Just finished season 6, after returning from a TextFugu seasons break (but not from Japanese language or the Anki decks). It didn’t take long because I had picked up most of the grammar elsewhere. Really helped consolidate it though, especially nominalization. Still, pronouncingられる is going to take some serious time and hard work. Feels like a tounge twister.

What’s the longest string of consecutive ‘r’ sylables in the japanese language?

• This reply was modified 12 years, 3 months ago by  Astralfox.

方やがかんしゃくを起こして、コーンフレークを皿ごと壁に投げつている最中だったからだ。

My guess would be to distinguish it from the particles から.

Thanks vanandrew, I tried changing language settings once, which just gave me the English store in Japanese. Didn’t see that little circle at the bottom until you mentioned it ^^

This is going to be a pretty vauge answer but;

If I remember correctly, somewhere in Season 3 of Japanese-Pod 101, they talk about tai form (and possibly hoshii too) being used only to describe ones own desires, and that you can’t use them (tai form at least) for saying what others want. There are other ways to say what they have expressed that they want. Maybe it would be allowed if you were a telepath ;D

If I’m wrong, someone step in and set us straight, meanwhile I’ll have a little look for that lesson.

EDIT: I can’t believe I actually found it. The lesson is “beginner>season 5>Lesson8

http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/04/19/beginner-lesson-s5-8-new-lesson/

I’m not realy qualified to explain the grammar because I don’t know it myself, I just know of it.

If you sign up for free, you get one week full access… then just torrent it XD

• This reply was modified 12 years, 3 months ago by  Astralfox.

Mnemonic everything is my advise. And the more you do so, the easier it gets.

As an example; for せいじか I imagined Seiji from Durarara as a politician. What! Seiji? (?=ka).

I also had trouble with けいさつかん. Think I used a undefined muddle of ‘K’ (like OK) ‘sats’[sic] and ‘can’. So the police officer with a satsuma for a head is like “K, I can sit down”.

The first thing that comes to mind is usually very effective… and then your stuck with it XD  Which is why buddha is a doctor specializing in the care of hos’ toes. Ho To Ke

Hey Hey, heres the amazon link you want; http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=3201081

I was surprised to see some of those books (The Hungry Caterpillar, which I read in, I dunno ~ages ago). And Harry Potter in furigana, I’m getting that. [Edit: even if I do wind up reading a dictionary more than the actual book XD]

And google also churned this up; http://nihongo-dekimasu.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/children-stories-ebook.html

• This reply was modified 12 years, 4 months ago by  Astralfox.

The ‘style of tuition’ I mentioned has many good points but in other areas it’s lacking.

We mainly focus on kata, and there is no segregation between skill levels (no one really cares about grades much) so everyone teaches everyone, or rather we all give each other opportunities to learn. But we all know each other quite well, and can be a little complacent with one another. There are probably only three people who would actually hit you if you didn’t move, and I think that’s an important part of training.

There is no free sparring, but we are encouraged to adapt the fundamentals of each kata to our own physical capabilities and style. So that isn’t so much of an issue, because you never know what’s coming.

The weakness that I would most like to cover is the lack of realism in conflict. In a related matter we also lack casual clothing that would rip in certain situations.

That was very interesting. I’ve been training for 8 months with ‘Budo Warrior Schools’ in SW England. I can vouch for the Stroud and Gloucester dojos being primarily self defence orientated, with adaptions and interpretations for modern situations. The ground locking techniques we are taught are those that allow further action such as searching for weapons, and imediate escape (not locking oneself up to restrain someone). I have recently been thinking about complementing it with a ‘pure self defense’ MA, because style of tuition can be a little ‘friendly’.