marimorimo
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I thought maybe some of you would appreciate that pun my gramma teacher did a few years ago..
Sorry for the potato quality...
This is brilliant! I would have liked to take your teacher's class 😂
I thought maybe some of you would appreciate that pun my gramma teacher did a few years ago..
Sorry for the potato quality...
I'm really struggling to understand the usage of ことand ように. Both seem to be used half a dozen different ways (こと especially) and its not clicking. として is another one that is going over my head - the book says it means "as" but that doesn't really make sense int he context of the sentences I'm looking at.
I'm working through the Tobira textbook. Its good. But tough. I'm on chapter four. This is the first chapter where I'm really feeling at a loss, but I imagine its gonna get worse from here.
I'm really struggling to understand the usage of ことand ように. Both seem to be used half a dozen different ways (こと especially) and its not clicking. として is another one that is going over my head - the book says it means "as" but that doesn't really make sense int he context of the sentences I'm looking at.
I'm working through the Tobira textbook. Its good. But tough. I'm on chapter four. This is the first chapter where I'm really feeling at a loss, but I imagine its gonna get worse from here.
Stupid question : Is there a rule in Japanese that katakana use for onomatopoeia is compulsory ? I think I saw some with hiragana.
This is brilliant! I would have liked to take your teacher's class 😂
I've been trying to study for N2 with Sogo Matome...it gets so many recommendations but for grammar I find it frustrating and useless. It just gives the grammar form and then two example sentences with rough, non-exact translations. It doesn't really explain what the words I'm learning mean, variants, or their context, and often the example sentences don't even match up.
Like, am I missing something? How is this useful to anybody?
Got my bachelor's degree in Japanese 3 years really are nothing when you like what you do.
Heading off to Tokyo for a year this August, I'll be "studying" at Rikkyo Daigaku (let's face it, I won't study a lot). Guess I'll pass N1 in December while I'm there.
Can't wait.
Damn kurita youre going to not make so much money with that sweet degree. Gratz!
Thanks hahaDamn kurita youre going to not make so much money with that sweet degree. Gratz!
ThanksCongrats on the usel-
Oh.
But seriously though, congratulations anyway. Back when I got my Bachelor's and the opportunity to do an exchange year in Japan, some of us were actually sent to Rikkyô - I was sent to Kyûshû Daigaku; dat Kokuritsu fame. That's it, I have no opinion on Rikkyô, don't know what it was like for them over there. All I can say is that, yeah, you're so not gonna be studying, but you'll have a great time. In fact, you shouldn't be studying, unless that studying involves speaking Japanese with all the friends you'll make there.
Yeah, Kurita, what's the point of living if you don't make lots of money and garbage posts?
OK, I've made up my mind. I'm taking up Japanese again concurrently with Russian, and I don't give a fuuuck. I've always learned better with my back against the wall anyway, and I love so much to learn new languages that I can't just wait until I'm "good enough" in Russian.
So.. wish me luck. I will definitely check out all the resources in here and bother you guys with stupid questions, sorry in advance.
I was just messin'. Enjoy your life!
One thing I've noticed in my brief time living here, and is always apparent in this thread, is that people with Japanese language/linguistic degrees, or people with formal Japanese education, or people going to Japanese language school are by far and away the mostly easily offended group of people I've ever encountered.
Loosen up, chaps.
Just took a mock N2 test for the first time. 148/180 (90 to pass). I finished the language section with 40 minutes to spare, which is just a stupid amount of extra time - I should have gone back over all of my answers and not just the ones I had marked as unsure, might have caught some more of the dumb mistakes I made.
Anyway, I don't suppose anyone has ever used the 日本語能力試験スーパー模試 book by アルク? Wondering if it's significantly easier than the actual exam or something.
The listening section in particular felt way too easy, but I don't really know what I should be expecting there either. On one of the choose the response questions I literally laughed out loud, and I missed the start of the next question because I just couldn't stop.
女の人:すみませんが、ちょっと力を貸していただけますか?
①いいですよ、何をしましょうか。
②来週には返してくださいね。
③今、他の人が借りています。
Just took a mock N2 test for the first time. 148/180 (90 to pass). I finished the language section with 40 minutes to spare, which is just a stupid amount of extra time - I should have gone back over all of my answers and not just the ones I had marked as unsure, might have caught some more of the dumb mistakes I made.
Anyway, I don't suppose anyone has ever used the 日本語能力試験スーパー模試 book by アルク? Wondering if it's significantly easier than the actual exam or something.
The listening section in particular felt way too easy, but I don't really know what I should be expecting there either. On one of the choose the response questions I literally laughed out loud, and I missed the start of the next question because I just couldn't stop.
女の人:すみませんが、ちょっと力を貸していただけますか?
①いいですよ、何をしましょうか。
②来週には返してくださいね。
③今、他の人が借りています。
You seem pretty far along in your study and you've been living in Japan for some time now, right? Like, you've been reading novels - that's likely why N2 feels easy. I haven't studied that series, but those kind of listening questions I would imagine are naturally pretty easy for you.
The listening section in particular felt way too easy, but I don't really know what I should be expecting there either. On one of the choose the response questions I literally laughed out loud, and I missed the start of the next question because I just couldn't stop.
女の人:すみませんが、ちょっと力を貸していただけますか?
①いいですよ、何をしましょうか。
②来週には返してくださいね。
③今、他の人が借りています。
now I'm feeling like I fucked up - when it came to listening study, I've been using Variety shows, News and Dramas - but now I'm thinking I should have bought an N1 listening book and tried to "game" the listening section..
People on TV speak faster than the people on the test, so if you can keep up with the TV I would think you could keep up with the test. But if you've never taken the JLPT before, it wouldn't hurt to listen to some practice questions so you can get a feel for it (generally just some man and woman speaking).
Has anyone ever used IMABI? The author claims to go from basic to even Classical Japanese, and it is updated every day.
It's a great supplementary resource for reviewing or getting a different/deeper perspective on some topics, but I don't know if it works so well as a core text having never used it as such. I generally link it to it people they're struggling with a grammar point that they learned about but don't completely understand.
I'm finally determined to get a lot under my belt now that I have this entire Summer off, and I was wondering if anyone knows if a book that goes through Hiragana/Katakana and their proper usage is a good way to start.
I've been going on and off learning from this book for a few years.
I'm finally determined to get a lot under my belt now that I have this entire Summer off, and I was wondering if anyone knows if a book that goes through Hiragana/Katakana and their proper usage is a good way to start.
I've been going on and off learning from this book for a few years.
I'm finally determined to get a lot under my belt now that I have this entire Summer off, and I was wondering if anyone knows if a book that goes through Hiragana/Katakana and their proper usage is a good way to start.