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    Thread: Effortless SRS?
Post: Effortless SRS?

hereticalrants Wrote:BlueFinger Wrote:I lack interest on it, You lack interest IN it ;) You won't believe me, but I did write "IN" first, then changed it... mafried Wrote:I thought the point of leach...
BlueFinger General discussion 25 6,838 2010-07-28, 6:29 pm
    Thread: Effortless SRS?
Post: Effortless SRS?

@thurd Sorry for taking so long to answer, internet connection here is down for days already. The reason why I've apologized is that I don't feel very comfortable writing in english. I lack interest ...
BlueFinger General discussion 25 6,838 2010-07-26, 5:13 pm
    Thread: Effortless SRS?
Post: Effortless SRS?

Wow, I wasn't expecting such a positive feedback! I guess nadiatims is absolutely right. SRS is important, but far from being the focus on learning a language. Thanks for this huge enlightenment, guys...
BlueFinger General discussion 25 6,838 2010-07-22, 11:21 pm
    Thread: Effortless SRS?
Post: Effortless SRS?

Please, don't mind my english. I'm really lazy when it comes to studying anything, so SRS is really a pain to me, even though I don't fail that much to recall most cards, but I have to put some thoug...
BlueFinger General discussion 25 6,838 2010-07-22, 6:59 pm
    Thread: Top 5 Interests
Post: Top 5 Interests

That's a pretty funny thing to ask me, because I can't think of too many interests... Maybe literature? I want to read good books, the classics, from every (or most) languages, I guess reading them in...
BlueFinger General discussion 49 9,145 2010-06-29, 9:49 pm
    Thread: Read Pokemon in six months from scratch?
Post: Read Pokemon in six months from scratch?

nohika Wrote:BlueFinger Wrote:nohika Wrote:Where would you recommend getting useful sentences? I'm still really nervous about this, hah. I'm considering making my own deck if I can figure out how to d...
BlueFinger General discussion 14 4,828 2010-06-16, 8:42 pm
    Thread: Read Pokemon in six months from scratch?
Post: Read Pokemon in six months from scratch?

nohika Wrote:BlueFinger Wrote:If you download all the parts from Nukemarine's Core 2k and 6k from "shared decks" on Anki, you pretty much don't need to mine any sentences, as it comes with lots of the...
BlueFinger General discussion 14 4,828 2010-06-15, 10:52 pm
    Thread: Read Pokemon in six months from scratch?
Post: Read Pokemon in six months from scratch?

nohika Wrote:What would you recommend for grammar? Tae Kim's? I have the Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar (I get spoiled on my birthdays and stuff, plus I have a new job = money = spending), maybe...
BlueFinger General discussion 14 4,828 2010-06-15, 8:39 pm
    Thread: Read Pokemon in six months from scratch?
Post: Read Pokemon in six months from scratch?

What the...? Are we three here already? Gonna tell you where I am at learning: Around 750 on RtK Know the kana What I was doing: 2001 kanji odyssey, but since I've got to do all the cards "by hand" ...
BlueFinger General discussion 14 4,828 2010-06-15, 1:38 pm
    Thread: Time to switch to chinese...
Post: Time to switch to chinese...

Ryuujin27 Wrote:Anyone in here who says they are learning Japanese and never think of any of the economic benefits it can lead to for themselves is... well, a liar. Then again, if you are going to l...
BlueFinger Off topic 50 7,796 2010-06-12, 10:20 pm
    Thread: Time to switch to chinese...
Post: Time to switch to chinese...

thurd Wrote:Erubey Wrote:Learning a language doesn't seem like a very economical path to me. Unless you already have a set path with a career in a certain country or group in mind. I just mean, with ...
BlueFinger Off topic 50 7,796 2010-06-12, 10:20 am
    Thread: Buying a laptop in Japan!?
Post: Buying a laptop in Japan!?

Ryuujin27 Wrote:JimmySeal Wrote:Blahah Wrote:the largest trackpad of any laptop on the market Wow, that's an exciting feature. I happen to have a MacBook Pro and I hate the trackpad. No right-mouse bu...
BlueFinger General discussion 121 25,281 2010-06-11, 7:06 pm
    Thread: Time to switch to chinese...
Post: Time to switch to chinese...

undead_saif Wrote:BlueFinger Wrote:Geez, what am I reading? Learning languages just for financial return? Is that even possible if you have absolutely no interest in the language? Seriously, I learn j...
BlueFinger Off topic 50 7,796 2010-06-11, 3:33 pm
    Thread: Time to switch to chinese...
Post: Time to switch to chinese...

Geez, what am I reading? Learning languages just for financial return? Is that even possible if you have absolutely no interest in the language? Seriously, I learn japanese for the fun of learning/kno...
BlueFinger Off topic 50 7,796 2010-06-11, 3:25 pm
    Thread: Buying a laptop in Japan!?
Post: Buying a laptop in Japan!?

Don't buy HP laptops, trust me! I've had two of them, and they suck really bad! The first one, heat problem, motherboard is in coma, apparently a bad batch, since I heard and read a lot of the same pr...
BlueFinger General discussion 121 25,281 2010-06-11, 2:58 pm
    Thread: Learning with a Nintendo DSi..
Post: Learning with a Nintendo DSi..

Haha, Pokémon B&W is making everybody rush their japanese learning. Let's exchange Friend Codes when we get it! About DS's, I have both the Lite and DSi, so I can tell you some things. DSi is muc...
BlueFinger General discussion 17 7,705 2010-06-08, 10:18 pm
    Thread: Pokémon and vocabulary?
Post: Pokémon and vocabulary?

Well, I have some 120 days until the autumn on the northern hemisphere, so that's about 17 kanji/day if I wanna finish 2001KO by that time. Considering that I add 5-8 words and 3 sentences per kanji, ...
BlueFinger General discussion 14 11,172 2010-06-03, 10:58 pm
    Thread: Pokémon and vocabulary?
Post: Pokémon and vocabulary?

gyuujuice Wrote:I don't think there is anything for Korean but there are some Japanese translation guides I believe. Korea gets games like 3 years later. Poor Koreans. ;__; BTW is it 보케트만스트 in Korean?...
BlueFinger General discussion 14 11,172 2010-06-03, 9:55 pm
    Thread: Pokémon and vocabulary?
Post: Pokémon and vocabulary?

@yukamina I quickly dropped the idea of playing both, was just some thought. @Zarxrax That's why I wanna learn much as fast as possible, so I can actually enjoy the game. I guess the made up words ca...
BlueFinger General discussion 14 11,172 2010-06-03, 5:45 pm
    Thread: Pronunciation of G
Post: Pronunciation of G

I thought it was a "g" with some nasal feature, but it turns out that it's really an "n" sound! I've never noticed something like that before!
BlueFinger The Japanese language 27 9,414 2010-06-03, 12:00 am
    Thread: Pokémon and vocabulary?
Post: Pokémon and vocabulary?

Burritolingus Wrote:Given your current progress and Black/White's release, I think you'll be able to understand plenty - certainly enough to enjoy the game without very many issues. If you haven't alr...
BlueFinger General discussion 14 11,172 2010-06-02, 10:24 pm
    Thread: Pokémon and vocabulary?
Post: Pokémon and vocabulary?

Hey, people. Forgive me and my english. The thing is, I'm going to play Pokemon Black (or White), and I hope I can do that in japanese, since the release date is around half a year earlier than the a...
BlueFinger General discussion 14 11,172 2010-06-02, 9:55 pm
    Thread: Pronunciation of G
Post: Pronunciation of G

Could someone post some audio examples of these pronunciations? I've read the thread, searched about it on Google, but I don't think I got this "g becomes ŋ" kind of thing. Thanks for your help!
BlueFinger The Japanese language 27 9,414 2010-06-01, 9:51 pm
    Thread: SRS Simulator
Post: SRS Simulator

jcdietz03 Wrote:No, its shows the success multiplier is far too low. 100 new cards per day = 1100 reviews per day in the long term 100 new cards per day = 520 reviews per day in the long term if you c...
BlueFinger Learning resources 10 7,270 2010-05-21, 2:59 pm
    Thread: SRS Simulator
Post: SRS Simulator

This shows how crazy it is to do 20 new cards/day for thousands of cards Slow pace is the best pace.
BlueFinger Learning resources 10 7,270 2010-05-20, 9:08 pm
    Thread: Which word is the hardest to pronounce
Post: Which word is the hardest to pronounce

Tobberoth Wrote:BlueFinger Wrote:I've used to find ごちぞうさま pretty hard to pronounce, since I couldn't remember if it was ごちぞう, ごちじょう, ごしそう, etc... About all the others listed until now, no problem. Go ...
BlueFinger The Japanese language 61 19,357 2010-05-18, 6:42 pm
    Thread: Which word is the hardest to pronounce
Post: Which word is the hardest to pronounce

I've used to find ごちぞうさま pretty hard to pronounce, since I couldn't remember if it was ごちぞう, ごちじょう, ごしそう, etc... About all the others listed until now, no problem. Go figure.
BlueFinger The Japanese language 61 19,357 2010-05-18, 6:09 pm
    Thread: So what committments do you have other than your Japanese study?
Post: So what committments do you have other than your J...

High schooler. I'm on university entrance exams year. Around 30h/w of school, plus almost my whole day studying. F**ng mad at how I have to study so much for almost nothing. Fat (just overweight, come...
BlueFinger General discussion 67 9,132 2010-05-03, 2:16 pm
    Thread: Japanese TV on Internet
Post: Japanese TV on Internet

Let's try not to break stream.gundam down like it happened last time, use with responsibility. Don't leave it streaming while you're not watching, don't stream it in many equipment at the same time, e...
BlueFinger Learning resources 182 105,130 2010-04-30, 8:50 pm
    Thread: Dragon Ball Z
Post: Dragon Ball Z

In the Brazillian Portuguese dub, it's 8000 as well. Also, why Kame Sennin (or Master Kame, in Brazil) is called Master Roshi in the US? It's like saying "Master Sage", which sounds a little redundant...
BlueFinger General discussion 4 1,361 2010-04-27, 7:29 pm