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Cornucopia of Resources / Guide (read Guide before asking questions):
http://bitlasers.com/djt

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なるべく諦めない!
なせば大抵なんとかなる!

Time spent shitposting is time spent not studying. If you're about to engage in a silly argument or off-topic discussion, close the thread instead. Use your time productively!

Persistence is the key to success. You CAN learn Japanese!
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I still can't find anything I want to read.
Does Mein Kampf have a Japanese translation?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlCRfTmBSGs
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
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あなたが日本語は無理だ。諦めなさい〜。
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>>133484605
Sounds like you should have learnt German instead
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おにいちゃん
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Is there an engaging way to memorize kanji? Anki is great for retention, but I'm having problem short term problems, I can write it down 50 times with stroke order but an hour later it looks Klingon.
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>>133484900
RTK
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Hey guys, I'm thinking of getting a tutor on iTalki because I want a native to practice with because speaking is still hard for me.

Have any of you used the service and have a tutor you could recommend? I just go there and want to pick the cutest girl...
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>>133484935
>go to that site
>first I see is a non-native teaching 5 other languages
This is bullshit
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This image was created as a parody, don't attack it to say the third image isn't hard, we get it, your dick is big
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>>133484899
なんだ?
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>>133484983
You just pick the actual native speakers teaching the native language.

If you look at non natives teaching you'll see that they don't actually get any lessons except that black guy Niam
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>>133484900
Did you do a radical deck, like you should have?
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>>133484986
What the hell are are the organizations in the third one?

I never can get those.
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>Learn for a while
>Stop
>tfw it's harder to understand people now

神様、許してください;___;
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>>133485120
The game doesn't tell you either, there's a in-game dictionary you have to use.
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>>133485119
Yes, but the more convulated the kanji is, the more stupid it becomes to construct a "story/reminder" or whatever you want to call it using them. I'll just end up blankly staring at it like trying to figure out who the murderer is in a story I've only read 2 chapters of.
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tfw can't pass N2
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>>133484986
did they mean CQC or what
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>>133485187
Just remember the radicals the kanji had in a sensible order. You don't need some weird story.
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>>133485352

I've been told learning the radicals is the first step to learning Kanji.

I've also been told I have to learn the radical meanings, but I've also been told radicals have no meaning of their own.

Which one is it?
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>>133485589
Don't kanjis with the 3 drops radicals usually mean something related to liquids? Sounds like a meaning to me
I'm sure there is something else
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>>133485589
Sometimes they have meanings but sometimes they don't. Sometimes the meaning changes. Sometimes they mean something 90% of the time, but in the remaining 10% seem to be present at random.
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>>133485589
複雑だなw
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>>133485589
>I've also been told I have to learn the radical meanings
You need to learn their "names" but only because otherwise you'll not remember the kanji. Think of it as keywords more than anything else. Though often their names/meanings/whatever are pretty helpful.
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>>133485164
>a game that comes with its own dictionary
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>>133485668

like this?

乙 = fishhook radical
亠 = kettle lid

also, some radicals double up as actual kanji on their own, is that going to be a problem?
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>>133485809
Sure.
>is that going to be a problem
They'll be easier to recognize because you already learned them but otherwise not really.
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>>133485589
The only ones you really should know the meaning of are the basic ones like fire, water, tree, heart, person, etc.

The other ones are usually complex/used in complex enough kanji where knowing the actual (or your own arbitrary) meaning isn't really helpful. Unless you're into mnemonics, in which case obviously having names or something for radicals would be helpful, but a lot of people are fine without doing that.
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>>133485639
氵is a variant of 水, if that's what you're talking about.
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>>133486112
What? How
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>>133486136
Just is bro
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>>133486136
With a bit of creative magic.
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What I think seperates DJT from most learning communities, is quite surprisingly, the desire to actually learn Japanese, as metaphorically represented by the kanji 鼠. A normal person learning Japanese wouldn't bother with it and would just learn ねずみ or something. But a DJT person would know they need to know all the kanji they can in order to read fluently, and so would learn it, and feel good when they saw 濡れ鼠 or some such. I bring this up because I just saw someone mention how you only need 2,000 kanji and the rest aren't needed for actually being proficient in Japanese, which I can see but is not something I agree with
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>>133486602
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When did your reading speed become decent?
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>>133486825
As soon as your grammar is good enough your "potential" reading speed will MAX out, almost close to native level speed (50-75% no doubt). At that point the only thing holding you back will be vocabulary, and your speed will be 100% determined by both your vocab level and the vocab level of what you're reading. If I read a small SOL nukige then I will finish almost as fast as a native. If I read a hard plotge then I will be slow as fucking hell.

So the question of when your reading speed becomes decent is, it's when you become familiar with grammar which should only take 3-5 VNs to sort out all the minor stuff that trip people up and slow them down, e.g. るな -> んな. At that point vocabulary will be everything.
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>>133486661
Delusions of grandeur are common signs of puberty.
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>>133486661
>>133486602
Do you think you can post this and not tell us what it's from?
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>>133486990
I don't think learning more kanji is much grandeur. I just say it like I see it. Also, treating other people like kids is a sign of insecurity.
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北東南西
These are all basic grade 2, N5 kanji but you know fuck if I ever see them while reading. I guess this is why newspapers are important
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>>133487039
Was supposed to be >>133486602 and >>133486707
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>open up nukige
>this is literally the second or third line
What the fuck? 瀟洒? Author you're writing for a nukige don't get cocky. I actually had to find 瀟 by just clicking 氵on a radical search and going through the bottom results. Wowee. Well, at least that's another for the kanji grid. The ride never ends everybody
>>133487169
The higii one was 左巻き式ラストリゾート by 海猫沢めろん
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Two babby-tier questions here:

I've noticed that the Japanese R-sounds are sometimes pronounced more like R and sometimes more like L. For example, in my core 10k anki deck the pronounciation for 来年 sounds more like "lainen" than "rainen", while something like 来る has a much more distinct r-sounding pronounciation ("kuru", not "kulu").
Does the pronounciation of R change depending on context or is it just something else (dialect, personal preference etc.)?

Similarly, N- and G-sounds are sometimes pronounced like NG (上げる sounds like "angeru") - is this also just based on dialect/personal preference or is there any rule to how the pronounciation changes?
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>>133487169
It says in the top left corner of >>133486602, but if the kanji is too hard to make out, it's 愚物語. It's part of the Monogatari series.
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シルヴィは何をすることもなくただそこにいる


Does the なく turn the entire "何をすることも"-clause into an adverb that modifies いる?
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Reading this page from Tae Kim's guide:
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/define

>主人公が犯人だったというのが一番面白かった。
>The most interesting thing was that the main character was the criminal.
Why is "という" needed/used here? Wouldn't "の" alone suffice here?

Same goes for the other example sentences:
>日本人はお酒に弱いというのは本当?
>Is it true that Japanese people are weak to alcohol?
>独身だというのは、嘘だったの?
>It was a lie that you were single?
>リブートというのは、パソコンを再起動するということです。
>Reboot means to restart your computer.
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>>133487106
>北東南西
>These are all basic grade 2, N5 kanji but you know fuck if I ever see them while reading. I guess this is why newspapers are important

A lot of Kanji made the cut because of its use in names or government documents even though they rarely appear anywhere else.
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>>133487767
たたずんでいる んだよ。おにいちゃん
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>>133487236
The Japanese don't actually distinguish those as separate sounds.

The best advice I can give is this:

When forming an R/L in a Japanese word, don't touch your tongue to your teeth, but to your upper palette.

This isn't a native thing, but it'll help you learn the sounds.
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The more I read Japanese the more pissed I get at English for using periods in dialogue so much. It's just plain unnatural.
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>>133488264
What? Periods are put where there's a natural pause.
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>>133488362
Not for me, anon, not anymore
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Err
そんなに痛くはないです

Is this correct? Can you actually use the topic marker on adverbs?
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>>133488130
I'm not a native English speaker so I already roll my Rs naturally, which isn't that far off from the Japanese pronunciation (or so I've heard). Was just curious about the R/L distinction, but I googled around for a bit and found this:

>If you ask a Japanese person to say a word like renraku fast, and then gradually ask them to say it more and more slowly, you will notice that what initially sounded like an r becomes an l as they slow down (usually earlier on for women).
>If you tell them that they first said an r and then an l, you will surprise the heck out of them as they usually have no idea about this and will probably be unable to tell the difference.

So I guess native Japanese speakers can't even distinguish the sounds even if they themselves use both interchangeably. Would guess it's the same for N/NG and G/NG.
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>>133488517
Yes, Japs that learn English have a very hard time recognizing, for example, spoken "walled" and "ward" as being different.
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>>133488583
I'm pretty nervous about getting good enough to fuck up しょじょ・しょうじょ type stuff
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>finally know all my hiragana

I CAN learn Japanese!!
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>a little more than three weeks until JLPT N1
Quick, I need to revise my hiragana list
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>>133488583
not surprising since english only has that pussy ass bitch r not a real R
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>>133489123
>pussy ass bitch r
Say "right" using both "r" sounds. The English "r" sounds way more forceful and masculine. The romance language type "r" sounds soft and feminine.
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>>133489256
Just another case where romance languages suck shit and only JP/ENG are any good
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>>133489256
>The English "r" sounds way more forceful and masculine. The romance language type "r" sounds soft and feminine.
are you high
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>>133489256
Finnish 'r' is way manlier.
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Is there an endless mode for Anki?

A "do this and after getting it perfect 10 times and then add one new card and keep going" mode?

If not, I guess I'll have to make some physical cards and do it myself...
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Now I am become kanji, destroyer of reps.
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>>133490677
>make some physical cards
why not just make a program to do it? You can probably even make it read your anki deck
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>>133490777
Because I'm a programming retard. I can hardly customized Anki at all.
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>>133490677
Well, let me just say that Anki isn't based around that because despite what you may thing that's not actually a very smart thing to do.

However you can use custom study to something close to that.
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r8 handwriting
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>>133491088
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>>133490896
Yeah, I know. I think it's an okay method for kana though. I need to completely relearn katakana.

It's not that many physical cards just for katakana, I suppose.

I just wish Anki had the option. It would be good when I needed to go over and over just a few cards when I had trouble differentiating them and meanings when they get introduced together. Like all the meal names, and the happening verbs. Custom Study doesn't really help you go over and over them.
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Word of the day: 喉仏

こっちはアダム、そっちは仏
なんか、妙な偶然というかそうでもないというか
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>>133491166
If it's kana, you can do the "study whole deck" option over and over.
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>>133491207

Throat Buddhist? Throat France?
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>>133491088
Bit juvenile. Find some adult hand writing.
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>>133491166
>http://i.imgur.com/SAxyBBN.jpg

edit the cards, add a custom tag
when you go for custom study choose that tag

It's effort sure, but it'll do what you want
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>>133491364
>url
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>>133491364
Ah, thanks! I'll do that for vocab.

I still think I'll just have to make physical cards to get the endless + gradually adding new learning I want for kana. But I'll definitely do that for vocab now on.
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>>133491444
how the fuck did that url end up in that post ... I didnt ctrl-v

>using imgur to rip out EXIF data

sue me
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>>133491472
>using imgur to rip out EXIF data

Thanks for the tip
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>>133491307
>のどぼとけ
>ほとけ
What do you think?
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>>133490831
If you can install and run python I can probably make a script for you, I think I already have on that I made for myself a while back
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>>133484618
considering how common "must make mom proud" pics are, can't you change this to one that isn't from mind-break doujin?
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>>133491558
れんだくをゆるして
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>>133491307
What does Buddha have to do with France anyway?
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>>133491731
As much as rice has to do with America, dew has to do with Russian or loneliness has to do with Germany.

Wait, that last one actually kind of makes sense I think.
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>tfw I was able to read this guys tattoo

PROGRESS
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>>133491973
Did someone say

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1--VY9Neiks
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Doing Tae Kim

In reference to が and けど

>Just like 「から」 the declarative 「だ」 is required for nouns and na-adjectives.

Does he mean non-conjugated nouns and na-adjectives, or all nouns and na-adjectives?
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>>133492019
>This video contains content from PONYCANYON. It is not available in your country.

LAND OF THE FREE
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>>133492024
>non-conjugated nouns and na-adjectives
What are even conjugated nouns and na-adjectives?
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>>133491166
http://realkana.com/
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>>133492066
じゃない, だった etc
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http://www.weblio.jp/content/洒落込む
>いつもはしたことのないような気のきいたことをする。
Is this saying -
To do something you're not used to doing? I don't really get きのきいた (even knowing it's きがきいた)
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>>133491472
4chan started stripping EXIF about a year ago.
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>>133492185
oh good to know
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>>133492131
Those are conjugated copulas, not nouns and na-adjectives.

To answer your question, the が and けど can come after conjugated copulas too.

これは猫だけど、犬に見える
俺は女だったが、手術の後、男になった
ふつうじゃないけど、僕が好き
この絵はきれいですが、ねだんが高い
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>>133492024
体言: だけど
用言: けど

I think?
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>reviews steadily going up

end it
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>>133492313
I'm just using whatever words Tae is using.
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>>133492318
It's best not to mix national Japanese grammar (i.e. school grammar) with the grammar usually used to teach Japanese as a second language. They're two completely different theoretical frameworks.
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>>133492394
Copulas: だ, です
Nouns and na-adjetives: きれい, いぬ, ひと, バカ

The first conjugate, the second are inflexible.
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>>133492137
pls respond
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>>133492137
>気が利く きがきく (exp,v5k) to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
>to be tasteful;
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>>133492411
Could be, well then how about
名詞、形容動詞: だけど
動詞、形容詞: けど
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>>133492500
So to do something *tasteful* that you don't usually do?
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>>133492137
More like "to do something uncharacteristically clever/smart" or "to do an out-of-the-ordinary (UUUU) clever thing"?
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>>133492563
The example sentence is 家族そろってハワイで正月と-・む which doesn't really sound "uncharacteristically clever/smart" to me
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Someone wanna knock some logic onto me so that I can remember this word? It won't stick it. Always ends up last on my reps.

往復
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>>133491621
Her will was never broken, you know. The same can't be said for many people here.
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>>133492628
Do RTK
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>>133492628
You shall forever remember 往復 as "That one fucking word I can't remember". By the power of irony it will be the easiest word for you, from now on.
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Is there any reason for writers to choose to sometimes write okurigana differently?

Like writig "向って" instead of "向かって" (even though both read as "むかって")

Also, what does it mean when, in vertical script, there is a "`" or "~" mark to the right of a character (i.e. between the lines of script)?
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>>133492511
形容動詞 is a concept exclusive to the national grammar (I just made up this term but I need a word to differentiate it from the grammar taught to foreign learners). They correspond to the na-ajectives, but in Japan they typically consider them words that conjugate, that is, the だ, だった, な and other stuff you put after it are considered mere inflections of the word.

na-adjectives on the other hand are seen as inflexible words, that it, the stuff that comes after it are considered mere particles and copulas just as they are in normal nouns.

The two grammars differ in several other ways, and in some point like in syntactic analysis they're completely different, but the 形容動詞/na-adjective thing is the one you're most likely to come across and become confused about. The way they classify the stuff you put after conjugated words can be the source of some confusion too.
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>>133492676
>implying there won't be a few more thousands "That one fucking word he can't remember" in the near future
往復 is in Kore2k.
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>>133492547
お洒落 = fashionable
洒落こむ = become fashionable
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>>133492681
Trying to be special literary snowflakes
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>>133492785
Ça me rends très triste...
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>>133492590
In that context "sensible/tasteful/tactful" etc seems more appropriate, given it's about dressing up? Like, dressing up uncharacteristically properly given that you're getting together with the desu senpai? IDK though don't take my word for it
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>>133492702
You can call it 国語 here.
Anyway thanks for the clarification, I haven't bothered looking too much into the lingustic side of things, but I've come across the terms a lot when reading Japanese explanations of grammar.
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>>133492853
Since when did that autocorrect? Are no dank memes safe from Hiroyuki?
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>>133492785
イスラム教信者の移住許していけないね
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>>133492785
>A BBC journalist at the Petit Cambodge restaurant says he can see 10 people on the road either dead or seriously injured.

>He says police have now arrived and sealed off the area.

lol BBC arrived before the police
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>>133492785
What does this have to do with Japanese?
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>>133492991
>not learning Japanese solely to be able to emigrate there once the mudslimes take over Europe
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>>133492991
The main reason I am learning Japanese is so I can escape from Europe when the muslim takeover finally comes. I know, immigrating to escape from immigrants is ironic but there's no other way.
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>>133492991
Nothing.

>>133492785
>>133492833
>>133492929
>>133492979
Fuck off. There are better places to talk about this. This isn't a chat club.
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>>133492785
This is off-topic

Let the normies shoot each other up. Discuss Japanese
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>>133492759
Do you think it actually makes the writing more "aesthetically pleasing" for Japanese people?
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>>133493040
But then you will be the refugee
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>>133493039
>>133493040
Or emigrate to a small town where Muslims don't go because all they know about your country is (insert biggest 2 cities here)
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>>133493039
>>133493040
You sound like some crazy /pol/tards. Take it over there.
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>>133492681
>Is there any reason for writers to choose to sometimes write okurigana differently?
Maybe he pressed space bar twice when typing by accident.
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>>133493103
It's common sense, Muhammad.
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All this talk of national grammar and 洒落込む has made me pretty depressed, I was feeling pretty good about everything but now it feels like I'm way over my head. Japanese really is hard
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>>133493101
http://dailycaller.com/2015/10/31/german-town-of-100-gets-enriched-by-750-migrants/

>>133493103
It's a serious issue, ask any European.
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>>133493101
>>133493103
>what is a joke

>>133493225
fuck off
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>>133493217
Basically every language is like that, it's not worth getting depressed about. Just stop to think about english for a second. There are a ton of subtle, implied, contextual rules, meanings and associations that you take for granted because you were raised with them. Getting used to them is just part of learning.
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>>133493225
You aren't safe anywhere in Germany. You will have to wait the great European Uprising against the barbarian hordes and the masters who guide them.
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>>133493217
Seeing 1 word have about 10 different definitions bugs me more than anything
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>>133493333
This is Japanese language topic quadman. Not a German one
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>>133493217
I was in the two talks. I'm three years in right now and I just learned this thing about the grammars a few months ago. It's nothing but useless trivia anyway, there's no need to know about 国語 (national grammar) unless you actually want to learn old literary Japanese.

As for the 洒落込む, that's literally just one word (two if you consider it 洒落+込む), there's no reason to beat yourself that.

Cheer up anon, I hate to see you sad because of what I said. I'm a lazy fuck who never did too many reps and skipped on them all of the time, plus I don't read half as much as I oughta, yet I managed somehow. You can do it to.
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>>133493388
It says the market has been emptied by refugees in "great need", sorry for inconvenience etc. etc.
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Does anyone know of any japanese-language style guides? It bothers my autism to not understand why authors choose to sometimes write a word in kanji and in other times in hiragana (and still in other times in katagana)...
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>unless you actually want to learn old literary Japanese.
>plus I don't read half as much as I oughta, yet I managed somehow.
I read a lot too, the thing is, I want to read Muramasa, and a lot of other higher level stuff, so to really be confronted with the fact I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel so to speak (only being comfortable in a bubble of light novels and moeshit) is pretty discouraging for that dream in particular. I'm not too concerned with learning Japanese per se, I'm concerned with being GOOD at Japanese enough to read the harder stuff which would require 国語 and whatnot. I actually had to read some lessons on 古文 in order to get through a section of Legend of Galactic Heroes and that's filled me with dread ever since.
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>>133493057
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm27559341
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>>133493336
English is the most guilty of that I think.
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>>133493423
Is there a lot of old literary Japanese?

Might be a fun challenge, but not if there's only like 10 surviving poems or shitty gossip books about Kyoto courtly life.
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Whats the point of memorizing vocab and grammar. When I plug a vocab word into anki and memorize it (and I dont mean memorize the translation, I look at multiple sentences that include the word), I get the same problem a lot of anons get when they learn katakana

they dont see what they memorize in raw material at all, and just forget about it in a week.

So, im wondering. Maybe I shouldn't strive for memorization, but just reading as much raw material as possible. Im not against learning, I think its necessary to read up on grammar points, and to look up translations in a dictionary. But just, the only way to get good at japanese, is just being exposed to it over and over again.

So idk, this has probably been discuss on djt a lot though.
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>>133493423
That's like saying that knowing the difference between the germanic and latin roots of english words is useless trivia.
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>>133493734
Japan is actually quite famous for how much of their history and whatnot they preserved.
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>>133493553
>linking to shit 20th century tier websites just because they are Japanese
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cb0_1447249820
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>>133493819
>bitching about Japanese website design

Don't do that. They're infinitely preferable to the utter shit we have these days where everything is designed for normie-phones
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>>133493772
The "point" is to ultimately have that information wired into your brain so that your processing speed isn't gimped by having to look things up all the time. But whatever method floats your boat is fine. The end goal is pretty simple but a lot of djters get tangled up in pointless pedagogical debates without even realizing it.
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>>133493772
It takes a second to review a card, it's simply the most efficient way to keep that word floating in your memory. Yes you won't understand every nuance or use case of the word just by pressing OK in anki, that only comes from reading. But there are tens of thousands of words you need to know, you can't study each word in depth. Anki is just a shortcut to get to a point where you can start reading without wanting to kill yourself from all the dictionary lookups.
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>>133493848
EVERYTHING about nico is complete fucking garbage, not just the design.
You can't even watch without using fucking flash player, and when I still used it I remember half of the time you had to watch the video at 360p (and still slow as shit) because "servers are overloaded, buy premium now!"
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>>133493772
The problem with just reading and not using anki is that, for one, you'll need to consume a LOOOT more content to get the same density of new material (20 minutes of reviews + 10 cards would have more unknown material than several hours of reading, for me). For me, personally, learning kanji is really hard through plain reading considering how rarely some pop up. I've read 20 some VNs to completion and some manga, but I saw 瀟 for the FIRST time today. Who the fuck knows when I'll see it again? But when I do see it, I'll want to know it, and the same is true for tons and tons of other kanji that collectively appear frequently enough to be necessarily but individually appear quite rarely.

You can learn through pure reading. Anki is just a supplement tp reading, it can't stand alone. But it's a really fuckin' good supplement, and if you drop it I think it will bite you on the ass.
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>>133493848
haha wow
>implying the Japanese internet isn't the one that's completely geared towards either current mobile devices or 90s era home PCS.
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>>133493900
>during every funny scene
>WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW(・ω<) (;´ρ`) (;´д`) (;◔ิд◔ิ) (。・_・。) (。・ˇ_ˇ・。) (。・ω・。) (。・Д・)ゞ (。◕ฺˇε ˇ◕ฺ。) ₍₍ ◝(●˙꒳˙●)◜ ₎₎ ([∂]ω[∂]) (」`o´)」(/`o´)/ (」・ω・)」(/・ω・)/ (@´,,・ω・,,`@) (@'ω'@) (* Ŏ∀Ŏ)・;゙.:’;、 (*`・ω・)ゞ (*`益´*) (*´・ω・)(・ω・`*) (*´ω`*) (*´ω`*) (*^^*) (*^-^*) (*・〜・*) (*・ω・) (*‘ω‘ *) (*∂ω∂*`) (*∩ω∩) (*≧∀≦*) (*゚Å゚;*) (*థ౪థ) (*゚ェ゚*) (*ノ∀`*) (*ノ∀◕ฺ*)σ (/ω\) (つд・) (#^ω^) (#•v•#) (•̥̀ ̫ •̥́) (•^u^•) (•_•) (〃・ิ‿・ิ)ゞ (° o°)! (°o°:) (=TェT=) (=ω=.) (>。<;)y-~ (∞ ั ⊝ั ) (∩´・ω・`)⊃ (≧Д≦) (╬^д^)凸 (●´⌓`●) (●´ω`●)ゞ (● ̄(エ) ̄●)ゞ (● ̄ω ̄●)ノ (●'w'●) (◕‿‿◕。) (◕ฺ ▿ฺ ◕ฺ) (◞‸◟) (◡‿◡*) (ฺ◣д◢)ฺ ( Д ) (´∀`艸)  (óò)ノ (‿)ノ ( ゚д゚ ) (╹◡╹) (◕ ‿◕ฺ)ノ))。₀: *゚ฺβyё βyё゚ฺ*:₀ (◖◡ ◗) (ฺ◕ฺ‿◕ฺ) (ฺ◡ฺ‿ฺ◡ฺ) (〒ó〒) (íoì) (o^冖^o) (o'ω'o) (òロó) (oロo)!! (ò皿ó) (p*・ω・`*q) (p*・ω・)p (pдq`。) (T^T) (y^ω^y) (ΦωΦ) (ლ╹◡╹)ლ (ㅎωㅎ*) (ᇴ‿ฺᇴ) (つ´,,・ω・,,`)つ (っ´ω`c) (っ*´∀`*)っ (つД・) (つД⊂) (ノ)ω(ヾ) o<´ω`>o (((・ω・))) (ヾノ・∀・`) (ヾノ'д'o) (ー∀ー;) [>=<] ༼ꉺɷꉺ༽ ( ´・ω) (´・ω・) (・ω・`)

I fucking hate the Japanese, why am I learning their language....
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>>133493900
>EVERYTHING about nico is complete fucking garbage
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>>133493848
You're a retard
A good part of what makes jap internet so shit is because they browse it through 10 years old dumbphones, just look at their image / textboards
Thank God the White Man took imageboards and evolved them into what they are today
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>>133493935
Because you aren't smart enough to learn Chinese and glorious 5,000 years of history?
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>>133493935
I ask myself that at least once a week

I despise Japs. Every time I forget why, I'll end up talking to one during a language exchange, then I'm immediately reminded why
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>>133493998
Chinese languages are easier. Grammar is a joke, and all the characters generally have 1 reading

Only difficult part is tones
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>>133493998
5000 years of 焚書坑儒
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>>133494045
Good grief. What historical event led to the creation of that word?
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>>133494079
I dunno, maybe the Chinese burning books and burying Confucian scholars alive?
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>>133494002
>>133493935
>Medieval-tier feudal rice farmer language
>wondering why it's shit
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>>133494022
>>133494045
Dear japanese shills, could your insecurity complex re the Chinese BE any bigger?
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>>133494128
But we already speak a medieval tier feudal wheat farmer language
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>>133493900
This. Pretty much any website made by the Japanese is utter trash that would've been outdated even by the standards of 10 years ago.

>>133493998
>and glorious 5,000 years of history?
You mean the 5,000 years which were erased from history in the "cultural revolution"?
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>>133494183
Medieval period had ended before Modern English came to be.

Old English is a great language anyway.

Wheat > Rice
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>>133492785
8 gunmen with AKs and grenades
Also they took hostages apparently
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>>133494183
Yes, a medieval tier language that has been developed for over 500 years since the renaissance (not to mention the massive linguistic developments before that resulting from the norman invasion).

Whereas on the other hand Japan was literally a feudal society until ~150 years ago
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>>133494293
at least 45 dead and around 100 hostages
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/619339/Gunman-Paris-Restaurant-Explosion-Bar-Stadium-Charlie-Hebdo-Fire-Dead-Casualties
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>>133494195
Bourgeois reactionary pls go
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>>133493527
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO6iUPCfLGs&list=PLKRhhk0lEyzM-XOmo9F55BoRlPSSivcVd

I learned the いろは of 国語 from this series. It's a pretty decent introduction and it's very well presented. After it I feel like I might be able to start tackling more advance stuff.
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>>133494347
Time to return all muslims back to the shithole they crawled out of
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>>133493772
anki is supposed to give a first "boost" so reading is not a pain and then work as a very secondary supplement to reading. It's not supposed to provide you with all of your vocab.
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>>133494525
Not all muslims are the same. Terrorists are just a small (albeit vocal) group within muslims.
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>>133494612
How many words until you should jump into reading. 1k?
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>>133494662
1k or 2k it doesn't even matter you will still be looking up kanji and words more than doing any actual reading
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>>133494662
1k is enough. I didn't even have that when I started. The more you get the softer the blow will be. The problem is that I hear core2k has a lot of useless words that you won't see very often. If only somebody would make a weeb2k.
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>>133494662
You can start any time, but 2k is the latest you should wait
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>>133494691
>>133494706
>>133494707
That's what I was planning to do. Get to 1k then start my own mining deck. Almost done with Tae Kim as well.

Thanks!
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>>133494347
If it turns out these shits all came from Syria, I hope that treacherous bitch Merkel gets responsibility for this.

>>133494631
It only takes a small minority to do this. Do you see Buddhists going on shooting sprees across Europe? Nope. It's always the fucking Muslims. They even do this shit in their own countries to each other on a regular basis.
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Is it just me or is it far less frustrating to forget the meaning of a word than it is to forget how to say the word?
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>>133494347
たすけて
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>>133494757
Good luck. Just don't get too down when Japanese rapes your ass. It hurts the first few hundred times.
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>>133494758
Merkel won't be held responsible for anything until the people themselves decide to.
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>>133494772
Forgetting the reading seriously pisses me off.
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>>133494519
>tfw i could understand pretty much everything in this video.

Thanks anon you made me feel slightly less terrible.
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>>133494758
She won't. It's more or less a certainty she's going to win the next election

The Germans are fucked
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>>133494347
It's at least 60 now.
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>started studying a year and a half ago
>emotional breakdown
>didn't study for 3 months
>trying to force myself to study again
Deep down I want to give into the knowledge that I can't learn Japanese.
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There's a million topics and websites and shit for you to discuss normies blowing each other up

Take it to there.
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>>133494911
>terrorists
>normies
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>>133494800
I started modifying the way I think about cards on anki to put emphasis on how to read the word rather than emphasis like I was doing before and I'm already noticing an improvement.

Even doing their readings in reverse order foces me to pay attention to what the reading is for each kanji
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>>133494911
I hope the next grenade those muddies launch will go through your window, faggot
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>>133494937
Depends on whether they're lone wolves or not. Lone wolves may or may not be normies. Terrorists who operate in groups are normies by definition.
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>>133494776
日本に移民してイスラム教の熱狂的信者を避けたらなんとかなるね、おにいちゃん。 頑張って!
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>>133494937
Do they routinely fap to drawings of cute little girls? Then they're the same as normies to me.
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>>133494904
A year should be plenty of time to get good enough to read porn well enough to know you can make it
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>>133494998
Muslims are pedos by definition.
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When you're learning katakana in realkana, do you find it more helpful when to do hiragana and katakana separately or together?
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>>133494904
I know that feel desu senpai. You should study because it's fun, there's no need to force yourself. Don't be so hard on yourself anon, I know you can do it.
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>>133495030
Do hiragana first and then katakana, after that review them all at the same time
It doesn't even matter, just do them. If you forget some kanas you will easily get them while doing core
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>>133495001
Well, it's a year minus the 3 and a half months I spent sleeping. I was only really beginning to get into reading.

I'm going to spend a week trying to do grammar (+Anki vocab) intensely before I fully delve into reading.

>>133495059
At least it's shown me that the stuff I know, I actually memorized long term, since my score coming back to Anki wasn't completely awful. I hope we both make it, bra. Prayer circle.
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>>133495030
You're going to come across them so much in reading, that it doesn't matter which way you learn them.

It'll be slow and crappy at first though, but that's Japanese learning in a nutshell. Slow and crappy
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>>133494519
>mfw listening to that video
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Why doesn't the op include an easy and comprehensive list of Japanese TV channel streams?
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>>133496346
Streams die a lot
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>>133496408
Man would have never stepped on the Moon if everyone had that attitude.
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>>133495612
The videos are aimed at a middle school audience, if that makes you feel any worse. The good news is you could probably follow it with a comparatively small amount of listening practice, emphasis on the comparatively.
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>>133497260
I followed it pretty fine actually, I posted that image too soon.
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>>133497207
If something like that were to be added, I'd prefer it to be a quick guide to finding links yourself. Or at least be a link to an unlisted pastebin/spreadsheet that can be edited by someone who cares to update that since the guide maintainer probably doesn't want to be constantly bugged about new / dead streams.
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>page 10
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>native speakers
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>was going to watch anime
>terrorists start shitting up paris
>spent 4 hours listening to news
Fucking terrorists and their bullshit distracting me from anime
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>>133500581
watch it in japanese, fag
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>>133500603
>trusting nips to properly translate the English sources they get
kek
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>>133500686
The sources are all French in the first place
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>>133500133
What the fuck happened to make the person post that thing?
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>>133500866
He used が when he should have used は
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>>133500866
He filmed his three-year-old son smoking cigarettes. It's all over Japanese news.
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>>133484986
Good thing chuunige are uniformly shit so you can just enjoy good things.
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>>133485728
It's not that uncommon. Steins;Gate has one, and that game isn't particularly difficult to read.
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>>133501268
There's lots of pretty nice scenes in Innocent Bullet, in most moege I get bored in between ichaicha or whatever because the authors don't give a shit about writing anything meaningful, but in Innocent Bullet I find myself generally engaged with what ever's going on.
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>>133500995
I raff'd, thanks.

>>133501120
I see, seems like something to commit sudoku over.
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rate my autism
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Wew lad
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>>133502101
how fluent are you?
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>>133502217
I have no doubt if those stats are real he's pretty fucking fluent
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>>133502296
i want to hear from the man himself what he can do and what he still struggles with
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>>133502101
45 more autistic than me
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>>133502296
He could easily be some sperg who has spent hundreds of hours grinding kanji in Anki, but still can't form a proper sentence.
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>>133502439
>23,000 mature words
At that point he could converse fluently just by chaining nouns and gesturing
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Anyone else feel that they can learn kanji and memorise its meanings, but forget it all when they see it in a sentence?
I'll see two kanji I know put together, and have no idea what wording should be applied.
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>>133502296
They are real and I think you just underestimate how much there is to learn. Still working on getting better because I'm no where near native level reading speed yet.
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今日も己が必ず日本人になる事になる
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>>133502494
Because memorizing meanings of kanji isn't anything. Are you finally realizing how shitty RTK is?
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>>133502528
This, to be honest.
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>>133502501
I read a lot of nukige and moege and despite having only 6,000 words in anki I read pretty damn fast. Muramasa or heck a political article would slow me down a lot but for casual reading I'm pretty fast. Can't speak for shit though.
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>>133502528
I should have said "reading"
I see two kanji put together, and don't know what readings should be applied.
Would it be more effective to memorise the spelling of individual words?
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>>133502809
>If I want to learn words, should I do so by learning words or by not learning words?
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at last

a tangible reason to learn japanese

so i can move out of islamité
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>>133503282
You may go, but they'll follow.
http://www.sankei.com/politics/news/140313/plt1403130006-n1.html
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>>133505098
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>>133505098
てがきでは、ひだりの字形のつかってね。おにいちゃん
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>It's easier to read Japanese on my phone than it is on my home browser.
How do you guys unfuck your fonts?
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>>133505747
M E I Y R O P L U G I N
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>>133505775
I'll check it out, thanks nig.
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>>133486136
Because chinese characters used to be written differently. Here's an actual explanation.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/水#Etymology
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/河#Etymology
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I don't want to do my reps or read. I just want to keep watching ガラスの仮面 with English subs.
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>>133506218
>with English subs
cant learn jap
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>>133506323
Listening practice is too hard. If it is a series I am interested in, I want to be able to understand it, and if it is a series I am not interested in, I don't want to watch it at all.

I wish I was a person who enjoyed rewatching things, but unfortunately I am not.
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>>133506416
Hence, can't learn jap. What part didn't you get?
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>>133506323
>implying english subs are bad for listening practice
You can't learn Japanese
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>>133506436
Can deaf people learn Japanese? If they can then so can I.
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>>133506723
Well you're not repping or reading so there's only one place for you.
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外人でも日本語ができるはずなんだよおおおおおおおお!!!
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>>133506942
Almost anon, almost.
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>>133506942
お  で  わ  ご
早  き  た  め
う  ま  し  な
下  せ  に  さ
さ  ん  わ  い
い             だ
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>>133507160
>お早う下さい
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ニーハオ
皆さん、今日の日本は曇ある
アニョハセヨ
サイチェン
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俺わ日本
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ぼく わ じゃぱn です
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俺は趣味が多すぎる(笑)
時間が少ない (;﹏;)
助けて
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僕は韓国人。僕も日本語を習いたいです!
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>>133507922
ニートになって
4ch行くのを止めれば
なんだってできるよ!

あとはつまらない趣味をやめることかな
日本語と数学だけでいいんだ
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>>133507922
Join us
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>>133507448
>アニョハセヨ
I don't know why foreigners have so much difficulty pronouncing Korean.
>anyeo(ng) (hi/bye)
>shiba(l) (fuck)
>oppa(n) gangnam style
shit always bothers me
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>>133507994
>>133508032
2月まで言質がないのに、常に暇つぶししてゴロゴロする。
5ヶ月間日本語を勉強してるけどまだ苦手。うまくなりたい。
俺の趣味はギター引くことや絵描くことや日本語習うこと。よく忙しくなる。
ニートになったのが知らないけど、怠け者になった(;_;)

Excuse my unreadable Japanese
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こんにちは
お元気ですか
日本語はうまくなりましたか
こんどいつあえる
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So I heard there was a tsunami in Japan. Was it actually big enough to cause damage?
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>tfw I started learning japanese to understand my music collection and can understand most of the lyrics now

Nothing feels as good as this
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>>133508758
No it was like 30cm high
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>>133508778
>>133506118
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I'm just getting real dang tired of looking up vocabulary. I know it'll be at least 2 more years of this, just constant look-ups, and I'm tired of it. I only do 10 words a day in anki, maybe I should do more, but I dislike anki just as much as I find looking up vocabulary to be tedious. So troubling. I just want to read a wiki page without being stumped.
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>have to learn math symbols in addition to kanji
Shieeeettt
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>>133509519
You don't know that symbol?
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>>133509537
Really, anon? Is that what you want to do?
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>>133509546
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_operators_and_symbols_in_Unicode
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/≒

>≒ (U+2252), which is used like "≃" in both Japanese and Korean
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>>133509636
Yeah, I looked it up.
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>>133509663
then there's nothing to complain about
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>>133509681
What the heck are you talkin' about, dude? I was just making a light joke, not making a serious complaint or anything.
inb4 "it wasnt funny"
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>>133509731
it /really/ wasn't funny
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>>133509743
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>>133509731
I enjoyed your post.
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Is there any reason not to just get all my reviews done in the morning, and then do as many new cards as I have spare time through that day, instead of having a set 30 cards or however many that I must do each day.
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>>133510267
Your reviews will quickly rise to unmanageable levels if you're not careful.
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>>133510267
More new cards = more reviews

Do 50 cards a day, and you're going to be faced with around 500 cards to review. If you find your current review load quite high already, then don't increase the amount of new cards you're doing.
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きょうのdjtはしずかなのん
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>>133510958
>きょう
こよい
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>>133511115
まだよいのくちなのん
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>桜は去年のように早く咲かないといいですね。

Does this mean "I hope the sakura doesn't bloom fast like it did last year" or "I hope the sakura doesn't bloom fast, the same way it didn't bloom fast last year"? And how would I say whichever one it isn't then?
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>>133509624
Just started Haruhi, huh.
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>>133511966
>去年は早く咲いてしまって、残念だった。今年は遅く咲くといいよね

だよ。おにいちゃん
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>>133512107
じゃ、他の意味をどう言える、妹殿?
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>>133512164
>桜は去年のように遅く咲くといいですね。
でしょう?
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俺の息子は大きいいですよ:DDDDDDDDDD
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>>133512339
>息子
>チンポの代わりに
お前は穴を食べる?
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>>133512262

>遅く咲く
>早く咲かない

But it's the same shit, how can one say a sentence like >>133511966 means one or the other, shit's confusing.
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>>133494893
At least 127 now
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>>133512420
>どちらかといえば、早く咲いたと言えなくもない気もしなくはないとも思えない。

さあ、どっちだとおもう?おにいちゃん
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>イスラム教は日本を征服する
>アニメはハラムになる
>日本語を学ぶ理由はもうない
どうすればいいのかな
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What are the rules for 猫語?
>all なs become にゃs, eg そうなんだ becomes そうにゃんだ
>put にゃ at the end of every sentence which would otherwise have an ending like よ or わ, eg そうですよ becomes そうですにゃ
How's that?
Also are there any quality texts written entirely in 猫語?
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>>133512546
>早く咲いたと言えなくもない気もしなくはないとも思えない
the fuck is this even trying to say, you lost me imouto.
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>>133512546
>早く咲いたと言えなくもない気もしなくはないとも思えない。
すなわち「はやくさいたとはいえないとおもう、おにいちゃん」?
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>>133512745
すなわち「あたしは、早く咲いたか、遅く咲いたか、覚えていない」だよ。
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>>133512791
なんの関係だこの話?!覚えてるか覚えてないか知るカァァ!!
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Saturday night in Japan negroes. Recommend me what type of poison to drink myself to sleep with, and what to watch while doing it.
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>>133512987
やーい、引っかかったでゲソ
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>>133512995
bleach while watching bleach
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>>133513083
ひどいよアノんくん
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>>133513222
アノんくんってだーれ?知り合い?
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>>133513246
とーっても頭の悪い子よ
しかも童貞で学校でみんなに嫌われまくってる!
彼としゃべってはいけないよ
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>>133513290
ほんとに悪そうだねー
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>>133513354
お前だよ
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>>133513359
いや、お前がな
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>>133513359
>>133513441
>ur a stupid head
>no, ur a stupid head
>no, ur a stupid head
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I think I'm just gonna wait until I know more words before I do any intense reading that isn't a shounen manga
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>>133513491
口論に横から口出しするんじゃねえよこのブスが
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>finish reps
>time to learn 20 more cards
>up to 400 words now
>new cards come

>七

What the fuck?

>九

Seriously?

Literally impossible to know which reading the deck is showing me in future reviews.
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>>133512420
so is there any actual explanation for this, or is it just a pecularity of the language?
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>>133514246
Well for those you really have to know every reading by heart

Same with 四

If it does it for any other words just put them on the same card

and if you're /really/ mad, you can just suspend all the number cards. don't let minor qualms get in the way of your learning
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>>133514290
It's fine, I can remember them (they were the only 2 cards I retained from yesterday... i think my brain is broken)

Just surprised me that they still throw numbers at me at this stage
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>>133514246
>七
>匕

>九
>カ
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>>133514371
Not even a thing, they're very different.
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When's the last time anything in the OP site was updated?

The archive link still goes to moe, a bunch of links throughout the pages are broken, etc.

Do they need some emailing or should we switch to a wiki because nobody actually keeps track of this stuff?
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>>133513558
That's a bit of a beginners trap. Try not to fall for it too hard or you'll be stuck learning vocab forever because you'll never know enough words

Once you're between 1k-2k, you should be starting reading and word mining. It'll suck hard for a while, but that's Japanese for you.
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>>133514246
Core is retarded for having both readings on separate cards. More retarded yet is that they separate them but don't give any indication of which card is which (e.g. 七 [1], 七 [2]).

Core is really not very good. The definitions are largely inferior to the definitions given by EDICT, and there are lots of stupid things like what you mentioned (another stupid thing is where they give you a word, tell you one definition of it and then use a completely different definition of the word in the example sentence).
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>>133493935
>open up niconico
>annoying fucking TTS voice
>stupid fucking fake "anime girl" voices from every. single. female streamer
>WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW (in robot TTS voice)
>absolute potato quality
>"please become a member to watch further"

At least there's no fucking facecams and 50 billion donation/follow/subscribe alerts though. That's something.
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>>133514486
>The definitions are largely inferior to the definitions given by EDICT
Which, it itself, is not quite perfect. But there hasn't been a crusade to fix all the definitions for words included in 6k, so it can't be helped.
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>>133514486
Yea, I don't like using core. At all. But I need something to do whilst I'm still learning grammar. Soon as I start reading and making my own deck, the quicker I can think about getting rid of Core.
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屁放男
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>>133514408
Wikis always end up neglected too. Check out the /a/ wiki or the /g/ wiki, for instance. After the initial interest in them waned, nobody bothered with them anymore.

The guide used to be editable, but that privilege was removed after people kept graffitiing it, both intentionally and unintentionally (unintentionally because Google didn't make you confirm your changed, meaning people could accidentally drag and drop parts of sentences while highlighting them with their mouse).
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>>133514557
Welp.

I'll mess around with the idea of a wiki for a few days. If I get something presentable I'll post about it. The problem is for someone to host it somewhere that it won't get immediately taken down like djt.minna was.
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How do I only get results from japanese sites in google image search? I search for a kanji but I get chinese stuff, and adding a particle to the end of the kanji dramatically changes what google interprets.
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>>133514568
I say no wiki. It's best for us to lay low.
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>>133514557
>Google didn't make you confirm your changes*
Fuck. I make so many spelling errors of this type. I always somehow type "d" instead of "s". Even though I'm aware of it, I can't seem to stop doing it.
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>>133514595
And google docs is any better?
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>>133514584
>How do I only get results from japanese sites in google image search?
Change your locales and shit to Japanese.
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>>133514722
I'll still get chinese shit if I search for a kanji.
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>>133514742
No, you won't.
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>>133514414
Yeah I've been doing that for a while. I'll keep reading manga and stuff but I'll keep away from LNs I wanna read for a while. Not knowing every word in a sentence makes grammar even more difficult but manga stuff is okay.

I have about 1200 mature cards in anki and about 700 young
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>>133514817
Searched for 閣 and got https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/太魯閣牌樓 in the first four, tons of other chinese site images too.
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>>133514742
>>133514859
Try throwing a few hiragana in your search query. Should eliminate almost all chinese.
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>>133514891
I tried adding particles but it radically changes what google looks for. For example 亭を vs 亭は
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So I've been thinking about whether sentences is good or bad for learning Japanese. Currently, I'm experimenting with having a sentence with grammar or a word I don't know on the front, and then the definition of said grammar point/word on the back. While it's easier to recall the meaning due to the context, and I feel like learning the word in context is good for comprehending the meaning, I'm starting to wonder whether the time spend making the cards and the increased review time is worth the effort or not, since said time could be spent reading.

What do you guys think about sentences vs single words on the front of?
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>>133514859
https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=%E9%96%A3&hl=ja&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAmoVChMI99KjyvyPyQIVAlkmCh1-CQIn&biw=1096&bih=634

The first 30 or so results are Japanese for me.
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>>133514937
on the front of anki cards* てへぺろ
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>>133514937
I use pure sentence decks with Japanese-Japanese definitions. I think they're the most optimal. Making cards doesn't take very much time for me.
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>>133514968
How do you make your cards? Currently I need to paste the sentence into anki, and then paste the definition from a dictionary. With single words, I could easily have rikai generate cards with meaning, readings and sound for 100 cards in the time it takes to make 10 sentence cards.
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>>133514937
I think sentence decks are fine but if you're trying to memorize a word you should have the sentence on the back. If you want to target a particular word with a sentence on the front for some reason you should keep your vocabulary deck a vocabulary deck, and add a card focusing on that word to your sentence deck.

But if you only have a words deck with sentences on the front you're going to get a lot of misassociations.
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>>133514937
MCDs are the only way

Single words are inefficient. Sentences encourage you to be lazy. MCDs are the true victor.
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>>133514999
>How do you make your cards? Currently I need to paste the sentence into anki, and then paste the definition from a dictionary.
That's how I do it. Never done single vocab cards.
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>>133514968
>I use pure sentence decks with Japanese-Japanese definitions. I think they're the most optimal. Making cards doesn't take very much time for me.
So....

Front:
いきます
Back:
いきます
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>>133514937
Unless you have some means of randomising the sentence on the card every time it shows up, this is not a good idea. Having a sentence on the front will let you cheat (whether you intend to or not) on words that you actually don't know but were able to remember because of the sentence they're in.

If you want sentences on your cards, put them on the back.

Also, you will get plenty of exposure to the word in a variety of sentences once you start reading.
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I feel bad for that guy who was getting ganged up on by koolaid-drinkers on koohii for saying that putting sentences on the front of a vocab deck is usually a bad idea.
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>>133514619
Yes.
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>>133515084
Front:
店に行きます
Back:
目的地へ向かって進む。

I should note my first 1000 or so cards were Japanese to English.
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>>133515047
How much time do you spend making cards then?

>>133515084
Pretty sure he means something like this:
Front: あるとき テレビ局から企画が持ち込まれた
Back: 【企画】ある事を行うために計画をたてること。また、その計画。くわだて。「秋の公演を―する」

>>133515094
You make a fair point, although I'm not sure having the word in a sentence will result in that much cheating. While it's easier to recall it, the word will probably be next to similar words and particles when I see it in the wild.
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>>133515152
I don't think so tim

Google knows what links you click. Google knows what account you're logged in with when you view the spreadsheet. Google knows that you got the title from the spreadsheet when you go to google the title of something you don't know about. Google knows when you submit a link using the Google forms form. Google knows when you use your Gmail account to email CoR-kun or Guide-kun. And the NSA has express backdoor access into all of Google's data, and the NSA is buddy-buddy with the FBI, and the CIA and FBI are both hilariously insecure and mismanaged and trade data with law enforcement and hollywood. Once TPP hits, they're going to involve the japanese pop media conglomerates as well. You're already screwed.
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>>133515194
>How much time do you spend making cards then?
It depends. There's a lot of recursive defining and dictionary cross-referencing and looking for example sentences on twitter or other native sources when the dictionary is lacking. Part of the point is to be thorough.
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>>133515211
What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.
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>>133515241
It also depends on if I have to transcribe or if I can just copy and paste from text.
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>>133515241
This here is why I'm wondering why questioning the sentence approach. I'll agree that J-J sentence cards probably are among the most efficient card setups. However, when you spend an hour creating cards instead of 5 minutes and then 55 minutes reading, is the time investment worth it?
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>>133515300
>However, when you spend an hour creating cards instead of 5 minutes and then 55 minutes reading,
When you're digging through dictionary definitions and looking up example sentences, you're still reading.
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Can anyone make out this Kanji? Having a really difficult time
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>>133515495
愛よ
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>>133515504
Not him, but wow, that font is fucking atrocious. The top part looks nothing like 愛.
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>>133515581
It does, though.
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>>133515606
This is what I see. And yes, I'm aware that there is nothing like this in any kanji.
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>>133515649
Please stop, you're embarrassing yourself
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>>133515669
Act like a smug faggot all you want, that font is a mess.
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>>133515704
Please stop posting just because you were upset that you couldn't read a slightly blurry font.
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愛は love の意味ではない。
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>>133515504
Thanks anon
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>>133515735
>slightly blurry
That has nothing to do with it. It's the way the character is drawn.
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>>133514584
Use google.co.jp
Also use stuff like
>xとは
>xとyの違い
>xの読み方
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>>133515805
Dude, you're blind. There's no way the left dot looks like it's connecting to the top bar, and the right dot is clearly a distinct stroke.

And in >>133515649, you thought that there were 2 lines at the fucking bottom. Heart, winter, and crown are blatant. Claw is a little weird if you've never seen it handwritten before, but still should be obvious.

You should be fucking ashamed.
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>>133515805
Nope. This is, as a matter of fact, how 愛 is drawn in non-display fonts.
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>>133515943
>You should be fucking ashamed.
Only that he's raising a huge stink over being an idiot. Not over not knowing it.
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I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause drama
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>>133515981
Don't worry, literally everything causes drama here.
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>>133516011
Where can I download RTK third edition? Anyone???
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>>133515943
>There's no way the left dot looks like it's connecting to the top bar
And you say I'm blind?

It doesn't only LOOK like it's connected, it literally is connected. There is no space between them at all.
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心の書き方だけでもおおきく分けて3種類あるんだよ。おにいちゃん
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>>133515980
愛 is a kanji I'd place in the top 50 of incredibly common kanji you see constantly. I can understand being puzzled by someone drawing 日 like a oval, or 女 like a square, because those are actual differences you might see in different fonts.

>>133516057
Left, buddy. Do I need to teach you directions?

The right dot passes over the bar, but it's very clearly a separate stroke. I don't think I've ever seen a radical where a line is bisected by a short stroke intentionally.
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>>133516057
Literally every stroke in the image (except the leftmost one) is connected.

As for the area you circled, there is absolutely no way it could be seen as separate strokes.
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>>133516155
>As for the area you circled, there is absolutely no way it could be seen as separate strokes.
Forgot my "/s" for sarcasm.
>愛 is a kanji I'd place in the top 50 of incredibly common kanji you see constantly.

You're right, it's kind of depressing. But raising a huge stink over a pretty typical font that's just a little blurry is the real problem here. They're obviously a beginner of some sort. It's totally immature.
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>>133516173
>They're obviously a beginner of some sort. It's totally immature.
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>>133516084
Thanks, imouto!
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>>133516173
>愛 is a kanji I'd place in the top 50 of incredibly common kanji you see constantly.

You're wrong, I don't see it very often at all
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>>133516284
Yeah it's actually down at 600-700 or so. Still, it's a very special character.
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>>133516284
I see it in all the porn I read
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>>133516173
>愛 is a kanji I'd place in the top 50 of incredibly common kanji you see constantly.

Confirmed for boiz labu and shojo manga fan who doesn't actually know Japanese.
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>>133516284
>>133516379
You are both responding to the wrong person. Learn how to use a BBS.
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>>133516308
Maybe it's the distinctive quality that makes it feel so common. Or maybe it's the difference between Japanese people who read newspapers and watch TV, and basement dwellers who play harem VNs surrounded by romantic atmospheres.
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>>133516379
I misclicked the post number asshole
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>>133516442
>New IP
I don't know what to think anymore.
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>>133516391
This isn't a BBS my friendo
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>>133516482
Maybe if you're an underage anglophile. BBS among the older generation and everywhere that doesn't speak english means a particular type of forum, regardless of the medium, not just specialized BBS software.
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>>133516502
I'm not calling it a BBS and you can't stop me~
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>>133516548
Feel free, but don't say it's wrong to call it a BBS.
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>>133516566
I'll reserve my opinion until I hear some more
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>>133516604
Vigilant.
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>>133517625
korairakoto?
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>>133517625
こういうこと

Now let's move on to じょしらく
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>>133517639
こういうこと

Picture how you would write it

A healthy dose of context helps too
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>>133517678
Seems legit, the steep angle made me think of the other shape.
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How do you get addicted to learning Japanese instead of procrastinating? It seems possible, but I don't know how.
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>>133518498
Caffeine and occassionally being driven from /djt/ via autist shitstorm.
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>>133518498
Compelling Content
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>>133518570
No one in /djt/ can motivate me at this point since I'm in the top 1%. But I still lack motivation to consistently do things in Japanese even though I can do them fairly easily compared to most people here.
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>>133518615
how about making yourself useful and creating some more learning material

I would love something like the yotsubato reading pack for more advanced manga
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>>133518704
I wouldn't mind a sci-fi vocab pack to make reading that sort of material less painful the first time round desu
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>>133484564
What does 行きたがってるんじゃないかってくらい? Especially the かってくらい part.
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How do you guys go about speaking and listening to the language? I'm assuming some of you might use raw anime/VNs to listen to it? Though I'm not sure if the way characters speak in anime/VNs is the way people in Japan actually speak
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>>133518704
This is a retarded idea. One of the most important things to do when learning a language is to learn to do things by yourself.
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>>133518837
Watch variety shows. I don't know why people don't like them, it's like taking a trip back to the 90s where a prime-time gag can just be a hidden camera show, or a bunch of Christmas cakes failing to answer basic test questions like "what kanji do you use here" and being laughed at.
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>>133518837
I listen to lots of Japanese music

Don't really care for speaking it
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>>133518781
行きたがってるんじゃないか = X

Xってくらい = About this much, this being X.
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>>133519040
What's a good variety show? Specially of the latter kind, I love laughing at dumb people.
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>>133518612
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>>133518570
You're welcome.
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>>133519118
But X is a question, so how would that work?
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>>133519158
The Mecha-ike exam specials.
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>>133484564
Reading a lewd, see 初めてエッチしたの本田だし. How do I translate this?
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>>133519371
>Are you worried about her?
>Not really worried, I was just wondering if maybe she wanted to go there.

>彼女のことを心配してたんですか
>心配というか、行きたがってるんじゃないかってくらい?
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>>133519447
And it's the first time the rice paddy had sex too
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>>133519483
>the rice paddy
Honda is a name. Also, I don't think this is a correct translation
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>>133519483
>the rice paddy
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>>133519558
This is why I don't translate things.
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>>133519558
>>133519593
>trying to give legitimate advice to some absolute moron begging for a translation
Kill yourselves.
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>>133519629
chill pls
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>>133519629
"translation"
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>>133519629
Are you dumb? The "advice" wasn't given to the guy asking for a translation, it was to the guy who gave a dumb one.

I also notice you yourself are unable to provide a translation, even though anyone who isn't an absolute moron according to you should be able to provide a translation.
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テンションあがるぜ!!!!!!!!!
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>>133519886
The guy who gave a dumb one can at least be assumed to be making a joke.

Anyone asking for a translation doesn't deserve help unless there might actually be something confusing for a beginner. The phrase "初めてエッチしたの本田だし" could be easily understood by any child, and thus can't possibly require a translation.

The only way you wouldn't be able to parse this is if you had zero understanding of basic vocab and grammar, in which case you're in no position to ask for help.
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>>133519984
>might actually be something confusing for a beginner
Does a beginner of Japannese know all beginner level details at once? Does a beginner know about relative clause formation? Would a beginner know why したの本田 was used rather than した本田?

I know you're trolling, but still.
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Soo...can anyone help me here >>133519447 please?
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>>133520111
When someone comes in with a dumbshit question like this, 9 times out of 10 they're not even interested in studying.

If he had said, "why use の here?", then I would have probably accepted the question as dumb, but at least related to the topic. It's pretty easy to tell the difference between a beginner looking for help, and an EOP looking for handouts.
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>>133520254
>It's pretty easy to tell the difference between a beginner looking for help, and an EOP looking for handouts.
I'm just curious, what would have that guy had said in order to not trigger you?
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>>133520319
>初めてエッチしたの本田だし
>And it's the first time the rice paddy had sex too

Is this right?
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>>133520319
I just said it, dude. "Why use の here?".

Or any actual grammar question, because vocab is easily looked up in a split-second.

>>133520344
This would have been fine too, because it indicates some level of understanding and the mistakes can be easily pointed out.

If you just dump a sentence and go "translate pls", I have no fucking idea what your issue is with the sentence, and I have to assume you're just looking for free translation services.
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>>133511997
Yeah, it's actually quite good.
I used to say a lot that "Haruhi was on another level than Oreimo" but it turns out Haruhi's fist page just was a lot more difficult than subsequent ones. I'm enjoying it a lot.
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>>133520344
>>133520396
I guess that is valid. I am surprised with the hostility though. Not to mention you indicated earlier that you would consider the guy a retard regardless.
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>>133520396
Could you stop being so rude please? Your usage of swear words is making me a tad uncomfortable buddy.
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>>133520458
Asking a question like that does make you a retard, though. I get people not understanding complex sentences with half a dozen clauses or weird turns of phrase that only make sense in Japanese.

But do you honestly look at, what, half a dozen WORDS, and go "oh god this is too much I need help"? If you can't work out something so basic on your own, you're never going to stick this out anyway.

It's a moot point though, because it's obviously just some guy looking for a free translation. Which makes him dumb, but not retarded.
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>>133520396
The asker here. I want to know why the の is used between a verb phrase and a noun. I also want to know if the 初めて is included in the relative clause or not.

Will you assist now?
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>>133520458
>I am surprised with the hostility though.
Protip: A lot of people here are just angry and hostile. Nothing you can do about it. However they perceive their own hostility as, like, intellectual sharpness or something so don't point it out if you don't want to be called an idiot or a "pussy shying away from a debate" or whatever's going on in their minds.
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>>133520593
Stop projecting so hard. It's just balancing out people who give up after a week or two.
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>>133520679
>or whatever's going on in their minds.
>It's just balancing out people who give up after a week or two.
Ahh, there we go.
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I notice that I actually asked grammatical particulars here (>>133520581) about 10 minutes ago, yet the guy hasn't made an attempt to assist. I guess he's a hypocrite then. Or he literally doesn't know the answer and is just flaring up for fun.

Can anyone actually help me understand what 初めてエッチしたの本田だし means?
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>>133520731
I don't know about you but the giving-up rate for japanese is pretty high from what I've seen

Also you're feeding the "hostility" with your condescending attitude. When are you going get off that high horse?
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>>133520872
He probably raged and left the thread (understandably)

I'm the guy who wrote the joke reply, I kind of know what it means but I'm waiting for someone more knowledgeable to give a reply. Happens a lot in these threads, kind of like a bystander effect youknowwhatimean?
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>>133520874
I know people give up a lot, but that's no reason to be so hostile.
>condescending
What? They opened themselves up to this kind of criticism the moment they started being excessively hostile on the internet over trivial shit (hint: look up sayre's law, it's pretty interesting). I'm not better than them or anything. Though it seems you're getting pretty defensive about this so I'll drop the subject.
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>>133520581
の implies possession, in this case that it's Honda's first time being pervy.
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>>133520872
Don't quote me on this - someone please validate if this is correct:

初めてエッチしたの actually is missing/impling a noun "人は"

So it's 初めてエッチしたの人は本田だし, meaning "because the first person I had sex with is Honda".

Again, I think that is the meaning, but wait until someone more knowledgable confirms what I said.

It isn't obvious like >>133520577 is implying. I think he didn't know that answer, otherwise he'd realize that the issue was the missing/implied text. Assuming my translation is correct I mean.
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>>133521157
The guy didn't give enough context for anyone to give help reliably
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>>133521245
I don't think context would change the meaning of the phrase here.
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>>133521157
(Asker here) This seems right to me. If that is a valid interpretation, it seems like the right one.
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>>133521157
What does the だし mean here? If it's dumb tier nobully, I took a long break of grammar lessons and pretty much forgot everything that's in the essential grammar section of Tae Kim's guide.
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>>133521661
だ+し
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>>133521677
No clue what shi could mean. And on top of that I forgot what nuances da have (all I can remember is that it's a more masculine desu which is prolly wrong too).
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>>14351471
How triggered are you from 10 to 10?
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Hmm 474 replies; the perfect time to ask a grammar question.

I'm struggling with と思えない.
Example sentence I found:
>宿題が多くて全部できると思えない。

Is it okay to interpret this as "There is a lot of homework and I can't imagine that I can do all of it."?

>>133521661
>>133521677
because is.
I hope someone will give a better answer. Maybe try searching Tae Kim?
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>>133521710
fug

>>>/jp/14351471
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>>133521721
seems like I can't
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>>133521661
だ is the informal form of です. し is the same meaning of から (i.e "because"), but it's usage implies that the reason given is not the only one.

A: なんで猫が好き? Why do you like cats?
B: かわいいだし Becuase they are cute (but that is not the only reason, it is just one)
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>>133521721
I don't think I can do them all.
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>>133521822
Thank you very much
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>>133521809
That blows my mind because doesn't 思えない mean "can't think"?
Also, isn't there some other common way to say something seems like X -- using みる or ...?
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>>133521709
At that point just re-read your grammar lessons bro, this is real basic shit
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>>133521918
思える=to seem/appear likely.

It doesn't appear likely that I can do all of it.
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>>133521822
>だ is the informal form of です
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>>133522095
Oh!
So 思う and 思える are different verbs?
Fuck my book for not teaching me that.

Thank you very much Anon.
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>>133522173
>So 思う and 思える are different verbs?
Of course they are. They're different words.
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>>133522200
Yes. I was thinking what I was seeing was 思う in it's potential form since my book had just introduced that.
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>>133522237
>思う in it's potential form
It is. Here's the Japanese dictionary definition
>思うことができる。また,何となくそういう気がする。 「人のしわざとは-・えない」
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>>133522445
Now I'm confused again.. does that mean my original interpretation >>133521721 was pretty close?

I guess I'll just need to keep reading to see this used in different situations, huh?

ありがとう
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In Tae Kim, are "Special Expressions" and "Advanced Topics" absolutely vital to know before I start intensively reading?

If so, then I dunno why he didn't just put them all under Essential and have done with it
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>>133522644
Yeah pretty much. Why would he think he can't do it? Because >>133522095 it doesn't seem likely he'll be able to do it. Same shit basically.
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>>133522164
It is.
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>>133522644
>does that mean my original interpretation was pretty close?
It's the same thing right?
>I doesn't seem likely (to me) that I can do it.
>and I can't imagine that I can do all of it.
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>>133522763
Oh okay sorry
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>>133522722
It's to not scare people off.

You need everything.
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>>133522795
I guess I was/am getting hung up on the literal translation.
>not being able to think that something is possible
and
>something seeming like it is not possible
It's a little different but ends up with essentially the same result.
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>>133522825
Alright thanks
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>>133522879
If you notice, those are both definitions provided by the dictionary (>>133522445).
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>>133523017
As long as it makes my dick explode, I couldn't care less if it's an accurate translation or completely made up
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I can't retain anything I go over in Anki.
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>>133523550
Don't do it then. I'm sure you'll do just fine without it if you don't retain anything at all from it. Why feel compelled to tell us?
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>>133523597
I don't know.
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Is there a DOJG entry for the suffix "-行く" [ゆく]? I really don't get its nuances.
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>>133523550
It helps if you're also exposed to the same stuff outside of Anki.

How far along are you/what are you struggling with?
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>>133523550
I find it very, very difficult to retain new information I encounter in anki. The first 1k in Core was horrendous. Like, 20-30% retention (20 new cards a day)

If I encounter it in reading, put it into a mining deck, then try and retain it, it works 100x better
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>>133523597
Don't give him shit advice, he'd still be way worse off without Anki.
>>133523550
Delete images, if you have them. Those things screw up your kanji recognition.
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>>133523787
>he'd still be way worse off without Anki.
I thought it'd be condescending of me to straight up say that he doesn't know what he's talking about so I settled for passive-aggressiveness, the second sentence wasn't meant to be taken with face value.
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>>133523647
ゆくis the same as いく except more pretentious
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>>133523938
WHY JAPANESE PEOPLE??
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>>133523730
Are you reading the example sentences?
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>>133523730
And on the other hand I can retain 90% of young cards without context or sentences. People are just different, that's why the best advice is to just try stuff and do what works for you.
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>>133523997
It's the same thing as いう versus ゆう. One is just easier for people to say so they do.
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>>133523997
Every language has it's fair share of seemingly pointless fancy words. After you get used to them they actually serve a purpose by allowing you to give a more literary or more causal tone to a text depending on the vocabulary you use.
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>246 leeches suspended
>reviews drop by 80 a day
On one hand, what the fuck, 246? Feels like garbage.
On the other hand... 80 less reviews...
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>>133523997
That fucking show

Not only is it about as funny as AIDs at a child's birthday party, but it also perpetuates the "Only slanty eyed chinks are capable of learning Japanese" bullshit
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You guys should try this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GADW8Nlnc1s
I always fuck off when doing my reps, but this keeps me on track.
I just do 25 every 5 minutes and then use any extra time like I've got now to shit post in those 5 mintues.
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When emphasizing a word, what's the difference between using カタカナ, 『bracket thingies』, or 『コレラドチラトモ』?
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>>133524378
My trick is to play Wagner piano tracks, if I feel like fucking off I just closes my eyes briefly and I get back on track.
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>>133524375
>I
>II
>III
>Ahh, pattan, pattan! I can see it! Maybe I can learn roman numerals after all!
>IV
>WHY ROMAN PEOPLE?? WHY? ARE YOU DOING THIS ON PURPOSE?
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>>133524375
厚切りジェーソン is a guy not a show, and he's actually popular as a gaijin who manajed to get pretty good at Japanese so, aside from him being unfunny, there's not one single correct thing in your post.
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>>133524495
I II III IV makes a helluva lot more since then 一ニ三四. and then roman numerals go on to V VI VII, whereas kanji do 五六七. Not really comparable anon.
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>>133524509
>manajed
*managed

Holy shit, how did I do that?
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>>133524509
Yes, gotta respect his hussle if nothing else
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>>133524509
>writing a white dudes name in Japanese

Ergh, you're one of "those" people.
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>>133523550
I have a terrible memory, but 91% young retention so far. I haven't studied any mature cards yet, though. What I did:
>completed RTK beforehand
>added an extra step (1 10 30)
>to retain sounds, use the keyword method described at http://desustorage.org/a/thread/133213822/#133227399
>push "Hard" instead of "Good" often
I'm not recommending this, but it was necessary for me.
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>>133524561
That's his stage name so it makes sense. Also, don't be obnoxious about people typing Japanese in fuckin' DJT of all places, save that for people tryharding on /vg/ or wherever people aren't expected to know some degree of Japanese.
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>>133524538
Latin is just an infinitely superior language in every single way.
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Fun fact: there are over 1,000 different words for "rice field" in the Japanese language. Now you know!
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>>133524665
I'm a little disappointed there aren't more to be honest
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>>133524638
>Implying Rome didn't steal it from the Etruscans
>Implying Latin isn't worse in other regards like large conjugation and noun/adjective declension with 5~7 cases
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>>133524638
I don't know about that.
In any case we do the same thing with Arabic numerals (each of the 10 numbers being unique with no relation - 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9), but only Japan has a pattern for the first three it subsequently abandons.
Did you know that the highest number of individual objects that we can immediately recognize the number of is 3? After that we have to do brief mental math (3 + 1 = 4) to count the objects. That's why Japanese kanji and most other systems give up the pattern after 3 lines. Pretty interesting stuff.
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>>133524714
>large conjugation and noun/adjective declension with 5~7 cases
>implying that's a bad thing
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>>133524714
You don't steal language, friend.

Large amounts of conjugation, and difficult grammar is an argument in my favor.
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>>133524748
Compared to japanese just using a few particles and verb forms it is.
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>>133524722
>Did you know that the highest number of individual objects that we can immediately recognize the number of is 3? After that we have to do brief mental math (3 + 1 = 4) to count the objects.
Bullshit I say.
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>>133524714
>Etruscans
Literally the inbred white trash of classical antiquity
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>>133524783
>few

I've been at Tae Kim for weeks, and I still have a bunch more conjugations and shit to learn
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>>133524765
>You don't steal language, friend.
I never claimed this. I alleged that Roman stole the number system, so Latin can't be attributed that as a reason why Latin is good
>Large amounts of conjugation, and difficult grammar is an argument in my favor.
How does that make a language better?
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>>133524665
Yeah alright and the Eskimos have a million different words for snow and the British have a billion different words for tea, I know
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>>133524783
What makes you think less conjugation = better? Are you a kid studying for a compulsory language test or something?
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>>133524638
latin aint as cute
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>>133524794
4 lines would be most commonly recognised as 2+2, but he's right.

Any group of objects bigger than 3 has to be broken down. If someone throws down 7 pennies on a table, you can't tell at a glance, can you? You have to count them.
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>>133524868
But I can 4 and 5.
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>>133524538
>0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
>Literally no pattern
What the fuck, arabic people? Why?
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>>133524804
The number of forms is small in comparison to Latin

>>133524835
>What makes you think less conjugation = better?
Because a) it is easier to learn b) there is zero benefit for more conjugation in most case. Ok, you have it conjugated for number and person, but you know what I could do instead? Have one verb form and just make pronoun usage mandatory.

I haven't even mentioned the uselessness of grammatical gender and multiple distinct conjugation/declension classes
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>>133524936

They nicked it from the Indians. Ask them.
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>>133524868
>If someone throws down 7 pennies on a table, you can't tell at a glance, can you?

Actually, some autistic people can. That sort of processing ability is one of the characteristics of savantism
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>>133524794
I hate to link reddit but this is a pretty good reply on the matter. Though it seems like it was 4 not 3.
https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/2ayhkp/if_someone_asks_me_how_many_apples_are_on_the/cj02b7r
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>>133524831
The british actually have over a hundred different ways of saying "mate"
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>>133525020
askscience is one of the good parts, so don't worry about it
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>>133525090
Those are called dialects not voabulary.
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>>133525090
We do me old mukka
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>>133525279
That doesn't make any sense at all.
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>>133525311
I've only ever heard someone called mucker on Alan Partridge
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>>133525412
I guess it's kind of like, you wouldn't call ちわん the same word as ぢばん.
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>>133525417
Fawlty Towers as well
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>>133525449
I don't think either of those are words, anon. I understood your original point but now you made me confused again.
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>>133525555
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>>133525606
どうして亀が’ある?
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>>133525606
亀 ON 頭
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>>133524936
>Implying base 10 numbering system doesn't have a pattern.

You literally placed every single number that can individually exist without moving over another decimal location. There's a reason the Japanese use it too.
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anyone ever had nhatto?
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>>133524538
thing with 四 was it made sense but then time changed it
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/四#Etymology
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>>133525758
>this dumb retard thinks that numbers "individually exist"
Aside from the utterly meaningless fact that we have 10 fingers, a base 10 system is one of the worst we could have.

Base 12 is objectively better in every regard.
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>>133526091
Maybe if we had always used base 12 there would have been some marginal benefit to some applications of numbers but, as it is the effort of changing the standard is not really worth it.
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