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    Thread: Brilliant rant from a Japanese friend.
Post: Brilliant rant from a Japanese friend.

I can never quite understand how anybody could have any problems with learning English. I mean I don't know a sliver of English grammar, nor have I ever needed to memorize word lists to advance. In No...
Kuma01 General discussion 46 8,157 2012-03-29, 10:04 am
    Thread: Kanji Causing Hand Pains
Post: Kanji Causing Hand Pains

I remember having a little bit of cramp when I just started out, but it went away pretty fast and it never really obstructed my writing. But yeah if you had a pre-existing condition then exasperating ...
Kuma01 Remembering the Kanji 26 6,043 2012-03-04, 3:10 pm
    Thread: More effiecient way for sentence mining scanned Manga?
Post: More effiecient way for sentence mining scanned Ma...

Most manga sentences aren't really full sentences anyway, so it might be more useful to make vocab cards.
Kuma01 Learning resources 9 1,973 2012-02-29, 1:17 pm
    Thread: Yabla - My Ultimate Language Learning Site!
Post: Yabla - My Ultimate Language Learning Site!

Seems like it might have had some uses for japanese, but unfortunately it only has chinese. I tested the german one, it has been quite a while since my last high school lesson but I was still able to ...
Kuma01 Learning resources 13 3,667 2012-02-28, 3:05 pm
    Thread: Ever Have One of Those Days?
Post: Ever Have One of Those Days?

Yeah I have, usually when I went out drinking the day before and it actually makes me paranoid about whether or not I'm actually losing knowledge because of it, after which I swear I'll never drink ag...
Kuma01 General discussion 3 797 2012-02-28, 2:17 pm
    Thread: When to start learning a new language?
Post: When to start learning a new language?

howtwosavealif3 Wrote:Kuma01 Wrote:I have no idea how you all combine that many languages and are left with any free time. Typically my SrSing takes 1,5-2 hours a day for japanese alone. I try to inco...
Kuma01 Off topic 20 5,019 2012-02-27, 7:44 pm
    Thread: these kinds of sites...
Post: these kinds of sites...

I can't see this thread do anything besides derailing into a flame war about piracy in general. Reported.
Kuma01 Off topic 6 1,906 2012-02-27, 6:14 pm
    Thread: When to start learning a new language?
Post: When to start learning a new language?

I have no idea how you all combine that many languages and are left with any free time. Typically my SrSing takes 1,5-2 hours a day for japanese alone. I try to incorporate japanese in what I do in my...
Kuma01 Off topic 20 5,019 2012-02-27, 6:11 pm
    Thread: More Japanese = less enjoyment of Japan?
Post: More Japanese = less enjoyment of Japan?

Well yeah being able to read all the mysterious signs does make it seem like just another place on this earth, which it of course is. An a side note, am I the only one who gets the feeling Honyakujosh...
Kuma01 General discussion 119 21,840 2012-02-27, 10:19 am
    Thread: This guy = the man
Post: This guy = the man

kusterdu Wrote:That's odd that his Afrikaans would be almost native-live but his Dutch would be a little "off." I thought they were closely related languages. Heh to you maybe. To a Dutch person Afri...
Kuma01 Off topic 112 19,935 2012-02-25, 4:28 pm
    Thread: I study Nihongo because...
Post: I study Nihongo because...

No lofty goals for me, I purely started studying it to be able to consume more entertainment. It has actually sparked an interest in me for languages in general, but that was never my starting point. ...
Kuma01 Off topic 358 111,113 2012-02-25, 3:37 pm
    Thread: Using images with Core?
Post: Using images with Core?

For me it seemed to work as well as the keyword association wise after seeing it so many times on each card. But I honestly don't think it helps you remember, atleast I never noticed any retention dif...
Kuma01 General discussion 2 599 2012-02-25, 3:34 pm
    Thread: This guy = the man
Post: This guy = the man

After reading through most of this thread it seems like it has been heavily derailed by an individual that appears to be jealous of the attention the young man from the youtube video is getting. I hav...
Kuma01 Off topic 112 19,935 2012-02-25, 2:25 pm
    Thread: Am I the Only One?!!
Post: Am I the Only One?!!

Yeah you're far from being the only one who has this problem. I started learning Japanese mainly so I would be able to read it so I have focused mainly on the reading and writing of kanji. And like ot...
Kuma01 The Japanese language 20 4,602 2012-02-25, 2:18 pm
    Thread: This guy = the man
Post: This guy = the man

I can't comment on any of the other languages but I can tell that he is not a native speaker of Dutch. He pronounces words rather stiff and his expression is also very bookish, like you will not find ...
Kuma01 Off topic 112 19,935 2012-02-22, 9:05 pm
    Thread: My Japanese is AWESOME
Post: My Japanese is AWESOME

I honestly do not think AJATT works because of its '' method'' but simply because it basically tells you to dedicate hours each day to doing the thing you want to improve at. It doesn't matter how you...
Kuma01 General discussion 70 12,636 2011-12-17, 3:06 pm
    Thread: Japanese routine
Post: Japanese routine

I read things I like, when I have time, and add unknown vocab to my deck. Of course I also keep up with reviews. I have no real pattern or schedule and I prefer it that way because forcing yourself to...
Kuma01 The Japanese language 16 4,090 2011-12-17, 9:44 am
    Thread: [Guide] How to read Japanese in 2 years time - by watching Anime
Post: [Guide] How to read Japanese in 2 years time - by ...

I suppose I have been unknowingly following ''your'' method. I first completed the core 2k before I even attempted to read anything outside of my SrS though, and even that was kind of a frustrating e...
Kuma01 Learning resources 7 3,132 2011-12-14, 3:25 pm
    Thread: What's your area of study?
Post: What's your area of study?

Biology, specializing in Medical Biology. I really have no direct professional interest in Japanese, other than that I will most likely take the JLPT test when I feel I am ready for it. It will make f...
Kuma01 Off topic 45 10,654 2011-12-14, 2:55 pm
    Thread: Self study, SRS only. Thoughts and Results.
Post: Self study, SRS only. Thoughts and Results.

ta12121 Wrote:can you recommend any visual novels/where to get them? I use either http://omochikaeri.wordpress.com/ or http://vndb.org/ to find interesting ones. As for where to get them, I doubt I'm ...
Kuma01 Learning resources 22 4,716 2011-10-18, 6:28 pm
    Thread: Self study, SRS only. Thoughts and Results.
Post: Self study, SRS only. Thoughts and Results.

I'm pretty sure you're exaggerating when you say you studied 2 hours every day. I haven't done that much formal studying per day and I started learning vocab around may. I have studied around 8k words...
Kuma01 Learning resources 22 4,716 2011-10-18, 12:39 pm
    Thread: A grammar production deck
Post: A grammar production deck

If I were you I would not focus so much on production but more on input. Just read/listen more eventually the right patterns will just stick. I honestly don't believe in using formal study materials a...
Kuma01 The Japanese language 11 3,581 2011-10-16, 9:34 am
    Thread: beginner level vocab with anki
Post: beginner level vocab with anki

When you just start out without any previous vocab of course it's going to be hard. The bigger your vocab gets the easier it becomes to learn new words, probably because it all becomes associated in y...
Kuma01 The Japanese language 7 5,322 2011-10-09, 12:10 pm
    Thread: sentences while working through RtK1 - your thoughts?
Post: sentences while working through RtK1 - your though...

I wouldn't worry about grammar, it is by far the easiest aspect of learning Japanese. If anything the biggest hurdle is vocabulary. You could combine RtK with grammar/vocab study I guess, but the RtK ...
Kuma01 The Japanese language 10 3,368 2011-10-09, 12:07 pm
    Thread: Easiest Anime and manga
Post: Easiest Anime and manga

I just started with things aimed at native speakers of about my age. Japanese is very logically structured grammatically, for me thing holding me back was and is still vocab. I advice you try to finis...
Kuma01 General discussion 11 2,926 2011-09-24, 7:57 pm
    Thread: Do you feel Japanese is faster than other languages you speak?
Post: Do you feel Japanese is faster than other language...

I have noticed that I thought it was very fast when I began studying it, but I believe your brain needs time to adapt to a new language and new sounds, but as your recognition and understanding improv...
Kuma01 General discussion 13 6,198 2011-09-24, 8:34 am
    Thread: totally clueless
Post: totally clueless

Don't even try to remember the entire sentence, that's way too many facts per card. I just tried to memorize the highlighted word and if I failed the card I would try to read the example sentence to g...
Kuma01 Learning resources 10 2,274 2011-09-22, 8:03 pm
    Thread: How did people learn Japanese ~50 years ago?
Post: How did people learn Japanese ~50 years ago?

Well, based on my personal experience, new kanji readings and vocab only tend to stick when you encounter them at a high frequency in what you read/listen to. Though it seems to be easier for me to re...
Kuma01 The Japanese language 51 24,266 2011-09-22, 2:14 pm
    Thread: How did people learn Japanese ~50 years ago?
Post: How did people learn Japanese ~50 years ago?

I imagine most of them were either part Japanese, native Japanese or had just lived there for a long time. I remember reading that there was a special Dutch settlement in Japan in colonial times. I th...
Kuma01 The Japanese language 51 24,266 2011-09-21, 8:50 am
    Thread: nest0r - keep in touch
Post: nest0r - keep in touch

I don't visit this forum all that regularly but even I have gotten into a discussion with him. I'm not that surprised he got banned, he seemed quite abrasive to me and anyone that disagreed with him w...
Kuma01 Off topic 161 22,523 2011-09-20, 3:45 pm