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Hey Regina. Welcome to TF :)
@ Kyle
Interesting comparison. I agree that the rule is almost meaningless. I try not to refer to it too much, and instead just learn vocab straight up.@ Crystal
Your posts are always a pleasure to read :). Keep them up.Half Chinese half Indonesian is a pretty cool mix :). I’ve also heard that learning English is hard but that could vary depending on the person, their reasons, etc. Which brings me to my next point and how living in a country and learning the language speeds up the process alot quicker. Although this is pretty obvious, I remember reading that what you learn in 3 years at College studying Mandarin, you can learn in 6 months by living in China.
That sort of surprised but at the same time didn’t, if you know what I mean? This just highlights the importance of practising speaking and listening regularly while solidifying your reading and writing/typing.
Although the second part of your post was for Kas, the idea of homeschooled appealed to me too. I didn’t enjoy school either. I found working on my own better than being in a class full of people. Saying that, I also was lazy and unmotivated too. After going through some bad times in my life I’ve changed alot. I feel like a new person. If only I had that same drive and motivation I have now back then, I would of done alot better at School. The flip side to that though is I might not have gotten interested in Japanese, and Asian culture.
Completely agree with what Kas said too. I feel the education authorities are letting us down with their lack of interest in students learning languages. I do hope this changes in the future. When I have kids I’m definitely going to make sure they learn at least another language.
I’m still relatively early in my Kanji learning. Just started level 4 Kanji here on TF. Tsetycoon’s explanation is a very good one. Michael has also explained it thoroughly.
—————————————-“So if the exceptions didn’t exist it sounds like the only time you’d use an on’yomi is if you have compound kanji. Is that correct?”
Yes, but unfortunately they do exist. It’s just something you have to learn from experience. Also remember numbers by themselves use on’yomi instead of kun’yomi.
There’s also times where a Kanji doesn’t use either the on’yomi or kun’yomi and is something completely different. e.g. 大人（おとな）＝ Adult
This example was given on another thread 大した（たいした）＝ Considerable, Great. It’s actually two sepearate words. At first glance you’d think it’d use the kun’yomi reading as there’s hiragana following the kanji but it doesn’t. Tsetycoon also kindly explained it “した is the past tense form of the verb する, so 大した literally means ‘done big’, which translates to ‘considerable or great.’”
The more you hear a word or see it written, the easier it will be to know it’s reading.
About to begin Season 3, Chapter 7, Doing Something (Part 1). Starting to notice the pace really picking up now. Lots of Kanji, vocab and sentences to review each day :)
When I think of Japanese Hip Hop I usually think of the Teriyaki Boyz. Someone said Nujabes who seems to be quite known.
Hashi did an article recently on Tofugu about Japanese Chicano rappers http://www.tofugu.com/2012/05/11/japanese-chicano-rappers/. Chech out the two songs in the article. I find it funny but the songs are pretty good too :D
@ andrew
I check a few sites for news.1) http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/
Mainly focuses on English leagues but does report on European news too. The layout of the site is horrible though. That big yellow border is irritating to look at.2) http://soccernet.espn.go.com/?cc=5739
All round site that mainly focuses on European, Asian and South American football. Good informative articles. My favourite site.3) http://arseblog.com/
Good Arsenal blog.4) http://www.goal.com/en/#
A site which I have just started reading recently. Looks goods from what I’ve seen of it.5) http://www.worldsoccer.com/
I used to read the magazine version alot but occasionaly look at the website.I tend to avoid newspapers as they talk absolute nonsense.
@ Crystal
Lol, No keep going. It’s interesting to hear people’s views. :)I sometimes think what it would be like not being a native English speaker. As English is taught as a second language in alot of schools, and it’s usefulness in business environments, it’s pushed hard in non English speaking countries.
I think it would of been interesting to learn English but being a native English speaker does have it’s advantages. Besides, I’m enjoying learning Japanese and fully love the challenge.
@ Crystal
Fully agree with you. In the past I would of said there was absolutely no way I would be learning Japanese in the future. With lots of interest, motivation, research on how to learn the language (which I must say I did alot of), and modern technology, here I am today.Alot of people have that mentality when it comes to languages sadly. As the UK’s main language is English, schools and colleges/universities don’t push it hard enough. Not to say that language education is bad or non existant over here, it’s just not seen as important as it is in other countries.
When I was in the equivalent of middle school, the only languages on offer were French and German. Not even Spanish which I have a slight interest in as I have family in Spain. So those two factors combined, made learning languages unappealing.
Luckily, I no longer have that same view.
Hello and welcome to TF
@ Crystal
I see. I think if I went back in time and tried to learn Japanese I would find it difficult as I’ve been spoilt by modern technology. Self studying is hard enough but without modern technology and just a book I’d be lost.@ Crystal
Koichi certainly does make learning Japanese fun and interesting with his methods. Better than using a standard textbook.@ Crystal
Exactly. Do let me know how older books differ from modern ones. I’m curious to see the differences (if any) between methods taught back then and today.@ Raymond
If you need any help with your studies feel free to post a message. Lots of users come on the forums every day, myself included. You have people you know IRL who can help you too :)Your novel sounds interesting. I Google’d the name of the book but couldn’t find anything on it. If possible, I’d give it a read one day. Congrats on entering the NaNoWriMo. Sounds daunting having to write 50,000 words in 30 days.
@ Andrew
I agree with your logic.@ Crystal
Learning old Japanese would have it’s advantages if you wanted to real old texts. I think for now, I’ll stick to modern Japanese and perhaps learn some older Japanese in the future.If you wanna talk about anything in this thrad just post a message. I check the forums daily and post mostly on my study breaks.
