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MGS is confusing enough in English, thinking of it in Japanese is enough to give me a seizure.
I didn’t like 4 much though I must say, thought the camo stuff was a bit stupid.
I usually post random sentences I think of to test out recently learnt words and grammar. I actually get quite worried when writing them, I know you learn from mistakes but I hate it when I get a whole ton of stuff marked red! It doesn’t happen *too* often but I have had a few cases of an entire sentence being basically useless. That mostly happens when I start writing a journal feeling like this: http://i.imgur.com/88DBA.jpg
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Luke.
I like using Lang-8 because it stops me from thinking “Ha, I know how to use you now particle, I don’t need to practice” ;)
It also helps me remember vocab when I’m actually using it too, especially compounds. I try to post at least once every 2-3 days on there because I’m also focusing a lot on vocab. (and a particle book)
Ni No Kuni has furigana on all the kanji btw, that might be worth picking up for the future.
I don’t think any games will be very suitable at that level because of course they are designed for natives, at season two there are many grammar concepts you won’t know of yet. If you mean some games that are in Japanese but you can play regardless of language ability then I would say pick up some Japanese versions of games that are also out in the west, many of which you’d likely have an idea of how to play. e.g. Resident Evil
龍が如く見参！(Yakuza spin-off)is a pretty great game but it’s text heavy and has no English subtitles (no western release), you could always pick it up and save it for later. It is cheap on Play-Asia too though so it’s not that big a deal if you decide to skip it.
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“First, note that the top half of the kanji consists of one and mountain. Of course, the “number 1″ mountain in Japan is Mt. Fuji. The bottom half, under Mt. Fuji, consists of crown and towel. Now for the story. Archaeologists digging under Mt. Fuji (Japan’s #1 mountain) in an ancient royal tomb (they know it’s royal because of the crown) discover what looks like a towel, but after they clean it up, they see it is actually a splendid royal sash for the king’s kimono.”
I can’t believe people actually write stuff this long to remember single kanji
If I was to do it again I wouldn’t do ultimate vocab on TextFugu, some of the verbs (like transitive/intransitive) are so similar and TextFugu doesn’t explain the differences very well on the Anki decks. I wish I started Core vocab decks earlier instead either on iKnow or Anki, they’re much better I think.
Make sure you use Lang-8, I think that’s one resource you can’t afford to not use alongside this site.
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It’s just short term memorisation, most of it will be forgotten the next day. It’s why I don’t say I’ve learnt something until I’m using it like it’s almost second nature.
I was doing 100 kanji a day on RTK for a very short while, in the end it’s not that productive, it leads to overwhelming reviews and you will forget more than you remember, especially when it gets to the more complex ones. (although I was hardly using the RTK reviewing site very productively to begin with)
I’m spending most my time on iKnow and reading this book now, it’s pretty great: http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/All-about-Particles-Naiko-Chino/9784770027818
I’m torn between this and the Japanese Sentence Patterns book missingno loves, I have it but I’m trying to get through this book on particles first, it’s not too long, around 160 pages.
Lol right okay.
@Michael You make a fair point. It just feels like I’d have gotten more from learning grammar instead, but having said that knowing most of these kanji is helping a lot now that I’m getting a ton of compounds thrown at me via vocab!
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I didn’t know anybody was making it out as hard to begin with to be honest.
Don’t quite believe you were proficient with 60+ characters within a day, including writing and recalling them purely from memory. I’m just saying because I thought I was pretty great for getting through 100 kanji and recalling them that day, then I went ahead and forgot most of them the next. Oops.
I don’t think so, but let’s face it Scotland have their head screwed on much more when it comes to university right now. :P
In the age of the Internet those kind of classes are so pointless. At university I’ll be starting from learning hiragana, that will be interesting, by the time I start I’ll be even more ahead than I am now. (2 year head start)
…I need the degree okay.
Recognising kana when they’re in front of you is pretty easy, being able to write and recall the shapes of them in your mind is what takes additional time, also speed reading.
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