i learned kana in a class
then went through this deck on anki: [url]https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1044119361[/url]
i am currently doing core 2k/6k on anki (you can find it in the djt guide above)
i still learn grammar in a classroom, which is what i prefer because i like having structure and my class is lucky enough to have good people in it, but everyone's different
the book my college uses is "Learn Japanese: New College Text by John Young and Kimiko Nakajima-Okano", and it's [i]alright[/i] - it's old so it's cheap as hell, but also has pretty irrelevant examples and relies on its shitty brand of romaji too much for my liking, so idk if i'd recommend it
I'm brewing some sake again. Decided to do it around now so that I can use the ambient temperature outdoors to cool it rather than sticking the bucket in an electric cooler. Ended up getting the yeast ftom the brewery where I got my koji rice, and I was very concerned that it might not take. Couldn't really tell yesterday when I brought it inside. Went to stir this morning and it looks like the yeast took just fine.
Japanese gunka, totally glanced over. Very catchy, dutiful tunes, and often very melancholy. There appear to be a fair amount of uploaded modern renditions, even a few period recordings.
[video=youtube;6hceNfhDFWY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hceNfhDFWY[/video]
I could really do without the waves of apologists gushing over Imperial Japanese infallibility, but I suppose you get the same with Wehrmacht marches, or the songs adapted by the Red Army Choir.
[QUOTE=Catsoldier;51915595]Alright I got a serious question I need right now 7 years ago yesterday. If I wanted to say my daughter is dead would it be わたしの娘がしんでいるでいす　ｏｒ　わたしの娘はしんでいるでいす or something else completely？[/QUOTE]
Both are correct, apart from the last しんでいるでいす. If I remember correctly, the ~でいる is a ru-verb, which means you can't have です on the end of it. It should be 私の娘が死んでいます。Remove the last る and replace it with ます. If I'm wrong, someone correct me. Haven't looked at this shit in detail for years.
The は topic particle is used to identify what you're talking about. If you're bringing up a new subject for example. The が is the identifier particle, often used to identify a topic in response to someone's question. For example:
'Who is the student?' - 誰が学生?
'John is the student.' - ジョンが学生.
I mainly used this when I was learning.
[url]http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/particlesintro[/url]
[QUOTE=Catsoldier;51915595]Alright I got a serious question I need right now 7 years ago yesterday. If I wanted to say my daughter is dead would it be わたしの娘がしんでいるです　ｏｒ　わたしの娘はしんでいるです or something else completely？[/QUOTE]
Neither are correct. If you want to say that "My daughter is the one who has died", as if somebody was asking who is dead, or you wanted to state that your daughter has just died, or the daughter was not already specifically the subject of the conversation, then you should say "私の娘[B]が[/B]亡くなりました。". Notice I use "亡くなりました", that is a more formal and polite way of saying [del]"died"[/del]"passed away", to show respect especially towards the one who has passed away. So if you wanted to simply say that "My daughter has died" as if the subject of the conversation is already the daughter specifically and you wanted to state that she is dead, then you should say "私の娘[B]は[/B]亡くなりました。"
It is rather situational, as with everything else in Japanese, so you should be careful. When in doubt, please ask.
Certificate for JLPT N2 just came in the mail. Gonna try for N1 next year for sure
Might actually take the test this year, no longer have the excuse of being 400 km away from the closest exam centre.
[QUOTE=daigennki;51916089]Neither are correct. If you want to say that "My daughter is the one who has died", as if somebody was asking who is dead, or you wanted to state that your daughter has just died, or the daughter was not already specifically the subject of the conversation, then you should say "私の娘[B]が[/B]亡くなりました。". Notice I use "亡くなりました", that is a more formal and polite way of saying "died", to show respect especially towards the one who has died. So if you wanted to simply say that "My daughter is dead" as if the subject of the conversation is already the daughter specifically and you wanted to state that she is dead, then you should say "私の娘[B]は[/B]亡くなりました。"
It is rather situational, as with everything else in Japanese, so you should be careful. When in doubt, please ask.[/QUOTE]
Isn't 死亡した also a good alternative
[QUOTE=Wealth + Taste;51923929]Isn't 死亡した also a good alternative[/QUOTE]
Yes, that also works, but I think that might be more for strictly formal situations.
i lived in japan for three years. 2008-2011. I miss it. :v:
am i gonna get shit on if i lurk and occasionally post or is that a no no
[QUOTE=Solomon;51924125]i lived in japan for three years. 2008-2011. I miss it. :v:
am i gonna get shit on if i lurk and occasionally post or is that a no no[/QUOTE]
Nobody cares as long as you're not a dingus
I think most of the posts here are Japanese language anyways
[QUOTE=Wealth + Taste;51925021]Nobody cares as long as you're not a dingus
I think most of the posts here are Japanese language anyways[/QUOTE]
nice
i lived on okinawa for three years. interesting place.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/az9LV7W.png[/t]
This shit is like Comic Sans, but for Japanese. I probably see it here just as often as, or even more often than, you see Comic Sans in the States, and is probably also just as hated as Comic Sans too. :v:
[img]https://trafficnews.jp/assets/2015/05/150514_ekikeijibustu_01.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img-cdn.jg.jugem.jp/4c5/2000586/20140620_1191522.jpg[/img] [url]http://dgbtbt.jugem.jp/?eid=14[/url]
It is even funnier when it is used for more serious things:
[img]http://img-cdn.jg.jugem.jp/4c5/2000586/20140620_1191588.jpg[/img][url]http://dgbtbt.jugem.jp/?eid=14[/url]
Although these guys in the last picture I cannot take them seriously anyways since it is in the context of them being backward-ass because they are celebrating a nuclear power plant being stopped in court.
So, me and my friend have nailed down a trip to Japan for October. Not really looking forward to an 11 hour plane journey but it's cool. Im trying to get in my head just how expensive things are compared to the UK since the Yen is so different.
How much are the train tickets anyway?
Japan FP meet?
[QUOTE=Highwind017;51969493]How much are the train tickets anyway?[/QUOTE]
That is an extremely broad question, because one thing unique about Japan is that there are a shit ton of different independent railroad companies. For example, subway tickets in my city are about twice as much as it would cost for about the same distance on a subway in Tokyo.
As a starting point though, I recommend getting the Japan Rail Pass for the trains, basically unlimited access to JR trains and a few others during your stay. I cannot say much about how useful it actually is since I am a Japanese citizen and therefore cannot use it (it is for foreign visitors only), but if you are going to all kinds of places throughout Japan, it should be a good deal. If you could elaborate more on where you are going then I can probably better help.
Anyone of you into Kendo? Recently got into it at a local dojo, [i]loooooooooots[/i] of blister and skin tear
[QUOTE=Super2Donny;51999629]Anyone of you into Kendo? Recently got into it at a local dojo, [i]loooooooooots[/i] of blister and skin tear[/QUOTE]
I have always wanted to practice Kendo... but unfortunately have never been able to, especially because my small school does not have a club for it, which is the typical way of practicing Kendo for high school students like me. I do not think I would have so much time as to be able to go to lessons nearby either. :frown:
[QUOTE=daigennki;51999835]I have always wanted to practice Kendo... but unfortunately have never been able to, especially because my small school does not have a club for it, which is the typical way of practicing Kendo for high school students like me. I do not think I would have so much time as to be able to go to lessons nearby either. :frown:[/QUOTE]
You could always try starting a club on your own if you have the effort for it, I got into it after a club for Japanese culture at my university started a Kendo course at a nearby sports centre by inviting a sensei from a larger Kendo association
It's never too late to try something new though :) It's a pretty fulfilling sport
[editline]23rd March 2017[/editline]
It's probably way easier for you to get into it since you're (assumingly) a local :V
[editline]23rd March 2017[/editline]
Kendo has this weird state of obscurity outside of Japan, I saw a lot of different clubs around the world while I was volunteering at an International Kendo tournament a couple weeks back but it's kinda hard to convince other people outside the community that it is actually relatively popular out of Japan
It sucks because its hard to find people to discuss it with :v
[QUOTE=Super2Donny;51999862]You could always try starting a club on your own if you have the effort for it, I got into it after a club for Japanese culture at my university started a Kendo course at a nearby sports centre by inviting a sensei from a larger Kendo association
It's never too late to try something new though :) It's a pretty fulfilling sport
[editline]23rd March 2017[/editline]
It's probably way easier for you to get into it since you're (assumingly) a local :V
[editline]23rd March 2017[/editline]
Kendo has this weird state of obscurity outside of Japan, I saw a lot of different clubs around the world while I was volunteering at an International Kendo tournament a couple weeks back but it's kinda hard to convince other people outside the community that it is actually relatively popular out of Japan[/QUOTE]
I already have enough things to worry about as of late so I probably will not be able to do it any time soon, but it might be much more convenient for me to do it once I am in university because it seems that a lot of universities here have Kendo club, so I will do it then for sure.
[QUOTE=daigennki;51999889]I already have enough things to worry about as of late so I probably will not be able to do it any time soon, but it might be much more convenient for me to do it once I am in university because it seems that a lot of universities here have Kendo club, so I will do it then for sure.[/QUOTE]
might get to meet you in a competition one day, who knows
dedicated kendoka travels a lot from what i heard
Wassup, I arrived to Japan last week because of a internship. I'm working ina fancy ass hotel in Mito, and so far Mito seems like a pretty boring place. Does anybody know about good places, be it bars, izakayas, arcades or whatever in the Mito-eki area?
Also my Nihongo is totemo heta desu.
[editline]24th March 2017[/editline]
Scratch the boringness part, found some great alleys with enough restaurants and bars that'll keep me occupied for the 2 months I'm here.
Can someone explain why 一二三四五 is a real name. I thought it was just the VN creators getting creative but 一二三 and 四五 are both in my name dictionary.
[QUOTE=helifreak;52279276]Can someone explain why 一二三四五 is a real name. I thought it was just the VN creators getting creative but 一二三 and 四五 are both in my name dictionary.[/QUOTE]
Is Onetwothree Fourfive not a real name in English? :v:
[editline]31st May 2017[/editline]
I am joking, haha. 一二三 is read "Hifumi" and 四五 is read "Shigo". It has the meaning of being consistent as counting numbers. They are actual names.
[QUOTE=daigennki;52294513]Is Onetwothree Fourfive not a real name in English? :v:
[editline]31st May 2017[/editline]
I am joking, haha. 一二三 is read "Hifumi" and 四五 is read "Shigo". It has the meaning of being consistent as counting numbers. They are actual names.[/QUOTE]
Yeah I knew it was a real name since it was in the dictionary, just didn't have any meaning for it. Thank. Although the VN was using the other reading of うたかねよつこ.
i tried learning japanese and it feels like me learning chinese all over again
the characters are tough to memorize
I'm 1% Japanese, am I qualified to post here or am I not Japanese™ enough?
[QUOTE=loopoo;52307810]I'm 1% Japanese, am I qualified to post here or am I not Japanese™ enough?[/QUOTE]
:toadleave:
[QUOTE=loopoo;52307810]I'm 1% Japanese, am I qualified to post here or am I not Japanese™ enough?[/QUOTE]
getto za fakku auto obu hia gaijin
[QUOTE=loopoo;52307810]I'm 1% Japanese, am I qualified to post here or am I not Japanese™ enough?[/QUOTE]
外人帰れ
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