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    Thread: Advice for crash course in Mandarin
Post: Advice for crash course in Mandarin

Hello all! My husband and I are adopting a school age girl from Taiwan who speaks Mandarin. The adoption will probably be finalized sometime next summer/fall. She speaks a tiny amount of English but ...
winterpromise31 Chinese and Hanzi 1 5,361 2013-08-20, 1:29 am
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

This is my second session with Tadoku but my first full month. I'm excited! Good luck, everyone!
winterpromise31 Group study 361 69,281 2013-05-31, 8:06 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

LOL. Congrats you guys!!!
winterpromise31 Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,529 2013-04-14, 12:25 am
    Thread: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #2
Post: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #2

I'd like a chance to start over. This month I started reading native materials almost every day but never finished all three articles. lol. I don't read the news in English and am not very interested ...
winterpromise31 Group study 62 22,261 2013-03-31, 10:19 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Congrats on your finish! That is an impressive looking graph. ;)
winterpromise31 Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,529 2013-03-25, 4:10 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

JusenkyoGuide - Congrats on your finish! Good luck with the readings!
winterpromise31 Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,529 2013-03-24, 12:40 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

RondonDan01 - congrats on your entire list! :) :)
winterpromise31 Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,529 2013-03-20, 6:24 pm
    Thread: Buying a Japanese Bible
Post: Buying a Japanese Bible

I have a Japanese New Testament that I ordered from Amazon. I hope you're able to find something cheaper! Is there any chance you have a Japanese bookstore near you? I'm in Seattle and I have access t...
winterpromise31 Learning resources 4 1,075 2013-03-18, 3:37 pm
    Thread: How does one make the Core 6k 'fun'?
Post: How does one make the Core 6k 'fun'?

I just started Core6k last week and just reviewed my 100th card. :) Good luck to you!
winterpromise31 The Japanese language 42 10,208 2013-03-18, 3:34 pm
    Thread: What can I expect? When did it click? Core 2k/6k
Post: What can I expect? When did it click? Core 2k/6k

Thank you very much! Downloading it now. :)
winterpromise31 The Japanese language 66 13,886 2013-03-08, 3:49 am
    Thread: What can I expect? When did it click? Core 2k/6k
Post: What can I expect? When did it click? Core 2k/6k

Which Core deck did you guys download? I'm looking through the list and there are actually a few different options...
winterpromise31 The Japanese language 66 13,886 2013-03-08, 1:02 am
    Thread: What can I expect? When did it click? Core 2k/6k
Post: What can I expect? When did it click? Core 2k/6k

I have not yet started Core so I can't answer. But I am really interested in other responses!
winterpromise31 The Japanese language 66 13,886 2013-03-07, 7:34 pm
    Thread: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #2
Post: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #2

I use Opera as my browser and have the rikai plugin installed. I've tried to use it but it's really awkward. It's hard to highlight an entire word instead of just one kanji. I'm not sure if it's me or...
winterpromise31 Group study 62 22,261 2013-03-06, 1:51 am
    Thread: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #2
Post: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #2

I have yet to complete a full day's worth of articles. I've been trying but it takes me soooo long just to read the Easy articles. So far I've read 1-2 articles a day and it takes roughly 45 minutes f...
winterpromise31 Group study 62 22,261 2013-03-06, 12:27 am
    Thread: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #2
Post: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #2

I read easy version of the article on ips. While I understood the grammar, I had to look up a LOT of vocabulary. Is that normal? What do you do with unknown vocab? Add it to Anki now? Make a note for ...
winterpromise31 Group study 62 22,261 2013-03-01, 5:44 pm
    Thread: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #2
Post: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #2

I'm excited to get started. :) I need to get into the habit of reading every single day and this will help get me started.
winterpromise31 Group study 62 22,261 2013-02-28, 11:11 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

sarocchia76 - congratulations on your finish!!
winterpromise31 Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,529 2013-02-25, 1:22 pm
    Thread: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #1
Post: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #1

I also would love to join in for this challenge next time it starts!
winterpromise31 Learning resources 36 7,198 2013-02-19, 4:50 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Mlorenz, we have winter up in Flagstaff and the northern parts of Arizona. But in Phoenix, there are just two seasons - hot and hotter. ;) Good luck with RTK! Hope you join in the celebration in abou...
winterpromise31 Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,529 2011-04-07, 12:56 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

I am DONE!! Finished in 89 days. First attempt. Tons of reviews due tomorrow. I might take a couple days to let reviews die down a bit or I might dive right into the supplement. We'll see. But I AM...
winterpromise31 Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,529 2011-04-04, 8:56 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Superfreek, congrats on your finish!! :D :D That's awesome!!
winterpromise31 Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,529 2011-03-31, 10:34 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Andres, congrats on your finish!!!
winterpromise31 Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,529 2011-03-28, 12:33 am
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

Woohoo!! Hit the 75% mark today. I'm flying now. I was going so slow at the beginning, only adding 10-20 kanji a day. Now I'm adding 40-50 kanji each day with one day off (from adding new kanji) to ke...
winterpromise31 Remembering the Kanji 462 138,162 2011-03-21, 7:06 pm
    Thread: Does anyone have opinions on textfugu/tofugu and/or skritter
Post: Does anyone have opinions on textfugu/tofugu and/o...

I agree that it's best for beginners. I bought a lifetime membership to TextFugu when it was first released and I love it. I've learned a ton and it's provided a great base for learning Japanese. The ...
winterpromise31 Learning resources 10 20,168 2011-03-07, 7:22 pm
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

Congrats to those who have recently reached the half way point!! I hit half way this afternoon. :D I am so excited about it! I'm thinking about taking three days off from adding new kanji to get revi...
winterpromise31 Remembering the Kanji 616 180,406 2011-03-02, 6:43 pm
    Thread: Vacation coming soon Stop adding now?
Post: Vacation coming soon Stop adding now?

I'm not anywhere near done with RTK, so have no advice to offer. Just wanted to wish you a great trip!!
winterpromise31 Remembering the Kanji 8 1,497 2011-02-22, 6:34 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

tooop - Congratulations!! :D:D
winterpromise31 Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,529 2011-02-17, 10:22 am
    Thread: What age are you?
Post: What age are you?

gibosi Wrote:winterpromise31... you are 28 and you feel old? Well I am 63 and I feel young! ahaha... :) Old compared to most of the people who have posted in this thread! ;) I frequent another Japan...
winterpromise31 Off topic 357 73,663 2011-02-16, 6:40 pm
    Thread: What age are you?
Post: What age are you?

Wow, I feel old looking through the last page of this thread. lol I'm 28, have been studying RTK for 6 weeks now and am on frame 600. Slowly picking up speed because I don't want to spend 6 months d...
winterpromise31 Off topic 357 73,663 2011-02-16, 3:11 pm
    Thread: Should I write the stories?
Post: Should I write the stories?

Are you talking about physically writing out the actual stories? If so, I wouldn't bother. I'm 600 kanji in and not writing any of the stories, only reading them on the website. The one day I was away...
winterpromise31 Remembering the Kanji 9 1,954 2011-02-16, 3:06 pm