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    Thread: For the music lovers
Post: RE: For the music lovers

Nice, will be watching this. Yeah, I watch these sort of things on occasion. Last summer particularly I was all about it haha.
Helena4 Off topic 1 450 2016-05-10, 5:21 am
    Thread: Post your Kanjipeen here!
Post: RE: Post your Kanjipeen here!

(2015-09-24, 11:48 am)Woodgar Wrote: All my stats say "Error: Integer Overflow". Is that a good thing? Best reply
Helena4 General discussion 30 4,579 2016-05-02, 8:27 am
    Thread: Fairly easy web manga
Post: RE: Fairly easy web manga

Thanks for the recs guys. I like mangaz. I think I'll go for this one on here. I've read a bit of Naruto before so I think I should be able to read something like this with enough speed: 原宿こぶし組 http:/...
Helena4 General discussion 6 766 2016-05-01, 11:03 am
    Thread: Fairly easy web manga
Post: Fairly easy web manga

I want to take part in JALUP's May manga reading challenge: 10 volumes in a month! That means I'd have to do about 80 pages a day. I don't have enough Japanese manga volumes or money so I thought ab...
Helena4 General discussion 6 766 2016-04-29, 8:35 am
    Thread: Mighty Morphin Morphology
Post: RE: Mighty Morphin Morphology

(2016-04-28, 4:52 am)HelenF Wrote: (2016-04-27, 11:26 am)Helena4 Wrote: I loved my morphman-controlled decks on my old computer, but that computer broke and now the plugin link doesn't work. Can s...
Helena4 Learning resources 443 135,969 2016-04-29, 3:34 am
    Thread: Am I doing the most appropriate things to improve listening ability?
Post: RE: Am I doing the most appropriate things to impr...

I've never actually looked at Erin's challenge before. I like the advanced skits, they're sort of my speed. I listen to more advanced stuff but its nice to feel like I'm actually totally sure of whats...
Helena4 The Japanese language 61 9,717 2016-04-29, 3:31 am
    Thread: URGENT Japanese mock exam
Post: RE: URGENT Japanese mock exam

Wow, thank you so much crustymango. That's a lot of useful information. Yeah, I probably spent a disproportionate amount of time on the translation. I'll make sure I remember to prioritise it like tha...
Helena4 General discussion 14 1,052 2016-04-28, 3:38 am
    Thread: Mighty Morphin Morphology
Post: RE: Mighty Morphin Morphology

I loved my morphman-controlled decks on my old computer, but that computer broke and now the plugin link doesn't work. Can someone please explain to me how to install the plugin using the files availa...
Helena4 Learning resources 443 135,969 2016-04-27, 11:26 am
    Thread: URGENT Japanese mock exam
Post: RE: URGENT Japanese mock exam

Okay, I was getting a little bit over-anxious. I just did the exam. I did the comprehension okay. My translation had huge holes in it. I wrote a whole essay on question 4b that had a pretty good argum...
Helena4 General discussion 14 1,052 2016-04-27, 11:01 am
    Thread: URGENT Japanese mock exam
Post: RE: URGENT Japanese mock exam

I think that its higher than N4 definitely. The AS level perhaps might be similar to N4. But the A2 is higher. I can do pretty well on an N3 practise test so maybe its N3ish, but you also have to be a...
Helena4 General discussion 14 1,052 2016-04-27, 7:44 am
    Thread: URGENT Japanese mock exam
Post: RE: URGENT Japanese mock exam

With that link... it doesn't make the text recognizable to rikaichan, neither does it make the Japanese text copiable. It comes out as symbol nonense when I paste it... Thank you so much for the sugge...
Helena4 General discussion 14 1,052 2016-04-27, 6:32 am
    Thread: URGENT Japanese mock exam
Post: RE: URGENT Japanese mock exam

I think I'm gonna send an email to the head of year to beeeg her to postpone this. I feel like she will be sympathetic, although my teacher won't be... and she'll probably put me on even more lockdown...
Helena4 General discussion 14 1,052 2016-04-27, 6:22 am
    Thread: URGENT Japanese mock exam
Post: RE: URGENT Japanese mock exam

Thank you for your helpful reply, EratiK. Went and got myself some water and am trying to calm down. I am currently in lock down in a freezing room at school, so the shivering is not helping. I have r...
Helena4 General discussion 14 1,052 2016-04-27, 6:13 am
    Thread: URGENT Japanese mock exam
Post: RE: URGENT Japanese mock exam

I do totally understand this. I taught myself Japanese it is not that I have no work ethic. I simply have lost my way totally this year. I know it is my fault. I have been experiencing a few stressful...
Helena4 General discussion 14 1,052 2016-04-27, 5:48 am
    Thread: URGENT Japanese mock exam
Post: RE: URGENT Japanese mock exam

I dunno how I'm gonna write two essays without a dictionary... I am screwed. Recently in exams, it just gets too much to compute and I just sit there staring at it feeling like I ought to cry and I wr...
Helena4 General discussion 14 1,052 2016-04-27, 5:25 am
    Thread: URGENT Japanese mock exam
Post: RE: URGENT Japanese mock exam

Just to clarify, it's just something the school is setting up for me. This is not a real exam so I am not breaking any regulations. My teacher herself was the one who revealed the paper to me. This is...
Helena4 General discussion 14 1,052 2016-04-27, 5:22 am
    Thread: URGENT Japanese mock exam
Post: RE: URGENT Japanese mock exam

Nobody has to do all of it btw, if anyone could do any bit that would be sooo helpful, thanks.
Helena4 General discussion 14 1,052 2016-04-27, 5:09 am
    Thread: URGENT Japanese mock exam
Post: URGENT Japanese mock exam

I URGENTLY NEED SOME HELP! I've really been slacking on my Japanese recently and I've really gone down... but I can't be seen to be doing this because I am currently in deep trouble with everyone... a...
Helena4 General discussion 14 1,052 2016-04-27, 5:00 am
    Thread: To Tae Kim or not?
Post: RE: To Tae Kim or not?

I think that its definitely worth using a concise guide like Tae Kim to learn grammar. A long-winded excercise and comprehension heavy textbook like Genki is a bit of a time sink that's unnecessary, b...
Helena4 The Japanese language 22 2,176 2016-04-25, 8:52 am
    Thread: Google's New Japanese Handwriting Input App (Android)
Post: Google's New Japanese Handwriting Input App (Andro...

Omg I am so happy. This eliminates the only reason that I wanted to spend hundreds on a Denshi Jisho. Now I can look up kanji on the fly. Finally! Thank Google.
Helena4 Learning resources 10 2,502 2015-04-18, 2:43 pm
    Thread: After how many sentences should you start speaking: AJATT
Post: After how many sentences should you start speaking...

I have to say I wouldn't listen to anything when I'm sleeping. The only time I've done that is when I'm in pain and I need to sleep, that's when it actually helps to soothe, otherwise it's just going ...
Helena4 The Japanese language 36 8,827 2015-04-18, 1:16 am
    Thread: After how many sentences should you start speaking: AJATT
Post: After how many sentences should you start speaking...

Tzadeck Wrote:I also think that if Japanese is your only goal in life, your life is boring. You need to make time for other things. Just because I take Japanese seriously doesn't mean it is my only g...
Helena4 The Japanese language 36 8,827 2015-04-17, 4:10 pm
    Thread: After how many sentences should you start speaking: AJATT
Post: After how many sentences should you start speaking...

Aikynaro Wrote:Pretty sure Tzadeck already knows Japanese and you're in no position to lecture him about it. I'm of the opinion that as a beginner, AJATT-style immersion is a waste of time, and I'm o...
Helena4 The Japanese language 36 8,827 2015-04-17, 10:52 am
    Thread: After how many sentences should you start speaking: AJATT
Post: After how many sentences should you start speaking...

ryuudou Wrote:Tzadeck Wrote:It isn't harmless: there's an opportunity cost, for one. Spend your listening time on something useful or life enhancing--good music, podcasts, books on tape, etc. Not on...
Helena4 The Japanese language 36 8,827 2015-04-17, 2:48 am
    Thread: Making sense out of phrases
Post: Making sense out of phrases

Okay, I take back what I said about not responding since, as you said, I have already created the negativity, but I'll make it short. I do not have a problem in quoting Vempele because I judge him on...
Helena4 General discussion 31 5,849 2015-04-16, 3:46 pm
    Thread: Making sense out of phrases
Post: Making sense out of phrases

I'm not embarrassed. I was addressing an argument in favour of usage of pre-made learning materials and clarifying my position on when to jump into native material. It is obvious that I was saying th...
Helena4 General discussion 31 5,849 2015-04-16, 2:48 pm
    Thread: Making sense out of phrases
Post: Making sense out of phrases

Dude READ THE FRICKIN POST! I literally cannot stand the fact that you read one line and then made a comment that was negated almost immediately. You don't even know how stupid that makes you look. Li...
Helena4 General discussion 31 5,849 2015-04-16, 12:34 pm
    Thread: Making sense out of phrases
Post: Making sense out of phrases

EratiK Wrote:The matter at hand here is whether it is a waste of time to make your own core 10k equivalent as a beginner (when premade decks exist). In my humble opinion the answer is yes. As a beginn...
Helena4 General discussion 31 5,849 2015-04-16, 9:51 am
    Thread: My thoughts after 9 years of on/off study with no real progress
Post: My thoughts after 9 years of on/off study with no ...

Zarxrax Wrote:Helena4 Wrote:Dude did you read what I said about subs2srs? You don't have to do any of that rubbish manually. You think someone as lazy as me has time for that? (I guess you don't know ...
Helena4 Off topic 119 19,199 2015-04-13, 7:15 am
    Thread: My thoughts after 9 years of on/off study with no real progress
Post: My thoughts after 9 years of on/off study with no ...

@vgambit That's okay. Yeah I totally wrote it off too, until I had the idea to combine it with morphman (which I had also written off as being too complicated) and realised it worked well. I recomme...
Helena4 Off topic 119 19,199 2015-04-13, 3:09 am