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Thread: Well, I finally tried out A n k i.... Post: Well, I finally tried out A n k i.... I found it impossible to learn new Japanese words using just the Core deck and Anki - they just wouldn't stick. Tai Kim's grammar sentences worked better, but that's because I was more relaxed on the ... |
aphasiac | Learning resources | 23 | 3,594 | 2014-06-16, 11:06 am | ||
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Thread: Advice for crash course in Mandarin Post: Advice for crash course in Mandarin I studied using the Core 5000 mandarin decks and the Chinese red/blue/green decks found here on the forum. Made ok progress learning words and sentences, but didn't make proper functional progress i... |
aphasiac | Chinese and Hanzi | 1 | 5,356 | 2013-09-04, 11:39 pm | ||
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Thread: Interested in a LINE Cafe Group? Post: Interested in a LINE Cafe Group? Tori-kun Wrote:Erm, is LINE in any way different than WhatsApp?? I don't get the difference. It's the same but has cute icons, so is more popular in Asia. I can confirm LINE is pretty huge in Taiwan,... |
aphasiac | Off topic | 22 | 6,611 | 2013-02-13, 10:39 pm | ||
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Thread: The "Valid/Invalid Reasons for Learning Japanese" phenomena Post: The "Valid/Invalid Reasons for Learning Japanese" ... No one should be judging you for learning a new language. If anyone thinks your reasons are somehow "invalid", they should be laughed at / ridiculed for being so being judgmental. I do think this pos... |
aphasiac | Off topic | 61 | 15,311 | 2013-01-20, 10:09 pm | ||
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Thread: thoughts on Anki 2 Post: thoughts on Anki 2 Unfortunately I do a majority my studying via Ankiweb, so not syncing is not an option. Also annoying is that the new developer doing the new version of the plugin has his own ideas, and seems to be ... |
aphasiac | Off topic | 19 | 8,261 | 2012-11-15, 12:19 am | ||
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Thread: thoughts on Anki 2 Post: thoughts on Anki 2 I really want to upgrade, as my 1.2 deck is getting slower and slower as i add more cards and media. It's painful how long it takes to review the first card from startup! However, I can't take the pl... |
aphasiac | Off topic | 19 | 8,261 | 2012-11-14, 11:48 pm | ||
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Thread: Anki 2 is out! Post: Anki 2 is out! resolve Wrote:Technically it's still a release candidate rather than a final release which is why I haven't made an announcement yet, but it's stable enough for daily use provided you don't use a mobi... |
aphasiac | Learning resources | 60 | 22,291 | 2012-10-03, 8:45 pm | ||
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Thread: Anki 2 is out! Post: Anki 2 is out! Anki 2.0 is finally out of alpha and is now available for download. New users are being told to install the new version, old users are advised to upgrade: http://ankisrs.net/anki2.html Changes: http... |
aphasiac | Learning resources | 60 | 22,291 | 2012-10-02, 10:21 pm | ||
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Thread: 'Foreign' Japanese native speaker Post: 'Foreign' Japanese native speaker delta Wrote:Check [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg4BjOcitlY] Fishy. He sounds far from even somewhat native and I think he is reading, I think I can see his eyes moving, but maybe I am wrong... |
aphasiac | General discussion | 20 | 5,175 | 2012-09-21, 9:46 am | ||
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Thread: 'Foreign' Japanese native speaker Post: 'Foreign' Japanese native speaker Brian Burton Lewis, presenter on Japan music TV, is a white American born and raised in Japan (his parents were Christian missionaries) Wikipedia: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ブライアン・バートンルイス Speaking... |
aphasiac | General discussion | 20 | 5,175 | 2012-09-20, 10:37 pm | ||
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Thread: Finding "Remembering Hanzi" in China Post: Finding "Remembering Hanzi" in China I bought my copy of RTH2 direct from the publishers (Hawaii Press). Took about 2 weeks to arrive at my place in Taiwan, reasonable price for delivery. Oniichan Wrote:The alternatives are the decks on... |
aphasiac | Chinese and Hanzi | 2 | 2,279 | 2012-08-21, 10:39 pm | ||
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Thread: Mnemonics for tones Post: Mnemonics for tones I have found colourizing the hanzi / pinyin using anki's Chinese plugin, when learning vocab and sentences, helps me remember them. I now remember certain words are certain colour combinations through... |
aphasiac | Chinese and Hanzi | 6 | 2,682 | 2012-07-19, 10:07 pm | ||
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Thread: Learning Chinese without grammar. Post: Learning Chinese without grammar. bflatnine Wrote:The single biggest problem most Taiwanese people have is that they try to translate Chinese into English in their heads as they go, so you get sentences like "I have ever been to Ameri... |
aphasiac | Chinese and Hanzi | 11 | 1,987 | 2012-07-18, 12:08 am | ||
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Thread: Importance of being able to WRITE kanji Post: Importance of being able to WRITE kanji If you plan to live in Asia and want to be independent, you need to learn to write, simple as that. Living in Taiwan (and I can't see how Japan will be any different), you have to hand-write stuff *al... |
aphasiac | The Japanese language | 130 | 29,665 | 2012-07-15, 11:19 am | ||
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Thread: Practical Audio-Visual Chinese Post: Practical Audio-Visual Chinese i had done any in ages (laziness), but i started with the first book, and for each lesson I: - added all unknown vocab to anki - made sure i could understand the dialog. - did the workbook writing ex... |
aphasiac | Chinese and Hanzi | 16 | 4,934 | 2012-07-11, 11:34 am | ||
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Thread: Learning Chinese without grammar. Post: Learning Chinese without grammar. hey, Welcome to the board and thanks for the insightful post! Interesting perspective - don't worry about grammar. I actually believe the same thing - learn words and sentences from context, your b... |
aphasiac | Chinese and Hanzi | 11 | 1,987 | 2012-07-10, 10:39 pm | ||
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Thread: What's the Purpose of RTH? Post: What's the Purpose of RTH? RTH is a system to help you learn to *write* the hanzi, which is probably the most difficult aspect of learning an Asian language. It also has the bonus effect of helping you tell similar looking ones... |
aphasiac | Chinese and Hanzi | 8 | 1,914 | 2012-07-06, 2:29 am | ||
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Thread: thoughts on tokyo nampa Post: thoughts on tokyo nampa kainzero Wrote:i thought nanpa is daytime pickup? Yep; nanpa is approaching and picking up random women in the street (quite a difficult task). The blog post linked above is about meeting girls who w... |
aphasiac | Off topic | 69 | 18,914 | 2012-05-19, 11:32 pm | ||
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Thread: [Beta] SanjigenJiten Japanese learning game Post: [Beta] SanjigenJiten Japanese learning game I downloaded the alpha from the website and had a play with with the learning Chinese mode. Nice graphics/polish, exploring is pretty fun, and it had quite a few words i'd never encountered before (p... |
aphasiac | Learning resources | 10 | 3,640 | 2012-05-13, 3:36 am | ||
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Thread: [Beta] SanjigenJiten Japanese learning game Post: [Beta] SanjigenJiten Japanese learning game Best to download from the official page: http://sanjigenjiten.com/?page_id=9 There's also a Mac version on there :) |
aphasiac | Learning resources | 10 | 3,640 | 2012-05-12, 10:32 pm | ||
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Thread: Practical Audio-Visual Chinese Post: Practical Audio-Visual Chinese bflatnine Wrote:I'm glad my recommendation was useful. At Book 3 or 4 level I'd recommend also going through Taiwan Today (今日台灣). It teaches more written-style Chinese, and was seriously helpful for i... |
aphasiac | Chinese and Hanzi | 16 | 4,934 | 2012-05-09, 3:21 am | ||
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Thread: Practical Audio-Visual Chinese Post: Practical Audio-Visual Chinese Hey, I've started studying using book1 of this series after seeing it mentioned by bflatnine in a few threads. It's really great! I had been studying using core and redblue decks, and had made ok pro... |
aphasiac | Chinese and Hanzi | 16 | 4,934 | 2012-05-07, 10:40 pm | ||
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Thread: Anyway to restore a deck that Anki deleted? Post: Anyway to restore a deck that Anki deleted? resolve Wrote:Before offering us your opinions how Things Should Be Done, you might want to investigate a bit more. The first issue has been addressed in Anki 2, the second issue is missing informatio... |
aphasiac | Learning resources | 12 | 14,809 | 2012-05-03, 2:10 am | ||
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Thread: Anyway to restore a deck that Anki deleted? Post: Anyway to restore a deck that Anki deleted? A program should never be able to delete user data without specifically pressing "delete" and then "yes" to a warning. If it is possible to lose data, the program is broken, simple as that. Updating ... |
aphasiac | Learning resources | 12 | 14,809 | 2012-05-03, 12:28 am | ||
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Thread: Heisig Hanzi 1 & 2 at the same time? Post: Heisig Hanzi 1 & 2 at the same time? Each chapter in RTH2 uses the primitives and hanzi introduced in the same numbered chapter in RTH1. So no need to keep track; just finish RTH1 chapter 1, then RTH2 chapter 1, then both chapter 2's and... |
aphasiac | Chinese and Hanzi | 13 | 2,919 | 2012-05-02, 10:49 pm | ||
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Thread: Comprehending full sentences Post: Comprehending full sentences This problem is solved by having separate sentence and vocab decks. The vocab deck should just contain the dictionary form of the word and possibly a picture, that's all. The sentence deck should only... |
aphasiac | Learning resources | 3 | 1,145 | 2012-04-30, 10:52 pm | ||
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Thread: Struggling with core6k Post: Struggling with core6k That's not anki cloze delete, as you don't have to type anything. You need to change your card layout to use the full sentence rather than the one with parts deleted. On a side-note, looks like you d... |
aphasiac | The Japanese language | 37 | 18,768 | 2012-04-30, 10:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Could you learn Japanese in just 3-6 months? Post: Could you learn Japanese in just 3-6 months? nadiatims Wrote:When Benny goes out on day one, and makes a hundred mistakes is he even really learning from them? His whole philosophy is based around using the language rather than studying it. Goin... |
aphasiac | The Japanese language | 131 | 43,159 | 2012-04-29, 12:19 am | ||
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Thread: Could you learn Japanese in just 3-6 months? Post: Could you learn Japanese in just 3-6 months? This discussion and his chinese videos have piqued my interest so much, that I decided to watch Benny's Ted talk. Interesting watch, plus he addresses the main criticisms in this thread: - His whole ... |
aphasiac | The Japanese language | 131 | 43,159 | 2012-04-28, 10:46 pm | ||
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Thread: Could you learn Japanese in just 3-6 months? Post: Could you learn Japanese in just 3-6 months? bflatnine Wrote:My conversational ability after three months was better than his, no doubt about it. My pronunciation and tones were miles beyond his, which makes it MUCH easier for people to understa... |
aphasiac | The Japanese language | 131 | 43,159 | 2012-04-26, 12:24 am | ||
