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Thread: Any paying users at JapanesePod101.com? Post: Any paying users at JapanesePod101.com? I subscribe as well, mostly for the paid feed. I don't really use the pdf's or anything as I pretty much only listen to the podcasts while out jogging. Regarding Peter, I found him a touch annoying a... |
Clint | General discussion | 44 | 21,540 | 2008-12-31, 6:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Introducing the Kanji Hanzi Hub Post: Introducing the Kanji Hanzi Hub KanjiHanzi Wrote:How utterly American!, Selling, selling, selling. Irony, thy name is KanjiHanzi. |
Clint | General discussion | 187 | 31,533 | 2008-12-30, 7:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Heisig's method to other sources? Post: Heisig's method to other sources? Khatzumoto of AJATT fame mentions using the Heisig method with zhongwen in one of the comments accompanying this post khatzumoto Wrote:I originally learned kanji with the intention of using them for ... |
Clint | Learning resources | 5 | 957 | 2008-12-20, 12:55 pm | ||
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Thread: Defaulting to L2 Post: Defaulting to L2 Interesting. I've done this as well, mostly with Romance languages while on vacation, throwing Italian or French phrases into Spanish. I've never had it happen with a non-Latin language that I was stu... |
Clint | General discussion | 17 | 1,973 | 2008-12-16, 11:17 am | ||
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Thread: Kanji Tattoo Errors, Yikes! Post: Kanji Tattoo Errors, Yikes! Love hanzismatter. I love the guy who got "death" backwards. Classic. My buddy's a tattoo artist who used to ink out here in Venice. He told me whenever someone asked him what a kanji tattoo meant, h... |
Clint | The Japanese language | 7 | 3,342 | 2008-12-11, 4:06 pm | ||
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Thread: I study Nihongo because... Post: I study Nihongo because... I study Japanese because... well, hell... I've come this far, and I ain't turning back now! :D As to why I started, I've no idea. I like languages in general I suppose. |
Clint | Off topic | 358 | 111,129 | 2008-12-11, 1:24 am | ||
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Thread: Remembering the Order of the Parts Post: Remembering the Order of the Parts I generally try to work them into the story whenever possible, or add an addendum to it to help me out if I'm failing a character frequently due to positioning. For example, with the character for "f... |
Clint | Remembering the Kanji | 14 | 1,844 | 2008-12-04, 11:49 pm | ||
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Thread: new to Japanese, traveling soon, need advice Post: new to Japanese, traveling soon, need advice If I were you, I'd look into Pimsleur. It's pretty much tailor-made for a "travelling to country [x] soon and need to learn the basics of the language" sort of situation. There are thirty lessons in ... |
Clint | General discussion | 45 | 5,853 | 2008-11-21, 2:41 am | ||
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Thread: What language are you going to learn after Japanese? Post: What language are you going to learn after Japanes... Homeric Greek. I've always wanted to read the Illiad in the original :) |
Clint | Off topic | 51 | 9,082 | 2008-10-27, 10:54 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Bible Post: Japanese Bible dihutenosa Wrote:I don't know, there's just something about paying to receive the good lord's word - whatever your motive - that strikes me as wrong - or at least unneccessary. Or actually, yes, wro... |
Clint | General discussion | 34 | 7,155 | 2008-09-25, 10:50 am | ||
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Thread: Story with keyword while reviewing? Post: Story with keyword while reviewing? I don't think it hurts to have it there. I have the story on the answer side of every card in Anki, and usually ignore it. With a character I'm a little dodgy on, I'll give it a quick-once over. If ... |
Clint | Remembering the Kanji | 14 | 2,044 | 2008-09-24, 12:58 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Bible Post: Japanese Bible Interesting idea! I suppose if you're motivated to read it, and it's Japanese, then it's all good. The only drawback might be if there is archaic language in it (e.g. "begat" or words along those line... |
Clint | General discussion | 34 | 7,155 | 2008-09-03, 12:09 pm | ||
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Thread: learning two languages at once Post: learning two languages at once Meh, I study multiple languages at once. I usually approach it as having one "main" language of study and one secondary. Currently the main is Japanese and the secondary is Greek, but I'm still peeki... |
Clint | General discussion | 60 | 11,648 | 2008-09-03, 10:28 am | ||
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Thread: Learning Resources: Boyfriends, Girlfriends, and your study. Post: Learning Resources: Boyfriends, Girlfriends, and ... Perhaps someone a bit farther along than I can comment, but I've heard that the Japanese spoken by men and women differs considerably, and that men who learn from wives and girlfriends often sound eff... |
Clint | Learning resources | 29 | 4,810 | 2008-08-12, 2:29 pm | ||
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Thread: Nothing is sticking anymore! Post: Nothing is sticking anymore! I feel the same way about reviews sometimes. But then I remind myself that forgetting and remembering a kanji is part of learning it, especially in the short term. After I remember it, I find it stick... |
Clint | Remembering the Kanji | 14 | 2,579 | 2008-08-03, 2:11 pm | ||
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Thread: Cruising speed Post: Cruising speed Between my wife, kids, owning my own business, putting in enough hours to cover the mortgage, chores around the house, running around thirty miles a week on average, etc. I'm doing about ten kanji a d... |
Clint | Remembering the Kanji | 14 | 2,536 | 2008-07-29, 11:26 pm | ||
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Thread: A very simple idea I had to stop confusing keywords Post: A very simple idea I had to stop confusing keyword... I'm in the "elaborate the story" camp. For example, I was mixing up "discriminating" and "distinction" for awhile there, until I added a bit to the story of "distinction" of some one saying "dis stinc... |
Clint | Remembering the Kanji | 15 | 2,716 | 2008-07-28, 11:33 am | ||
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Thread: List of easily confused keywords Post: List of easily confused keywords "idea" and "concept" I've sorted them out with "sound idea, inter-esting concept" |
Clint | Remembering the Kanji | 21 | 6,968 | 2008-07-26, 11:25 am | ||
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Thread: Delight- 570 Post: Delight- 570 1. figure out what represents delight to you 2. picture yourself on a Pegasus, yawning while you do it =) |
Clint | Remembering the Kanji | 11 | 2,293 | 2008-07-21, 11:46 pm | ||
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Thread: Can someone offer advice to a poor Australian lad? Post: Can someone offer advice to a poor Australian lad? I experienced much the same myself. For me the problem turned out to be, as Fabrice mentioned, not having the whole imaginative memory thing down. I think in wanting to blow through a certain number ... |
Clint | Remembering the Kanji | 14 | 2,443 | 2008-07-21, 12:33 pm | ||
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Thread: Horrible reviews the last few days... Post: Horrible reviews the last few days... With the disclaimer that I'm not anywhere near through RTK1 yet (I'm only in the low 700's now), I find that when I'm having this sort of issue it nearly always has to do with the story not relating t... |
Clint | Remembering the Kanji | 5 | 1,334 | 2008-07-16, 11:40 am | ||
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Thread: pimsleur text Post: pimsleur text There's actually a pdf floating around that's a full transcription of Pimsleur Japanese I with the text of the conversations and vocabulary for each unit in both kana and rōmaji. It's from the 2nd edi... |
Clint | Learning resources | 10 | 9,385 | 2008-05-12, 1:48 am | ||
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Thread: Kanji fight Post: Kanji fight Jarvik7 Wrote:That's not a terribly large attack, and you seem to have replied well enough. I don't think you really need to call in reinforcements :P Agreed! I think you did a great job synewave...we... |
Clint | Off topic | 2 | 1,408 | 2007-09-27, 1:41 am | ||