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Jarvik7 wrote:
Among other things...
テイブル isn't a word, nor is 円円（えんまる）. 大好き needs okurigana. 恐れる isn't a transitive verb. There are fireworks under the table? It's a sentence fragment in any case (along with the 円円 one). Are you trying to say that the shellfish is afraid of the fire?
Maybe I just don't get this exercise...
LOL, If teiburu is not a word why the heck have I heard it so much?
I am Ichi. I am the king of rain. Let's get started.
To the right is Enmaru. Enmaru "really" likes the sound of money. Under the table, Hanabi. She's afraid of fire and shells.
And it goes from there. So, please continue the story my very learn'ed friends 
Also, send corrections via messages to keep things going smoother.
Given that this site teaches kanji meanings rather than grammar or even vocabulary, perhaps it would be easier to do an English language story with specific words replaced by kanji (as in the picture stories in the "Highlights for Children" magazine). That way, people from all levels could take part.
Interesting...
Table is テーブル. Katakana almost always uses ー for long vowels instead of an イ or ウ etc. It's probably not a good idea to name people after common words, since it's obviously confusing. It also removes any meaning from the words that your using, which kind of goes against the whole point of learning vocab. How do I know that テーブル is not also a person, and that he's on top of 花火 (oh boy erotic fanfiction). Unless you use the kanji for 金 one is more likely to think that he likes the sound of 鐘. Also, ending sentences makes things clearer. Having がいます at the end of the 花火 sentence would make it more obvious that it's a person and not a bunch of firecrackers going off inside your house.
We should probably start over 
CaLeDee wrote:
kazelee wrote:
[LOL, If teiburu is not a word why the heck have I heard it so much?
Cuz it is テーブル ^^
I like the Kristins idea, it stops confusion and more people can join in.
I... knew... that....
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Well, the purpose is to get Japanese vocab in some sort of context, so an English story wouldn't help too much. Also, I just tried to do it in English with Kanji and it doesn't seem to have much of a impact. It was actually confusing using 下 with English.
How about we do start over and just proof it (via email to avoid breaking the story to much) as we go along?
Last edited by kazelee (2008 November 05, 6:27 pm)
Tobberoth wrote:
Well, you're talking about the sentence method. The whole point of it, in fact the only part of AJATT I'm activly persuing, is to learn vocabulary in context. You find a sentence with a word you want to learn and learn that sentence. The sentence becomes the context.
You're really just reinventing the wheel.
Not reinventing the wheel. More like, getting together with some of the guys and building a hotrod.
It's something that can be both entertaining and educational.
kazelee wrote:
Not reinventing the wheel. More like, getting together with some of the guys and building a hotrod.
It's something that can be both entertaining and educational.
Well, the reason you don't make your own sentences in the sentence method is because you'll learn bad unnatural Japanese. Basically what you're saying in this topic is "Let's do the sentence method, but with our own sentences!"
It's just not a good idea, at all. I do agree it can be very entertaining though. I personally write essays in Japanese from time to time and have a japanese family I know point out the errors etc. But I would never ever use my own Japanese for memorization and learning techniques since I'm not a native.
Tobberoth wrote:
kazelee wrote:
Not reinventing the wheel. More like, getting together with some of the guys and building a hotrod.
It's something that can be both entertaining and educational.Well, the reason you don't make your own sentences in the sentence method is because you'll learn bad unnatural Japanese. Basically what you're saying in this topic is "Let's do the sentence method, but with our own sentences!"
It's just not a good idea, at all. I do agree it can be very entertaining though. I personally write essays in Japanese from time to time and have a japanese family I know point out the errors etc. But I would never ever use my own Japanese for memorization and learning techniques since I'm not a native.
I want to hit you with my keyboard. More so because you are partly right.
I have said that the story should be proofed. I've been reading a bit a children's literature. Should I not use these sentences either? Because they are far different from the ones I've read by Natsume Souseki.
