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Thread: Grammar While Studying RTK1 Post: Grammar While Studying RTK1 emeelio Wrote:but when this could take 6+ months Well, one of the reasons to do RTK only until it's done is to make it NOT take this much time I think. Personally I think doing RTK first is definitely... |
AlgoRhythmic | The Japanese language | 12 | 2,030 | 2015-02-13, 2:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Programming Vocabulary Deck Post: Japanese Programming Vocabulary Deck I've been thinking about getting some programming books in Japanese lately actually, since I thought it would be a good way to both study Japanese and learn things relevant to my job at the same time.... |
AlgoRhythmic | Learning resources | 5 | 1,268 | 2015-02-01, 1:19 pm | ||
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Thread: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! Post: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! Haha, YES, I passed N1 with better scores than I thought. Grammar: 49/60 Reading: 60/60 Listening: 47/60 Tot: 156/180 ***** yeah! |
AlgoRhythmic | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 193 | 37,240 | 2015-01-29, 1:35 am | ||
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Thread: If you're a guy, do you tend to refer to yourself as "boku"? Post: If you're a guy, do you tend to refer to yourself ... Hm, I had this idea when I started learning Japanese that using 僕 or 俺 when you are a beginner sounds embarrassing, and thus I always stuck with 私 in my head. Then I kind of got used to thinking about... |
AlgoRhythmic | The Japanese language | 102 | 19,254 | 2015-01-26, 3:32 pm | ||
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Thread: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! Post: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! Awesome, thanks for letting us know. I'm so hyped about getting the results. |
AlgoRhythmic | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 193 | 37,240 | 2015-01-23, 3:23 pm | ||
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Thread: 2014 Reflections and 2015 Resolutions Post: 2014 Reflections and 2015 Resolutions AlgoRhythmic Wrote:Finish Core10k. Start reading real books and not just manga in Japanese. Keep consuming entertainment overall in Japanese. Maybe try taking the JLPT if I feel like it (don't have an... |
AlgoRhythmic | General discussion | 51 | 10,053 | 2014-12-28, 12:01 pm | ||
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Thread: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! Post: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! Yay, I finally found the more detailed analysis with answers also for reading and listening for the N1 test in case anyone is interested (look under N1解析): http://jp.hjenglish.com/nenglikaon1/p708510... |
AlgoRhythmic | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 193 | 37,240 | 2014-12-12, 4:48 pm | ||
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Thread: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! Post: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! Wow, thanks for posting that. Turns out I pretty much nailed the entire first section (N1). Not what I expected but can't complain lol. |
AlgoRhythmic | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 193 | 37,240 | 2014-12-10, 1:16 pm | ||
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Thread: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! Post: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! I took the N1 today for the first time, and I guess it went OK. I feel like my result will end up pretty close to the passing limit unless I miscalculated completely, so I wouldn't be surprised if it ... |
AlgoRhythmic | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 193 | 37,240 | 2014-12-07, 12:38 pm | ||
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Thread: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! Post: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! sunehiro Wrote:I'm a little worried because I can't find N1 past tests I would be very interested in this as well, in case anybody knows where to find some. I'm taking the test for the first time now ... |
AlgoRhythmic | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 193 | 37,240 | 2014-11-07, 8:11 pm | ||
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Thread: How long did it take you to finish RtK 1? Post: How long did it take you to finish RtK 1? It seems like you are misunderstanding my point (the two posters above me). I'm not saying you must complete RTK to do grammar or start with Tae Kim (that claim would be ridiculous), all I'm saying is... |
AlgoRhythmic | Remembering the Kanji | 39 | 10,084 | 2014-08-07, 12:18 pm | ||
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Thread: How long did it take you to finish RtK 1? Post: How long did it take you to finish RtK 1? Well, fair enough I guess you could argue that waiting with even basic grammar until after RTK doesn't have any huge merits. But to turn it around, doing them in parallel doesn't seem to have any meri... |
AlgoRhythmic | Remembering the Kanji | 39 | 10,084 | 2014-08-06, 12:49 pm | ||
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Thread: How long did it take you to finish RtK 1? Post: How long did it take you to finish RtK 1? Eminem2 Wrote:As to my experiences with RTK1, I would summarize them as follows: #1. It's not necessary (or even advisable) to halt or postpone working on grammar (which is much more useful and fun th... |
AlgoRhythmic | Remembering the Kanji | 39 | 10,084 | 2014-08-04, 12:52 pm | ||
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Thread: How long did it take you to finish RtK 1? Post: How long did it take you to finish RtK 1? 3.5 weeks. Doing RTK was great, but also something I wanted to get over with as soon as possible. |
AlgoRhythmic | Remembering the Kanji | 39 | 10,084 | 2014-08-02, 7:37 am | ||
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Thread: Why bother to learn to write the kanji by hand? Post: Why bother to learn to write the kanji by hand? I will probably not have much use for it, but I still spend a lot of time to keep my handwriting skills fresh. It just feels extremely lame to me not being able to write, that's all really. |
AlgoRhythmic | Remembering the Kanji | 89 | 12,566 | 2014-07-30, 2:05 pm | ||
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Thread: PSP game suggestions? Post: PSP game suggestions? Dangan Ronpa 1-2 are both excellent games for PSP that I strongly recommend. Unfortunately not all dialogue has audio, but a fairly large part of the game does so there is quite a bit of dialogue with... |
AlgoRhythmic | Learning resources | 19 | 3,991 | 2014-06-05, 5:45 pm | ||
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Thread: Unexpected discovery: Loss of game localization excitement... Post: Unexpected discovery: Loss of game localization ex... qwertyytrewq Wrote:Personally I enjoy the elitist feeling of not giving a shit about games not being released in English and just laugh at gamers whining about games staying in Japan. lol, exactly how... |
AlgoRhythmic | General discussion | 14 | 3,453 | 2014-04-22, 5:51 pm | ||
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Thread: Two questions Post: Two questions Heron Wrote:As I wrote in another post somewhere, Core can be used as a mere bank of pre-made cards. You just need to suspend all new cards (a good habit anyway with pre-made decks) and unsuspend word... |
AlgoRhythmic | Off topic | 30 | 5,480 | 2014-04-16, 11:52 am | ||
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Thread: Two questions Post: Two questions Splatted Wrote:Yeah I made the classic mistake of trying to learn Japanese by SRSing Core 6000. Ditching that and focusing on native material was probably the best thing I did for my Japanese, but sta... |
AlgoRhythmic | Off topic | 30 | 5,480 | 2014-04-16, 1:53 am | ||
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Thread: Of course you can learn 40-60 words a day. Post: Of course you can learn 40-60 words a day. I found a good number for me personally is 20 new cards a day. Right now I'm doing 150 reviews a day + 20 new words, and this takes around 1 - 1.5 hours normally (I do English -> Japanese and alway... |
AlgoRhythmic | The Japanese language | 101 | 24,323 | 2014-03-11, 8:23 am | ||
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Thread: Some tips needed on playing my first Japanese game! Post: Some tips needed on playing my first Japanese game... saikkun Wrote:Around what level of Japanese would you guys say I need to be at to comfortably play a game I've never played in English? I'm mainly using Xillia just to see where I am in my studies rig... |
AlgoRhythmic | The Japanese language | 26 | 4,675 | 2014-02-04, 8:49 am | ||
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Thread: Why does it all sound the same?! Post: Why does it all sound the same?! I understand what you're saying to some degree, I personally don't go around talking about my video game and anime interest unless it's with my closest friends and such, since you do get judged by som... |
AlgoRhythmic | The Japanese language | 42 | 6,959 | 2014-02-04, 6:43 am | ||
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Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? For someone like me who is much more interested in understanding over actively talking, it doesn't sound like a very helpful book so no I'm not going to buy it. To be honest I got a pretty bad impress... |
AlgoRhythmic | General discussion | 856 | 195,398 | 2014-02-03, 1:34 pm | ||
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Thread: Does anyone here program and learn Japanese at the same time? Post: Does anyone here program and learn Japanese at the... Xanpakuto Wrote:So if I'm not going to memorize any syntax, what is there to memorize in programming? There are lots of things beside syntax that a good programmer needs to know, and the best way to l... |
AlgoRhythmic | Off topic | 30 | 5,525 | 2014-01-26, 8:17 pm | ||
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Thread: Does anyone here program and learn Japanese at the same time? Post: Does anyone here program and learn Japanese at the... gdaxeman Wrote:Derek Sivers, founder of CD Baby, wrote a post about using Anki to memorize a programming language, and he says: Quote:"I've been doing this for a year, and it's the most helpful learni... |
AlgoRhythmic | Off topic | 30 | 5,525 | 2014-01-25, 8:43 pm | ||
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Thread: Does anyone here program and learn Japanese at the same time? Post: Does anyone here program and learn Japanese at the... Xanpakuto Wrote:Of course I'm even putting the syntax into anki so I don't forget it. I don't know, that sounds like a huge waste of time to me. Just spend that time practicing to write programs inste... |
AlgoRhythmic | Off topic | 30 | 5,525 | 2014-01-25, 7:00 pm | ||
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Thread: Kanji for fireworks (hanabi) noob question Post: Kanji for fireworks (hanabi) noob question hazwanium Wrote:i thought fire has multiple onyomis KA, hi, -bi, ho- , correct me if i'm wrong Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that the hi reading is kunyomi? Anyway, thinking about why a ... |
AlgoRhythmic | The Japanese language | 12 | 3,356 | 2014-01-24, 8:38 am | ||
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Thread: 2013 Reflections and 2014 Resolutions Post: 2013 Reflections and 2014 Resolutions 2013: Finished RTK. Finished Tae Kim with anki deck. Finished Core6k. Completed 15+ video games in Japanese. Read 25+ volumes of manga in Japanese. I don't have very specific 2014-goals, but I want... |
AlgoRhythmic | General discussion | 55 | 13,386 | 2014-01-05, 1:28 pm | ||
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Thread: How to stop translating and just think in Japanese? Post: How to stop translating and just think in Japanese... dtcamero Wrote:2) playing the anki/immersion game and getting good at/used to japanese are not really the same thing. textbooks and anki and tv and movies, etc. are all a shite way to learn this langu... |
AlgoRhythmic | The Japanese language | 35 | 7,274 | 2014-01-04, 3:35 pm | ||
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Thread: Core retention is very low Post: Core retention is very low Yeah, definitely focus on native material is my guess. Just to take an example, I had trouble remembering the word 秩序 in Core6k, but then I happened to play a video game where a character kept using t... |
AlgoRhythmic | Learning resources | 38 | 8,200 | 2013-12-31, 8:38 am | ||
