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Thread: Technique to improve listening and speaking Post: Technique to improve listening and speaking So... wouldn't it have just been easier to explain this instead of saying that you don't see why I would think it sounds as if there are more than 5 vowels in Japanese? |
kazelee | Learning resources | 105 | 15,156 | 2012-03-20, 11:42 am | ||
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Thread: Technique to improve listening and speaking Post: Technique to improve listening and speaking AlexandreC Wrote:kazelee Wrote:So... there are more vowels, the speakers of the the language just don't classify it as so? Interesting. Every vowel of every language allows for some variation in its ... |
kazelee | Learning resources | 105 | 15,156 | 2012-03-20, 11:19 am | ||
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Thread: Technique to improve listening and speaking Post: Technique to improve listening and speaking So... there are more vowels, the speakers of the the language just don't classify it as so? Interesting. |
kazelee | Learning resources | 105 | 15,156 | 2012-03-20, 8:50 am | ||
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Thread: Technique to improve listening and speaking Post: Technique to improve listening and speaking AlexandreC Wrote:@kazalee Japanese and Spanish have 5 vowel sounds each. That's a fact. I'm not sure why you think it sounds or feels like more... but it's still 5. Is it kekko desu? Or Kaykkoh daysuu... |
kazelee | Learning resources | 105 | 15,156 | 2012-03-19, 8:35 pm | ||
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Thread: Technique to improve listening and speaking Post: Technique to improve listening and speaking AlexandreC Wrote:howtwosavealif3 Wrote:how about spanish? lol. they have mad vowels too. Japanese and Spanish both have 5 vowels only. Listen to enough of both languages and you'll start to wonder if ... |
kazelee | Learning resources | 105 | 15,156 | 2012-03-18, 5:54 pm | ||
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Thread: Cancer for 3.50$ a Galloon! Post: Cancer for 3.50$ a Galloon! kainzero Wrote:to buy 100% grass-fed meat i have to go the farmer's market on saturday early in the morning or pay jacked up prices at WF. (and generally grass-fed meat can be $4-$5 more per l... |
kazelee | Off topic | 80 | 9,953 | 2012-02-13, 2:54 am | ||
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Thread: Cold fusion break-through? Post: Cold fusion break-through? The fact the title of this topic ends in a question mark says a lot. An end to world hunger? |
kazelee | Off topic | 44 | 6,607 | 2011-11-08, 6:40 pm | ||
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Thread: How do you deal with English hard subs when watching movies? Post: How do you deal with English hard subs when watchi... I haven't had much luck with this, either. If I can I generally get movies from other regions. |
kazelee | Learning resources | 10 | 3,432 | 2011-09-11, 11:17 pm | ||
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Thread: Learn to read without learning writing or stories? Post: Learn to read without learning writing or stories? tokyostyle Wrote:but moving on to real Japanese helps a whole lot too! :D No need to move on. Once you've gotten the most common kanji down, you can do RTK and learn Japanese vocab simultaneously. |
kazelee | Remembering the Kanji | 15 | 7,063 | 2011-09-08, 12:40 pm | ||
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Thread: Learn to read without learning writing or stories? Post: Learn to read without learning writing or stories? Aquablue Wrote:I also find reviewing by recognizing rather than producing from a keyword more valuable for my interest in learning how to read faster. Learn to produce the kanji from the keyword. Then... |
kazelee | Remembering the Kanji | 15 | 7,063 | 2011-09-08, 12:13 am | ||
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Thread: Bushido Code Kanji Post: Bushido Code Kanji Jarvik7 Wrote:馬鹿外人 is a reference to a person walking into a tattoo shop and picking something off a stencil chart based solely on how it looks and whatever completely incorrect caption it had, withou... |
kazelee | The Japanese language | 65 | 13,915 | 2011-08-14, 4:18 am | ||
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Thread: Bushido Code Kanji Post: Bushido Code Kanji bodhisamaya Wrote:Despite the take by Penn and Teller LOL. I watched this. Their conclusion is actually the first thing most martial arts teach you.... and most of the adult martial artists I know stu... |
kazelee | The Japanese language | 65 | 13,915 | 2011-08-14, 4:03 am | ||
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Thread: Dunning-Kruger effect and Japanese skill assessment Post: Dunning-Kruger effect and Japanese skill assessmen... Asriel Wrote:kazelee Wrote:Another way to know for sure how falsely one perceives their ability would be to present a source, have a person rate their ability to comprehend the source, and then test t... |
kazelee | Off topic | 42 | 7,886 | 2011-07-25, 12:18 pm | ||
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Thread: Dunning-Kruger effect and Japanese skill assessment Post: Dunning-Kruger effect and Japanese skill assessmen... Tzadeck Wrote:kazelee Wrote:Tzadeck Wrote:Most of the time they talk about this very quick progress at the early stage, but then eventually talk about their progress less and less. ...(stuff edited ou... |
kazelee | Off topic | 42 | 7,886 | 2011-07-25, 10:03 am | ||
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Thread: Dunning-Kruger effect and Japanese skill assessment Post: Dunning-Kruger effect and Japanese skill assessmen... Tzadeck Wrote:Most of the time they talk about this very quick progress at the early stage, but then eventually talk about their progress less and less. So, my hunch is that this is related to the Du... |
kazelee | Off topic | 42 | 7,886 | 2011-07-24, 6:30 pm | ||
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Thread: Adults ‘better’ than kids at learning new language Post: Adults ‘better’ than kids at learning new language Kuma01 Wrote:About 5 months, I have an academic level of understanding of every sliver of Japanese grammar there is, but that doesn't translate into conversational fluency. It's like Khatzumoto says, ... |
kazelee | Off topic | 21 | 5,936 | 2011-07-24, 2:43 pm | ||
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Thread: Do you think that life in Japan can be fun? Post: Do you think that life in Japan can be fun? I suspect that by the time you finish your PhD, the urge to party, especially 2 times a week, will be well out of your system. If not, you'll have a hard time getting that PhD. |
kazelee | General discussion | 55 | 10,852 | 2011-07-21, 8:07 pm | ||
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Thread: Watching the World Cup Final? (Japan vs. USA) Post: Watching the World Cup Final? (Japan vs. USA) So they run up and down the field for 2 hours, but the game is decided by penalty kicks... |
kazelee | Off topic | 17 | 2,241 | 2011-07-17, 4:48 pm | ||
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Thread: Obscure religious and cultural references in RtK1 Post: Obscure religious and cultural references in RtK1 Hashiriya Wrote:wait... are you from America? I thought everyone here knew at least a little about the Bible whether they believed it or not... Didn't you know? The only thing worse than the education... |
kazelee | Remembering the Kanji | 61 | 15,664 | 2011-07-12, 8:30 pm | ||
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Thread: GO AWAY PASSOAPASSO Post: GO AWAY PASSOAPASSO ファブリス Wrote:No worries, when I delete the user it delete all posts at once. Haha. Gotta get me one of those buttons. |
kazelee | Remembering the Kanji | 13 | 3,608 | 2011-07-06, 5:20 pm | ||
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Thread: GO AWAY PASSOAPASSO Post: GO AWAY PASSOAPASSO IceCream Wrote:kazeleeeeeeeeeee doooooooo sooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeettthiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm at work right now. This doesn't really help. Thr... |
kazelee | Remembering the Kanji | 13 | 3,608 | 2011-07-06, 1:45 pm | ||
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Thread: Why being tall sucks.... (rambling) Post: Why being tall sucks.... (rambling) Quiet shorty :P (188cm) |
kazelee | Off topic | 41 | 12,119 | 2011-06-22, 9:06 pm | ||
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Thread: How do you think in Japanese? Post: How do you think in Japanese? Like most have said. The longer you allow yourself hear, read, and use Japanese the easier it will be to think in Japanese. Pretty simple. But it takes time. |
kazelee | General discussion | 13 | 6,747 | 2011-06-18, 10:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Where can I find old tokusatsu tv shows? Post: Where can I find old tokusatsu tv shows? Don't know about old ones, but you can find new ones pretty easily. |
kazelee | Learning resources | 2 | 1,337 | 2011-06-18, 10:00 pm | ||
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Thread: Sign up to beta test Goi, a new way to learn vocabulary Post: Sign up to beta test Goi, a new way to learn vocab... Nagareboshi Wrote:There are so many ways to learn vocabulary, you pick words up by reading, listening, watching a movie, or working through a book etc. You can than create a word list, All forms of ro... |
kazelee | Learning resources | 48 | 9,492 | 2011-06-10, 3:24 pm | ||
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Thread: Introvert vs. Extrovert - general rambling Post: Introvert vs. Extrovert - general rambling I think you should all stop medicating your need for conflict by expressing conflicting opinions on medication. |
kazelee | Off topic | 222 | 48,812 | 2011-06-09, 1:41 am | ||
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Thread: Why do stories which are not stories get high scores? Post: Why do stories which are not stories get high scor... The stories are a mnemonic device that will eventually be discarded. The length is irrelevant as long as a good association is made, such that the imagery or wording is present long enough to be repla... |
kazelee | Remembering the Kanji | 33 | 8,930 | 2011-06-06, 10:47 am | ||
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Thread: Wow. Post: Wow. SheekuAltair Wrote:There's certainly no courage if you are technologically advanced and fight unfairly. I think that's kinda the point he was trying to make. From what I've seen over the years, Bohi... |
kazelee | Off topic | 151 | 15,049 | 2011-05-21, 2:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Could you learn Japanese in just 3-6 months? Post: Could you learn Japanese in just 3-6 months? LucidFaia Wrote:Depends on what you mean by "learning Japanese." I think a lot of the ones crying "impossible" are RTK-minded people who think that learning thousands of kanji is a necessary step to l... |
kazelee | The Japanese language | 131 | 43,167 | 2011-05-15, 7:11 am | ||
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Thread: The AJATT Method Post: The AJATT Method Realism Wrote:Cuz I was browsing through the forum and felt like posting it...what's it gotta do with you? I'm one of the guys responsible for cleaning up spam. That's what it has to do with me. You... |
kazelee | General discussion | 1,517 | 595,110 | 2011-05-14, 10:35 pm | ||
