Tag Archives: Learning
Do You Know Your Place?
I was recently put in my place this last December with the JLPT 4 test. I wrote it about it in “Why my JLPT Fail was Still a Win“. It was a very eye opening experience and a great motivational experience.
The biggest problem with it is not being able to convey my how I felt [...]
Kanji Makes Japanese Easy
Kanji and Japanese aren’t the same. At least that is how I see it in my head, for better or worse. It is very odd to see it that way so it takes some explaining.
One day I plan to learn Chinese after I learn Japanese. Since kanji is from China originally and the Japanese incorporated [...]
Why my JLPT Fail was Still a Win
Yesterday was JLPT day and I did fail it. Whether it is graded that way or not I am not sure. However, I failed it in my opinion. That being said I would not trade the experience for anything in the world. I am going to include some picture of the trip too so not [...]
Consistent Action Leads to Extraordinary Results
There are many sayings and most have some “truth” to them, but none, to me, are as powerful as this one.
Consistent action over a long period of time leads to amazing results.
I am not sure I am even saying it completely or where I heard it. However, that is the saying I remember. What it [...]
Guest Post over at Wide Island Review – Building Japanese Vocabulary
Learning words through context has the benefit of showing you when and how to use the word from the beginning, but it can take a lot of time to learn the words this way since you are learning more than one thing at a time.
Flash cards are a quick way to gain a lot of [...]
10 Tips for a Successful Japanese Language Panel
Doing a panel at a con can be a bit stressful if it is your first one, heck anywhere if it is your first. So here are a few tips to help with doing a panel on Japanese language if you have never done one before or just want to improve.
1) Plan – This is [...]
Where To Go From Here When You are Burnt Out
Burning out happens, but it is a good time to get going again. Recently, a commenter left a comment about how they are learning and some of the problems. Here is the comment:
Comment by: Kirlanda
Hi, I actually just stumbled on to your site. Because I’m not in any type of college course for japanese(my [...]
Adjective Conjugation Te-Form
Te-Form verb conjugation is kind of difficult and freaks quite a few people out. Unfortunately, there is te-form conjugation with adjectives. Fortunately it is MUCH easier to do te-forms with adjectives over verbs.
い-adjectives drop the final い and add くて
な-adjectives add で to the base word
You can also treat noun+です the same as な-adjectives
Here are [...]
Combining Activities with te-form verbs
We already discussed te-form verb conjugation so lets go to the next step and talk about combining activities, because lets face it we rarely just talk about one thing at a time. To do this we combine verbs to do anything from combining two actions, or two things we are doing, to describing why or [...]
Language Bloopers – Edufire Superpass Contest Giveaway
I am pleased to say I have a free 1 month SuperPass I can give away to someone. So what are the benefits of the Superpass?
SuperPass is $29 a month (or less than $1 a day)
$1 one week trial
With a membership, you get access to unlimited live online teachers.
In class, you can interact with your [...]
