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    Thread: Learning technical vocab
Post: Learning technical vocab

I've been inputting new vocab into Anki as sentences so far, because there are normally a plentiful number of sentences with the vocab word in it. However, I would like to learn more technical vocab,...
Ydde2009 The Japanese language 4 1,525 2010-08-01, 10:33 am
    Thread: Does anyone know what game this is?
Post: Does anyone know what game this is?

http://kso.blog.shinobi.jp/Category/10/ It looks very much like Medieval Total War 2 - a turn based strategy game. Looks like some great fun.
Ydde2009 Off topic 1 604 2010-05-25, 10:19 am
    Thread: How do you say 'want to try'?
Post: How do you say 'want to try'?

How would you go about saying things like 'I want to try X' or 'I want to make someone do X' or 'I want to be able to do X'? I'm wondering how and if the -tai verb ending would combine with passive, p...
Ydde2009 The Japanese language 6 5,575 2010-05-13, 8:17 am
    Thread: Questions about stuff
Post: Questions about stuff

Wow, just wow. I don't know how I've managed to miss this site for so long. :D
Ydde2009 The Japanese language 10 1,681 2010-04-29, 3:38 am
    Thread: Questions about stuff
Post: Questions about stuff

Does that alc site provide more reliable phrases and sentences than WWWJDIC? Because if so, I have stumbled across a gold mine. :)
Ydde2009 The Japanese language 10 1,681 2010-04-28, 8:16 pm
    Thread: Sudden loss of ability
Post: Sudden loss of ability

Last week I could read almost every single kanji in anki no problem, was getting 90%+ with reviews. In the past three days however, it's like 60% and even words I learned months ago seem to be slippin...
Ydde2009 The Japanese language 2 839 2010-04-28, 8:43 am
    Thread: -ず verb ending
Post: -ず verb ending

Thank you all very much for the swift replies. It makes much more sense now. :)
Ydde2009 The Japanese language 13 5,439 2010-04-26, 9:40 am
    Thread: -ず verb ending
Post: -ず verb ending

Can someone please explain to me the significance of the -zu ending. I've seen it a number of times in idioms and expressions, and do not know its significance. Thanks. :)
Ydde2009 The Japanese language 13 5,439 2010-04-26, 9:18 am
    Thread: に vs で
Post: に vs で

ありがとうございました。I don't think this was mentioned on the guide anywhere, so thanks for clearing it up for me. =)
Ydde2009 The Japanese language 2 709 2010-01-22, 9:17 pm
    Thread: に vs で
Post: に vs で

In this sentence from Tae Kim's grammar guide: 親に毎日宿題をさせられる。(I am made to do homework every day by my parents). Should the 'ni' particle be 'de'?
Ydde2009 The Japanese language 2 709 2010-01-22, 8:35 pm
    Thread: Don't understand this
Post: Don't understand this

Thanks very much. ^_^ (I can't wait till I've finished Tae Kim's guide so I can finally solidify some of this grammar with additional sentences.)
Ydde2009 The Japanese language 5 1,024 2010-01-20, 6:07 pm
    Thread: Don't understand this
Post: Don't understand this

I've been going through Tae Kim's grammar guide and cannot work out how the と particle works in this sentence: 韓国人と結婚しなくてはならん!(You must marry a Korean!) Is [韓国人と結婚] like saying "marriage with Korean...
Ydde2009 The Japanese language 5 1,024 2010-01-20, 6:00 pm
    Thread: Is this sentence correct?
Post: Is this sentence correct?

Thanks for the replies. I'm currently going through Tae Kim's guide (while using the principles of AJATT), and although I'm finding Japanese to English fairly easy (due to my anki deck cards having ...
Ydde2009 The Japanese language 8 2,099 2009-12-10, 6:07 am
    Thread: Is this sentence correct?
Post: Is this sentence correct?

うん。私は”Half-Life 2”に”Steam”を遊べるようにしたんです。 I've tried to say "Yes. I used Steam to play Half-Life 2." On a side note, what's the best way to ensure that my English-Japanese is as accurate/gramatically ...
Ydde2009 The Japanese language 8 2,099 2009-12-09, 9:48 am
    Thread: Can Trinity be accessed?
Post: Can Trinity be accessed?

I am wondering if a beta-release of 'Trinity' was ever created, because I would really like to learn some on-yomi readings using this site. =)
Ydde2009 General discussion 1 689 2009-09-24, 5:30 pm
    Thread: At a partial block
Post: At a partial block

In my experience so far, I have found that using other people's stories work best for me (maybe I'm just too lazy), but it takes at least a couple of reviews to kick the newly-learned kanji up to at l...
Ydde2009 Remembering the Kanji 7 1,404 2009-09-06, 7:34 pm
    Thread: All the English words you've learnt thanks to RtK...
Post: All the English words you've learnt thanks to RtK....

Annexed, briar, adroit, filial piety, facsimile, auspicious, perusal, interment and brocade are some of the ones I had to look up.
Ydde2009 Remembering the Kanji 11 1,937 2009-08-09, 5:38 pm
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

508 added. I've been really pushing through the book quite hard recently, adding 113 in the past three days. I'm hoping to have all 3007 completed by September 1st. It's going to mean around 28 new ka...
Ydde2009 Remembering the Kanji 526 167,137 2009-06-02, 2:59 pm
    Thread: Messed up a lot unnecessarily
Post: Messed up a lot unnecessarily

The book is there for you to learn the kanji in the way Heisig specified. Reviewing them is something entirely different, which people will do in a multitude of different ways. It's up to the person t...
Ydde2009 Remembering the Kanji 6 1,137 2009-05-31, 7:01 am
    Thread: Confused about where to go after RTK 1
Post: Confused about where to go after RTK 1

Hi everyone. I live in the UK and have almost finished secondary school and have decided to take a gap year before going to university. I've decided I want to get serious about Japanese in that year, ...
Ydde2009 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 8 3,241 2009-05-17, 8:56 am
    Thread: Second Guessing..
Post: Second Guessing..

This shouldn't happen if you have an associated story for each kanji. What you will find, however, is that before long you will be able to just visualise the kanji without even needing the story anymo...
Ydde2009 Remembering the Kanji 3 912 2009-04-11, 5:31 pm