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    Thread: The Encouragement Thread
Post: The Encouragement Thread

NoSleepTilFluent Wrote:Thats Funny I'm in lesson 25 right now and I just came to this post to post about how I'm not feeling motivated to do any Kanji today. I have a lot on my plate with midterms and...
aaroncp Remembering the Kanji 908 186,085 2011-02-24, 3:56 pm
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

Got to 508 last night!! It has taken me a long long time to even begin to get into a habit of actually doing these daily since I started this process in October and am only just now over 500. I can't...
aaroncp Remembering the Kanji 526 167,137 2011-02-22, 10:53 am
    Thread: Post your *ambitious* goal here!
Post: Post your *ambitious* goal here!

-finish up my double major in Computer and Electrical Engineering and minor in Mathematics -study abroad for a year in Japan (and pass the 2 kyu by the end) -get into a top 10 school for my MBA -get a...
aaroncp General discussion 96 18,431 2011-02-11, 6:05 am
    Thread: arabic resources
Post: arabic resources

ahibba Wrote:There is a good Anki deck called "Darija-Moroccan Arabic". It contains over 1600 colloquial Moroccan words. Another nice resource is the FSI Moroccan Arabic. It's only 56 pages, but a lo...
aaroncp Off topic 20 4,893 2010-11-05, 9:54 am
    Thread: The Encouragement Thread
Post: The Encouragement Thread

adoette Wrote:Have you considered removing them? You can take them off and then add them back on 25 at a time, everyday. Depending on how fast you study new ones, you should catch up fairly fast. It o...
aaroncp Remembering the Kanji 908 186,085 2010-10-28, 8:57 am
    Thread: The Encouragement Thread
Post: The Encouragement Thread

I am definitely needing some motivation now. I didn't find this site until i was about 180 in and just added them all at the same time (big mistake). Now at around 250 I am buried in reviews and hav...
aaroncp Remembering the Kanji 908 186,085 2010-10-27, 6:14 pm
    Thread: arabic resources
Post: arabic resources

liosama Wrote:http://www.amazon.com/Reference-Grammar-...318&sr=8-2 This is the best book afaik for Grammar, it's like 900 pages. I've only gone through some of it so far, but not entirely. It's...
aaroncp Off topic 20 4,893 2010-10-27, 9:42 am
    Thread: arabic resources
Post: arabic resources

Well from what I have read, and I may be misinformed, MSA is the most commonly taught with the most resources available outside of Arabic speaking nations. This is why she is currently planning on co...
aaroncp Off topic 20 4,893 2010-10-26, 7:43 pm
    Thread: arabic resources
Post: arabic resources

I completely agree with you with one possible exception for me: Spanish as it would be so useful and while easy compared to Japanese, sounds nothing like English to my ears. Not to mention that my cu...
aaroncp Off topic 20 4,893 2010-10-26, 6:09 pm
    Thread: arabic resources
Post: arabic resources

Well vonPeterhof I am glad I updated before posting because you ninja'd me big time there :). Specifically she is interested in studying Maghrebi Arabic if she does study abroad because she favors Mo...
aaroncp Off topic 20 4,893 2010-10-26, 5:33 pm
    Thread: arabic resources
Post: arabic resources

The writings yes, but pronunciation is still being worked on. Thanks for the resources; anything is appreciated. I have always found it easier to trust first hand accounts/recommendations on a forum...
aaroncp Off topic 20 4,893 2010-10-26, 4:55 pm
    Thread: arabic resources
Post: arabic resources

So as I am in the beginning stages of my self study of Japanese, my girlfriend is in the beginning stages of her study of Arabic. I have learned of so many good resources from this community that I p...
aaroncp Off topic 20 4,893 2010-10-26, 3:08 pm
    Thread: The World’s Most Expensive Cities 2010
Post: The World’s Most Expensive Cities 2010

Well the discussion was already over. You must have misinterpreted what I am saying. I was making generalizations about U.S. students that study Japanese, not all students and definitely not the Jap...
aaroncp Off topic 115 33,084 2010-10-25, 6:07 pm
    Thread: The World’s Most Expensive Cities 2010
Post: The World’s Most Expensive Cities 2010

If we are going into constructed languages, I prefer Lojban myself. Esperanto seems a little too eurocentric for my tastes. My opinion is more of an observation though since I have very little exper...
aaroncp Off topic 115 33,084 2010-10-25, 1:36 pm
    Thread: The World’s Most Expensive Cities 2010
Post: The World’s Most Expensive Cities 2010

I am not sure what you consider to be vapid weasel words, but this is merely how I always write. Perhaps you think I am trying to be purposefully verbose, but I just enjoy writing and therefore natur...
aaroncp Off topic 115 33,084 2010-10-25, 12:28 pm
    Thread: The World’s Most Expensive Cities 2010
Post: The World’s Most Expensive Cities 2010

"I feel dumber after reading your comments." "regardless of what others around him/her think." That issue has already been addressed.
aaroncp Off topic 115 33,084 2010-10-25, 11:50 am
    Thread: The World’s Most Expensive Cities 2010
Post: The World’s Most Expensive Cities 2010

Of course no one cares just as no one cares about the vast majority of arguments that occur between 2 people; this just happened to be in a public forum and therefore more evident. Why do it then? Be...
aaroncp Off topic 115 33,084 2010-10-25, 11:26 am
    Thread: The World’s Most Expensive Cities 2010
Post: The World’s Most Expensive Cities 2010

I may be wrong here, but I don't think I am when I say that the majority of people that have a desire to study Japanese in the U.S. at one time or another take university classes. That isn't necessar...
aaroncp Off topic 115 33,084 2010-10-25, 10:43 am
    Thread: Which of 2 programs to choose from.
Post: Which of 2 programs to choose from.

Great, I appreciate the advice. Yamasa will now definitely be my first choice for the scholarship application. So next question: With Yamasa as my primary choice, what should be my secondary? I wo...
aaroncp JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 7 2,441 2010-10-21, 8:57 am
    Thread: The World’s Most Expensive Cities 2010
Post: The World’s Most Expensive Cities 2010

@captal: Perhaps I am trolling. Stereotypes may not always be best to go on, but they exist because they are generally true. When I was taking Japanese classes, several of the guys I knew dating Asi...
aaroncp Off topic 115 33,084 2010-10-21, 8:47 am
    Thread: Which of 2 programs to choose from.
Post: Which of 2 programs to choose from.

Yes it is, but I have no choice if I want to stay for a year. I would have to use a travel visa for the first term, fly out of the country, and fly back in to get my student visa. As far as these 2 ...
aaroncp JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 7 2,441 2010-10-20, 5:21 pm
    Thread: Which of 2 programs to choose from.
Post: Which of 2 programs to choose from.

@pm215: That was definitely my thought, but I just wanted to hear if anyone had had a fantastic time with something else/bad time with one of these. It isn't always easy locating the good programs on...
aaroncp JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 7 2,441 2010-10-20, 3:39 pm
    Thread: Which of 2 programs to choose from.
Post: Which of 2 programs to choose from.

I am applying for a $20k scholarship for spending a year in Japan. For this scholarship I have to apply for a primary and secondary program in case I don't get into one or the other (Boren Schola...
aaroncp JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 7 2,441 2010-10-20, 10:38 am
    Thread: The World’s Most Expensive Cities 2010
Post: The World’s Most Expensive Cities 2010

For what it is worth, I guess I am in the minority here in that I am reasonably into Japanese culture without being obsessed with its women. I feel like men that ask why we can't have so many hot wom...
aaroncp Off topic 115 33,084 2010-10-18, 5:01 pm
    Thread: Kanji Frequency in Wikipedia
Post: Kanji Frequency in Wikipedia

These lists are very much appreciated. I will probably be using these to continue my kanji studies once I have finished RTK 1.
aaroncp General discussion 78 75,001 2010-10-14, 10:00 am