Why, you only looked at two pages and you are acting that way? I just don't get why you would say or feel that way, especially since I haven't come to Finland and personally met you. We don't even know each other.

Besides, I would rather you email me and tell me what you don't like and give solutions. If you don't like how it's set up, that is totally fine. Quite frankly, I think you would benefit from reading the advanced and or intermediate section simply because of the exposure to grammar topics you may not have seen before.

Last edited by imabi (2012 January 05, 10:24 pm)

What's a manic? I change my comments because I have ADD and my mind is as scattered as anyone can believe.

What would you do if someone told you to shut down your work? I definitely don't like being told that it's horrible, and I'm sure you've made some things that you would be as equally upset about.

You may not need my site, but a lot of people do and thank me for it everyday. I love Japanese, and it's why I started. I was hoping that when I saw this thread starting that people had that same heart in mind, but I'm not so sure about that.

Anyways, God bless and have a nice day.

Last edited by imabi (2012 January 05, 10:24 pm)

For the most part, people have said it was easy to understand. But, it is certainly not for every age group. It's not lacking in material. I am quite aware that it needs a face change to make it appealing. The visual aspect is extremely lacking, and I'm slowly trying to change that. I think adding pictures make the sentences come to life. It's why I'm wanting to add them everywhere hopefully.

The diction is probably a turn off, but my reasoning for using such terms is for a good purpose later on the road. If I define it, I think it's fair game.

Anyways, it's nice talking to you.

My goal this month is to when I click on a page, I make it easier. Since I'll be making a lot of clicks, it will look very different and hopefully less lacking by January 31st.

Last edited by imabi (2012 January 05, 10:36 pm)

They do on a pc. I've noticed that some don't line up perfectly on tablets, but I have no idea what they are doing to users of smart phones or regular phones. Regular phones should have a complete different text version only

Imabi,
would you mind describing in as much detail as possible how and in what order you learnt/acquired
pronunciation,
listening comprehension,
kanji?

And one question about your site.
How can I be sure that your Japanese example sentences and their English translations are correct?

To bokesenou: i think you are talking about the bakemoji. This is due to the Japanese text in the title and header and conflicts with script and my site builder. I know the provider is trying to change this, but it may be months till they fix that.

As for the pictures, the link from where they come from is easily accessible by hovering over the picture, and clicking them sends you to where they are from. And, I think if its on google images that you can copy and paste so long you give the url, which can also be seen when you print the lessons.

To buonaparte: Neither was started and completed at a different time. I spent some time learning pronunciation and hundreds of characters before i moved on to learning the language itself. Readings of Kanji and their meanings which I studied for the first few months gave me a lot of vocabulary, and i was fortunate to be taught how to pronounce the language at the beginning of my studies. I am much better at listening than I was three years ago. I talk at great lengths with my Japanese friend at the time and there is no problem. There is usually Japanese on while we talk, so it is a completely Japanese environment.

I learned Kanji rapidly, and I probably know around 3500+ with one to ten added a week. I dont think it is practical to tell what I have done for all these years, but you can get the picture that I am just pretty good at it. I have spent around five to six hours studying it for four years. If you calculate this, it is plenty to reach the proficiency required to discuss what i do on my site.

My translations are as close as possible to the original diction, give or take some that should be translated idiomatically to make sense. My sentences are based off largely on what i find in reading materials and dictionary entries, which often get a lot of examples to base examples off of, especially when you are trying to show particular pattern(s).

I constantly proofread my site, but I normally dont see anything terribly wrong. At times there may be a mistake in romanization, kana, or a letter here and there in English or punctuation problems, but once they are found they are changed. For the classical lessons the text and translations are never deviant from any other given text. The explanations tend to be the only thing that differs.

A wrong Japanese sentence is quite obvious to me. Normally a word is used like english, or the syntax is used like English. These two things are normally what I see with people i help. My Japanese friend has never corrected to me, even though we talk for great lengths at a time. I promise you that my examples are correct. They may be humorous and at time unpractical to say, but you do also have to continuously make things fun, or else the grammar just makes it too boring to continue.

Thanks to both of you for the questions, and I hope my answers helped.

If anything we talk about different dialects and classical Japanese. まあ、まだ信じられないようっすね。どうでもいい。

Culture is inseparable from the language bakuchiku. Humility is truly important, but as for that situation there was no need in my eyes at that time to be such. I am never rude to my Japanese friend...ほれてしまったから。I think if we were all speaking in Japanese here, I don't think the standard politeness level would be in the honorific realm. No Japanese スレ normally is.

Experience and age is overrated anyways. At a level playing for 18 year olds, I think I stand pretty well. And so, I made my site to get people at that level with me. I just added pictures to Lesson 11, and it really looks cool. I get to use pictures to get more feel to Japan as a lot of pictures are of Japan.

That comment came from a rash reaction to a comment that implied I knew nothing of Japanese nor were around it. I know I have a lot to learn about how to respond to all sorts of things, but you would at least admit that some of that stuff is unfair? It's like saying since the Washington Memorial has a crack on it, it's an ugly building.

Anyways, thanks for the comment and I know you mean well.

Last edited by imabi (2012 January 06, 5:17 pm)

Very true. I'm sure you'll get there yourself too.    Maybe you can find a lot of good from what I've made.

While I do understand what you are understanding, I do think there is a difference between the internet and real life situations.

As far as the supermarket, since the economy is so bad, if the place has good deals, I'm shopping there.

Qualifications is overrated anyways. There are plenty of teachers at my school with certificates and the qualifications but are loathed by their students.

Double standards are everywhere; it's kind of the saw of the real world. Although I would rather those things not happen, I do know that I'm going to have to control how I act whenever it happens again.

Thank you for your comment and have a nice day.

imabi wrote:

While I do understand what you are understanding, I do think there is a difference between the internet and real life situations.

I think you're mistaken here. There is still a matter of public-private appearance. If you had a personal blog, or were just making forum posts, you could act however you want, and it would just reflect on you. However, if you have a website published as a service to the public, then whatever you put out as a representative of that reflects not only on you, but on your site as a whole -- the same way the owner of a supermarket would.

As far as the supermarket, since the economy is so bad, if the place has good deals, I'm shopping there.

People are boycotting GoDaddy because of their support for SOPA. Sure they're cheap, but people don't agree with the opinions of their higher-ups, and are reacting accordingly. Same would happen with the supermarket.

Qualifications is overrated anyways. There are plenty of teachers at my school with certificates and the qualifications but are loathed by their students.

I'm not arguing that qualifications are overrated, but they do give a little bit more credibility than saying "I'm sure I know a lot more than you," or "Yeah well, my Japanese friends never correct me!"

In the real world, it's definitely not about experience or ability, it's about appearance. You've got to make things appear attractive to people, and responding with angry impulsive knee-jerk reactions, people aren't going to respond very positively.

imabi wrote:

As for the pictures, the link from where they come from is easily accessible by hovering over the picture, and clicking them sends you to where they are from. And, I think if its on google images that you can copy and paste so long you give the url, which can also be seen when you print the lessons.

Absolutely not.