Kashiyuka Wrote:So I should basically study Tae Kim's book before I start on core? Because I can read the kana but I don't know what it means lol. Also how do I change it to Furigana?
Sorry I'm such a hassle =\
(Note: In my humble opinion [plenty would disagree with me], I wouldn't even worry about grammar and vocabulary/Core until you've got a good number of kanji under your belt, like probably 1,000+,
unless of course you feel comfortable with them (even the unknown ones) already, in which case diving into everything else is obviously fine. But as for me and
maybe you, the best option is to just tackle RTK to near-completion before starting on all this other stuff. Honestly, it's personal learning styles. Some people work best by focusing on one thing to avoid being overwhelmed, and some people would be bored to death by that. So do what's best for you, but by no means feel pressured to start on everything else right away. Marathon, not a race, and all that yadda yadda.)
So anyway, to answer your question.
If we're talking about the
Tae Kim Japanese Grammar Guide, once you get down to around, "Making requests （～ください、～ちょうだい、～なさい、command form）," you shouldn't have much trouble with the majority of Core's sentences.
However, since Core is mainly used for learning/studying individual vocabulary words (with the sentences there for reference and context), you don't even need to know that much. So you can start Core whenever you feel like, and waiting until you're finished with Tae Kim is probably a bad idea since Tae Kim is rather, er, boring (but extremely useful!), so take Tae Kim slow and easy in order to give yourself enough time to digest everything.
Although, like I said above, if you prefer to focus on one thing at a time and want to do Tae Kim first, that's fine also. Just do whatever feels right to you, and there is nothing wrong with experimenting with different combinations of learning methods.
As for furigana, if you decide to use Nukemarine's core deck, feel free to copy my styling (this is recognition-style) if you need a jumping off point (this should include furigana, well, it works for me). Edit it as you see fit, by changing the fonts and colors and sizes, etc, adding and removing fields, etc, and if you use Pmnox's Core10k deck instead, you'll have to change the names of the fields to match that deck.
(You can insert all this code by going to "Browse," clicking on the deck, then clicking the button called "Cards")
Front Template:
Code:
<span style="font-size: 104px; text-shadow: 0px -1px #FFFFFF;">{{Vocabulary-Kanji}}</span> <br><br>
<span style="font-size: 28p; color: #39555B; font-family: Meiryo;">{{Expression}}</span><br>
Styling:
Code:
.card {
font-family: ubuntu light, meiryo;
font-size: 20px;
text-align: center;
color: #33BCC5;
background-color: #28444A;
}
Back template:
Code:
<hr id=answer>
<span style="font-size: 104px; text-shadow: 0px -1px #FFFFFF;">{{Vocabulary-Kanji}}</span> <br><br>
<span style="font-size: 28p; font-family: Meiryo;">{{Expression}}</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 28px;">{{Vocabulary-Audio}}{{furigana:Vocabulary-Furigana}}</span><br><br>
<span style="font-size: 15px; color: #5555ff">[{{Vocabulary-Pos}}]</span>
<span style="">{{Vocabulary-English}}</span>
<hr>
<span style="font-family: Meiryo; ">{{furigana:Reading}}</span><br>
<br>
<span>{{Sentence-English}}</span><br><br>
<span style="">{{Sentence-Audio}}</span>
<span style="">{{Sentence-Audio}}</span>
<span style="">{{Vocabulary-Audio}}</span>
<span style="">{{Sentence-Image}}</span><br>
-- <span style="font-size: 10px">{{Notes}}</span> --
But yeah, doing a Core deck without knowing much vocab means that you're going to fail the majority of the words that come up the first (and probably second) time you see them. Nothing to worry about, Anki will know what to do with that, just be honest with it ^_^
Edit: Actually, I know we're all just throwing a bunch of random advice at you in the hopes that you get what you're looking for, but this is probably all rather confusing, ahahaha, so if you need clarification on something in particular you are welcome to ask more questions, that's what a forum is for after all, to ask questions, participate in discussion, and give feedback ^^
Edited: 2013-12-15, 12:15 pm
