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Thread: World Cup 2010 Post: World Cup 2010 chochajin Wrote:4:1 (or 4:2 if you want - I thought it was very unfair, but in the end it doesn't matter with THAT result anyways) You can never tell what would have happened had that shocking decisio... |
jonjimbo2000 | Off topic | 63 | 10,630 | 2010-06-28, 12:03 am | ||
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Thread: World Cup 2010 Post: World Cup 2010 I should have stayed up to watch it! I watched the earlier game instead - Slovakia vs Italy. It was quite a game. Amazing to see the 2006 finalists Italy and France both knocked out in the group stage... |
jonjimbo2000 | Off topic | 63 | 10,630 | 2010-06-24, 9:23 pm | ||
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Thread: World Cup 2010 Post: World Cup 2010 Jarvik7 Wrote:That said, soccer is incredibly boring to watch. Well one man's meat is another man's poison. As for me I love watching soccerball. I am from Ireland and as we won't be there (Thierry... |
jonjimbo2000 | Off topic | 63 | 10,630 | 2010-05-13, 1:40 am | ||
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Thread: Happy Mother's Day Post: Happy Mother's Day I always get confused about the date of Mother's Day. Back home it's on the fourth Sunday in Lent, which is no use cause I never know when Easter is either. I live in Japan so it's the second Sunday... |
jonjimbo2000 | Off topic | 9 | 3,329 | 2010-05-09, 9:52 pm | ||
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Thread: Paul Nation, Learning vocabulary in another language Post: Paul Nation, Learning vocabulary in another langua... wccrawford Wrote:jonjimbo2000 Wrote:He had some questions for them (referencing Nation). I got them wrong but then I'm not a real teacher so its ok. Well don't keep us in suspense! Sorry These are th... |
jonjimbo2000 | General discussion | 34 | 10,737 | 2010-04-14, 7:24 pm | ||
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Thread: Paul Nation, Learning vocabulary in another language Post: Paul Nation, Learning vocabulary in another langua... I haven't read the article yet but a professor came to the school where I work (in Japan) and gave a lecture to the English teachers on learing vocabulary. He had some questions for them (referencing... |
jonjimbo2000 | General discussion | 34 | 10,737 | 2010-04-13, 11:31 pm | ||
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Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition shirokuro Wrote:I just downloaded it and tried it out. It works for me, but when I hit the key to play the audio, it takes me away from the page I'm on and brings me to the MP3 clip. The navigation ba... |
jonjimbo2000 | Learning resources | 859 | 243,544 | 2010-04-06, 9:17 am | ||
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Thread: Dating a student. Need to break up. How? Post: Dating a student. Need to break up. How? Showing her this thread would be a good start. I'm curious as to whether relationships with students are specifically prohibited in your contract. Sorry if its been mentioned before. I think teache... |
jonjimbo2000 | Off topic | 91 | 12,394 | 2010-04-04, 10:31 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Bands Post: Japanese Bands I like Supercar スーパーカー。 They have some really weird videos too. http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=TEdvqLF1...re=related Also there are a few threads on Japanese music. Just do a search and you will g... |
jonjimbo2000 | General discussion | 23 | 9,879 | 2010-04-04, 7:50 am | ||
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Thread: When word is hiragana instead of kanji? Post: When word is hiragana instead of kanji? Quick question about a couple of definitions from Yahoo!辞書: もく‐よく【×沐浴】 ［名］(スル) １ 髪やからだを洗うこと。また、湯や水を浴びてからだを清めること。ゆあみ。 り‐かい【理解】 ［名］(スル) １ 物事の道理や筋道が正しくわかること。意味・内容をのみこむこと。 Why are からだ and わかる in hira... |
jonjimbo2000 | General discussion | 38 | 11,669 | 2010-03-30, 7:34 pm | ||
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Thread: RhinoSpike: Foreign Language Audio on Demand Post: RhinoSpike: Foreign Language Audio on Demand lagwagon555 Wrote:I'd love to contribute, but I'm sure no one wants a New Zealand accent, so I'll personally leech of the system without a guilty conscience :D But it really does seem like a great we... |
jonjimbo2000 | Learning resources | 47 | 10,594 | 2010-03-29, 7:45 pm | ||
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Thread: Any rule on using 下さい versus ください? Post: Any rule on using 下さい versus ください? Kubelek Wrote:what about other words like ありがとう? where am I likely to see it as 有り難う (outside of jpod101 transcripts)? I saw 有難う printed on a cardboard box in my apartment. I saw it everyday for mont... |
jonjimbo2000 | The Japanese language | 30 | 5,476 | 2010-03-29, 7:04 pm | ||
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Thread: The KanKen Chronicles Post: The KanKen Chronicles jonjimbo2000 Wrote:I don't know much about the test having never taken it but one of my students passed the 一級 when he was in second grade in junior high school. His English is really good too. Guess... |
jonjimbo2000 | General discussion | 397 | 123,291 | 2010-01-07, 1:15 am | ||
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Thread: The KanKen Chronicles Post: The KanKen Chronicles Jarvik7 Wrote:He must have been a robot. I find the story highly unlikely unless he is autistic or something though. He'd make national news easily if he passed 1kyuu in 2nd grade 中 and would know muc... |
jonjimbo2000 | General discussion | 397 | 123,291 | 2009-12-31, 10:33 am | ||
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Thread: The KanKen Chronicles Post: The KanKen Chronicles I don't know much about the test having never taken it but one of my students passed the 一級 when he was in second grade in junior high school. His English is really good too. Guess he must be a langu... |
jonjimbo2000 | General discussion | 397 | 123,291 | 2009-12-31, 9:26 am | ||
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Thread: きみ、あなた、＆ おまえ Post: きみ、あなた、＆ おまえ bizarrojosh Wrote:jonjimbo2000 Wrote:Very interesting and informative discussion. My wife hates if I use きみ so I always call her by name. I usually use ちゃん or さん depending on the situation. You add さ... |
jonjimbo2000 | The Japanese language | 53 | 11,874 | 2009-12-22, 11:06 pm | ||
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Thread: きみ、あなた、＆ おまえ Post: きみ、あなた、＆ おまえ Very interesting and informative discussion. My wife hates if I use きみ so I always call her by name. I usually use ちゃん or さん depending on the situation. |
jonjimbo2000 | The Japanese language | 53 | 11,874 | 2009-12-22, 10:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Cool Japanese girl's name Post: Cool Japanese girl's name bodhisamaya Wrote:jonjimbo2000 Wrote:I'm in a similar position. My wife will give birth to our first baby in February. We don't know if it's a boy or girl so we need to think of both. I want a name t... |
jonjimbo2000 | Off topic | 68 | 15,428 | 2009-12-21, 10:15 pm | ||
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Thread: Cool Japanese girl's name Post: Cool Japanese girl's name bodhisamaya Wrote:Interesting site: Female Japanese Names Thanks for that site and congratulations. I'm in a similar position. My wife will give birth to our first baby in February. We don't know if ... |
jonjimbo2000 | Off topic | 68 | 15,428 | 2009-12-21, 8:33 am | ||
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Thread: English - help or hindrance? Post: English - help or hindrance? IceCream Wrote:As soon as it's possible, you should move to J-J only definitions in your srs wherever possible, or, for certain types of words, J thesaurus entries are better. I try to use J-J as much... |
jonjimbo2000 | General discussion | 42 | 6,574 | 2009-12-17, 6:50 pm | ||
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Thread: 2009 Reflections + 2010 Resolutions Post: 2009 Reflections + 2010 Resolutions 2009 Reflections - finally finished RTK1 after a couple of false starts. - sat the JLPT2 for the second time and probably failed again. But on a positive note I understood a lot more this time around ... |
jonjimbo2000 | General discussion | 76 | 14,406 | 2009-12-14, 9:20 pm | ||
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Thread: how the brain processes kanji Post: how the brain processes kanji All I can say is that's dedication - how long did it take to create that post. Amazing! PS Aye |
jonjimbo2000 | Learning resources | 36 | 18,726 | 2009-12-12, 5:44 am | ||
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Thread: The significance of white in Chinese culture? Post: The significance of white in Chinese culture? I heard those white hoods have something to do with hiding the brides "horns". I'm sure someone else can give a better explanation. |
jonjimbo2000 | The Japanese language | 12 | 2,569 | 2009-12-12, 2:25 am | ||
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Thread: Wondering about the pronunciation of 待つ. Post: Wondering about the pronunciation of 待つ. I have noticed my high school students writing things like Tiba and not Chiba and using tu instead of tsu in place names and people's names. What romaji system are they taught at elementary school? |
jonjimbo2000 | The Japanese language | 87 | 14,656 | 2009-12-10, 8:53 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT is over! Post: JLPT is over! chorismos Wrote:I've no idea if it was a yellow card - wasn't like the football (umpire holds aloft a card) and presumably they need to give some verbal indication/confirmation? It felt more like 'thi... |
jonjimbo2000 | General discussion | 116 | 19,053 | 2009-12-07, 12:07 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT is over! Post: JLPT is over! ghinzdra Wrote:did you take the test ? yellow card means OUT. you still can take the test but official are supposed to take you out to warn you. So the time you gain is lost in being scolded Well at... |
jonjimbo2000 | General discussion | 116 | 19,053 | 2009-12-06, 10:19 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT is over! Post: JLPT is over! ghinzdra Wrote:yes and no.... if you re short I think Kanzen (and I assume Unicom) is a great help to improve in a short time . Through this training what you lack in raw power you make it up in techn... |
jonjimbo2000 | General discussion | 116 | 19,053 | 2009-12-06, 8:24 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT is over! Post: JLPT is over! yukimine Wrote:I took level 2 today too. To be sincere I was really surprised with the moji/goi test. I expected to finish it with no problems but I thought it was the hardest. I studied with an old U... |
jonjimbo2000 | General discussion | 116 | 19,053 | 2009-12-06, 7:41 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT is over! Post: JLPT is over! As suggested previously for the reading / grammar I did the grammar section first as quickly as I could. Then I started at the last reading question and worked my way back to the big question. It kin... |
jonjimbo2000 | General discussion | 116 | 19,053 | 2009-12-06, 7:59 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT is over! Post: JLPT is over! I also did the level 2. The Kanji / Vocab section was a little harder than I expected. The Listening was bad basically cause I didn't do enough practice so I can't comment on its difficulty. The Rea... |
jonjimbo2000 | General discussion | 116 | 19,053 | 2009-12-06, 5:00 am | ||
