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    Thread: Vsauce - The Zipf Mystery
Post: Vsauce - The Zipf Mystery

Vsauce is the best.
PMotte Off topic 13 2,504 2015-10-22, 10:53 am
    Thread: youtube channel suggestions
Post: youtube channel suggestions

japansocietynyc
PMotte Off topic 13 2,465 2015-08-30, 10:41 am
    Thread: "primitives" versus radicals
Post: "primitives" versus radicals

Thank you for the list, Katsuo.
PMotte Remembering the Kanji 13 21,196 2015-08-13, 7:14 am
    Thread: Need suggestions for forum software
Post: Need suggestions for forum software

phpBB ?
PMotte Off topic 17 7,268 2015-08-07, 2:21 pm
    Thread: Why did you choose that Kanji for your avatar?
Post: Why did you choose that Kanji for your avatar?

Mine means "beginning". I think it's obvious why I've choosen that one.
PMotte Remembering the Kanji 21 5,371 2015-07-07, 4:32 am
    Thread: Male speech
Post: Male speech

One of the problems I have is that I have more female teachers of Japanese on YouTube then male teachers, which makes me wonder whether my pronounciation and so forth isn't turning too much into femal...
PMotte The Japanese language 9 1,401 2015-07-03, 5:29 am
    Thread: Funny video about learning Japanese
Post: Funny video about learning Japanese

Now I understand why I didn't find it. 有難うございます
PMotte Off topic 3 820 2015-06-30, 3:36 am
    Thread: Can someone give me a specific definition of i+1?
Post: Can someone give me a specific definition of i+1?

Tzadeck Wrote:Stansfield123 Wrote:Well yes. Breaking down something some people are good at naturally is meant to help the people who aren't good at it naturally. I meant that understanding the concep...
PMotte General discussion 43 4,976 2015-06-29, 7:05 am
    Thread: Funny video about learning Japanese
Post: Funny video about learning Japanese

I found this funny video about learning Japanese, but it might actually apply for any language you try to crack. It has over 500 views at the moment. [Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFp8n7sCp...
PMotte Off topic 3 820 2015-06-29, 7:02 am
    Thread: Funny Japanese news on Youtube
Post: Funny Japanese news on Youtube

Over 500 views at the moment. Not bad.
PMotte General discussion 2 1,077 2015-06-29, 6:57 am
    Thread: Can someone give me a specific definition of i+1?
Post: Can someone give me a specific definition of i+1?

That "i+1" gives me the impression to be one of those formulae which are used in human sciences which give the impression that they messure something, but they actually don't and can't. "i" is the cur...
PMotte General discussion 43 4,976 2015-06-26, 5:03 am
    Thread: Can someone give me a specific definition of i+1?
Post: Can someone give me a specific definition of i+1?

As long as you don't define "i", nobody can give a definition of "i+1".
PMotte General discussion 43 4,976 2015-06-25, 7:20 am
    Thread: Need some honest insight: Too old to become a tranlator?
Post: Need some honest insight: Too old to become a tran...

Being brought up bilingual doesn't make any difference in your ability to be a translator. Forget about those people who think they can do it, because their parents spoke different languages. They hav...
PMotte General discussion 27 6,091 2015-06-24, 4:37 am
    Thread: Need some honest insight: Too old to become a tranlator?
Post: Need some honest insight: Too old to become a tran...

Pay is not very good. True.
PMotte General discussion 27 6,091 2015-06-24, 4:34 am
    Thread: How long did/are you study Japanese a day?
Post: How long did/are you study Japanese a day?

Will365 Wrote:I jog occasionally and take daily doses of nootropics in order to keep my brain running xD personally, I'm a big fan of L-theanine. I used to take over the counter lithium to help with g...
PMotte General discussion 52 13,145 2015-06-23, 2:38 am
    Thread: Last movie you saw (rate it)
Post: Last movie you saw (rate it)

Does this count? VOID-Theft: Reincarnation and Japanese writing systems http://youtu.be/neaN2tJrFzg By the way: the Japan Society of New York City organizes it's Japan Cuts: lot's of Japanese movies...
PMotte Off topic 67 15,236 2015-06-20, 5:30 am
    Thread: Most stupid way ever to learn Japanese
Post: Most stupid way ever to learn Japanese

4 people gave him a Like, and 4 a Don't like. In general it's odd, people giving "Don't like's". But I don't know why you would do it with this.
PMotte Learning resources 2 1,247 2015-06-16, 4:05 am
    Thread: Most stupid way ever to learn Japanese
Post: Most stupid way ever to learn Japanese

Well, I say "most stupid way", but we all know he isn't serious. What I wonder is whether he's only making a joking, or poking fun at people who want to learn Japanese. https://youtu.be/tFp8n7sCpC4
PMotte Learning resources 2 1,247 2015-06-15, 1:55 pm
    Thread: number + の
Post: number + の

In Japanese numerals cannot quantify nouns by themselves (except, in certain cases, for the numbers from one to ten). For example, to express the idea "two dogs" in Japanese one could say 二匹の犬 ni-hik...
PMotte The Japanese language 5 877 2015-06-15, 6:22 am
    Thread: number + の
Post: number + の

At first it looks fairly simple to count in Japanese, but it turns out to be rather difficult because of the counters. Search on counters. Those の, however, is something different. You certainly don't...
PMotte The Japanese language 5 877 2015-06-15, 6:18 am
    Thread: American comedian expresses his frustration in learning Kanji
Post: American comedian expresses his frustration in lea...

RandomQuotes Wrote:PMotte Wrote:erlog Wrote:Japanese people are wowed by it because they don't learn kanji in a systematic way, and so they never think about it. I'm sure they will also have noticed t...
PMotte The Japanese language 31 6,678 2015-06-05, 3:12 am
    Thread: American comedian expresses his frustration in learning Kanji
Post: American comedian expresses his frustration in lea...

There indeed is something like simplified Chinese, but it isn't simplified that much, you know.
PMotte The Japanese language 31 6,678 2015-06-04, 7:44 am
    Thread: American comedian expresses his frustration in learning Kanji
Post: American comedian expresses his frustration in lea...

erlog Wrote:Japanese people are wowed by it because they don't learn kanji in a systematic way, and so they never think about it. I'm sure they will also have noticed the 1 - 2 - 3 and then 4 situatio...
PMotte The Japanese language 31 6,678 2015-06-04, 7:42 am
    Thread: Difference 口 囗
Post: Difference 口 囗

As long as you can come up with that kind of remarks, I don't want you to be anything else but warped. :)
PMotte The Japanese language 10 2,024 2015-05-30, 3:34 am
    Thread: Difference 口 囗
Post: Difference 口 囗

囗 くにがまえ, is never used on its own. There is always something IN it. That's why it's bigger then 口 (mouth), because you have to be able to put something in it. So, the difference is nothing to worry...
PMotte The Japanese language 10 2,024 2015-05-29, 3:19 am
    Thread: Search by Kanji index, get primitives
Post: Search by Kanji index, get primitives

I hope this can help http://classic.jisho.org/
PMotte Learning resources 2 610 2015-05-22, 7:06 am
    Thread: Japanese kana have hebrew origin?
Post: Japanese kana have hebrew origin?

He must be joking.
PMotte The Japanese language 136 29,620 2015-05-20, 12:34 pm
    Thread: Japanese kana have hebrew origin?
Post: Japanese kana have hebrew origin?

Thank you. This was a great learning opportunity.
PMotte The Japanese language 136 29,620 2015-05-20, 6:06 am
    Thread: Tae Kim and IMABI
Post: Tae Kim and IMABI

Tae Kim is great and very complete, but difficult just because of that.
PMotte Learning resources 8 2,537 2015-05-14, 3:17 am
    Thread: satire in Japan
Post: satire in Japan

As far as I know one of the founding fathers in the 19th century of manga published a lot of satire. Don't ask me names, though. But I would also like to add that I'm often a bit annoyed by the almos...
PMotte Off topic 54 7,321 2015-05-14, 3:07 am