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Though WaniKani focuses on learning Kanji and Vocabulary, it does not help with grammar. I use TextFugu, Anki, and WaniKani similar to alebaffa. To be honest, you can never have enough learning materials. The more immersed you are, the better off you are (in my opinon)!
The biggest thing to remember is that TextFugu is all self paced. You get to choose how much or how little you want to go through. I recommend just moving through the material as you feel most comfortable. If you have a brain like a sponge, read it as fast as you can absorb it. If you have a brain like a rock (like me), just make sure to move slowly through the material and do everything as slow as you need.
Personally, I will sit down and read through 1 or 2 chapters and then review that material for a while, then come back and do the same thing again. This includes working on the Anki decks, worksheets, etc. But that is just how I am choosing to work through this.
Hello Claire! Welcome to the TEEEXTFUUUGUUUUU FOOOOORRRRUUUUMMMSSSSS! (ECHO, ECho, Echo, echo)
Oh! A bartender! … I might have to pick your brain on a few things… haha.
There are a couple things that I noticed that could be off with the grammer/title/intro, but I am still a beginner myself so I have no place to point anything out when I am not 100% sure myself haha. I am glad to hear that TextFugu is working so well with you! Also, I agree with you on the other general studies languages. I got away in high school not taking a single language course (though I know you said you skipped it).
I joined TextFugu in January and I haven’t made much progress on here myself.. Still in Season 2 haha. But I am returning to TextFugu because I am determined to learn Japanese! The language itself has always been an interest of mine. If you haven’t already, check out WaniKani! Once you get the Beta Invite (which you should get real quick after requesting access) you have access to the first two lessons for free to see if you like it. The other benefit (in my opinion) is that since the forum here can be a little slow, if you don;t get an answer, you can always ask over there and I always get great help from the user base there.
Good luck with your Japanese studies and hope to see you around!!
Welcome to TextFugu!
That sounds like you have a very determined goal… I am jealous! Also, congrats on reconnecting with a long lost friend! You’re lucky that you have a Japanese friend that (if they’re willing) will GREATLY help your Japanese studies as you will have someone to practice with!!!
TextFugu has some great content for beginners like myself. After working through TextFugu for a bit, I would also suggest giving WaniKani a try for upping your Kanji Reading skills. You can get through the first two lessons for free to see if you like WaniKani before buying into the program.
Also note, Tofugu (group that owns TextFugu) is currently working on a NEW version of TextFugu called EtoEto. EtoEto will eventually replace TextFugu, though there is no release date for it. Don’t get discouraged if you don’t see as much traffic in this forum or if you can’t get an answer here. This is another reason why I would suggest having an account at WaniKani as that forum is always bopping and I always get good help there!
Hope to see you around and good luck with your studies!!
The alpha testing of Eto Eto is probably happening right now. Only select few are using it at the moment as they hammer out the biggest bug issues first before they open it up to additional alpha testers. I got an email not too long ago about signing up for the alpha testing, but with any software release, it has to get through it’s phases before more people can get to use it. I personally don’t mind it taking a little longer than expected so that we don’t get an unfinished and broken product like Ubisoft (video game company) would put out.
Okay! Thank you! So is there no one payment for lifetime access?
They did have this option available for a very limited time back in January/February time, which was the first time that it was offered. It it possible that they might offer it again sometime in the future.
Here is the link to the AnkiDroid User Manual.
https://ankidroid.org/docs/manual.htmlThis URL links directly to importing, though it requires you to use a computer to transfer the file.
https://ankidroid.org/docs/manual.html#_import_the_file_manually_in_ankidroidIf you already have the file unzipped on your phone AND you know where on your phone it’s located (downloads, documents, etc) then you should be able to follow the directions in the above URL to simply import the file and ignore the computer transfer section.
Justin,
First, in what regularly paced conversation would you ever use “silly yeti”??? LOL.
Second, this all makes great sense. Thank you. I was thinking that the sound would drag out like in 大きい. Using the English phrase above helps immensely. I would definitely would not say “silly | yeti” with a break. However, when I say the two, I carry the ee sound as well but still say the “y” in yeti (otherwise to me it sounds like “silly Eddie”).
Watching the YouTube video only confirms what you are saying. Since the sound isn’t a long vowel but the sound carries between words, there is a tiny pause (voice fluctuation?) in the “a” sound that denotes the change.
Thank you for your help!! I’m probably paying too close attention to this but it’s what I do! Haha.
Thank you both for responding.
This was my takeaway… I hope I understood you both correctly.
Justin’s post tells me it should be said as じゃりません (essentially). However, ありません is it’s own word in the statement. There will be a more common way to say this later.
Joel’s post tells me the statement is two words (aforementioned by Justin). However in Uni, was taught じゃ―ありません spaced out (vocally).
These two posts are informative (I thank you!) but perceived to differ at the part where I am concerned.
Justin’s post makes me think that the pronunciation should be an extended Jaaa sound.
Joel’s post makes me think that since it is two words, there is no long vowel here. Therefore the Ja and a should be pronounced separately (though there may be minimal distinction between the sounds) as dramatically instructed by his uni teacher.
I am going to listen to the YouTube video again and see if I can make it out clearer. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I promise I am not trying to over complicate this! I just want to make sure I understand it correctly the FIRST time as to not have to unlearn something later.
Issue resolved. It ended up being a back end issue with my TextFugu account.
Thanks!
I have done that a few times to be sure. That and with trying different browsers, different devices, and different network connections, would eliminate any local issue and leads me to believe that it might be an issue with the site, my account, or some other issue with the connection to the site.
I was just trying to establish if anyone else might be having the same issue as me as it would help to narrow down if the issue is with the site, new accounts, etc. etc.
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