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johnmedina999 wrote:
What are you studying this week?
Exactly
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can't be bothered writing detailed reports at this current time.
can't be bothered writing detailed reports at this current time.
If you ever feel like practicing writing to someone in Japanese feel free to do so with me. I only know the basics, but it'd be a good practice. Or write to Khelly
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3/5. Currently about 100 pages into my exercise book "Japanese for Busy People". I'll probably order volume two and a kanji book sometime soon.
I'll write some more tomorrow.
Thanks. Once I gain some basic competency I'll look into writing/talking with people, as well as probably paying for an online tutor. Though I think I'm gonna focus on the written aspect.Foxtrot wrote:
If you ever feel like practicing writing to someone in Japanese feel free to do so with me. I only know the basics, but it'd be a good practice. Or write to Khelly
I'll write some more tomorrow.
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4/5. Spent the day revising kana stroke order, vocabulary, and numbers.
Just put myself in debt for the next two decades by buying some new textnooks: Genki 1 and 2 + workbooks, The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Course: A Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering 2300 Characters, and A Guide to Japanese Grammar
Just put myself in debt for the next two decades by buying some new textnooks: Genki 1 and 2 + workbooks, The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Course: A Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering 2300 Characters, and A Guide to Japanese Grammar
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5/5
about 100 pages in and one exercise book filled in.
about 100 pages in and one exercise book filled in.
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dam, going strong!
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sorta
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2/5
B1rd wrote:
sorta
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BORING
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My life is boring.
As it seems I've broken my record for sleeping, went to sleep as soon as I got home at about 5pm and woke at 1pm the next day, I missed studying yesterday, but I'll catch up today.
As it seems I've broken my record for sleeping, went to sleep as soon as I got home at about 5pm and woke at 1pm the next day, I missed studying yesterday, but I'll catch up today.
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No. You MUST comment with more than just a number.
Posting what you learned will be a good idea, as it turns book knowledge into applied knowledge
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5/5. Procrastinated a bit this week so I did 2 hours of study today. I feel more motivated to study when I'm away from home and all its distractions, so I've been going to a cafe.
Writing what I've learned is more boring than studying itself so I'm not gonna do that all the time. But today I did some stuff on いいand な adjectives, and also just general stuff like putting together sentences, for example えいが は ぜんぜん おもしろくなかった です。 (tell me if that's wrong)
And before you get on my case, yes I'll learn the kanji and verb conjugations soon enough. I didn't have the money to buy the textbooks I wanted this week but I'll get them soon.
Writing what I've learned is more boring than studying itself so I'm not gonna do that all the time. But today I did some stuff on いいand な adjectives, and also just general stuff like putting together sentences, for example えいが は ぜんぜん おもしろくなかった です。 (tell me if that's wrong)
And before you get on my case, yes I'll learn the kanji and verb conjugations soon enough. I didn't have the money to buy the textbooks I wanted this week but I'll get them soon.
な adjectives aren't actually adjectives. They're nouns. な is an old form called rentaikei that doesn't exist in jp anymore. In these cases, it stands for だ. That is why it is conjugation with things like だった etc. I guess you're still going to interpret them as adjectives from an English perspective, but they're really really not. "静かな人 Quiet is person. Person that is quiet. Quiet person." I'm assuming at this point you're not used to head nouns so it'll make less sense. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Your sentence is fine but you don't need the です. If you want to be polite, it's おもしろくありませんでした。Look closely at the negative state. " なかった" This is past tense for nai. What is polite for nai? It's arimasen. What's negative past for this? ありませんでした. Exactly.
Yes I am aware that not ending such a sentence with です technically means it's ending with an adjective and not any sort of verb or copula. But I see this happen ALL the time where people end in actual adjectives. If you were to end it with a noun-"adjective", you would definitely need a だ though.
Also it's cool to note that two of your main words are ones that're like 20/80 written with/without kanji. You can basically get away with only using kanji for eiga and no one would bat an eye. Although personally I would use kanji for eiga and zenzen because the less amount of hiragana in a row the easier it is to read.
映画は全然面白くなかった for full kanji.
Your sentence is fine but you don't need the です. If you want to be polite, it's おもしろくありませんでした。Look closely at the negative state. " なかった" This is past tense for nai. What is polite for nai? It's arimasen. What's negative past for this? ありませんでした. Exactly.
Yes I am aware that not ending such a sentence with です technically means it's ending with an adjective and not any sort of verb or copula. But I see this happen ALL the time where people end in actual adjectives. If you were to end it with a noun-"adjective", you would definitely need a だ though.
Also it's cool to note that two of your main words are ones that're like 20/80 written with/without kanji. You can basically get away with only using kanji for eiga and no one would bat an eye. Although personally I would use kanji for eiga and zenzen because the less amount of hiragana in a row the easier it is to read.
映画は全然面白くなかった for full kanji.
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Yuudachi-kun wrote:
No. You MUST comment with more than just a number.
He wrote two.Allmynamestaken wrote:
Yuudachi-kun wrote:
No. You MUST comment with more than just a number.
Allmynamestaken wrote:
Yuudachi-kun wrote:
No. You MUST comment with more than just a number.
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By the way, I might do 10 hours of study this week. I'll pay out $50 if I don't meet that goal.
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Yep, I'm gonna force myself to follow my dreams whether I like it or not.
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Okay, I didn't have the money last week but I just ordered the Japanese textbooks, the ones I mentioned earlier + a Kodansha furigana dictionary, $365 AUD total.
I also decided to add some more pending actions to my routine, starting next week:
-20 minutes of calisthenics 3-4 times a week
-20 minutes of bow-related exercises 3-4 times a week
-60 minutes of housework a week
-bed by 1am, up by 7:30am each day of the week
-limit of $30 of takeout food/drink a fortnight, excluding coffees from cafes when studying
As always, failure to complete any of these will result in a $50 penalty to me as per the instructions in the OP. I'm also gonna change the format from daily updates to a weekly report.
I also decided to add some more pending actions to my routine, starting next week:
-20 minutes of calisthenics 3-4 times a week
-20 minutes of bow-related exercises 3-4 times a week
-60 minutes of housework a week
-bed by 1am, up by 7:30am each day of the week
-limit of $30 of takeout food/drink a fortnight, excluding coffees from cafes when studying
As always, failure to complete any of these will result in a $50 penalty to me as per the instructions in the OP. I'm also gonna change the format from daily updates to a weekly report.
hopefully doing weekly reports will give you more time to sit down and write more detailed information about what you learned so far. as always, good luck on your study
Also, how fluent do you think you are currently, at least when it comes to reading a text you haven't seen before?Foxtrot wrote:
good luck on your study
maybe you should study japanese too.
Flip that I already am having three new languages on my plate, plus helping a spelling bee out
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10/10 done. Still got 20 minutes of my teen years left before deadline.
Also, I'm gonna cancel the bed time schedule, until I get some sleeping pills from my doctor.
If you're talking to me, I still don't know much, I'm still earning basic vocabulary and sentence structure. I wouldn't know enough to understand the majority of basic conversation very well. I haven't been doing much reporting on what I've been learning because it's fairly tedious, I may do when I have time though.johnmedina999 wrote:
Also, how fluent do you think you are currently, at least when it comes to reading a text you haven't seen before?Foxtrot wrote:
good luck on your study
Also, I'm gonna cancel the bed time schedule, until I get some sleeping pills from my doctor.
It can hardly be worse than mine.lol wrote:
this thread is cool but also makes me worry about my life
rip study blog
rip studying
it's b1rd u.. u...... u imbecile
You Can't Use Numbers On 1st gen,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Best Regards,
Serra1onga
Best Regards,
Serra1onga
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serraionga i love you
serraionga i love you
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5/5 hours of studying done, did the exercises, housework, etc. I just went to sleep straight away afterwards on Sunday night then forgot about it this morning.
I'm gonna change it from 20 min to 10 min since 20 mins is a bit excessive just for pushups and stuff, and I'm gonna add 1 hour of sorting about my computer files
I'm gonna change it from 20 min to 10 min since 20 mins is a bit excessive just for pushups and stuff, and I'm gonna add 1 hour of sorting about my computer files