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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
