Squintox Wrote:But I think iKnow (Smart.fm) one day once to become a site like Wikipedia, where you can pick a course and just learn anything, at least that is the vibe that it gave off to me

This is exactly what I was thinking I think Smart.fm is going to be huge one day.

So nobody at all has ever made a deck for the chinese lessons?

Anybody?

kazelee Wrote:

wccrawford Wrote:

kazelee Wrote:Lol. Still not ready yet is what is seems to be. Cat+String. You sadists.

lol Maybe my telling people that it's going to be smart.fm was a bad thing.

Nah. iKnow.co.jp redirects there now. And it's back up again lOLOOLOLOLLOLOLOLO

I meant that it was driving you crazy that it was up and down... If I hadn't said anything, you'd not have known.

wccrawford Wrote:

kazelee Wrote:

wccrawford Wrote:lol Maybe my telling people that it's going to be smart.fm was a bad thing.

Nah. iKnow.co.jp redirects there now. And it's back up again lOLOOLOLOLLOLOLOLO

I meant that it was driving you crazy that it was up and down... If I hadn't said anything, you'd not have known.

I've been hitting the refresh button every hour since the site went down so it was just a matter of time. LOL, but yet. The first taste was like *homer simpson-esque drool*.

I was not kidding when I said this was mah crack. And now I have someone to blame for my relapse.

Erubey Wrote:So nobody at all has ever made a deck for the chinese lessons?

Anybody?

Huh? Did I miss something?

I made a deck for Chinese up to about level 8 but the computer it's on is down for the count and I won't be back on it for a while. Were you having trouble with the new anki script?

Erubey Wrote:So nobody at all has ever made a deck for the chinese lessons?

Anybody?

Just use the anki script. I made a deck, but it's nearly half a gig. Way too big to post.

I'll admit I just didn't want to do with work. I'll use the script, thanks guys

It might be interesting to note that a new series seems to be in the works.
http://smart.fm/series/3326
Conversations on Modern Japan
I do not know if this is a typo, bad phrasing, or actually conversations about Japan, but it seems to me that there will be a series focused on conversational Japanese.

Anyone else experiencing "slowness" on the smart.fm site?

It's as if they moved the servers from Japan to some non-Asian continent!
If this is an "upgrade", I hope they don't do any more...

Yea, it is really slow but I have a satellite internet connection so I thought it was just me.

kfmfe04 Wrote:Pretty bad it's still down... ...they should've tested the new system in parallel for a smoother transition.

Does anyone have the Core2000 and/or Core6000 decks in Anki?

I searched on the threads, but the links are apparently all broken. Thanks in advance.

If I recall, I had to do the following steps to make it all work:

1. Unzip the files.

2. Create a folder for the images and audio ending with ".media" such as "iKnowCore2000.media".

3. Put all the iKnowCore2000 media files into the created folder.

4. Repeat for the iKnow6000 media files.

If you want to combine everything into one deck:

1. Unzip the files.

2. Create one folder for all the images and audio ending in ".media" such as "megadeck.media".

3. Put all the media into that folder.

Core 2000:
http://uploading.com/files/E2NTBQE9/ikno...).rar.html

Core 6000 (1-8):
http://uploading.com/files/3P0VU6ZP/ikno...).rar.html

Core 6000 (9-12):
http://uploading.com/files/WVIG4V12/ikno...).rar.html

Anyone know what the big response area is for at the beginning of the tests?

Thanks a bunch AsianPleaser. I got the first 2 files - will have to wait until tomorrow to get the last (limited by the site). I will let you know if I can get them to work...

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I've noticed something really useful about iKnow - shadowing the sentences is helping me learn the correct cadence and inflection of spoken Japanese.

I think natives will understand me much better if I can mimic their manner of speaking.

kfmfe04 Wrote:Anyone else experiencing "slowness" on the smart.fm site?

It's as if they moved the servers from Japan to some non-Asian continent!
If this is an "upgrade", I hope they don't do any more...

Wow! I just discovered that site from reading this forum. For a couple of days it was not accessible, but today it was very slow, finally becoming nice and snappy later. What a resource, and what a value for the money.

The layout looks nicer yet to see if there has been any other noticeable improvements will give it a try tonight.

tibul Wrote:The layout looks nicer yet to see if there has been any other noticeable improvements will give it a try tonight.

Currently down again, but obviously they are working on it, and it ain't gonna disappear. What an awesome service. It's like Pimsleur woulda, coulda. shoulda. It seems to me they have some huge plans, and I'm looking forward to seeing where they are headed.

I wish the progress page would return soon. I really like the fact you can view how much time is spent studying and then compare it to how many items were studied. It keeps me honest. I can't think, "Well, I studied four hours today", when the charts show I only studied two.

This was posted on smart.fm 15 hours ago for those of us frustrated with the new iknow:

It is soooo true! I work at a small airport in Hawaii and the gift shop closes at 11pm. People go absolutely NUTS when they can not buy a bottle of water. There is a water fountain right next to the store! Who would have even imagined people would actually pay $2 for a 12oz. bottle of water 20 years ago?

So I need help I cant for the life of me figure out how to type in つづく　in on a keyboard. I had to copy and past that in. I would think tsuzuku but I'm wrong so help me ppplease.　　

Type du.

du.... I used to make the same mistake.

Thanks teiohx2, and Smackle for the super quick replies.

http://smart.fm/faq/281/show
As future reference

Because つ is in the 't' line, and is actually tu, the voiced is du, as mentioned. This is also important for ち, which is ti, and becomes di.

I think it's worth nothing that 'tsu' is voiced/typed as 'dzu', which follows the same pattern as su/zu and ta/da. And yes, the IME will accept that. 'chi' is 'dji' which also follows the same ta/da and shi/ji pattern. I find them easier to remember than di and du.

QuackingShoe Wrote:Because つ is in the 't' line, and is actually tu, the voiced is du, as mentioned. This is also important for ち, which is ti, and becomes di.

The voice is actually 'zu', with the exact same mp3 as ず (as it should be). I found it annoying that they chose to handle づ in this way... it gives new students the wrong impression that づ is pronounced differently from ず.

It doesn't matter that it's not how you pronounce it while going from the English perception of the alphabet which doesn't qualify in Japanese regardless. It's the consonant line it appears in, so that's how you type it, which is what was being discussed.