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    Thread: Pronouncing ん preceding a vowel
Post: RE: Pronouncing ん preceding a vowel

(2016-03-26, 8:23 pm)RawrPk Wrote: This this might help Quote:Next, let’s look at vowels, which are made without touching the tongue or lips. To make ん before a vowel, nasalize the preceding vowel....
Chomskyan General discussion 14 1,220 2016-03-26, 9:04 pm
    Thread: Pronouncing ん preceding a vowel
Post: RE: Pronouncing ん preceding a vowel

(2016-03-26, 12:25 pm)Katsuo Wrote: Open your nasal passage so that air passes through both your nose and mouth at the same time.  I don't know how to do this
Chomskyan General discussion 14 1,220 2016-03-26, 7:41 pm
    Thread: Pronouncing ん preceding a vowel
Post: Pronouncing ん preceding a vowel

So this has bothered me since I've started learning the language. How do you pronounce ん when it comes before a vowel? Before a p or b sound it becomes an m sound like 新聞 (shimbun). Before a g or k it...
Chomskyan General discussion 14 1,220 2016-03-26, 8:57 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

dtcamero Wrote:ethical questions should be of a legal nature, not Marxist economics. otherwise you might be more interested in learning Korean rather than Japanese lol. Asking for businessmen to act w...
Chomskyan Off topic 529 102,491 2015-11-03, 10:28 pm
    Thread: Getting a Scholarship for College/Lang. School while already in Japan?
Post: Getting a Scholarship for College/Lang. School whi...

Has anyone here done this before? I've been working at an Eikawa since September of last year, but I've found that the English teaching is really interfering with my Japanese studies. I've been want...
Chomskyan JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 3 1,072 2015-07-04, 6:01 am
    Thread: Best Dictionary that can export .tsv vocabulary lists?
Post: Best Dictionary that can export .tsv vocabulary li...

So I've been building my own custom vocabulary decks using a combination of imiwa and Epwing2Anki. It's working great but I find that imiwa doesn't have a lot of the words that I'm trying to look up....
Chomskyan Learning resources 1 539 2015-07-02, 10:26 pm
    Thread: The KanKen Chronicles
Post: The KanKen Chronicles

So I've started working my through this game as a new way to improve my kanji reading skills. Starting from 10級, the only problem I seem to have so far is that a lot of the questions seem to be repea...
Chomskyan General discussion 397 123,291 2015-07-02, 10:23 pm
    Thread: Epwing2Anki - Tool For Automatically Generating Anki Vocabulary Cards
Post: Epwing2Anki - Tool For Automatically Generating An...

Recently I've been using imiwa to build word lists, which I then export to Epwing to Anki. However I've noticed the vocab selection for imiwa is smaller than I'd like. Is there any app out there tha...
Chomskyan Learning resources 182 70,559 2015-06-30, 9:01 pm
    Thread: Kindle books in Japanese...
Post: Kindle books in Japanese...

Would there be any hypothetical way to scan a paper book on to my computer and convert it into a kindle file? I love the idea of the paper white but don't see anything I want to read on there.
Chomskyan Learning resources 52 14,751 2015-05-07, 9:18 am
    Thread: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama
Post: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama

Well I decided to try your suggestion on downloading from kamigami but since the whole website is in Chinese it's proven to be a real challenge. I can't seem to sign up for an account either. Maybe ...
Chomskyan Learning resources 44 9,386 2015-04-05, 3:36 am
    Thread: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama
Post: SABU - dedicated App to learn from Anime/Drama

It's a good program with a lot of potential. But requires a lot of extra effort to configure a video with subtitles. Case and point, I've been working all morning to get the Tokyo Ghoul ep1 subtitle...
Chomskyan Learning resources 44 9,386 2015-04-03, 10:16 pm
    Thread: Automatic vocab for RTK
Post: Automatic vocab for RTK

Man if only you'd been around a month or so ago when I was looking for something similar. I ended up making my own deck. this is the front. [Image: http://i.imgur.com/bVl6vOa.png] and the back [I...
Chomskyan Learning resources 11 2,746 2015-04-03, 8:19 am
    Thread: The Wall of Listening Comprehension
Post: The Wall of Listening Comprehension

I've only been studying Japanese for about a year, but I'd have to agree that listening is the hardest part; even more so than Kanji, which I originally anticipated would give me the most trouble. My...
Chomskyan The Japanese language 55 9,623 2015-03-29, 2:44 am
    Thread: The KanKen Chronicles
Post: The KanKen Chronicles

Ok, sorry to continue this derail but have you found a way to add native sound to your decks?
Chomskyan General discussion 397 123,291 2015-03-16, 1:48 am
    Thread: The KanKen Chronicles
Post: The KanKen Chronicles

Potbelly, I'm not nearly at your level yet. I'm still working my way through core 10k. However, if you're finding it difficult to add new words from your current reading material why not fan off int...
Chomskyan General discussion 397 123,291 2015-03-14, 9:43 pm
    Thread: Genki Recommendation Questions
Post: Genki Recommendation Questions

Re-listening: You won't be able to jump right into podcasts. I highly recommend you download a listening deck on Anki. My one regret in studying Japanese is not making a huge deal out listening pra...
Chomskyan Learning resources 3 1,016 2015-02-22, 9:33 pm
    Thread: Kana to Kanji Heisig Deck? Possibly Based off RTK 2
Post: Kana to Kanji Heisig Deck? Possibly Based off RTK...

So I deleted my RTK keyword to Kanji deck the other day because it was getting to be too much of a pain in the ass to keep doing it. Mostly because I keep forgetting the key words. That said, I don'...
Chomskyan Learning resources 1 458 2015-02-19, 10:38 am
    Thread: Epwing2Anki - Tool For Automatically Generating Anki Vocabulary Cards
Post: Epwing2Anki - Tool For Automatically Generating An...

Can this tool be configured to automatically import audio files? If so I'm sold
Chomskyan Learning resources 182 70,559 2015-02-13, 10:01 am
    Thread: Learning vocab w/o Anki
Post: Learning vocab w/o Anki

If you know enough words you could start reading and try to pick up from context. If not, you're going to have to memorize via repetition. One way or another; it's a tedious process. Anki may end u...
Chomskyan The Japanese language 7 1,850 2015-01-30, 3:15 am
    Thread: Anyone using Shadowing?
Post: Anyone using Shadowing?

Thanks for the reference, I'll be sure to check out the more advanced book. jimeux Wrote:The Core decks are great for this. The sentences are a good length for repeating easily. I've been working on ...
Chomskyan General discussion 12 3,719 2014-12-26, 12:28 am
    Thread: Comprehensive counters deck?
Post: Comprehensive counters deck?

Does such a thing exist? I mean, I'm thinking of a deck that not only has literally every counter in the language, but all all the irregular pronunciations such as いっぽん rather than いちほん. I've heard ...
Chomskyan Learning resources 3 1,473 2014-12-25, 7:12 am
    Thread: Anyone using Shadowing?
Post: Anyone using Shadowing?

Hey, I can't offer any insight to shadowing as I haven't tried it yet, but I was wondering, what books are you using? I am considering trying a shadowing textbook after finishing Tobira but I don't k...
Chomskyan General discussion 12 3,719 2014-12-25, 6:57 am
    Thread: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法
Post: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法

Necrobumping this. I haven't bought the Kanzen master books yet but I might if there's an anki deck to go with it. Is anyone still holding onto this list?
Chomskyan Group study 253 93,740 2014-12-22, 2:31 am
    Thread: Confused about what studying approach I should take
Post: Confused about what studying approach I should tak...

No worries man. Yeah I do 100% of the exercises including the pair exercises which I do with a native Japanese friend. I also do all the exercises in the workbooks. I learn the Genki vocab at a rat...
Chomskyan General discussion 15 3,574 2014-09-01, 9:30 am
    Thread: Confused about what studying approach I should take
Post: Confused about what studying approach I should tak...

I mean, I finished RTK before learning any vocabulary or grammar and I feel it worked great for me. It's made picking up kanji vocab a total breeze. Of course, I'm still very new to the language (in...
Chomskyan General discussion 15 3,574 2014-08-31, 10:47 pm
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

Today I completely finished Genki I and it's workbook. Extremely proud of myself. I'm planning on finishing Genki II by early September!
Chomskyan General discussion 1,389 294,118 2014-08-11, 10:55 pm
    Thread: How do you memorize your vocab words/core10k?
Post: How do you memorize your vocab words/core10k?

yogert909 Wrote:vosmiura brings up a good point. You can't add too many cards at a time. iverson's 5-7 block is a good range. Personally I add 5 at a time and make sure I know those, then do 5 more...
Chomskyan The Japanese language 10 4,555 2014-07-19, 7:47 pm
    Thread: How do you memorize your vocab words/core10k?
Post: How do you memorize your vocab words/core10k?

cophnia61 Wrote:How many words did you already do? How many per day? Do you have difficulty in memozing them from the beginning, or you memorize them but then you forget them after tot days? I did 30 ...
Chomskyan The Japanese language 10 4,555 2014-07-19, 3:14 pm
    Thread: How do you memorize your vocab words/core10k?
Post: How do you memorize your vocab words/core10k?

So I finished RTK 1 recently and I'm moving on to memorizing Core10k while working my way through Genki I/II simultaneously. Unfortunately, I'm having serious problems retaining the vocabulary I'm le...
Chomskyan The Japanese language 10 4,555 2014-07-19, 12:16 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Finished the book today. It took me 3 months and change, but I'm finally done. Or at least, done with new cards. I still plan to keep doing reviews indefinitely to retain my knowledge.
Chomskyan Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,363 2014-07-11, 10:27 am