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Thread: Who is your "Person" (Lesson 27)? Post: Who is your "Person" (Lesson 27)? Zorro. The masked man in a cape somehow migrated to the old west in a few stories... but worked out well for me. |
fragileshards | Remembering the Kanji | 66 | 19,529 | 2007-11-17, 1:18 am | ||
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Thread: Grammar...it's time Post: Grammar...it's time I also like the minna no nihongo series. Though if you are going solo it might be smart to pick up the companion translation and grammar guide. It comes in a variety of languages. Both of the organize... |
fragileshards | Learning resources | 12 | 2,868 | 2007-11-03, 4:04 pm | ||
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Thread: what does the easy button do? Post: what does the easy button do? January 20, 2007 Updates thread http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?pid=3390#pid3390 (sorry I don't know how to link it) (surprised this info hasn't been added to the learn more page...) |
fragileshards | Remembering the Kanji | 2 | 1,680 | 2007-10-23, 2:48 pm | ||
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Thread: Is RTK the way to go? Post: Is RTK the way to go? It's going to depend on you and the way your mind works. I like it but then I'm here aren't I? The things I like about it.. -I like studying independently and setting my own goals and pace. -I liked ... |
fragileshards | Learning resources | 12 | 2,612 | 2007-10-23, 2:19 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT 2007 Post: JLPT 2007 laner36 Wrote:I am trying to decide whether to take the JLPT 4 or 3 this December. I have been living in Japan and studying Japanese for almost a year now and RTK for 3 months (up to 800 kanji). Fro... |
fragileshards | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 72 | 23,030 | 2007-08-20, 11:52 am | ||
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Thread: "Person", no. 951. What's good? Post: "Person", no. 951. What's good? I find that really amazing. How do you keep straight of which kanji actually use the person primative and which just have a person in the story because someone has to be there to do or act? My story f... |
fragileshards | Remembering the Kanji | 16 | 3,198 | 2007-07-11, 7:37 pm | ||
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Thread: "Person", no. 951. What's good? Post: "Person", no. 951. What's good? I had huge sucess with Zorro. But since you already have a superhero with a black cape... |
fragileshards | Remembering the Kanji | 16 | 3,198 | 2007-07-10, 12:55 am | ||
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Thread: do you enjoy ALTing? Post: do you enjoy ALTing? I ALTed at 5 different schools (2 JHS and 3 Elem) I agree Elementary both more exhausting and more fun. For my first year, it was a complete blast. After a year though it became the most frustrating ... |
fragileshards | Off topic | 24 | 5,136 | 2007-07-05, 1:10 am | ||
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Thread: Confused Post: Confused I had trouble with this too. Usually I didn't even realize there was a problem until the review came up and I swiftly and confidently drew the wrong kanji.... It's hard to predict what keywords you mi... |
fragileshards | Remembering the Kanji | 11 | 2,324 | 2007-06-27, 8:25 pm | ||
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Thread: Heisig Primitives List? Post: Heisig Primitives List? Sorry, I was confused as to what you wanted as well. Too bad :D I would have like to see the kanji-prim list done up. Good luck getting Pangolin's font installed and making your list. |
fragileshards | General discussion | 16 | 16,729 | 2007-06-25, 10:36 pm | ||
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Thread: Post RTKI: Video Games? Post: Post RTKI: Video Games? I've been playing Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts 2. Aside from being incredibly entertaining games, I find they are great for studying Japanese. They are both heavily story based (KH2 even more s... |
fragileshards | General discussion | 22 | 5,076 | 2007-06-21, 6:40 pm | ||
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Thread: Heisig Primitives List? Post: Heisig Primitives List? I've never come across one but frequently wished for one as I was going through book 1. I can imagine that most people feel that the 20 or so hours required to input the data into a computer is better... |
fragileshards | General discussion | 16 | 16,729 | 2007-06-21, 6:19 pm | ||
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Thread: Help me keep going! Post: Help me keep going! I think the whole need for external feedback or not needing it will depend on the person. Some people are more introverted learners, instinctively spend time evaluating themselves, resist external opi... |
fragileshards | Remembering the Kanji | 14 | 2,431 | 2007-06-06, 12:33 am | ||
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Thread: Help...less than 300 to go but procrastination kicking in big time Post: Help...less than 300 to go but procrastination kic... I found the last few hundred to be brutally hard to finish as well. I spent more time counting how many more I had left and mapping out various schedules than actually studying them. It was just that... |
fragileshards | Remembering the Kanji | 56 | 9,401 | 2007-06-04, 12:19 am | ||
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Thread: Feasable to work from the top down? Post: Feasable to work from the top down? I only 'studied' kanji using the Heisig method but living in Japan at the same time meant that I picked up a few out of order at the same time when I decided that I needed them. I found that it's poss... |
fragileshards | Remembering the Kanji | 2 | 851 | 2007-06-01, 10:19 pm | ||
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Thread: ichi, ni, san, ... Post: ichi, ni, san, ... The kids at school condense at bit when they count (one syllable is preffered for jump rope, ball throws etc) I assumed it was common everywhere but now I wonder if its dialect based? I'm currently le... |
fragileshards | General discussion | 9 | 2,783 | 2007-05-31, 8:27 pm | ||
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Thread: Great Kanji words Post: Great Kanji words 鼻歌（う） －はなうた（う） － from a kids book at elementary school. Kind of cute. |
fragileshards | Remembering the Kanji | 55 | 15,469 | 2007-05-23, 3:20 am | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... Congratulations! You're right about the reviews getting smaller and smaller - and that feels great too. As does watching stack 4 get bigger and bigger. Good luck with the rest of your studies! :D |
fragileshards | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,661 | 2007-05-06, 7:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Top tips Post: Top tips I agree keeping the keyword in the front of your mind as you make stories is so important. Somthing I highly recommend (I regret not doing myself) is always keeping the general connotation of the keyw... |
fragileshards | Remembering the Kanji | 2 | 962 | 2007-04-27, 9:42 am | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... Yatta! I finally did it. I just have to celebrate a bit and no one else understands like the people here exactly what it means when I say I finished the book. It took me one year and 4 months of on ... |
fragileshards | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,661 | 2007-04-14, 5:26 am | ||
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Thread: 河 and 川... what's the difference? Post: 河 and 川... what's the difference? I had a chat about this when I was playing the kanji name game with a Japanese teacher at my school (how do you do your name in kanji, what does it mean etc.) Her name is Kawamura but when I said - oh... |
fragileshards | The Japanese language | 15 | 6,770 | 2007-03-29, 6:48 am | ||
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Thread: Great Kanji words Post: Great Kanji words I found one today at school that was really nice。。。 手話 －（しゅわ） |
fragileshards | Remembering the Kanji | 55 | 15,469 | 2007-02-26, 4:59 am | ||
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Thread: I need help with the locket primitive Post: I need help with the locket primitive I kept locket but made it a photo locket and instead of a pic of your children or parents it contains photo of my (imaginary) nasty ugly cousin "Kee"gan who just got out of a fight at the bar and was ... |
fragileshards | Remembering the Kanji | 6 | 2,269 | 2007-02-20, 9:05 am | ||
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Thread: New Year's Resolution from a 3rd year student Post: New Year's Resolution from a 3rd year student Hey Derek, I see you use Plimseur.... I was considering trying it because my speaking ability is terrible. I want something that lets me practice saying until it just spews out of my mouth without p... |
fragileshards | General discussion | 8 | 2,127 | 2007-01-18, 6:51 pm | ||
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Thread: Heisig courses - input appreciated Post: Heisig courses - input appreciated Something I found entertaining before I knew any readings is turning place names in Japan (cities, prefectures) in to english Heisig speak. So 高山 （Takayama) becomes Ｔａｌｌ Mountain, 東京 (Tokyo) becomes ... |
fragileshards | Remembering the Kanji | 20 | 4,793 | 2007-01-16, 1:20 am | ||
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Thread: State of mind primitive Post: State of mind primitive Interesting that Sherlock popped up here for so many people. I used him (with great sucess) for the fingerprint primative which is introduced at 1413. Not that there arn't lots of other options to u... |
fragileshards | Remembering the Kanji | 13 | 4,116 | 2006-12-13, 12:46 am | ||
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Thread: Using Additional Kanji Study Materials Post: Using Additional Kanji Study Materials I don't think it hurts to start picking up readings while you are still finishing RTK1, of Kanji that you have already covered that is. Trying to learn Kanji without RTK is just a bit frustrating. I... |
fragileshards | Remembering the Kanji | 7 | 2,413 | 2006-12-04, 12:14 am | ||