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Reply #26 - January 03, 3:57 pm
arnaldosfjunior Member
Registered: 2011-03-05 Posts: 121 Website

Hirakana wrote:

...I am at ~1100 in Core...

Just to confirm, you're abviously using Japanese>Japanese since you passed the 1000 sentences, right?

Reply #27 - January 03, 3:59 pm
Hirakana Member
From: Ireland Registered: 2013-04-03 Posts: 154

arnaldosfjunior wrote:

Hirakana wrote:

...I am at ~1100 in Core...

Just to confirm, you're abviously using Japanese>Japanese since you passed the 1000 sentences, right?

I hope that's a joke.

Reply #28 - January 03, 4:11 pm
arnaldosfjunior Member
Registered: 2011-03-05 Posts: 121 Website

Hirakana wrote:

arnaldosfjunior wrote:

Hirakana wrote:

...I am at ~1100 in Core...

Just to confirm, you're abviously using Japanese>Japanese since you passed the 1000 sentences, right?

I hope that's a joke.

Stop fooling yourself.  You have to switch now.
http://japaneselevelup.com/using-anki-t … sentences/

Last edited by arnaldosfjunior (January 03, 4:12 pm)

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Reply #29 - January 03, 4:13 pm
Hirakana Member
From: Ireland Registered: 2013-04-03 Posts: 154

arnaldosfjunior wrote:

Hirakana wrote:

arnaldosfjunior wrote:


Just to confirm, you're abviously using Japanese>Japanese since you passed the 1000 sentences, right?

I hope that's a joke.

http://japaneselevelup.com/using-anki-t … sentences/

I don't follow that guy's advice. I don't think J-J definitions are particularly beneficial at this stage. I've learned to not just believe everything I'm told. I followed that guy's advice for a month and it didn't work out, so I'm not following it anymore. Please don't link me to anymore of his articles as I've read them all.

Reply #30 - January 03, 4:49 pm
Betelgeuzah Member
From: finland Registered: 2011-03-26 Posts: 464

C'mon bro you're at least level seventeen by now, ditch them J-E crap pronto.

Reply #31 - January 03, 5:35 pm
s0apgun 鬼武者 ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ
From: Chicago Registered: 2011-12-24 Posts: 453 Website

arnaldosfjunior, you're worse than a spammer with all these links. japaneselevelup must be paying you huh? stop that.

Reply #32 - January 03, 6:28 pm
arnaldosfjunior Member
Registered: 2011-03-05 Posts: 121 Website

s0apgun wrote:

... all these links...

So, you're sensible to links, huh?! Try avoiding the internet for a while, my friend. People still send letters if that's your doubt. Links goosebumps! Those are new.

Last edited by arnaldosfjunior (January 03, 6:31 pm)

Reply #33 - January 03, 6:39 pm
Fillanzea Member
From: New York, NY Registered: 2009-10-02 Posts: 534 Website

I really don't think there's much advantage in doing primarily J-J dictionary lookup until you're at least upper-intermediate level. (Even now that I'm pretty advanced, I don't usually do J-J dictionary lookup unless it's a word I can't find in a J-E dictionary or I need clarification on the nuances -- if I only have so much reading time available, I would rather be reading what I actually want to be reading, rather than reading dictionary definitions.)

Reply #34 - January 03, 11:23 pm
Tzadeck Member
From: Kinki Registered: 2009-02-21 Posts: 2484

Fillanzea wrote:

I really don't think there's much advantage in doing primarily J-J dictionary lookup until you're at least upper-intermediate level. (Even now that I'm pretty advanced, I don't usually do J-J dictionary lookup unless it's a word I can't find in a J-E dictionary or I need clarification on the nuances -- if I only have so much reading time available, I would rather be reading what I actually want to be reading, rather than reading dictionary definitions.)

This.  The advice in that link is ******* awful--though I'm not sure if it's delivered in seriousness.

Reply #35 - January 04, 5:02 am
Hirakana Member
From: Ireland Registered: 2013-04-03 Posts: 154

Betelgeuzah wrote:

C'mon bro you're at least level seventeen by now, ditch them J-E crap pronto.

dude, I gotta be at least level twenty :p

Reply #36 - January 04, 9:51 am
Vempele Member
Registered: 2013-06-16 Posts: 615

Hirakana wrote:

Betelgeuzah wrote:

C'mon bro you're at least level seventeen by now, ditch them J-E crap pronto.

dude, I gotta be at least level twenty :p

You can take the level test to find out! It only takes a few minutes, is more accurate than the JLPT, and operates on its own definition of "understand".

Reply #37 - January 04, 10:18 am
Hirakana Member
From: Ireland Registered: 2013-04-03 Posts: 154

Vempele wrote:

Hirakana wrote:

Betelgeuzah wrote:

C'mon bro you're at least level seventeen by now, ditch them J-E crap pronto.

dude, I gotta be at least level twenty :p

You can take the level test to find out! It only takes a few minutes, is more accurate than the JLPT, and operates on its own definition of "understand".

Oh my god, I'm above level 20. Gotta get this on my CV right away!

Reply #38 - January 05, 6:40 am
Stansfield123 Member
From: Europe Registered: 2011-04-17 Posts: 799

Hirakana wrote:

Oh my god, I'm above level 20. Gotta get this on my CV right away!

I think we got that you're mocking it the first time. No need to keep doing it.

If you want to keep going, try adding some content to your criticism, like perhaps WHAT is wrong with that test.

Reply #39 - January 14, 11:13 am
Hirakana Member
From: Ireland Registered: 2013-04-03 Posts: 154

I have had over 80% consistently in the last week. Why? Because I've incorporated mnemonics into my new cards! The mnemonics fall away after a while, but they're INCREDIBLY effective. I've solved my problem ^_^