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    Thread: buonaparte's audio and text links
Post: buonaparte's audio and text links

Uploaded some random stuff. No queer letters in the names of the files this time, ASCII only. Some learning materials for beginners, lower intermediate and advanced students (transcript in Japanese ...
buonaparte Learning resources 497 278,074 2015-08-28, 10:31 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

kapalama Wrote:K's ex-S.O., Momoko is not Japanese I take it? Momoko is half Polish, half Korean, half American. The fourth missing half is Momoko.
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-28, 2:20 am
    Thread: buonaparte's audio and text links
Post: buonaparte's audio and text links

RawToast, Some files are missing in your mirror, with French letters or apostrophe in the original file name: examples: !0 Japanese What’s to learn BEGIN HERE.doc (original) !0 Japanese What�s to le...
buonaparte Learning resources 497 278,074 2015-08-27, 6:05 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

Yes, as the Wise Rabbi in Crimea says, 'Life is too serious to take anything seriously.' By the way, Crimea - it's Ukraine. And Ukraine, well, it's Europe. And Europe, well, it's somewhere over there...
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-27, 4:31 am
    Thread: buonaparte's audio and text links
Post: buonaparte's audio and text links

Splatted Wrote:Edit: Malala Yousafzai is hugely inspiring Yes, she inspired me to learn Pashto and Urdu. I knew nothing about Pakistan, except that they once had Zia ul-Haq who was a nasty person, an...
buonaparte Learning resources 497 278,074 2015-08-27, 12:51 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

sunehiro Wrote:Ah, you misspelt Marx, too, If you mean Max in Max Planck, I must have misspelt Planck too. It should have been either Plank or Prank. Anyway, I AM a marxist. I believe in Marx Brother...
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-27, 12:38 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

mattimus Wrote:Literally (literally [literally]) the best thing in this thread. I couldn’t agree more. Nothing can beat a happy ending. It’s a pity though. Because it’s so melodramatic, you never kno...
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-26, 2:44 pm
    Thread: buonaparte's audio and text links
Post: buonaparte's audio and text links

I've decided to learn Pashto and Urdu and I've already gathered enough materials, so I won't have time to take care of this thread and the stuff my late sister (buonaparte) uploaded or prepared to upl...
buonaparte Learning resources 497 278,074 2015-08-26, 11:45 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

cae99v Wrote:the only people argueing about whether or not AJATT makes you fluent are the ones who aren't fluent.... The sillier the merrier. I'm an exception. But it's high time to take the Admin's...
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-26, 12:54 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

I agree with the Admin that all my posts in this thread (and anywhere else for that matter) were 'low effort'. But isn't the thread 'low effort'? It is. But it was fun. I'm really sorry that I'm not a...
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-26, 12:08 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

What flame war? A healthy discussion. I've enjoyed every bit of it.
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-25, 12:08 pm
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

kapalama, the forum's down. It happened many a time before. Let's hope it returns again.
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-25, 5:34 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

ryuudou, I agree. Let me quote my late sister, buonaparte (I'm aYa). 'Don't say the possible is impossible just because you can't get it up.' This thread is fun. Not as good as this one, though: Zia...
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-25, 1:55 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

So everyone seems to agree that K. went to Heaven (alive!). I must confirm that the rumors were true. I got a phone call from K.-san himself yesterday. We had a long conversation in my Plain Broken En...
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-25, 12:59 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

I've never learned individual kanji separately, but if anyone wants to do it or would like to have a try, here are two resources (not Heisig): 1. Hadamitzky - Japanese Kanji & Kana A Complete Guid...
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-24, 2:01 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

SRS is just a computerized Ebbinghaus Curve. SRS was developed by Piotr Woźniak (SuperMemo). I read about it back in the nineties in a Polish computer magazine. Heisig wasn't invented by Heisig, as ...
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-24, 1:01 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

juniperpansy Wrote:chamcham Wrote:He's definitely been to this forum. :) I believe he's made a quote about this forum along the lines of "The blind teaching the blind." Seeing the grammar section of t...
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-23, 3:05 pm
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

I've just read this passage and it made me think of this thread. Fascinated by Languages by Eugene A. Nida Our family attended a Methodist church, where, as a small boy, I had one of the most meani...
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-23, 10:21 am
    Thread: buonaparte's audio and text links
Post: buonaparte's audio and text links

Uploaded some new stuff. RawToast, would you mind updating your mirror?
buonaparte Learning resources 497 278,074 2015-08-23, 8:03 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

ryuudou Wrote:Read the site before you type. It will do wonders. I did read K.'s site when he started it, for a year or two. Then I stopped - it was the most wonderful thing. ryuudou Wrote:buonapart...
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-23, 1:31 am
    Thread: Books on learning (not just Japanese)/mastering skills
Post: Books on learning (not just Japanese)/mastering sk...

Here are some more or less useful Internet guides for language learners by people who know a thing or two about learning them. http://learnanylanguage.wikia.com/wiki/L...y_Language Steve Kaufmann [V...
buonaparte Off topic 13 2,497 2015-08-22, 11:52 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

Here are some more or less useful Internet guides for language learners by people who know a thing or two about learning them. http://learnanylanguage.wikia.com/wiki/L...y_Language Steve Kaufmann [V...
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-22, 11:49 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

ryuudou Wrote:buonaparte Wrote:He did say that you have listen to 10 thousand hours in a year or 18 months, you have to listen while asleep, you have to mine 10 thousand sentences and so on. It doesn...
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-22, 5:33 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

Danchan Wrote:So... you watched a lot of the actual language, from which you learned directly. Which a core idea he wanted to get across to learners. Looking at how it is actually done, learning forms...
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-22, 4:20 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

dtcamero Wrote:buonaparte Wrote:Ah, and K. said that classes suck. Language textbooks suck. Grammar sucks. And that's absolute nonsense. pink floyd wrote a handfull of shitty songs too... You mean ‘w...
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-22, 3:11 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

Ah, and K. said that classes suck. Language textbooks suck. Grammar sucks. And that's absolute nonsense.
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-22, 2:10 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

yogert909 Wrote:buonaparte Wrote:His ideas were STUPID. IMPOSSIBLE. What exactly were his ideas? He had no ideas. 1. He read Heisig - learn how to write 3000 kanji. (mnemonics in English) 2. Then lear...
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-21, 2:12 pm
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

kameden Wrote:He didn't even try for JLPT so I don't know why that's even mentioned. Also I remember he posted a daily schedule once for what he actually did and he definitely did not listen to 18-24 ...
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-21, 1:50 pm
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

I found K.'s ideas stupid. I don't mean to hurt anybody's feelings, it's just my opinion, mind you. I watched hell of a lot of Japanese movies (I didn't intend to learn Japanese then) and picked up p...
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-21, 1:21 pm
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

Tzadeck Wrote:It's interesting that people were so inspired by Khatz. My reaction to his writing was VERY negative. So was mine. He kept deleting my comments under his posts in a jiffy. Some Interne...
buonaparte Off topic 529 102,403 2015-08-21, 10:11 am