 pm | ||
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Thread: Core 2k accent Post: Core 2k accent Codexus Wrote:I personally don't hear that at all. They are Gs. Where are you from kanjidude? What language(s) do you speak? The sounds you hear in a foreign language depends largely on how your ear ... |
Northern_Lord | The Japanese language | 15 | 3,213 | 2014-05-20, 10:03 am | ||
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Thread: Looking for tips for my japan trip Post: Looking for tips for my japan trip I'm going to Japan around the same time as you, and we're planning to go see Tokyo Sky tree. It's the second highest building in the world, so yeah. I like high buildings so I think we're going to see... |
Northern_Lord | Off topic | 24 | 5,686 | 2014-05-15, 11:58 am | ||
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Thread: Core 2/6k questions Post: Core 2/6k questions Is it okay to learn 50 new words every day? 75? It depends on you. This will put you at several hundreds of reviews every day in not too long. If you have enough time and as long as you have a decent... |
Northern_Lord | Learning resources | 6 | 2,128 | 2014-05-14, 2:36 am | ||
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Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here Halfway through Core6000. Naruto is significantly easier to read now than 2.5 months ago. But I still feel like I know way too few words. |
Northern_Lord | General discussion | 1,389 | 294,604 | 2014-05-13, 4:22 pm | ||
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Thread: What Japanese songs do you listen to? Post: What Japanese songs do you listen to? Doesn't anyone here like metal or rock? I listen to Mucc. [Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzwdwk7V8g4] And I listen to songs from anime that I've taken a liking to. |
Northern_Lord | General discussion | 92 | 18,868 | 2014-04-27, 8:49 am | ||
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Thread: Inquiry on feasibility/usefulness of my project Post: Inquiry on feasibility/usefulness of my project I salute you. You have gone and sacrifized so much of your own time to make something of this scale all alone, for all Japanese learners than may come after you. This looks like a tremendous gathering... |
Northern_Lord | Learning resources | 37 | 27,330 | 2014-04-21, 12:58 pm | ||
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Thread: 日本語中級会話 (Japanese Only) Post: 日本語中級会話 (Japanese Only) このスレッドに書き込むのは初めてで、よろしくお願いします。 誰か大阪か東京の６月の末の天気を知っている方はいませんか。私は６月の末から７月７日まで日本に旅行するので、ちょっと気になります。６月の末は梅雨だと聞いているんだけどやっぱりそう酷い天気じゃないでしょうか。雨ならよく慣れているし、雨の日も暑いでしょうね。 |
Northern_Lord | General discussion | 237 | 101,219 | 2014-04-15, 10:04 am | ||
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Thread: Core 10k - optimized i+1 version Post: Core 10k - optimized i+1 version To those of you who are doing this deck, I have a question. I tried this deck, but from the very beginning I was having huge problems because the deck introduced lots of similar-to-identical-meaning w... |
Northern_Lord | Learning resources | 348 | 90,937 | 2014-04-12, 3:28 am | ||
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Thread: what grade level is the text in pokemon? + other suggestions Post: what grade level is the text in pokemon? + other s... Pokemon Black 2 has spaces between words with Kanji at least. It doesn't have furigana though. I also agree with the general opinion here. That Pokemon is pretty tough for a beginner. As for myself, ... |
Northern_Lord | Learning resources | 25 | 4,950 | 2014-04-08, 5:49 am | ||
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Thread: How do you know if ... Post: How do you know if ... @egoplant Have you tried japanesepod101? I improved my listening significantly by using their podcasts. Unfortunately, for full access you need to pay 7$ though, but I really recommend this site.... |
Northern_Lord | The Japanese language | 18 | 3,494 | 2014-03-28, 6:04 pm | ||
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Thread: How do you know if ... Post: How do you know if ... It's impossible not to make any progress at all. Maybe you're just making slow progress. Whenever you recognize a new word that you have recently learned, that should be a sign you're getting better. ... |
Northern_Lord | The Japanese language | 18 | 3,494 | 2014-03-27, 3:58 am | ||
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Thread: Qualifying は/が particle uses from individual sentences -- harder? Post: Qualifying は/が particle uses from individual sente... @vix86, Yes, yes, of course. This was just meant as an example. They differ from the a/the in many ways. But what I was thinking about is how European languages (and thus English) often use the defini... |
Northern_Lord | The Japanese language | 12 | 2,316 | 2014-03-26, 7:02 pm | ||
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Thread: Qualifying は/が particle uses from individual sentences -- harder? Post: Qualifying は/が particle uses from individual sente... How far have you come in Core2000? And for how long have you been learning? I always had trouble with は and が, but about 1700 words through K2000 I started to get the meaning. At that point I had stu... |
Northern_Lord | The Japanese language | 12 | 2,316 | 2014-03-26, 4:44 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I came across the sentence 「彼は、目標のために手段を選ばなかったわね」 in Core6000, translated as "He did everything to achieve his goal". I just wonder if someone here knows if there is some kind of logic behind 「手段を選ばない... |
Northern_Lord | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,362 | 2014-03-19, 10:30 am | ||
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Thread: Of course you can learn 40-60 words a day. Post: Of course you can learn 40-60 words a day. vix86 Wrote:Northern_Lord Wrote:Hahaha. NO WAY am I going to do anything close to 700 reviews per day. Its not that bad if you review at your optimum time of day and do more during the day. Most peopl... |
Northern_Lord | The Japanese language | 101 | 24,336 | 2014-03-12, 1:11 pm | ||
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Thread: Of course you can learn 40-60 words a day. Post: Of course you can learn 40-60 words a day. Hahaha. NO WAY am I going to do anything close to 700 reviews per day. I'm impressed you can make it. There's a whole lot of discipline there. But just how many cards do you keep per word? I do 35 wor... |
Northern_Lord | The Japanese language | 101 | 24,336 | 2014-03-11, 6:43 am | ||
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Thread: When did learning Japanese hit easy-mode for you? Post: When did learning Japanese hit easy-mode for you? I think I get what you mean by "easy mode" although I may not relate exactly to your description. For me in the beginning things were very confusing. I didn't know what to focus on, so I spread my at... |
Northern_Lord | The Japanese language | 6 | 2,270 | 2014-02-24, 10:38 am | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... Congratulations to all of those who have finished! お疲れさま！ |
Northern_Lord | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,700 | 2014-02-22, 6:59 pm | ||
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Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here Just finished Core 2000 :D Now for core 6000. EDIT: Wow. Coincidently, clearing all 2000 cards of my Core 2000 deck actually brought me to no less than my 24.999th review in that particular deck. |
Northern_Lord | General discussion | 1,389 | 294,604 | 2014-02-14, 7:51 pm | ||
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Thread: に and で differences Post: に and で differences Could it be that 「私の父は外務書に勤めている」 means "My father works FOR the appartment of foreign affairs"? Whereas なになにで勤めている would be "working AT (some place)"?lja I don't see how で appearing in 学校で勉強する and th... |
Northern_Lord | The Japanese language | 15 | 3,375 | 2014-02-09, 4:44 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Thanks for the info! |
Northern_Lord | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,362 | 2014-02-01, 5:50 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread In what context could you say 水を１カップ入れてください? The English translation was "Please put in one cup of water", but I don't quite get what context this fits in. Is this something you'd say to a waitress ,a... |
Northern_Lord | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,362 | 2014-02-01, 5:05 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I see. I guess it isn't that often one needs to convey this kind of meaning anyways. Thank you. |
Northern_Lord | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,362 | 2014-01-27, 4:14 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I know that verbs describing actions that take place in a short interval of time have been completed when they are in their ～ている form. 葉が道に落ちている = A leaf is lying on the road (it has fallen down on th... |
Northern_Lord | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,362 | 2014-01-22, 4:57 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread @VEMPELE/@YUDANTAITEKI It was in one of the decks on Anki web, one of the series that goes under the name "Japanese Core 2000 Step [XX] Listening Sentence Vocab + Images" divided into 10 decks of 200 ... |
Northern_Lord | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,362 | 2014-01-18, 5:58 pm | ||
