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    Thread: Please assess my study method...
Post: Please assess my study method...

What is everyone talking about? Those are way good stats! I had 10 times the amount of that relearn constantly and I'm doing fine now.
Zlarp The Japanese language 19 3,818 2013-03-02, 3:36 am
    Thread: Suggested methods for learning grammar?
Post: Suggested methods for learning grammar?

Jinklez Wrote:Thanks for all the great (and very quick) suggestions! But do people think learning grammar after RTK1 is the best step if my first - out of many - goals is to learn enough Japanese to ...
Zlarp General discussion 10 4,597 2013-02-17, 11:29 am
    Thread: Suggested methods for learning grammar?
Post: Suggested methods for learning grammar?

I know. Same feelings here all around :)
Zlarp General discussion 10 4,597 2013-02-17, 11:13 am
    Thread: Suggested methods for learning grammar?
Post: Suggested methods for learning grammar?

Tae Kim might seem overwhelming at first. That's because it is. There's a simple solution for coping with overwhelming floods of information. Just let them overwhelm you. Then let them overwhelm you a...
Zlarp General discussion 10 4,597 2013-02-17, 10:27 am
    Thread: Reason why I can't get myself to use AJATT
Post: Reason why I can't get myself to use AJATT

uisukii Wrote:^"canon" could simply be a term used to describe the basic principles outlining the nature of what the author of AJATT refers to in respect to all Japanese, all the time. You both seem ...
Zlarp The Japanese language 93 21,668 2013-02-17, 10:20 am
    Thread: Reason why I can't get myself to use AJATT
Post: Reason why I can't get myself to use AJATT

Norman Wrote:We are assuming this 'broken grammar' is crafted purposely for such an effect. I'm not making such an assumption. Someone with the responsibility of assisting learners in a foreign langua...
Zlarp The Japanese language 93 21,668 2013-02-15, 4:13 am
    Thread: Finished RTK 1 in 15 days
Post: Finished RTK 1 in 15 days

I'm an RTK 21 day finisher and I guess I'll post a bit of follow-up here, since it seems to be wanted around here. I started learning Japanese 4 months ago, starting out doing RTK, then doing the Tae ...
Zlarp Remembering the Kanji 54 22,790 2013-02-13, 3:21 pm
    Thread: Microsoft Surface Pro
Post: Microsoft Surface Pro

Please don't buy this. Windows 8 is such a horrid abomination. There's too many problems with it to list, but the most obvious was already mentioned: It's 40 gigs. 40 freakin gigs for an operating sys...
Zlarp Off topic 8 3,136 2013-02-01, 6:33 pm
    Thread: Good Alternatives to Anki?
Post: Good Alternatives to Anki?

Inny Jan Wrote:I don't get why people are saying that they have to switch to Anki2 to be able to synch. Is it really that hard to: Code: xcopy F:\AnkiDroid\Core2000.anki C: ? Believe it or no...
Zlarp Learning resources 47 19,441 2013-02-01, 5:25 pm
    Thread: The journey to monolingual learning.
Post: The journey to monolingual learning.

Sometimes I use an English - German dictionary to find out what a word in English means. Sometimes I use a German - English dictionary to find out what a word in German means. Generally, trying to get...
Zlarp Learning resources 50 10,844 2013-02-01, 11:19 am
    Thread: Video Games
Post: Video Games

My advice is let them wash over you. If you don't understand anything, just get used to the speed, because that's the speed you want to end up understanding and talking at, and there's no other way to...
Zlarp Learning resources 21 3,356 2013-02-01, 6:11 am
    Thread: Playstation network card.
Post: Playstation network card.

I can vouch for Play Asia, though it took a while the first time I bought one from then and hey sent me a call because I used paypal to make sure everything was okay with the payment. Second time was ...
Zlarp Learning resources 5 789 2013-01-31, 4:32 pm
    Thread: Thinking about no longer using RTK by Heisig.
Post: Thinking about no longer using RTK by Heisig.

Everyone can have whatever opinion they want if there is freedom of speech. However, that also means everyone will be allowed to call you out on what you say and hold you responsible. People act as if...
Zlarp Remembering the Kanji 110 21,137 2013-01-28, 3:41 pm
    Thread: Thinking about no longer using RTK by Heisig.
Post: Thinking about no longer using RTK by Heisig.

Stansfield123 Wrote:Political correctness is the belief that the mere expression of an idea can cause injury, and its proponents take no responsibility for their inability to handle any views they dis...
Zlarp Remembering the Kanji 110 21,137 2013-01-28, 11:54 am
    Thread: How to Make the "Transition" from Reading to Listening
Post: How to Make the "Transition" from Reading to Liste...

I disagree with having to do it the "right way" Maybe it works for you to watch something subbed and then again unsubbed, I for one can't stand having to watch something twice in a row. I watch things...
Zlarp The Japanese language 18 4,332 2013-01-28, 8:08 am
    Thread: Japanese PS3 Games
Post: Japanese PS3 Games

I think Tae Kim is good to do. I'm not sure if it's neccessary, but I did it myself because I was too intimidated to start something without any grammar knowledge. I can't say how well I would be doin...
Zlarp The Japanese language 31 4,892 2013-01-26, 4:02 pm
    Thread: Japanese PS3 Games
Post: Japanese PS3 Games

I have also heard reports that a PSP emulator is available that works splendidly. I haven't investigated that, since I own a PSP and those are as hacked as can possibly be. Anyway, if the PSP emulato...
Zlarp The Japanese language 31 4,892 2013-01-26, 1:21 pm
    Thread: Japanese PS3 Games
Post: Japanese PS3 Games

I think you misinterpreted TwoMoreCharacters. He said shelfing will always be a possibility, so the possibility of failure shouldn't keep you from trying out the game. If you understand 50% of a Narut...
Zlarp The Japanese language 31 4,892 2013-01-26, 12:19 pm
    Thread: Kanji makes me insanely drowsy. Help!!
Post: Kanji makes me insanely drowsy. Help!!

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Zlarp The Japanese language 20 3,411 2013-01-26, 12:03 pm
    Thread: Japanese PS3 Games
Post: Japanese PS3 Games

AlgoRhythmic Wrote:Zlarp Wrote:Some would argue that if you keep waiting until "you can understand that level of Japanese" you'll never start. You can't learn a language and then start reading texts t...
Zlarp The Japanese language 31 4,892 2013-01-26, 11:45 am
    Thread: Japanese PS3 Games
Post: Japanese PS3 Games

Some would argue that if you keep waiting until "you can understand that level of Japanese" you'll never start. You can't learn a language and then start reading texts that you can now understand. You...
Zlarp The Japanese language 31 4,892 2013-01-26, 11:14 am
    Thread: Thinking about no longer using RTK by Heisig.
Post: Thinking about no longer using RTK by Heisig.

I think by Japanese <-> Japanese he refers to the format of his flash cards. The ideal is for the flash cards to contain no English, and knowing the Kanji the Heisig way will allow for that, sin...
Zlarp Remembering the Kanji 110 21,137 2013-01-25, 1:22 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

anotherjohn Wrote:For the extra reps :P Also serves as insurance in case I mess up Anki somehow (which actually happened). I wanted to get through RTK as fast as possible to maintain motivation &...
Zlarp Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,658 2013-01-25, 1:10 pm
    Thread: Thinking about no longer using RTK by Heisig.
Post: Thinking about no longer using RTK by Heisig.

This is a wrong assumption. It might work this way, though I doubt it, if you were to study Chinese. The Japanese, however, adopted the Kanji when they'd already been "made". They don't have all that ...
Zlarp Remembering the Kanji 110 21,137 2013-01-25, 12:40 pm
    Thread: Translating Japanese
Post: Translating Japanese

Thanks for the suggestion. I know about "The Routledge Course in Japanese Translation" - I actually have it open in a PDF right now (ebook copy became available just a week or so ago, I think, otherwi...
Zlarp The Japanese language 4 1,453 2013-01-24, 10:29 am
    Thread: Translating Japanese
Post: Translating Japanese

Tzadeck Wrote:Zlarp Wrote:turning "吾輩は猫である" into "I Am a Cat" always seemed less than ideal to me and I'd love it if I could manage to figure out a few translator's tricks by which they can cheat them...
Zlarp The Japanese language 4 1,453 2013-01-24, 10:06 am
    Thread: Translating Japanese
Post: Translating Japanese

Hey everyone! I've got a bit of a request. I'm studying German and English languages at my university and last semester I took an introductory course on translation. Having now been asked to write a ...
Zlarp The Japanese language 4 1,453 2013-01-24, 9:02 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Why would you do that to yourself? Reviewing using both Anki and this site, I mean.
Zlarp Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,658 2013-01-24, 4:11 am
    Thread: Passive and active listening
Post: Passive and active listening

dtcamero Wrote:listen zgarbas your english is probably better than mine which is an amazing accomplishment for someone in a second language. you have a good 6,000 words more than I if that vocab test ...
Zlarp Learning resources 50 11,471 2013-01-24, 4:04 am
    Thread: Japanese Harry Potter - Study Group
Post: Japanese Harry Potter - Study Group

RawrPk Wrote:Based on what I saw in Pottermania, there are audiobooks for every Harry Potter book (not just the first 2 books) in Japanese. http://www.pottermania.jp/Books/index.htm#audio CTRL + F 「...
Zlarp Group study 50 25,237 2013-01-23, 2:19 pm