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Thread: Translation needed: "If X then pigs can fly" Post: Translation needed: "If X then pigs can fly" Quote:So, although a material conditional from a contradiction is always true, in natural language, "If there are three hydrogen atoms in H2O then the government will lose the next election" is interp... |
gfb345 | The Japanese language | 12 | 4,674 | 2011-09-30, 9:17 pm | ||
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Thread: Translation needed: "If X then pigs can fly" Post: Translation needed: "If X then pigs can fly" Quote:So your example doesn't particularly rely on the material conditional in the first place. I think it does, and took pains to explain why. Please point out where you think my explanation is inco... |
gfb345 | The Japanese language | 12 | 4,674 | 2011-09-30, 6:16 pm | ||
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Thread: Translation needed: "If X then pigs can fly" Post: Translation needed: "If X then pigs can fly" In everyday conversation (in the US at least, but may be in other English-speaking countries too) one sometimes hears expressions like: If Bob is a great dancer, then pigs can fly. ...meaning th... |
gfb345 | The Japanese language | 12 | 4,674 | 2011-09-29, 8:50 pm | ||
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Thread: Looking for Japanese comedy movies (farce, satire, etc.) Post: Looking for Japanese comedy movies (farce, satire,... Thank you all for your recommendations! I have not seen any of these, nor recognize any of the names, so this is going to be an all out feast. The other day I watched 東京ゴッドファーザーズ, and I found it pre... |
gfb345 | General discussion | 10 | 4,608 | 2011-02-05, 4:47 pm | ||
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Thread: Looking for Japanese comedy movies (farce, satire, etc.) Post: Looking for Japanese comedy movies (farce, satire,... I'm primarily interested in all-out comedy (as opposed to, say, romantic comedies, or comedies of manners, sitcoms, etc.). By this I mean the Japanese equivalent of a Will Farrell movie, or a Mike My... |
gfb345 | General discussion | 10 | 4,608 | 2011-02-04, 6:59 pm | ||
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Thread: Forum for Japanese learners of English? Post: Forum for Japanese learners of English? One of the things I most appreciate about Rtk community is how much it boosts my motivation. Not just with the occasional word of encouragement, but just by showing me others tackling the difficult t... |
gfb345 | Off topic | 2 | 1,463 | 2010-11-17, 7:14 am | ||
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Thread: は×が game Post: は×が game I'm very impressed by your web developer + 日本語 programming prowess. What's the server-side code done in? Would you mind sharing the code? (I've long wanted to get a handle on mecab, and your は×が ga... |
gfb345 | Learning resources | 10 | 1,802 | 2010-09-11, 4:22 pm | ||
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Thread: My は/が saga (part LXXIII) Post: My は/が saga (part LXXIII) iSoron Wrote:The second point is, when testing knowledge, hide the answers. The brain is great at conjuring up fitting explanations, then convincing itself that it knew the answers all along. [this is... |
gfb345 | General discussion | 26 | 5,377 | 2010-09-11, 3:59 pm | ||
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Thread: Thought Post: Thought gfb345 Wrote:thecite Wrote:gfb345 Wrote:I'd really like to know more about this language; at least hear a recording of it. If you're interested: [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHv3-U9VPAs] Tha... |
gfb345 | General discussion | 37 | 7,085 | 2010-09-11, 9:57 am | ||
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Thread: Thought Post: Thought thecite Wrote:gfb345 Wrote:I'd really like to know more about this language; at least hear a recording of it. If you're interested: [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHv3-U9VPAs] Thanks! That's ... |
gfb345 | General discussion | 37 | 7,085 | 2010-09-11, 6:50 am | ||
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Thread: Thought Post: Thought Thora Wrote:gfb345, if you haven't come across him already, you might find Dan Everett's experience and views on grammar and culture interesting. He's a former Chomsky disciple who publicly defected o... |
gfb345 | General discussion | 37 | 7,085 | 2010-09-11, 12:31 am | ||
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Thread: My は/が saga (part LXXIII) Post: My は/が saga (part LXXIII) @bucko, thanks for the encouraging words. And thanks to iSoron for posting this exercise. It has been both an eye-opener and a big confidence booster. I think that I will spring this sort of quiz o... |
gfb345 | General discussion | 26 | 5,377 | 2010-09-10, 7:15 pm | ||
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Thread: My は/が saga (part LXXIII) Post: My は/が saga (part LXXIII) bucko Wrote:gfb345, I can understand your friend's decision for all of them except this sentence: 一本だけあるのが、真っ直ぐな道でした。In my mind the picture of the scene is already set so there's no need to "introduce... |
gfb345 | General discussion | 26 | 5,377 | 2010-09-10, 6:55 pm | ||
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Thread: My は/が saga (part LXXIII) Post: My は/が saga (part LXXIII) Here we go! First, my answers: その場所は、すてきな草原でした。大地を埋め尽くす草が、花も、静かに風に揺れています。 一本だけあるのは、真っ直ぐな道でした。白い道は、どこまでもどこまでもどこまでも伸びています。どこへ続いているのかは分かりません。 一台のモトラドが、道を走っていました。荷物をたくさん積んでいます。 運転手である旅人が進む先に何かを見つけて、... |
gfb345 | General discussion | 26 | 5,377 | 2010-09-10, 5:52 pm | ||
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Thread: Misogyny Post: Misogyny bodhisamaya Wrote:gfb345 Wrote:Jarvik7 Wrote:You could at least have used a kanji like 嬲. OK, this one displaces my former favorite in this department: 奻. 嫐 is better IMHO Can't argue with that... |
gfb345 | Off topic | 67 | 17,069 | 2010-09-10, 11:28 am | ||
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Thread: Misogyny Post: Misogyny Jarvik7 Wrote:You could at least have used a kanji like 嬲. OK, this one displaces my former favorite in this department: 奻. |
gfb345 | Off topic | 67 | 17,069 | 2010-09-10, 8:01 am | ||
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Thread: Thought Post: Thought I think that a milder (trivial?) variant of the S-W hypothesis may be true but also probably far less amenable to controlled experiment. In this variant, language is not a direct determinant of the i... |
gfb345 | General discussion | 37 | 7,085 | 2010-09-10, 7:00 am | ||
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Thread: My は/が saga (part LXXIII) Post: My は/が saga (part LXXIII) bucko Wrote:I second Making Sense of Japanese. All your problems with は and が will fall in place after reading this. Sadly, I've already done this, and I remain as mystified as ever. But I'll review ... |
gfb345 | General discussion | 26 | 5,377 | 2010-09-10, 5:01 am | ||
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Thread: My は/が saga (part LXXIII) Post: My は/が saga (part LXXIII) After all these years, the old は vs. が conundrum continues to mystify. (I'm surprised that there isn't a permanent thread on this topic.) In this episode, the tormented protagonist is faced with: 私... |
gfb345 | General discussion | 26 | 5,377 | 2010-09-09, 10:20 pm | ||
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Thread: Thought Post: Thought Aijin Wrote:I think of language more along the lines of the Saphir-Whorf Hypothesis, where language isn't simply the tool for transmission of our internal processes, but the looking glass through whic... |
gfb345 | General discussion | 37 | 7,085 | 2010-09-09, 9:50 pm | ||
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Thread: Free Handwritten Japanese Font Post: Free Handwritten Japanese Font I really like the two fonts below, especially the first one: [Image: http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/6163/fcpen.gif] ...but I've never been able to find them at a decent price, let alone free. :( |
gfb345 | The Japanese language | 34 | 50,163 | 2010-09-08, 6:46 pm | ||
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Thread: Addiction to Lang-8 Post: Addiction to Lang-8 Snowflake Wrote:Alternately, from your Home page, if you look on the left, there is a link called "Entries awaiting your correction". That's great. That shows me a lot of stuff. Thanks! (It's too b... |
gfb345 | Learning resources | 26 | 5,274 | 2010-09-08, 5:28 pm | ||
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Thread: Thought Post: Thought Aijin Wrote:The four language skills that always get mentioned and discussed are: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Yet it seems to me a critical fifth means of utilizing language is always l... |
gfb345 | General discussion | 37 | 7,085 | 2010-09-08, 5:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Addiction to Lang-8 Post: Addiction to Lang-8 Very cool. I just joined. Thanks. Does any of you know how to get a listing in Lang-8 of the latest entries by people who have a particular combination of study language and native language? (I'm ... |
gfb345 | Learning resources | 26 | 5,274 | 2010-09-08, 3:44 pm | ||
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Thread: Japan Fattens Textbooks to Reverse Sliding Rank Post: Japan Fattens Textbooks to Reverse Sliding Rank liosama Wrote:gfb345 Wrote:Nowadays every scientist is a complete layman relative to all science with the exception of a relatively small area of expertise. But he/she, even as a layman, retains that... |
gfb345 | General discussion | 43 | 7,805 | 2010-09-08, 10:38 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread yudantaiteki Wrote:That's fine. There's no reason to restate the object of 読めさせる since it's obvious. Thanks! |
gfb345 | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,140 | 2010-09-08, 7:09 am | ||
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Thread: Japan Fattens Textbooks to Reverse Sliding Rank Post: Japan Fattens Textbooks to Reverse Sliding Rank Tzadeck Wrote:In other words, science relates to absolutely everybody's life. More importantly, people should learn about the method of science. What are the good points of the way information is l... |
gfb345 | General discussion | 43 | 7,805 | 2010-09-08, 6:35 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I always have problems figuring out how to map English sentences that use pronouns to Japanese. I understand that Japanese does not really have pronouns like English does (somewhere I even saw an arg... |
gfb345 | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,140 | 2010-09-08, 6:18 am | ||
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Thread: Japan Fattens Textbooks to Reverse Sliding Rank Post: Japan Fattens Textbooks to Reverse Sliding Rank jcdietz03 Wrote:When kids learn addition tables (this is how your knowledge of addition ends up), should they begin to use Anki to memorize them? why (exactly) not? john von neumann, who probably knew... |
gfb345 | General discussion | 43 | 7,805 | 2010-09-07, 8:01 pm | ||
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Thread: Japan Fattens Textbooks to Reverse Sliding Rank Post: Japan Fattens Textbooks to Reverse Sliding Rank our system can do no better than detect a variance from optimum and apply a full-tilt corrective in the opposite direction. and so the pendulum swings. we lurch from one to the other extreme. it's ... |
gfb345 | General discussion | 43 | 7,805 | 2010-09-07, 7:49 pm | ||
