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Kyle, mine tells me when I have over 1,000 items due. lol. Have you downloaded the new Anki version? I haven’t upgraded mine in forever and it will say “1,434 items due.” Thankfully right now I’m only at 200. ;)
My update - Trying to get motivated to study again. We had people staying over for four days and I didn’t get the chance to study at all. That led to being 500 cards in the hole and no study time for four days. Plus we are still sleeping on an air mattress and I’m just tired… Trying so hard to persevere but sometimes it seems so hard. And like I’m making so little progress. I was doing good about working on grammar instead of just Anki cards but then I fall behind and feel I have to catch up before I can go back to the grammar. And at this point in my studies, I hate flashcards. lol
Update of sorts for those who have nothing else to read.
I’ve been going back to my usual hangout after a few months of not going. I didn’t speak as much Japanese with the staff this time round. Mostly due to shyness creeping its way back in again. Oh well.
I decided to rewatch some “let’s play” videos by a Japanese YouTuber that I really enjoyed. The first time I watched them (a long time ago) I understood maybe about 30-40% of what he was saying. Now I understood about 80-90%, which quite frankly surprised me. I had done zero studying up to this point, so I have no idea how I managed to do that.
This may be interesting to some of you. After a long break of not studying at all, I’ve found that where I struggle most is with remembering kanji; seeing written words that I know, but don’t recognize since I have forgotten the kanji. Grammar points and sentence patterns mostly still seem to be there, vocabulary too, at least when spoken (or written in hiragana or katakana).
I suppose, at least in my case, If I know I am going to be coming to a point where my other obligations will drastically limit my studying, the best thing to keep up with, if I had to choose just one, would be kanji recognition.
Kyle – That’s really interesting. Hmmmm… I wonder why that’s the sticking point.
You really went on a posting rampage there. :P
The new graph system for anki 2 is pretty cool. The amount of reviews I have done came as a big surprise… It also says I have spent over 200h reviewing lol
How many percent do you have correct? Not that it really matters in any way since people learn differently but I am curious ^^
@Mark: You can generate graphs in original Anki though, no? Is there something special about these ones? I keep getting harassed to download Anki 2, but I’m not really sure if there’s any point – is it any good? Will all my cards and progress get carried over, or does Anki 2 use some kinda different format which will render my cards useless?
And when I say “harassed”, I mean that I have to click a pop-up every time I open Anki :P
I was pretty much forces to upgrade due to anki shutting down their syncing service this month. the new anki has carried everything over perfectly, and I only lost 1 day of reviews when I changed over – though that was due to my own mistake, not anki’s mistake. If you have media in anki, make sure you read the section about how to get media to work in anki 2 carefully ^^ It is pretty simple, but I didn’t do it, and had to figure out myself where to put the files…
If you don’t use the sync it is pretty much just one click and everything is copied over, I don’t see much reason why you wouldn’t upgrade. The review intervals should have been optimized, there is now improved cramming, and a lot of other cool function. The graph system was in anki, but you can see way more stats and graphs in the new anki :)
@Mister
Anki 2 is a huge improvement over Anki 1. It’s more faster and efficient. At first it might seem tricky to navigate, but you get used to it very quickly. Certain things in Anki 1 (for example “selective studying”) are done differently. If you’re computer savvy you can figure things out and get used to the changes in no time. The Anki website has a list of all the changes.
When you upgrade to Anki 2, all your decks are carried over and will work fine. Any decks made on Anki 1 will work on Anki 2. However, decks made on Anki 2 won’t work on Anki 1.
Probably the best thing about Anki 2 is syncing decks with the new Anki web. You no longer need to use dropbox to store the images and sound clips. The new Anki web can sync those too. Very handy if you use Anki on your phone and tablet as well as your PC.
You’ll be glad you upgraded.
I myself, haven’t found much of a difference in Anki 2 of actual features I use. The only difference I like is the improved graphs and stats. I especially don’t like how I must copy all my new Anki files into my old decks because it creates a new deck every time! Another thing I don’t like is the size. If you use Anki with the window maximized then it is quite small.
~Caleb
"Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses." ~George Washington CarverGot a new book delivered today: Breaking into Japanese Literature. Anyone else reading/read it? Sure it was mentioned here a while back. No romaji, looks great :D Hopefully get me starting to read more.
@Mark and kanjiman8: Still not upgraded to Anki 2. I’m resistant to change like that :P
That sounds like an interesting book; it’s great to hear that it has no romaji. Let us know what you think of it!
That book sounds great.
On Anki2 – I was resistant too (I resisted for as I long as I could), but it is much better, and doesn’t take much to learn.
Vanandrew joined the dark side. He can vouch for Anki 2.
Finally started reading the book tonight. I only managed to get through one page in the half hour I was on the bus; granted it wasn’t that easy to read on a shakey bus, but the actual material was pretty tough going :D
There are about 7 classic short stories, split into 3 groups based on their length and complexity. It’s all written in the original Japanese (where the story is older, kanji and kana usage may be updated). In a two page spread, there’s half a page of the Japanese text on the upper left, the English translation on the upper right, and a kanji/kana -> English dictionary (no romaji :D) in the bottom two sections; not proper dictionary entries, but just a few equivalent English words (which apparently are usually kept different than those used in the translation, to get you thinking about word choice and literary nuance). The English translation is made to keep the same structure as the Japanese so that it’s easy to follow; at the basic level, it’s supposed to be a direct translation but still keep a little a little flair and, according to the author in the foreword, is in “the style of great English authors like Edgar Allan Poe and Oscar Wilde”.
In that one (half) page, there were so many words I didn’t know, and some grammar structures/particles/connectives that were difficult to understand even after reading the translation. Very tricky, but it’s good having the words and readings given below, and it’s helpful having the translation closely follow the original text. I look forward to reading more of it.
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