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    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

Hi folks. OP here. Yes I still maintain the project, but no, I don't follow these forums anymore. Anyway I just wanted to make a quick post to ask people to please make sure that any emails sent to me...
potempkin Group study 109 61,130 2013-10-23, 6:08 am
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

All of the sentences in Workbook 1 have now been proofread by at least two people. Of course, if any additional mistakes are found, please feel free to edit the spreadsheet.
potempkin Group study 109 61,130 2010-04-28, 11:10 am
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

For access, please see the original post of this thread.
potempkin Group study 109 61,130 2010-01-21, 6:16 am
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

I've just had a member suggest that there be a column dedicated to a hiragana transliteration of the entire sentence. Any thoughts?
potempkin Group study 109 61,130 2010-01-18, 9:54 pm
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

Holy shit! nrg1701 wins the award for the biggest workhorse on this project! You've got an awful lot of nrg, dude!
potempkin Group study 109 61,130 2010-01-18, 9:52 pm
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

Hey all. I've just finished digging myself out of the task of SRS'ing every single sentence from chapters 1-44. The task was to have 100% comprehension of the entire sentence (not just the target ka...
potempkin Group study 109 61,130 2009-11-29, 12:46 am
    Thread: Anyone interested in helping mine 例文で学ぶ漢字と言葉(2級)?
Post: Anyone interested in helping mine 例文で学ぶ漢字と言葉(2級)?

Vos, where are you right now? I'd like to begin helping you with this.
potempkin Group study 17 12,611 2009-08-27, 11:06 am
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

Hey all I apologize for the stall that the Kanji In Context sentences project has been in recently. After a hiatus, I'm getting ready to jump back into studying on a fixed schedule. This means that...
potempkin Group study 109 61,130 2009-08-27, 11:04 am
    Thread: JLPT 2009-1 (July) 2級 thoughts
Post: JLPT 2009-1 (July) 2級 thoughts

I'm wondering what people thought of the July JLPT, which was administered on Sunday only in Japan. Personally, I thought that the test was much more difficult than any of the past JLPTs (this was my...
potempkin JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 5 2,411 2009-07-06, 2:29 am
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

@Tzadeck No worries. I kind of figured that you were a bit busy. If you did 51-55, that would be great.
potempkin Group study 109 61,130 2009-06-29, 10:18 pm
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

I'll be adding 41-45.
potempkin Group study 109 61,130 2009-06-29, 1:29 am
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

I don't know what "Cerego" is. Could you enlighten me?
potempkin Group study 109 61,130 2009-06-29, 1:24 am
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

@liosama If you want to contribute by adding new sentences, you could try to do a later chapter -- maybe Chapter 60 or something -- and see how it goes. The sentence writing itself is almost complete...
potempkin Group study 109 61,130 2009-06-24, 10:16 am
    Thread: Anyone interested in helping mine 例文で学ぶ漢字と言葉(2級)?
Post: Anyone interested in helping mine 例文で学ぶ漢字と言葉(2級)?

@erlog Even though I am only working on KIC at the moment, I would say don't completely give up on 例文で学ぶ -- it has its place. KIC might help your continue further, but 例文で学ぶ still makes for excellent...
potempkin Group study 17 12,611 2009-06-23, 10:26 am
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

@vosmiura I didn't mean to intrude on your portion of the work, but I typed out Chapters 34 and 35 for my own studies and put them into the spreadsheet in order to save you some time. No sense in dup...
potempkin Group study 109 61,130 2009-06-23, 12:57 am
    Thread: Anyone interested in helping mine 例文で学ぶ漢字と言葉(2級)?
Post: Anyone interested in helping mine 例文で学ぶ漢字と言葉(2級)?

Aw shit. vos, I just realized I have this book on my bookshelf. Tried using it a couple of years ago before I tackled RTK. I really loved the sentences, but I was in over my head at that time. Tha...
potempkin Group study 17 12,611 2009-06-19, 10:03 am
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

@vosmiura You're fast -- I see you've already started to add sentences. Go nuts, dude! I'll finish up Chapter 30 and then do 36-40.
potempkin Group study 109 61,130 2009-06-19, 8:45 am
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

In the interest of speeding this project along, I've done the following: (+) sentences 1-550 are now in order according their appearance in the workbook (+) everything has been labeled with chapter a...
potempkin Group study 109 61,130 2009-06-18, 10:44 pm
    Thread: Anyone interested in helping mine 例文で学ぶ漢字と言葉(2級)?
Post: Anyone interested in helping mine 例文で学ぶ漢字と言葉(2級)?

That's good to know. In 550 sentences in KIC, I've come across maybe 4 or 5 repeat sentences which are phrased slightly different, but have the same basic meaning. If I hadn't already invested so mu...
potempkin Group study 17 12,611 2009-06-18, 8:54 pm
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

I'm looking for volunteers for this project. Our first task is to get the current sentences in order. They need to be ordered into the appropriate 28 chapters. This is tedious work, but it's import...
potempkin Group study 109 61,130 2009-06-18, 12:13 pm
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

@Hashiriya That's a good question. The two series present information in slightly different ways. KIC's learning curve also seems higher. The grammar in KIC tends to be at a higher level than KO. ...
potempkin Group study 109 61,130 2009-06-18, 11:54 am
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

I have made a Google Docs spreadsheet with what I've got so far. While not required for this project, if you do not have the purple reference book, please consider purchasing it as 1) it contains som...
potempkin Group study 109 61,130 2009-06-18, 11:10 am
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/* To join this project, please email me. /*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/* Is anyone else interested in h...
potempkin Group study 109 61,130 2009-06-17, 10:38 pm
    Thread: Naoko Chino (author) particle books
Post: Naoko Chino (author) particle books

Thanks. Looking at the table of contents of "How to Tell..." on Google Books, it seems that I would benefit from only about 4 of the 19 chapters. Seems a bit expensive just for that... @mentat_kgs ...
potempkin Learning resources 5 1,442 2008-12-11, 2:06 pm
    Thread: Naoko Chino (author) particle books
Post: Naoko Chino (author) particle books

I can't remember if it was on this forum or a different one, but I seem to recall someone mentioning that Naoko Chino, the author of All About Particles has written another "particles" book which is m...
potempkin Learning resources 5 1,442 2008-12-11, 12:40 pm
    Thread: FACEBOOK
Post: FACEBOOK

What the hell is facebook? I'm totally serious. Edit: @alantin...oh...ok...wtf...people actually use that?
potempkin Off topic 49 6,455 2008-12-02, 10:26 am
    Thread: Heavy faliure
Post: Heavy faliure

70% is nothing to be concerned about. If you finished those 1000 kanji in about 30 days (based on your forum registered date), then you should also keep in mind that your brain has absorbed a TON of ...
potempkin Remembering the Kanji 13 2,281 2008-11-08, 3:08 pm
    Thread: Trouble with heisig's "fire" kanji
Post: Trouble with heisig's "fire" kanji

Short answer: there is no difference; it's just a stylistic difference between the fonts that were used for each when the book was printed. Long answer: my shoudo (calligraphy) experience is somewh...
potempkin Remembering the Kanji 3 1,342 2008-11-02, 1:59 pm
    Thread: sudden, huge drop in new kanji "passed" percentages
Post: sudden, huge drop in new kanji "passed" percentage...

Heh...thanks, guys. I'm glad I'm not the only one to experience this. http://ircamera.as.arizona.edu/NatSci102...n_full.gif
potempkin Remembering the Kanji 15 2,386 2008-10-31, 7:14 pm
    Thread: sudden, huge drop in new kanji "passed" percentages
Post: sudden, huge drop in new kanji "passed" percentage...

I know what I need to do to rectify this situation, but I'm curious as to whether anyone else has experienced this phenomenon. Everything with RTK had been fine for me until around frame 1500. I wen...
potempkin Remembering the Kanji 15 2,386 2008-10-31, 1:17 pm