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Thread: The ばか's Guide To RTK 2 Post: The ばか's Guide To RTK 2 A note to most posters in this thread... Kanji Town, Movie Method, Kanji Chains, etc. are not RTK-2. There's a tendency on this forum to conflate RTK-2 with the general act of learning the readings (e... |
mafried | Remembering the Kanji | 18 | 9,271 | 2011-03-08, 8:29 pm | ||
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Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners @dizdiz: first search through the forums--chances are your questions have already been answered in other threads. Then post your remaining questions. It'd be better to answer here than through skype s... |
mafried | The Japanese language | 712 | 401,175 | 2011-03-05, 5:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Learning each other's languages in a relationship Post: Learning each other's languages in a relationship thurd Wrote:I agree that actively trying to learn (corrections, "sessions" of speaking language X or even normal lessons) from your partner is impractical and just plain weird. My wife is Chinese, and... |
mafried | General discussion | 20 | 3,570 | 2011-03-02, 1:13 pm | ||
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Thread: Pinyin, Mandarin, Cantonese... I'm confused Post: Pinyin, Mandarin, Cantonese... I'm confused ファブリス Wrote:mafried: I am talking about the pronounciation of the characters, as displayed on the flash cards. I thought one type of romanization may have been linked to simplified, and another to tra... |
mafried | Chinese and Hanzi | 12 | 4,122 | 2011-03-02, 3:13 am | ||
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Thread: Pinyin, Mandarin, Cantonese... I'm confused Post: Pinyin, Mandarin, Cantonese... I'm confused ファブリス Wrote:Would you use the mandarin reading on simplified chinese hanzi flash cards, and the cantonese reading for traditional hanzi flash cards, or does it not matter? I assume this is related to ... |
mafried | Chinese and Hanzi | 12 | 4,122 | 2011-03-01, 2:12 pm | ||
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Thread: My alternative to Heisig's RTK Post: My alternative to Heisig's RTK "Kanji they know" It's part of the system. If I know a kanji then I know how to write it. Maybe others' experience is different, but I've never once encountered a kanji in the wild that I had learned ... |
mafried | Learning resources | 20 | 7,026 | 2011-03-01, 1:48 pm | ||
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Thread: My alternative to Heisig's RTK Post: My alternative to Heisig's RTK Regardless of its utility, learning how to write is the most tangential, fringe, unexpected side benefit of Heisig's method. It's Remembering the Kanji, not Writing the Kanji. It just so happens that ... |
mafried | Learning resources | 20 | 7,026 | 2011-03-01, 1:37 pm | ||
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Thread: My alternative to Heisig's RTK Post: My alternative to Heisig's RTK Well, good luck with that. In a previous life I would have been righteous and taken issue with the quote “I think in the long run, you get the same result faster” (from my experience, you will get les... |
mafried | Learning resources | 20 | 7,026 | 2011-03-01, 2:18 am | ||
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Thread: RtK done quick Post: RtK done quick Checking in to give a warning to those also making their way through RTK-1: frames 1300-1400 are killer. I'm in the middle of the thread chapter (frame 1362, I think) and none of the stories are stick... |
mafried | Remembering the Kanji | 64 | 15,805 | 2011-02-27, 2:05 am | ||
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Thread: Japan on the Atomic Bombs Post: Japan on the Atomic Bombs buonaparte Wrote:Ever since the Meiji Restoration the Emperor was not just a figurehead. He had real power. The Meiji emperor was a figurehead of the oligarchy. The historical figure Ken Watanabe's ch... |
mafried | Off topic | 28 | 4,219 | 2011-02-25, 4:18 pm | ||
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Thread: RTH (Traditonal) more popular than RSH (Simplified) ? Post: RTH (Traditonal) more popular than RSH (Simplified... This is not the right thread, but here goes: if you're going to learn both, learn traditional then simplified. Traditional then simplified is easier than the other way around, and there is no argument... |
mafried | Chinese and Hanzi | 23 | 5,670 | 2011-02-24, 4:45 pm | ||
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Thread: RtK done quick Post: RtK done quick I won't be posting to this thread or the forum anymore, except perhaps to release my deck when it's done (I know some people asked for it). Some things that went on in another thread have made me reev... |
mafried | Remembering the Kanji | 64 | 15,805 | 2011-02-17, 2:31 pm | ||
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Thread: Joining Air Force for Abroad Opportunities? Post: Joining Air Force for Abroad Opportunities? bizarrojosh Wrote:Womacks23 Wrote:Bush is Hitler and the 1st Cavalry Division is the SS. Wooo I seriously hope you actually learn things about history when you make it to college. We know you were i... |
mafried | Off topic | 65 | 13,912 | 2011-02-17, 6:09 am | ||
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Thread: Joining Air Force for Abroad Opportunities? Post: Joining Air Force for Abroad Opportunities? thecite Wrote:You're right, the military can be used for the right reasons, e.g. defence against encroachment, UN peacekeeping interventions etc. Unfortunately, it's generally used for the wrong reaso... |
mafried | Off topic | 65 | 13,912 | 2011-02-17, 5:11 am | ||
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Thread: Joining Air Force for Abroad Opportunities? Post: Joining Air Force for Abroad Opportunities? In western democracies, militaries are highly de-politicized entities. They are USED for political ends, yes: the military is a tool to be used by a democratically elected, civilian government. If the... |
mafried | Off topic | 65 | 13,912 | 2011-02-17, 4:19 am | ||
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Thread: Joining Air Force for Abroad Opportunities? Post: Joining Air Force for Abroad Opportunities? Did I mention the US military anywhere in my post? No, I didn't. My advice would be the same whether we're talking about the US Air Force or the Republican Guard. Let's leave politics out of this. |
mafried | Off topic | 65 | 13,912 | 2011-02-17, 3:41 am | ||
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Thread: RtK done quick Post: RtK done quick 1200. This represents a couple days' worth of studying. I've just been too busy to post an update. Things are going well so far. The pattern seems to be a fair number of kanji that I once knew (and w... |
mafried | Remembering the Kanji | 64 | 15,805 | 2011-02-17, 3:19 am | ||
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Thread: Half way! Post: Half way! lantan Wrote:mafried Wrote:KO2001 of course ;) Would it really be a good idea? I'm just curious, because I'm also thinking about the course of action after I complete the RTK1, and so far I'm itching ... |
mafried | Remembering the Kanji | 616 | 180,266 | 2011-02-17, 3:03 am | ||
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Thread: Should I write the stories? Post: Should I write the stories? Only if you need to, and generally you won't. I never found it useful. |
mafried | Remembering the Kanji | 9 | 1,954 | 2011-02-17, 2:59 am | ||
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Thread: Joining Air Force for Abroad Opportunities? Post: Joining Air Force for Abroad Opportunities? There is a great essay written by retired Marine LTC and author Dave Grossman on the role and psychological character of the those who serve. It is called “On Sheep, Wolves, and Sheepdogs.” I highly r... |
mafried | Off topic | 65 | 13,912 | 2011-02-17, 2:56 am | ||
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Thread: RtK done quick Post: RtK done quick 1116. I've started breaking up my new cards by primitive groups, and adding them in that order. It helps me with the ones I don't know. |
mafried | Remembering the Kanji | 64 | 15,805 | 2011-02-15, 11:58 am | ||
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Thread: Help! Giving up everything and moving abroad? Post: Help! Giving up everything and moving abroad? By all means learn the differences, but try to speak good standard Mandarin. If someone were learning English and moving to Liverpool, would you recommend that they learn to mimic Liverpudlian or stan... |
mafried | General discussion | 42 | 13,846 | 2011-02-15, 11:53 am | ||
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Thread: Help! Giving up everything and moving abroad? Post: Help! Giving up everything and moving abroad? Asriel Wrote:aphasiac Wrote:Worst thing that can happen is I don't find a job, extend my landing visa to 180 days and then have to do a visa run to Hong Kong or Japan (turns out due to my UK visa exem... |
mafried | General discussion | 42 | 13,846 | 2011-02-14, 9:10 pm | ||
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Thread: RTK with Japanese keywords Post: RTK with Japanese keywords I am also curious about this.. I'm a fan of RTK-2, which tests kanji compound -> reading. I thought that at the same time I would make the conversion to Japanese keywords (kana -> kanji) in my R... |
mafried | Remembering the Kanji | 4 | 4,362 | 2011-02-14, 2:48 am | ||
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Thread: RtK done quick Post: RtK done quick 1100. Only 8 more, but I was not planning to add any new cards until tomorrow, so I'll take them as a bonus ;) @NoSleepTilFluent, good luck in part 3! You quickly adjust to creating you own stories ... |
mafried | Remembering the Kanji | 64 | 15,805 | 2011-02-14, 2:39 am | ||
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Thread: Help! Giving up everything and moving abroad? Post: Help! Giving up everything and moving abroad? @aphasiac, I haven't taken that step and moved abroad (yet), but everything you are thinking through I have as well. My wife is from Taiwan (Taipei), and we are seriously considering moving abroad. Pe... |
mafried | General discussion | 42 | 13,846 | 2011-02-13, 3:26 pm | ||
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Thread: RtK done quick Post: RtK done quick 1092. My grandmother passed away last Sunday; the funeral was on Friday. I have have been quite busy over the last week, obviously. I decided at first to stick the whatever-it-takes/schedule-my-life-... |
mafried | Remembering the Kanji | 64 | 15,805 | 2011-02-13, 1:19 pm | ||
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Thread: Post your *ambitious* goal here! Post: Post your *ambitious* goal here! jishera Wrote:4) Exercise 2-3 times a week 5) Play more videogames 6) Spend more time with my bf 4-6 may get in the way of 1-3, but this should also help my time management skills :-) We'll see if I... |
mafried | General discussion | 96 | 18,420 | 2011-02-13, 12:08 pm | ||
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Thread: Need Help with Biology (Also Chemistry) Post: Need Help with Biology (Also Chemistry) Congrats on the score! Maybe it doesn't matter now, but N2O4 would be a nonpolar molecule, if I remember correctly. zachandhobbes is right that the bonds are polar because the differing electronegati... |
mafried | Off topic | 12 | 2,291 | 2011-02-13, 12:02 pm | ||
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Thread: cb's JNovel Formatter Post: cb's JNovel Formatter cb4960, have I told you how awesome you are? No, really, monuments shall be erected in your honor. (Don't let it get to your head, for all our sakes) |
mafried | Learning resources | 121 | 54,128 | 2011-02-11, 1:54 am | ||
