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Thread: Are you self-teaching yourself another skill aside from Japanese? Post: Are you self-teaching yourself another skill aside... Tzadeck Wrote:On acoustic I do finger picking stuff--I like messing around with folk songs with good lyrics (Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Jackson Browne, stuff like that) and trying to make my own bass l... |
undead_saif | Off topic | 56 | 10,082 | 2013-11-25, 6:17 am | ||
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Thread: Would you like to practice talking with native Japanese people? Post: Would you like to practice talking with native Jap... Bokusenou Wrote:LOL," techno savvy". That made my day. Hahaha I didn't realize it the first time I read it, I just thought "there's something wrong" and moved on. |
undead_saif | Group study | 5 | 2,250 | 2013-11-23, 10:38 am | ||
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Thread: Are you self-teaching yourself another skill aside from Japanese? Post: Are you self-teaching yourself another skill aside... Yes, it's hard to juggle all things I want to learn, as I self-learn two other things alongside Japanese, but it's fun. At some point I figured out that I need to give up on something or at least grea... |
undead_saif | Off topic | 56 | 10,082 | 2013-11-23, 10:26 am | ||
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Thread: Why did Christianity succeed in Korea but failed in Japan? Post: Why did Christianity succeed in Korea but failed i... toshiromiballza Wrote:The Japanese on the other hand are intelligent enough to not commit ethno-suicide. And no, it's not me (or the Japanese) who's the "bigot," I want to preserve the world's diversi... |
undead_saif | Off topic | 123 | 30,618 | 2013-11-20, 2:26 am | ||
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Thread: Why did Christianity succeed in Korea but failed in Japan? Post: Why did Christianity succeed in Korea but failed i... NightSky Wrote:Though wait I can't remember, were you the christian dude who wanted to go on a "mission" to Japan to convert lots of people? Maybe it was someone else. Because *if* it was you, and sin... |
undead_saif | Off topic | 123 | 30,618 | 2013-11-19, 2:44 pm | ||
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Thread: Why did Christianity succeed in Korea but failed in Japan? Post: Why did Christianity succeed in Korea but failed i... NightSky Wrote:I do believe that peoples knowledge of science and theories of evolution and such makes it very hard for new religions to penetrate. Even a hundred years ago people were likely nowhere ... |
undead_saif | Off topic | 123 | 30,618 | 2013-11-19, 8:28 am | ||
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Thread: Tolerance Post: Tolerance My criteria is: every person is free to do whatever the hell she want to do with herself, everything is cool EXCEPT those things that would unjustly harm others, including but not limited to: all sort... |
undead_saif | Off topic | 38 | 7,223 | 2013-11-18, 1:51 am | ||
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Thread: やっと！ I Finished Core2k/6k/10k, the thread Post: やっと！ I Finished Core2k/6k/10k, the thread Vempele Wrote:I finished Core2k today. I also started it today. :) 1671 mature cards (easy interval: 60 days), 343 young+learn. 162 minutes studied (average for days studied: 163 minutes/day), 3011 re... |
undead_saif | General discussion | 95 | 30,535 | 2013-11-03, 1:35 am | ||
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Thread: How do japanese people percieve/remember/operate Kanji? Post: How do japanese people percieve/remember/operate K... buonaparte Wrote:http://users.bestweb.net/%7Esiom/martian.../5-5-2.swf Interesting. |
undead_saif | Remembering the Kanji | 28 | 14,462 | 2013-11-01, 3:42 pm | ||
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Thread: Ultimate Reading Thread! Post: Ultimate Reading Thread! RawToast Wrote:They're called 10分で読める, and can be found here: http://www.amazon.co.jp/s/ref=nb_sb_noss...vascript=1 I don't think any of them have a 'look inside' on Amazon, but I could take a pictu... |
undead_saif | Learning resources | 51 | 16,366 | 2013-10-29, 2:18 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Kindle Store no longer accepts overseas customers... Post: Japanese Kindle Store no longer accepts overseas c... RawToast Wrote:I can't try at the moment (at work) but have a try using VPN Gate: http://www.vpngate.net/en/ I used it to access the Japanese Play Store and it worked! Thanks! |
undead_saif | Learning resources | 11 | 3,692 | 2013-10-29, 12:11 pm | ||
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Thread: Ultimate Reading Thread! Post: Ultimate Reading Thread! The problem with Core6k or word lists is that you don't really "learn" words by memorizing them, since they are most likely taken out of context, even with an example sentence, and you won't feel that... |
undead_saif | Learning resources | 51 | 16,366 | 2013-10-28, 2:00 pm | ||
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Thread: Ultimate Reading Thread! Post: Ultimate Reading Thread! rich_f Wrote:When reading, look up words that keep popping up. If I see a word more than twice, I look it up. If I see too many unfamiliar words, I read something easier. I like this! |
undead_saif | Learning resources | 51 | 16,366 | 2013-10-28, 12:19 am | ||
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Thread: I wonder, how are they actually learning Kanji in a different order? Post: I wonder, how are they actually learning Kanji in ... I admit that Heisig's method has some shortcomings, one of which is that the Kanji isn't ordered so you have to finish it before making full use of it, but then one third of what's learned will take v... |
undead_saif | Remembering the Kanji | 89 | 12,523 | 2013-10-27, 1:54 pm | ||
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Thread: Ultimate Reading Thread! Post: Ultimate Reading Thread! Thanks tashippy. This is definitely helpful, especially for people who miss some important threads. Despite some nice efforts on the Wiki, we're not maintaining it properly, and so it's lacking a lot... |
undead_saif | Learning resources | 51 | 16,366 | 2013-10-26, 1:34 pm | ||
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Thread: I am the ultimate beginner - now time for conjugation Post: I am the ultimate beginner - now time for conjugat... Since I started grammar with Tae Kim's guide, the way I think when I want to conjugate or break down a conjugation is to return to the dictionary form, remember the conjugation rule, then conjugate. I... |
undead_saif | The Japanese language | 16 | 4,178 | 2013-10-26, 9:08 am | ||
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Thread: I wonder, how are they actually learning Kanji in a different order? Post: I wonder, how are they actually learning Kanji in ... @NightSky You can't deny that Kanji is not easy and that it can be a big mental wall for learners. RTK isn't about tackling the hardest thing in Japanese, it's a way to separate the writing system fro... |
undead_saif | Remembering the Kanji | 89 | 12,523 | 2013-10-25, 10:15 am | ||
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Thread: I wonder, how are they actually learning Kanji in a different order? Post: I wonder, how are they actually learning Kanji in ... I did it the Heisig way. It was a little boring, never painful, and most of the time fun. Heisig has put a systematic way to learn Kanji, which consists of the kanji order, keywords, mnemonics and pri... |
undead_saif | Remembering the Kanji | 89 | 12,523 | 2013-10-25, 9:57 am | ||
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Thread: Recommendations for a first light novel? Post: Recommendations for a first light novel? I started reading "夜中の汽笛について" by Murakami Haruki yesterday as part of Short Stories in Japanese: New Penguin Parallel Text, it's a-page-and-a-half short story. I was able to read the first three sente... |
undead_saif | The Japanese language | 39 | 11,221 | 2013-10-23, 5:38 am | ||
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Thread: Best way for children to learn kanji? Post: Best way for children to learn kanji? Maybe show by example of Heisig method would do it. |
undead_saif | General discussion | 4 | 1,081 | 2013-10-22, 6:28 am | ||
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Thread: Arcane Secrets! (or one man's language learning story) Post: Arcane Secrets! (or one man's language learning st... drdunlap Wrote:The only other thing I can think of is the large amount of active exposure I received because of my ridiculous drive to succeed (read: stubbornness). Who else randomly decides "I'm goin... |
undead_saif | General discussion | 104 | 37,084 | 2013-10-22, 6:26 am | ||
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Thread: How should an intermediate learner start listening practice? Post: How should an intermediate learner start listening... erlog Wrote:Just a word of caution. Talking to native speakers will definitely improve your speaking and real listening ability. Unfortunately, this sometimes does not extend to your listening ability... |
undead_saif | The Japanese language | 55 | 13,875 | 2013-10-22, 2:49 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese sentence packs based on category Post: Japanese sentence packs based on category Nice work! I will try to make good use of them, thanks! |
undead_saif | Learning resources | 28 | 5,115 | 2013-10-21, 12:43 am | ||
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Thread: Guests! Post: Guests! quark Wrote:Another tortoise here. I'm been learning Japanese for 3 1/2 years, am currently reworking my way through KO2001 (I'm around the 950 mark), can read manga easily, read novels at a 5-6 grad... |
undead_saif | Off topic | 31 | 8,703 | 2013-10-19, 3:19 pm | ||
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Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? Sorry mate, I'm not interested in this kind of arguments. I just meant to give you a friendly advice, it's up to you to see if there's something useful being said. |
undead_saif | General discussion | 856 | 195,403 | 2013-10-18, 3:18 pm | ||
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Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? dtcamero Wrote:undead_saif Wrote:@dtcamero ...the vibe of your posts here is hostile, which is something we aren't familiar with on these forums. if someone called you a racist, relative to your own a... |
undead_saif | General discussion | 856 | 195,403 | 2013-10-18, 1:52 pm | ||
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Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? @dtcamero Sorry no quotes or direct replies to what you wrote, but the vibe of your posts here is hostile, which is something we aren't familiar with on these forums. You're giving yourself a bad imag... |
undead_saif | General discussion | 856 | 195,403 | 2013-10-18, 1:09 pm | ||
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Thread: DoBJG Anki Deck Post: DoBJG Anki Deck LOL While not perfect, I think I'm gonna stay with the deck uploaded on 25/06! I like it the way it is laid out and I don't want to get in the hustle of customizing from a spreadsheet, lazy lazy me :) |
undead_saif | Learning resources | 103 | 33,019 | 2013-10-18, 10:24 am | ||
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Thread: DoBJG Anki Deck Post: DoBJG Anki Deck There's a small typo in the first card. The meaning is written "There is no stereo in my room" and it should be "There is a stereo in my room". I changed the cards templates to work better on AnkiDro... |
undead_saif | Learning resources | 103 | 33,019 | 2013-10-18, 7:46 am | ||
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Thread: Guests! Post: Guests! Yes, the forum gets a lot of hits on Google, then I guess the guests get sucked in some of the wild previous and current discussions =D |
undead_saif | Off topic | 31 | 8,703 | 2013-10-18, 5:25 am | ||
