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Thread: Something really weird with kanji Post: Something really weird with kanji Yeah, that happens to me too, usually when I REALLY learn a word, so that it's engraved in my mind forever. At an instant you recognize it and really know the word. Just like if you see a cat, you imm... |
Socky | The Japanese language | 8 | 1,530 | 2013-12-30, 4:02 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Pennames Post: Japanese Pennames yudantaiteki Wrote:I think it depends exactly on what you mean by "penname" -- if you're talking about a handle for a forum or blog or something like that, I think anything goes. If it's real life, s... |
Socky | The Japanese language | 7 | 1,818 | 2013-12-30, 1:21 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Pennames Post: Japanese Pennames I have a question about Japanese pennames. Basically, I want to know if a Japanese penname can be made with whatever Kanji you want. In other words, can you get two of your favorite Kanji, slap them t... |
Socky | The Japanese language | 7 | 1,818 | 2013-12-29, 7:24 pm | ||
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Thread: Just finished...Do I really need RtK volume 2? Post: Just finished...Do I really need RtK volume 2? AlgoRhythmic Wrote:Personally I just headed straight to grammar and Core after RTK1, and so far I have never felt even once that I missed something by skipping volume 2. Since you need to learn words ... |
Socky | Remembering the Kanji | 20 | 5,472 | 2013-12-27, 10:17 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread headphone_child Wrote:yudantaiteki Wrote:Xにする means "decide on X" or "make something X". Based on the context it sounds like すんで should be some kind of connector meaning something like "In that case"... |
Socky | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,392 | 2013-12-26, 3:31 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I was reading a Japanese book with illustrations based on the movie 「千と千尋の神隠し」 that I got for Christmas and came across a sentence I didn't understand. The sentence was part of a dialogue, and the cha... |
Socky | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,392 | 2013-12-26, 12:17 pm | ||
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Thread: Easy reading for beginners Post: Easy reading for beginners This is fantastic. At last I can practice Japanese through books. You're the best. |
Socky | Learning resources | 4 | 1,207 | 2013-12-23, 5:19 pm | ||
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Thread: んだ and んじゃない as Commands Post: んだ and んじゃない as Commands yudantaiteki Wrote:They function as strongly worded commands. In English we also have the (somewhat old-fashioned) "You WILL sit down!" which doesn't have an imperative form but it's a command. That'... |
Socky | The Japanese language | 13 | 2,761 | 2013-12-23, 9:24 am | ||
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Thread: Core Deck Order? Post: Core Deck Order? ryanjmack Wrote:https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/702754122 http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=11095&page=1 That should do the trick I apologize for the extremely delayed response. I p... |
Socky | Learning resources | 2 | 622 | 2013-12-22, 9:28 pm | ||
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Thread: んだ and んじゃない as Commands Post: んだ and んじゃない as Commands I have noticed this a few times when watching anime. It seems んだ and んじゃない are used as positive and negative commands, respectively. Some sentences I've heard that I can remember: 忘れるんじゃねぇよ！ (忘れるんじゃ... |
Socky | The Japanese language | 13 | 2,761 | 2013-12-22, 3:21 pm | ||
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Thread: Kanji Grade 1-6 what vocabulary? Post: Kanji Grade 1-6 what vocabulary? http://quickkanji.com/ Here you go. Click the link and click "Level" at the toolbar thingy at the top. It will present you with grades 1-6, along with "Jouyou" and "Jouyougai" (not in Jouyou set). Ju... |
Socky | The Japanese language | 5 | 1,478 | 2013-12-17, 9:58 pm | ||
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Thread: How do you motivate yourself? Post: How do you motivate yourself? Lang-8 and this (http://chatpad.jp/chatroom.html) website. Lang-8 improved my Japanese more than anything else. Reading my old entries and seeing how bad they are gives me hope. It makes me know I've... |
Socky | General discussion | 21 | 3,722 | 2013-12-16, 9:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Beginner here, looking for tips on where to go Post: Beginner here, looking for tips on where to go I learn Japanese fully and wholly online. Here are some of my favorite resources: -This website ^_^ -Tae Kim's Guide http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/gra...troduction -A dictionary that gives you ... |
Socky | The Japanese language | 17 | 3,999 | 2013-12-14, 5:11 pm | ||
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Thread: What Japanese songs do you listen to? Post: What Japanese songs do you listen to? My music interests change pretty often but recently I have been into Vocaloid: [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQxd-SPBk...TO3-YspBRw] [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zTFxbQCrJI] [Vid... |
Socky | General discussion | 92 | 18,868 | 2013-12-14, 4:50 pm | ||
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Thread: Pronunciation of the R sound Post: Pronunciation of the R sound Why pronounce it half-way between and L and a D when you could just roll your R's and sound like you're in the Yakuza? Te o kurrrrre! 手をくれ！ |
Socky | The Japanese language | 42 | 7,358 | 2013-11-24, 7:33 pm | ||
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Thread: Core Deck Order? Post: Core Deck Order? Forgive me, because I can already sense that this question is not worthy of an entire post, but I'm stupid. I have Anki and I'm looking to begin downloading some of these famous "Core Decks" (lol), a... |
Socky | Learning resources | 2 | 622 | 2013-11-24, 7:25 pm | ||
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Thread: Do you speak/learn any other languages? Post: Do you speak/learn any other languages? I learn Spanish in school, and the pace I'm moving at there is... unimaginably slow. Home studying, I love you. I learn more Japanese at home per day than I learn Spanish at school per week. Honestly,... |
Socky | Off topic | 32 | 6,733 | 2013-10-09, 4:58 pm | ||
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Thread: Questions Ending in だ? Post: Questions Ending in だ? By the way guys, I was just reading a Lang-8 entry by one of my friends. In the Japanese version of his entry, he wrote: '何をやってるんだ！？' In English, he simply translated this to, "What is he doing?!" Ap... |
Socky | The Japanese language | 28 | 5,224 | 2013-09-20, 8:51 pm | ||
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Thread: Questions Ending in だ? Post: Questions Ending in だ? yudantaiteki Wrote:I can certainly say "What the ***** are you doing?" with the right intonation in the right situation to some of my male friends and it won't be taken as rude or insulting. Certainly... |
Socky | The Japanese language | 28 | 5,224 | 2013-09-17, 6:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Questions Ending in だ? Post: Questions Ending in だ? JapaneseRuleOf7 Wrote:I just asked the Japanese person next to me, and this is what she said: 何してるんだ？ = "What the eff are you doing?" It's male speech, often used when the speaker is angry. Is that ... |
Socky | The Japanese language | 28 | 5,224 | 2013-09-17, 3:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Questions Ending in だ? Post: Questions Ending in だ? According to "Tae Kim's Grammar Guide," a question cannot end in the declarative だ, which would seem to make sense. However I faintly remember hearing sentences such as '何をするんだ？' while watching anime.... |
Socky | The Japanese language | 28 | 5,224 | 2013-09-13, 3:00 pm | ||
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Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! killua Wrote:Quote:Are you using the latest Anki version 2.0.12? Your application reports missing webpage (code error 404), which could be related to using a really old version. You should try install... |
Socky | Remembering the Kanji | 462 | 138,218 | 2013-07-28, 8:11 pm | ||
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Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! Inny Jan Wrote:If "Get shared deck" doesn't work for you, you could try to download the deck outside of Anki first (like that one https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1012100805). Then do "File > Import... |
Socky | Remembering the Kanji | 462 | 138,218 | 2013-07-28, 8:08 pm | ||
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Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! Northern_Lord Wrote:In the (maybe unelikely) case you don't know I'll mention it. If you have a smart phone you can try installing anki on your phone. Maybe it works better downloading a deck from the... |
Socky | Remembering the Kanji | 462 | 138,218 | 2013-07-27, 4:08 pm | ||
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Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! killua Wrote:Quote:My Anki doesn't work. I can't get shared decks, it just comes up with a huge error message. You give up too easily! What error? http://s1280.photobucket.com/user/FMAfan...a.png.html... |
Socky | Remembering the Kanji | 462 | 138,218 | 2013-07-27, 4:04 pm | ||
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Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! Inny Jan Wrote:Socky Wrote:I'm expecting a huge buildup of reviews during my vacation... If possible, take a laptop (or anything you can put Anki on) with you... honestly. My Anki doesn't work. I can'... |
Socky | Remembering the Kanji | 462 | 138,218 | 2013-07-26, 8:31 pm | ||
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Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! Half way there :) Doing 20 each day, and getting 60-80 reviews each day. I'm keeping a pretty steady pace but I'm going to Italy on Monday, so I may not be able to keep that pace all the time. I'm ex... |
Socky | Remembering the Kanji | 462 | 138,218 | 2013-07-26, 5:45 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Aspiring Wrote:Socky Wrote:So 一度 is kind of like ME doing something "one time" or my experience happening "one time" while 一回 is an event occurring one time, or someone else's experience occurring one... |
Socky | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,392 | 2013-07-25, 7:56 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Aspiring Wrote:"「一回」has an objective connotation. Visiting Italy is a personal experience so in that sense, the subjective expression「一度」 is more suitable " I suppose 一度 is more subtle So 一度 is kind ... |
Socky | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,392 | 2013-07-25, 7:42 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread 一度 vs 一回？ I tried looking this up but I keep getting, "What's the difference between もう一度 and もう一回?" However, forgetting about もう, when is the proper time to use 一度 and 一回? A friend from Lang 8, w... |
Socky | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,392 | 2013-07-25, 6:35 pm | ||
