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  • in reply to: The Wall of Verbs (Help!) #39044

    Ryatt
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    Hate to double post but I can’t find the edit button.

    I thought I’d share what has really worked wonders for me. Specially how simple it is. I look at how its read in japanese. Hiragana or Kanji if you know that much. Then just look at the English meaning while I repeat the Japanese pronunciation a couple of times while still looking at the English words.

    For instance, for the verb “To Play” look at it in English. Just stare at the words “To Play” then keep repeating 遊びます/あそびます out loud with correct pronunciation. This should help you relate the Japanese to the English. That way you know that 遊びます/あそびます means “To Play” in Japanese.

    It’s pretty simple, but it helped me really learn them quickly. At least much faster than what I originally did. It also makes reviewing it easier.

    in reply to: The Wall of Verbs (Help!) #38957

    Ryatt
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    Oddly enough that really did help. Seeing the kanji really helped. Also just writing it constantly with its meaning helped a bit too. Thanks.

    in reply to: Difficulty with Verbs #32418

    Ryatt
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    Thanks they did help out. I’ll just try and learn the others as they are. Verbs list 2 seems pretty daunting, but I’ll give myself some time before looking for help.

    in reply to: Difficulty with Verbs #32415

    Ryatt
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    Alright, here are the ones I have the most trouble with.

    わかります- To Understand
    おくります – To Send
    かえります – To Return(Home)
    あいます – To Meet
    ならいます – To Learn
    ききます – To Listen
    まちます – To Wait

    in reply to: Difficulty with Verbs #32412

    Ryatt
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    Yeah to eat and drink were the simplest. They just added on the part of the noun we had already reviewed before. I’m sure most of these verbs also take parts from their noun-counterpart, but I guess I’ll just continue drilling it.

    Anki on my phone is helping a bit, but the second set of verbs are probably worse than the first.

    in reply to: Should I Slow Down? #32253

    Ryatt
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    That’s kind of what I was getting at. Though I have no trouble remembering everything up to this point. I go through Anki daily, sometimes 2-3 times just to be able to read, speak and understand the sentences/vocab/kanji better.

    I feel as long as I keep up with Anki and devote some time to reviewing what I’ve learned it will stick. By far the easiest part for me has been the pronunciation. Having Spanish as my second native language and a few years of Italian under my belt it honestly gives me a great range.

    I honestly don’t see myself losing motivation since I’m already planning a summer abroad program to Japan with my university, but wanted to see if pacing myself might be a smarter choice.

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