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  • in reply to: JLPT winter 2013 #42518

    coclans
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    I’m going to give it a shot, too. I’m a bit terrified, as my grammar and listening lag a bit behind. I’m trying to cram vocabulary from a list for N3 and listen to various things a lot through the day.

    I don’t know if this has been posted here, but this is a great resource for some free listening practice.

    http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6241&PN=1&TPN=1

    in reply to: こんにちは and Hello, Y'all! (*^.^*) #42503

    coclans
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    Hello, and welcome to TextFugu!

    A friendly reminder. Try not use 私 that regularly, as it is often implied that you are the subject in your sentences by what you have previously mentioned.

    in reply to: Hey Everyone! #42502

    coclans
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    Welcome to TextFugu!

    TextFuguへようこそ!

    in reply to: 'when he was young' in Japanese #42393

    coclans
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    かっこよかった is correct according to some Japanese natives here:

    http://lang-8.com/183312/journals/50505101136041074439873998750093346597

    One specifically states this:

    “かっこよかった is correct. (かっこいかった is informal but can be understood as spoken Japanese.)”

    Interesting!

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    in reply to: Hello from Iceland #42370

    coclans
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    Hello and welcome!

    Icelandic sounds awesome.

    in reply to: Back from a long break #41639

    coclans
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    Welcome back! 頑張って下さい。

    in reply to: Learning Kanji: meaning and reading simultaneously? #41463

    coclans
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    I pick 5-10 kanji to learn in a day, along with many common words that use them. Words alone help me remember the pronunciation of each kanji, so in my kanji deck I only have a meaning (or two) for each kanji.

    By getting a lot of context, meanings and readings are easier.

    in reply to: I need help pronouncing Number kanji+person kanji #41372

    coclans
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    一人 ひとり hitori
    二人 ふたり futari
    三人 さんにん sannin
    四人 よにん yonin
    五人 ごにん gonin
    六人 ろくにん rokunin
    七人 ななにん・しちにん nananin or shichinin
    八人 はちにん hachinin
    九人 きゅうにん kyuunin
    十人 じゅうにん juunin

    The り (ri) ending is just for 一人 and 二人, the rest are quite predictable by the usual にん (nin) ending. You might notice that it’s よにん and not よんにん, that happens often with other counters, too.

    in reply to: Helloooo! #41268

    coclans
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    That was a nice read. Good job quitting and good luck with your studies!

    in reply to: Server mighty slow most of the time #40971

    coclans
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    http://www.textfugu.com/season-2/being-possessive/practice/

    Mp3 load times are fine for me. Around one second, two at the most. Pages seem to load pretty quickly as well. I have a 5.15 mbps download speed based on http://www.speedtest.net.

    Can you post a link of a page that doesn’t work well for you?

    in reply to: は ha or wa? #40947

    coclans
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    As a particle, it’s pronounced “wa”.

    As part of a word, it’s pronounced “ha”.

    For example: はな は さく = hana wa saku = flowers bloom

    Textfugu does cover this.

    in reply to: Greetings! EFL Teacher from the US here #40942

    coclans
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    Thank you very much!

    頑張って!

    in reply to: Greetings! EFL Teacher from the US here #40936

    coclans
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    Hello and welcome!

    What level of Japanese proficiency are you aiming for?

    in reply to: What's my name? #39966

    coclans
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    As far as how it would be, it’s probably ウィリアムス, since I’m getting many results on google for it.

    in reply to: The many forms of "if" #39908

    coclans
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    -ば is more formal, and its counterpart is -たら which is more casual, but I wouldn’t say that means it’s less polite.

    -なら would be used mostly in suggestions or advices. “If you do this, do that after.”

    What follows と is a natural consequence of what is before it. “If you go down this road, you’ll find the station.”

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