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    Thread: Try listening to this and see if you can hear it clearly
Post: Try listening to this and see if you can hear it c...

the correct answer is どうして急に来たの. Its a clip from standup drama. I don't know why, I played this dozens of times and still hear the "s"....maybe its the slurring from に distorting my listening of the ...
hkoros The Japanese language 18 2,780 2015-07-11, 6:28 am
    Thread: Try listening to this and see if you can hear it clearly
Post: Try listening to this and see if you can hear it c...

When I watch dramas, some words I just can't make out. For example, this sentence clip: [Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0xb1rLw...ture=youtu].be Japanese people I played this to can make it...
hkoros The Japanese language 18 2,780 2015-07-02, 2:32 pm
    Thread: number + の
Post: number + の

ok thanks all, makes sense.
hkoros The Japanese language 5 878 2015-06-15, 1:36 pm
    Thread: number + の
Post: number + の

is it a general rule to have の following a number? Seems all the textbooks I use show this. ie. 日本には、 47の都道府県があります。 There are 47 prefectures in Japan. what if you remove the の? 47都道府県があります。 Is this s...
hkoros The Japanese language 5 878 2015-06-15, 5:43 am
    Thread: Kanzen 3
Post: Kanzen 3

so you think the Kanzen N3 book can replace the Tobira book? I just wonder why people here recommend the Tobira book as opposed to the Kanzen 3 book for transition to N2. So far, after Genki 2, I sta...
hkoros Learning resources 5 1,010 2015-06-14, 4:26 am
    Thread: Kanzen 3
Post: Kanzen 3

Hi, After finishing Genki 2, the level should be N4. Everyone says to do the Tobira or Integrated Approach, then the Kanzen 2 books. But how about Kanzen 3 after the Genki books?? then follow with K...
hkoros Learning resources 5 1,010 2015-06-13, 1:28 pm
    Thread: との in a sentence, can anyone explain?
Post: との in a sentence, can anyone explain?

Can someone please explain the "との" in this sentence? I'm not sure if it means "if" or a quote...and how it connects with 見方. 当局が景気押し上げ策を加速するとの見方に加え、中国本土...yadayada
hkoros The Japanese language 1 700 2015-05-25, 1:44 pm
    Thread: Subs2srs cards...do you remember the sentence kanji, individual words?
Post: Subs2srs cards...do you remember the sentence kanj...

at a crossroads about how I should tackle subs2srs. Right now, my front card is the audio/text. Problem is, I usually remember every scene from shows I watch. Thus, when I hear the audio, I just reme...
hkoros Learning resources 6 882 2015-05-17, 11:45 pm
    Thread: Adjectives with に
Post: Adjectives with に

規則を破った生徒は 厳重に処分する. 厳重 is a NA adjective meaning strict, but why is NI used here? Why isn't NA used? I checked the dictionary of japanese grammar and i'm sure how to classify this NI. Its not a locati...
hkoros The Japanese language 2 655 2015-05-01, 9:37 am
    Thread: Listening to native speakers - can't hear all syllables
Post: Listening to native speakers - can't hear all syll...

thanks for the replies...this helps explain a lot. The funny thing is, I let some native speakers listen to the koko....and some swear they hear both syllables in both cases. lol. Maybe the word is j...
hkoros The Japanese language 22 4,526 2015-01-05, 2:15 pm
    Thread: Listening to native speakers - can't hear all syllables
Post: Listening to native speakers - can't hear all syll...

My grammar and vocab are decent, and can hear teaching stuff from iKnow, etc.....but i'm still having a tough time listening to native speakers....even when they are speaking beginner stuff. Sometime...
hkoros The Japanese language 22 4,526 2015-01-05, 3:29 am
    Thread: Textbook + Android combinations
Post: Textbook + Android combinations

Hi, Was wondering if there was any other textbook/teaching material with a matching Android app. I use Tae Kim textbook and it has an accompanying Android app. Its great because some sometimes when ...
hkoros Learning resources 0 503 2013-12-19, 11:35 pm
    Thread: Should I study Genki/Minna, etc. after finishing Tae Kim and JTMW
Post: Should I study Genki/Minna, etc. after finishing T...

Hi, but of in a limbo as what to do. I finished Japanese the Manga Way and Tae Kim's guide, and am wondering if I should go with the Genki I&II/Minna no Nihongo books after (I didn't know about ...
hkoros The Japanese language 5 2,669 2013-08-08, 1:38 am