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    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

I dunno, it doesn't really matter to be honest. Sooner or later someone will either make it clear that they can or can't understand (people are generally good about letting you know if you wrote somet...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2015-01-18, 2:55 pm
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

I would be interested if you made a page like one of mine on the site linked in the opening post, and took some of the same Japanese sentences I have, and wrote the German and did similar colour-codin...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2015-01-18, 2:37 pm
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

Well, I'm glad it's interesting, but if I were more diligent I would have copied down a bunch of the helpful things as I found them... instead I get too absorbed in writing/fixing the lessons so then ...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2015-01-18, 8:38 am
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

Okay, I updated the original post again. I started making Esperanto-Japanese grammar lessons only a few weeks ago, but I can't really put into words all the stuff I've realized that Esperanto makes a...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2015-01-17, 12:56 pm
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

Okay, I updated the original post a little. Now there are two links to some pages I made that show the word order/usage in Esperanto compared to the Japanese much more clearly. They're simply colour-...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2015-01-04, 2:36 am
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

Well this thread went up like a sun but down like a pancake, eh?? If you think all languages are totally equal, it's okay. I personally don't see them as equals. I think all languages are equal in te...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2014-12-12, 10:55 am
    Thread: How to get the most out of Japanese classes?
Post: How to get the most out of Japanese classes?

I actually have one more tip but it sounds really mean so I didn't say it earlier. Most likely it's also not a problem for you since the class is so short and you have your wife and all. I would advi...
captainporridge General discussion 7 2,357 2014-12-12, 9:34 am
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

...Well, I've given up trying to research more on the "does Latin help with Japanese" idea because simply no one is talking about it. Though I found this funny opinion: "Saying that Latin will help y...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2014-12-12, 9:18 am
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

The comments weren't my opinions, they were by people I asked. Sorry if someone finds them wrong or insulting, but I don't think it's a problem since for me it's just "someone else's summarized view (...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2014-12-12, 8:45 am
    Thread: Tips for an aspiring personal language tutor?
Post: Tips for an aspiring personal language tutor?

It's always best to teach the vocabulary that's most useful first. You know what's the most depressing thing? To finish a semester (or two) of a Japanese class and realize you can't understand a singl...
captainporridge JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 5 2,915 2014-12-12, 5:02 am
    Thread: How to get the most out of Japanese classes?
Post: How to get the most out of Japanese classes?

Hmm, from my time at language school (not in Japan, for other languages) the way to get the most out of it seems to be: — Study all the material before class whenever possible, as in, get through the...
captainporridge General discussion 7 2,357 2014-12-12, 4:51 am
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

john555 Wrote:I guess my question is, isn't there something better than Esperanto to help with Japanese? I personally find my knowledge of Latin and Greek VERY helpful in learning Japanese because ...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2014-12-11, 2:55 pm
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

john555 Wrote:I guess in the end it depends on how much time a person has available. Across its various studies it's been found that a person who learns Esperanto is generally 15-50% better or faster ...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2014-12-11, 11:45 am
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

Started talking to a Japanese native for the first time the other day, and we can actually have basic conversations (I can only write on a level like "I'm going to the store now, I'll be back in 30 mi...
captainporridge General discussion 1,389 294,670 2014-12-11, 7:25 am
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

john555 Wrote:Isn't using Esperanto to help learn Japanese kind of like using romaji to help learn Japanese? Yeah. It's also like using RTK for learning kanji, like I mentioned. Did I write my earlier...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2014-12-11, 6:16 am
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

I figured I might as well start trying to look around to see what from Japan is translated. Here is a list from Wikipedia: Ranpo Edogawa (江戸川乱歩): "Unu Bileto", "Ora Masko" Saburo Koga (甲賀 三郎): "Dezer...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2014-12-11, 4:54 am
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

Okay Buonaparte, if you don't even know what you mean by it then I guess I shouldn't wonder either lol!
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2014-12-11, 4:35 am
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

Now by chance I found something interesting on that Japanese person's twitter I linked to before. 木'漏れ'日 = tra'foli'lumo = "through-leaf-light", the light that filters through the trees. Suddenly I ...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2014-12-11, 4:16 am
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

anotherjohn Wrote:...as I found the 'Esperanto helps you learn these extremely simple aspects of Japanese' argument rather unconvincing. Well the point was "what can I think of that it helps with" and...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2014-12-11, 4:07 am
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

(Sorry, buonaparte, I don't know what the d in d-Esperanto is...? is it supposed to be like d-ro and mean "doctor" or? does it stand for "dumb" or what? lol) A word of warning. Only the old dictionar...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2014-12-10, 3:40 pm
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

aldebrn Wrote:Thanks for posting this op, it's really fascinating.... 2000 root words would be a snap to learn with the power of SRS technology over a few months, plus the agglutination rules, accordi...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2014-12-10, 12:54 pm
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

john555 Wrote:I looked at Esperanto years ago. In fact, I have that old book Teach Yourself Esperanto on my bookshelf. I always thought it was too much like Spanish and Italian to appeal much to peo...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2014-12-10, 11:54 am
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

ReneSac Wrote:Of course, esperanto evolves with it's use.... I think this is a little misleading. In Esperanto, both the old ways and the new ways are still correct and proper. So it's still just as c...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2014-12-10, 10:37 am
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

buonaparte Wrote:I've always been curious: Who decides what is correct in d-Esperanto? Anything goes? There's things the original creator said when asked about grammar and so on, which have been colle...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2014-12-10, 10:22 am
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

How widespread is Esperanto in Japan? Is there a club in every city? We can guess a little. On the new "Pasporta Servo" (homestay website for Esperanto speakers where normally you can stay for free a...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2014-12-10, 4:33 am
    Thread: Esperanto helping with Japanese
Post: Esperanto helping with Japanese

A while ago there was a thread asking if Esperanto helps to learn Japanese. Predictably it got out of control, but I saw it today and thought I could write a bit about this. I'm going to show a few mo...
captainporridge General discussion 52 12,061 2014-12-09, 5:04 pm
    Thread: Japanese Pennames
Post: Japanese Pennames

On the websites I go to, most people slap together kanji or names that have some kind of meaning, ex. "foul stench". If they are using kanji for their name at all, I mean. When I started playing an on...
captainporridge The Japanese language 7 1,819 2013-12-30, 9:10 am
    Thread: How fast to finish textbooks?
Post: How fast to finish textbooks?

As for textbooks, it's very important to try both old and new ones. Old ones teach in a different manner and order, sometimes entirely, and while the language may be outdated or obsolete, that "differ...
captainporridge Learning resources 10 4,626 2013-12-30, 8:46 am
    Thread: How fast to finish textbooks?
Post: How fast to finish textbooks?

sparky14 Wrote:I think 1 chapter a day is reasonable, even if you decide to actually read all the material in each chapter. Wait, what do you mean? How can you "do a chapter" without actually reading ...
captainporridge Learning resources 10 4,626 2013-12-29, 8:58 pm
    Thread: How fast to finish textbooks?
Post: How fast to finish textbooks?

Hi, I was just wondering how fast you think both an average and a fast leaner could complete some textbooks in. (This is just me wondering, it has nothing to do with how I'm studying.) You can talk a...
captainporridge Learning resources 10 4,626 2013-12-29, 3:13 pm