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Could anybody who knows Japanese/is learning Japanese point me to some kind of reference to learn more kanji? I'm taking Japanese this semester and continuing next semester but by the end of the two semesters we'll know only around 140 of the characters. This seems like a really small amount so I want to go and try and learn a lot more kanji then what is being taught to us.
Hey, I saw an article today and I wanted to know if its advice was sound. [url]http://lifehacker.com/5903288/i-learned-to-speak-four-languages-in-a-few-years-heres-how[/url] I've been meaning to learn Spanish, and I've taken some simple high school courses so I have [I]some[/I] basic sense of it, but that was years ago and I've been meaning to take some time to do it some more. Is this a good place to start?
[QUOTE=Mp6;38720701]Could anybody who knows Japanese/is learning Japanese point me to some kind of reference to learn more kanji? I'm taking Japanese this semester and continuing next semester but by the end of the two semesters we'll know only around 140 of the characters. This seems like a really small amount so I want to go and try and learn a lot more kanji then what is being taught to us.[/QUOTE] Good luck, I hope to get to this level of Japanese someday. What course are you taking?
I'm currently in intro to Japanese and next semester is the continuation. I wouldn't say I'm particularly high level but I know enough to where I want to know a lot more and want to learn a lot more vocabulary.
Is it weird of me to think that sung Russian is far prettier than spoken Russian? Like, it sounds really nice. I dunno why, though, because it's such a rough language!
[QUOTE=ewitwins;38726968]Is it weird of me to think that sung Russian is far prettier than spoken Russian? Like, it sounds really nice. I dunno why, though, because it's such a rough language![/QUOTE] isn't it like that with any language. Russian is nothing special either way
[QUOTE=trotskygrad;38728037]isn't it like that with any language. Russian is nothing special either way[/QUOTE] In your opinion! It's the most exotic and interesting language I've ever wanted to learn. I don't see it happening in the next 5 years (junior in HS) though, I've heard it's particularly difficult, unsurprisingly.
[QUOTE=Mp6;38720701]Could anybody who knows Japanese/is learning Japanese point me to some kind of reference to learn more kanji? I'm taking Japanese this semester and continuing next semester but by the end of the two semesters we'll know only around 140 of the characters. This seems like a really small amount so I want to go and try and learn a lot more kanji then what is being taught to us.[/QUOTE] Generally, you'll find you only need the kanji you're being taught, because otherwise you'll just find you'll learn a bunch of kanji for words you'll never use. Personally, I recommend either getting an English/Japanese dictionary that also has kanji, so that way if you just learn a new word in class, but not the kanji for it, you can just look it up directly. If you're looking to learn kanji for the express purpose of reading japanese literature, attempt to learn the radicals and get yourself a kanji dictionary. One person in my class learns their kanji by reading japanese newspapers and using some app on her ipad to tell her the furigana for any kanji she can't decipher. The app's pretty fancy, you can draw a kanji and it'll interpret it for you. I'm unsure of the name of the app, though.
[QUOTE=Nitrosol;38734631]...using some app on her ipad to tell her the furigana for any kanji she can't decipher. The app's pretty fancy, you can draw a kanji and it'll interpret it for you. I'm unsure of the name of the app, though.[/QUOTE] [url]https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/furigana-reader/id529433422?mt=8[/url] ?
[QUOTE=Daniellynet;38735171][url]https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/furigana-reader/id529433422?mt=8[/url] ?[/QUOTE] That's pretty cool, but I think it's this one. [url]https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/japanese/id290664053?mt=8[/url] You can just draw the kanji or its radicals and it defines it for you.
[QUOTE=trotskygrad;38728037]isn't it like that with any language. Russian is nothing special either way[/QUOTE] IMO russian is quite a nice sounding language, better than finnish in my opinions. Nothing will top italian in my eyes however. also damn, for my choices after german i have. Russian cause I like the culture and the country Italian cause Italian background or either japanese or mandarin chinese for economic use. hmm, not sure, but that'll be in like a year and a half when i finish german.
But Finnish sounds nice too! There are too many languages I have interest in, but after I finish Russian I want to learn French.
hola, habla en ingles por favor [editline]8th December 2012[/editline] the combined fruit of my spanish gcse
[QUOTE=Eltro102;38745302]hola, habla en ingles por favor [editline]8th December 2012[/editline] the combined fruit of my spanish gcse[/QUOTE] "Tienes el dinero por mi, senor?" That, and "Me duele los ojos." Are what I got out of my GCSE.
[QUOTE=CMB Unit 01;38745464]"Tienes el dinero por mi, senor?" That, and "Me duele los ojos." Are what I got out of my GCSE.[/QUOTE] Me duele[B]n[/B] los ojos.
[h2]UN SACAPUNTAS[/h2]
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;38746692][h2]UN SACAPUNTAS[/h2][/QUOTE] I fucking hate that word so much, it's either that or its other form un sacapunta
[QUOTE=JaspertheDoxie;38746833]I fucking hate that word so much, it's either that or its other form un sacapunta[/QUOTE] Whenever me and 3 other guys smoke a joint outside, we chant "Un sacapuntas un sacapuntas un sacapuntas" and do tribal dances and shit. I'm not sure why we do it...we even did it tonight.
[QUOTE=Nitrosol;38734631]Generally, you'll find you only need the kanji you're being taught, because otherwise you'll just find you'll learn a bunch of kanji for words you'll never use. Personally, I recommend either getting an English/Japanese dictionary that also has kanji, so that way if you just learn a new word in class, but not the kanji for it, you can just look it up directly. If you're looking to learn kanji for the express purpose of reading japanese literature, attempt to learn the radicals and get yourself a kanji dictionary. One person in my class learns their kanji by reading japanese newspapers and using some app on her ipad to tell her the furigana for any kanji she can't decipher. The app's pretty fancy, you can draw a kanji and it'll interpret it for you. I'm unsure of the name of the app, though.[/QUOTE] I do want to start reading Japanese literature which is a big reason for that. I guess I'll start by learning the ones in the book over the winter (we go at a pace of like 10 every 3 weeks) and move onto looking up ones I don't know when I encounter them then. Thanks for the advice!
Speaking of kanji, does anyone have a site for the most commonly used kanji in Japanese? like I don't know, 300 most used or just the most common in general.
[QUOTE=JaspertheDoxie;38745976]Me duele[B]n[/B] los ojos.[/QUOTE] Oh yeah, it's got the point where I say it so fast its hard to make out the n, and since I don't write Spanish I forgot about it :S
[QUOTE=CMB Unit 01;38752145]Oh yeah, it's got the point where I say it so fast its hard to make out the n, and since I don't write Spanish I forgot about it :S[/QUOTE] Yeah, it would sound confusing to a Spanish speaker.
[QUOTE='Rain [Amber];38751786']Speaking of kanji, does anyone have a site for the most commonly used kanji in Japanese? like I don't know, 300 most used or just the most common in general.[/QUOTE] [url]http://japanese.about.com/od/kan2/a/100kanji.htm[/url] This has a good list of the most commonly used Kanji in japanese newspapers. It also has links to the 1006 Kanji that are taught in Japanese schools. Keep in mind though, most common Kanji doesn't mean most common words as many words are made up of more than one kanji. A bunch of the kanji on this list i've noticed are very common but I find them used a lot more in compound words than on their own. One of the best examples of a rather relatively useful kanji in daily conversation is 々. The kanji doesn't really have a "sound" like any other kanji, it's kind of a "repeat" kanji, meaning when you see it, it takes on the same sound as the previous kanji. Eg. 早々 (Hayabaya - "Promptly", first kanji is pronounced Haya, second kanji mimics it) and 色々 (Iroiro - "Various", first Kanji is pronounced Iro, second mimics it.) It's a common kanji worth noting, but you will not find it anywhere but compound words. For this reason you'll find a "most common kanji" list won't be very useful unless you can work out the many applications of the kanji.
Hey, do you guys know anything about ESL Teaching qualification? I got a pamphlet from Oxford Seminars, but I've been receiving mixed reviews from people all over the web, and supposedly the odds of getting a good teacher are purely luck-based.
I don't know how many of you remember me posting a while back about moving to Germany, but I leave in just over a month, and I still haven't learned much German. The semester started and it just dropped way down on my list. Hoping to pick some basic basics after school lets out and I've got a bit of time before I leave.
Is there anything similar to Duolingo for Swedish?
[QUOTE=Bentham;38761735]I don't know how many of you remember me posting a while back about moving to Germany, but I leave in just over a month, and I still haven't learned much German. The semester started and it just dropped way down on my list. Hoping to pick some basic basics after school lets out and I've got a bit of time before I leave.[/QUOTE] What a coincidence. I'm starting German during the break. Although i'm also doing french. This will be hard. I'm going to be just doing some light Duolingo. With good vocab placed in Anki for revision.
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;38718244]Anyone got reccomendations for german books to read? late elementary-middle school level. Not grundschule level, i suppose lower-age hauptschule or realshule level.[/QUOTE] "damals war es friedrich", but i forget the author. or look up a bunch of short stories. try "Dem Mann Mit Dem Gedächtnis", or "Ein Tisch Ist Ein Tisch". dunno if you can find them online, but it's worth a shot. one of those is by Peter Bichsel.
Starting learning Japanese again. Full steam ahead, regularly every day for as long as possible. If anybody wants to also start, and practice/learn together (It helps, trust me) then send me a PM and I'll share resources/vice versa :)
Here's my [B]absolute beginners (Don't even know any Hiragana) [/B]JP study guide, thanks [URL=http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1194238&p=36879510&viewfull=1#post36879510][B]The Aussie[/B][/URL] for the inspiration. [code] a) 1 lesson of Pimsleur. Afer lesson, write out the list of new words/difficult sentences and feed them into Anki (with Romanji) b) 30 minutes of Japanesepod101 c) 30 minutes learning the kana (memrise.com) BREAK d) 30 minutes of a 'Japaneseclass.jp' lesson e) 30 minutes of general memrise.com lessons f) 1 lesson on livemocha.com BREAK g) 1 of Namasensei's Youtube lessons h) 'Drag-n-Drop Hiragana' i) Misc' culture/history reading [/code] I have lots of free time.
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