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Thread: Kim Jong Il is dead Post: Kim Jong Il is dead okay, if you define "dictatorship" as "country that has a leader with a cult of personality" then yes, you are tautologically correct. A dictatorship doesn't have to be a single person ruling everyth... |
jorrebenst | Off topic | 31 | 4,169 | 2011-12-20, 11:05 am | ||
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Thread: Kim Jong Il is dead Post: Kim Jong Il is dead in name |
jorrebenst | Off topic | 31 | 4,169 | 2011-12-20, 10:38 am | ||
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Thread: Kim Jong Il is dead Post: Kim Jong Il is dead Zgarbas Wrote:Have you ever seen a dictatorship which WASN'T dependent on the personality quirks of that one man? china? soviet russia? east germany? vietnam? iran? myanmar? ...? |
jorrebenst | Off topic | 31 | 4,169 | 2011-12-20, 10:28 am | ||
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Thread: anybody has any experience with persian here? Post: anybody has any experience with persian here? hi there I was wondering if there were any people here who are learning/have learned some Persian. Tell me about your experiences, it's pretty interesting because I can't find much on the internet ab... |
jorrebenst | Off topic | 1 | 624 | 2011-12-13, 6:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Effects of Japanese keywords on later Mandarin studies Post: Effects of Japanese keywords on later Mandarin stu... Tori-kun Wrote:What could this word possibly mean, without knowing it's true meaning, just by "guessing" (through Heisig's keywords) and picking up from context: 伝統、踏切? Lol, do people actually do that... |
jorrebenst | Chinese and Hanzi | 25 | 6,045 | 2011-06-11, 12:05 pm | ||
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Thread: What is the cheapest way to get to Japan? Post: What is the cheapest way to get to Japan? I think it's not so much a question of *how* to find cheap tickets, it's a question of *when* to find them. I booked my tickets in February, and I regularly check the price to see if I can't find a be... |
jorrebenst | General discussion | 18 | 12,952 | 2011-05-23, 11:30 am | ||
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Thread: Using an SRS for mathematics study Post: Using an SRS for mathematics study I tried it for my "Mathematical analysis I" class, but it was more because on the exam the professor expected you to be able to reproduce everything (every proof, derivation, theorem, ...) that was fo... |
jorrebenst | Off topic | 34 | 14,155 | 2011-04-14, 6:04 pm | ||
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Thread: The Japanese Have a Word for It! Post: The Japanese Have a Word for It! The sound of falling snow always enchanted me. しんしん。 |
jorrebenst | The Japanese language | 135 | 38,233 | 2011-04-11, 4:16 am | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished KO2001, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished KO2001, please congratulate m... I made it! this was my goal to reach by july, so I'm waaaay ahead of schedule. It took me exactly 70 days! Now I have at least one month (before I need to start studying hardcore for my exams) to spe... |
jorrebenst | General discussion | 120 | 33,799 | 2011-04-08, 7:32 am | ||
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Thread: read real japanese essays Post: read real japanese essays I was just wondering if the spreadsheet is still available? And are any of the other essays, or fiction stories done too? Thanks, Jorre |
jorrebenst | Group study | 20 | 19,081 | 2011-04-05, 10:04 am | ||
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Thread: Volunteering in the wake of the earthquake Post: Volunteering in the wake of the earthquake I'm going there this summer and I'm planning on doing some volunteer work too. I signed up to wwoof japan (before the quake even struck), and I think that you can find some local farms or communities ... |
jorrebenst | Off topic | 3 | 832 | 2011-03-26, 4:09 am | ||
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Thread: Effects of Japanese keywords on later Mandarin studies Post: Effects of Japanese keywords on later Mandarin stu... Anyway, I'm still not convinced that RTH teaches anything you can't pick up from context. So really nobody with any experience with both Japanese keywords and Mandarin? Cheers Jorre |
jorrebenst | Chinese and Hanzi | 25 | 6,045 | 2011-03-19, 6:35 am | ||
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Thread: Effects of Japanese keywords on later Mandarin studies Post: Effects of Japanese keywords on later Mandarin stu... Ryuujin27 Wrote:To make going through all of RTH even though I've done RTK a little less useless in my eyes (though I think it's useful to begin with), I've included the reading on my cards (with audi... |
jorrebenst | Chinese and Hanzi | 25 | 6,045 | 2011-03-16, 11:55 am | ||
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Thread: Effects of Japanese keywords on later Mandarin studies Post: Effects of Japanese keywords on later Mandarin stu... Only seems to strengthen my viewpoint that any additional formal character study is not beneficial for people coming from RTK1, and that learning from context is probably the best way (ie pretty much ... |
jorrebenst | Chinese and Hanzi | 25 | 6,045 | 2011-03-16, 11:16 am | ||
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Thread: Effects of Japanese keywords on later Mandarin studies Post: Effects of Japanese keywords on later Mandarin stu... EratiK Wrote:You see, RTK3 is famous for including a lot of kanji about philosophy/spirituality (Heisig's original field). I hear this a lot, but could you elaborate this please? when I skim through t... |
jorrebenst | Chinese and Hanzi | 25 | 6,045 | 2011-03-16, 8:38 am | ||
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Thread: Effects of Japanese keywords on later Mandarin studies Post: Effects of Japanese keywords on later Mandarin stu... What makes you guess that the Japanese usage of characters differs so much from the Chinese? I mean, in my eyes, the point of Heisig's method is not to gain exact knowledge of an exact bounded set of ... |
jorrebenst | Chinese and Hanzi | 25 | 6,045 | 2011-03-16, 6:58 am | ||
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Thread: Effects of Japanese keywords on later Mandarin studies Post: Effects of Japanese keywords on later Mandarin stu... Greetings fellow language learners. I'm still studying Japanese now, and will continue doing this for the rest of the year. Around the end of this year I'll start on mandarin. However. I was toying ... |
jorrebenst | Chinese and Hanzi | 25 | 6,045 | 2011-03-16, 5:40 am | ||
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Thread: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books Post: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books So. I was thinking about starting to read Kitchen, by Banana Yoshimoto. I've been waiting forever for it to miraculously fall in front of me, but it just won't happen, no matter how hard I try. Is the... |
jorrebenst | Learning resources | 277 | 117,282 | 2011-03-13, 12:49 pm | ||
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Thread: Traditional vs Simplified: The Little Differences List Post: Traditional vs Simplified: The Little Differences ... Mesqueeb Wrote:Such knowledge extinguishes us again from the typical "non-heisig" hanzi and kanji learners. -Mesqueeb I'm very sorry for the insanely off-topic post, but I find it very amusing that we... |
jorrebenst | Chinese and Hanzi | 13 | 5,153 | 2011-02-27, 3:01 pm | ||
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Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here 1000 unique kanji in my sentence deck, 2000 total sentences, AND finished the first book of KO2001, all within three days. I really feel like now is the moment it's all going to come together, like a ... |
jorrebenst | General discussion | 1,389 | 294,556 | 2011-02-17, 4:51 pm | ||
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Thread: When You Become Fluent In Japanese.... Post: When You Become Fluent In Japanese.... Nothing but sweet personal satisfaction. Cheers Jorre |
jorrebenst | General discussion | 124 | 24,838 | 2011-01-22, 2:03 pm | ||
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Thread: Parents with different native languages raising a child in Japan Post: Parents with different native languages raising a ... What I've always heard from everybody around me and confirmed by situations I've encountered is: never EVER speak to your child in a non-native language. Everybody I've ever talked to (including more... |
jorrebenst | Off topic | 13 | 4,262 | 2011-01-19, 4:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Kanji writing speed Post: Kanji writing speed Haha, you sir, are wonderful. First prize! I could just as well be talking to a wall, lol. Which would be a funny sight, anyway. Enjoy life Jorre |
jorrebenst | General discussion | 16 | 5,516 | 2011-01-07, 4:46 pm | ||
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Thread: Kanji writing speed Post: Kanji writing speed nest0r Wrote:jorrebenst Wrote:nest0r Wrote:@jorrebenst - 1-1.5 seconds? Video or it didn't happen. That's not 1 - 1.5, it's definitely 1.5. Rounded down, lol. It sounds quickly, but a second is more ... |
jorrebenst | General discussion | 16 | 5,516 | 2011-01-07, 9:30 am | ||
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Thread: Kanji writing speed Post: Kanji writing speed nest0r Wrote:@jorrebenst - 1-1.5 seconds? Video or it didn't happen. That's not 1 - 1.5, it's definitely 1.5. Rounded down, lol. It sounds quickly, but a second is more than you think. I timed it wit... |
jorrebenst | General discussion | 16 | 5,516 | 2011-01-07, 6:53 am | ||
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Thread: Book that teaches hanzi like RTK2? Post: Book that teaches hanzi like RTK2? I've been looking for it, but only found a book by a missionary from the beginning of the century (http://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Characters...0486213218). I would prefer something more modern, prefera... |
jorrebenst | Chinese and Hanzi | 1 | 670 | 2011-01-07, 4:52 am | ||
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Thread: On learning everything non-language related Japanese Post: On learning everything non-language related Japane... your decks are so perfect they make me puke. With all due respect. And uh, yeah, Chinese history was definitely what I was after... You do realize I'm doing Japanese, right? |
jorrebenst | General discussion | 13 | 2,251 | 2011-01-06, 6:24 pm | ||
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Thread: On learning everything non-language related Japanese Post: On learning everything non-language related Japane... You sleazy backstabbing strange-looking japanese speaking dude that wears ties. Someday you'll get it back. |
jorrebenst | General discussion | 13 | 2,251 | 2011-01-06, 6:03 pm | ||
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Thread: Translation>Improving your skils? Post: Translation>Improving your skils? ta12121 Wrote:Javizy Wrote:... I do know that the text one translates is easier when the person has a knowledge of that specific field. So if I'm studying chemistry for example, translating text relat... |
jorrebenst | The Japanese language | 47 | 12,347 | 2011-01-05, 5:15 pm | ||
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Thread: Translation>Improving your skils? Post: Translation>Improving your skils? Just keep in mind that translation is one of the toughest stuff on earth. Especially with languages as different as Indo-European and Japanese. Le Ton beau de Marot is a book that is specifically abou... |
jorrebenst | The Japanese language | 47 | 12,347 | 2011-01-05, 8:54 am | ||
