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    Thread: How to watch Japanese TV/Drama
Post: How to watch Japanese TV/Drama

just being curious about his for a while, what is aprox mine level if i can walk to the kitchen and keep understanding the broad idea what is being talked about in anime, but i cant do this with doram...
ivoSF Learning resources 35 8,505 2009-01-21, 4:20 pm
    Thread: kanji-oddyssey cd-rom(SRS-related)
Post: kanji-oddyssey cd-rom(SRS-related)

i bought the jlpt4 set to try it out and i think its great. the kanji, kana and english keywords are all in the file info so copy and pasting them into anki is easy. before i made cards by adding furi...
ivoSF Learning resources 5 1,100 2008-12-17, 5:32 pm
    Thread: kanji-oddyssey cd-rom(SRS-related)
Post: kanji-oddyssey cd-rom(SRS-related)

after posting this topic i did a google search and aparently this site might have what i need, i go check it out, if i decide to buy it i will share mine experiences. http://www.tanos.co.uk/jlpt/voca...
ivoSF Learning resources 5 1,100 2008-12-17, 4:47 pm
    Thread: kanji-oddyssey cd-rom(SRS-related)
Post: kanji-oddyssey cd-rom(SRS-related)

does the cd-rom of kanji odyssey have the sentences spoken in audio? i have the book and i want to put sentences/words into anki, but with audio atached. if the cd-rom have those it might be worth to ...
ivoSF Learning resources 5 1,100 2008-12-17, 4:43 pm
    Thread: WHY ARE J-DRAMAS SO FLIPPING EXPENSIVE?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post: WHY ARE J-DRAMAS SO FLIPPING EXPENSIVE?!?!?!?!?!!!...

i have the same issue as the orgininal poster of this topic. i want to watch star trek with japanese dubs becouse i like star trek very much. i checked yahoo.jp but the prices there are absurd, like ...
ivoSF Off topic 22 4,437 2008-12-17, 1:47 pm
    Thread: I study Nihongo because...
Post: I study Nihongo because...

igo, anime, manga, games, music and dorama are mine japanese interrests i decided to learn japanese becouse i want to read/watch/play all those in japanese. even though right now we are in the lucky p...
ivoSF Off topic 358 110,930 2008-12-11, 3:21 am
    Thread: Enjoyable reading (manga/book/website)
Post: Enjoyable reading (manga/book/website)

i think that anyone who is confident he can pass jlpt2 and did not capture manga yet is probaly bound to conclude it is not his thing. there is sure a genre you like, so you should look for japanese ...
ivoSF Learning resources 12 3,360 2008-12-08, 4:41 am
    Thread: Eikaiwa Schools
Post: Eikaiwa Schools

i was in leksand, sweden this summer it seems that area has good connections with japan, they had a japanese day with al kind of events such as folksdance, kendo and afoodstand. i can imagine same thi...
ivoSF Off topic 57 8,850 2008-12-04, 2:01 pm
    Thread: Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers and the AJATT Method
Post: Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers and the AJATT Method

btw im currently reading the 10th book in the swords of truth series from terry goodkind, very philsophicaly natured fantasy.
ivoSF General discussion 41 5,814 2008-12-04, 12:50 pm
    Thread: Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers and the AJATT Method
Post: Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers and the AJATT Method

i kind of missed what the point was except that a dope tried to explain why Malcolm Gladwell is a dope. not that iever heared about this figure before this topic. is that a good or a bad thing? :P
ivoSF General discussion 41 5,814 2008-12-04, 12:48 pm
    Thread: Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers and the AJATT Method
Post: Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers and the AJATT Method

with "facts" i ment not realy facts but something whatever it is you learned even intuition based knowledge or things like muscle memory for piano players. what i wanted to point out how curious it i...
ivoSF General discussion 41 5,814 2008-12-04, 12:08 pm
    Thread: Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers and the AJATT Method
Post: Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers and the AJATT Method

this is interresting. if i take as example the game of go and look at proffesionals i can make an interresting conclusion. these days the young players aiming to become proffesional in korea are oft...
ivoSF General discussion 41 5,814 2008-12-04, 10:10 am
    Thread: grammar excercises
Post: grammar excercises

thanks for the many responses. thora, i also looked around without much succes that is why i decided to ask for help. rich_f, i also have the feeling something like drill books for jlpt is what i ne...
ivoSF Learning resources 19 4,405 2008-12-04, 4:47 am
    Thread: grammar excercises
Post: grammar excercises

i do recall i made this topic with the title "GRAMMAR EXCERCISES" i would apriciate if someone could just help me find what i am looking for instead of turning this in a thread of unwanted advice a...
ivoSF Learning resources 19 4,405 2008-12-02, 9:48 pm
    Thread: grammar excercises
Post: grammar excercises

mine best change for that is asking a friend who goes to the leiden university. it is certainly worth trying.
ivoSF Learning resources 19 4,405 2008-11-27, 4:26 pm
    Thread: grammar excercises
Post: grammar excercises

it will help me to reformulate the grammar rules in a way that make sense in mine mind. perhaps it will help to imagine i keep getting stuck trying to learn the grammar rules of mine 3rd language ex...
ivoSF Learning resources 19 4,405 2008-11-27, 2:48 pm
    Thread: grammar excercises
Post: grammar excercises

sorry tobberoth, but if i can make mine own practice materials without errors i have no need to make this post in the first place. by now i have found out what works and what does not work for me. g...
ivoSF Learning resources 19 4,405 2008-11-27, 12:53 pm
    Thread: grammar excercises
Post: grammar excercises

thanks for the links so far. they will be helpfull especialy the pdf file. what i am looking for are practice sheets where you have to put in the right form in a sentence or where you just have to ge...
ivoSF Learning resources 19 4,405 2008-11-27, 4:47 am
    Thread: grammar excercises
Post: grammar excercises

for a long time now i have trouble learning japanese grammar. at first it was becouse i thought i sucked at understanding all the theoretical explanations trough english grammar rules i do not know an...
ivoSF Learning resources 19 4,405 2008-11-26, 6:15 pm
    Thread: Firefox Addon: Split Browser (keep a dictionary open all the time)
Post: Firefox Addon: Split Browser (keep a dictionary op...

samesong, what dictionary do you use in the upper right part of the screen? this is a great add on, especialy on a 26" screen. this forum only take up half the screen :/
ivoSF Learning resources 16 5,502 2008-11-23, 11:31 am
    Thread: Heisig - Stressful/taxing or not at all?
Post: Heisig - Stressful/taxing or not at all?

for me its taxing since i started at the end of 2005 when this site was just functional and i am only at 1431. i did take large brakes, and relearning is not very rewarding if you think you could have...
ivoSF General discussion 47 7,057 2008-11-16, 1:32 am
    Thread: Best Manga for people who just finished RTK
Post: Best Manga for people who just finished RTK

hikaru no go and dragonball are defenitly easy enough, especialy when you have seen or read the story 5 times or more :) same for any other manga you have read in english several times.
ivoSF General discussion 28 8,547 2008-11-11, 10:21 am
    Thread: Read The Kanji web application
Post: Read The Kanji web application

great site, here are mine thoughts after 30 minutes of use. it would be great if you can disable certain cards you do not want to learn. it seems kana mixed with romanji does not work, for example wh...
ivoSF Learning resources 64 9,476 2008-11-10, 10:08 pm
    Thread: How long have you been studying Japanese?
Post: How long have you been studying Japanese?

i think mine first serious thought about learning japanese was somewhere around 2003. this was when i was watching anime a lot and discovered the board game of go(igo). after discovering anime, manga...
ivoSF General discussion 27 10,684 2008-10-28, 2:23 pm
    Thread: Places to buy Japanese things?
Post: Places to buy Japanese things?

rich_f do you know if aichi-ken has a website and ship to europe? sounds like the ideal shop and im sure many others here will agree.
ivoSF Learning resources 36 9,738 2008-10-04, 1:57 pm
    Thread: Exact Japanese subs for dramas and anime
Post: Exact Japanese subs for dramas and anime

shakkum, thank you very much, i was one of the persons looking for japanese subs.
ivoSF Learning resources 55 64,686 2008-07-07, 3:56 pm
    Thread: Practice Kanji While Reading English - New Version of Kanjilish
Post: Practice Kanji While Reading English - New Version...

im reading a fantasy e-book with this. pretty usefull
ivoSF Learning resources 24 5,386 2008-07-01, 1:08 pm
    Thread: Best way to buy Japanese games
Post: Best way to buy Japanese games

any games around that use furigana and are nice to play?(for the pc)
ivoSF General discussion 28 6,710 2008-06-30, 3:15 am
    Thread: Practice Kanji While Reading English - New Version of Kanjilish
Post: Practice Kanji While Reading English - New Version...

interresting i try it out, thanks
ivoSF Learning resources 24 5,386 2008-06-29, 10:41 am
    Thread: What methods have you guys been using to learn onyomi?
Post: What methods have you guys been using to learn ony...

i use KO, its just right for my level. i have bought plenty of books but i think this book is the best investment of the 15 euro it costed i hope that after i finished it i will be ready to understa...
ivoSF Remembering the Kanji 26 8,383 2008-06-25, 11:26 pm