Tag Archives: Learning
Counting People in Japanese
One thing we use a lot, but probably don’t realize is when we count people. “There are I’d say 15 people over there.” or “We have 6 people”. We use this quite a bit especially when it comes to groups of people.
To count people we will use にん at the end of the a [...]
ii and na adjective conjugation present and past tense
There are two types of adjectives which I will cover in another post, but for the time being know there are い-adjectives and な-adjectives. Very roughly, い-adjectives end in い and な-adjectives use な after the adjective before proceeding to the rest of the statement.
Adjectives, like verbs, conjugate for tense and polarity. However, い-adjectives and [...]
Mangajin’s Basic Japanese through comics – Review
I recently was able to come accross this book, Mangajin’s Basic Japanese through comics, from a friend in my Japanese class. At first I was skeptical at how much use this book would be on learning practical Japanese, but I can honestly say I am/was impressed.
The book is broken up into 24 lessons (or [...]
Extract Audio from a Video to Increase Listening Content
In one of my previous posts I talked about building up a tolerance for listening to Japanese audio. Another way to get content is to take you J-Drama or Anime and rip out the audio into an mp3 and put it on your Zune or iPod or other mp3 playing device. It is fairly [...]
Building a Tolerance/Pain Threshold for Hearing Japanese
One part of AJATT is to listen to as much Japanese as possible be it music, TV, or anime. Basically, always listen to something even if it is white noise. I had a talk with someone over instant messenger about this. They were having the same problems I had when I started trying the [...]
Learn ABOUT Your Target Language before you talk about it
I am increasingly running into a problem where those I talk to about the Japanese language, those that are learning Japanese, have no idea ABOUT the Japanese language, or they refuse to know about it. Here is a conversation I have had at least 7 or 8 times.
Other Dude: Man I am having a [...]
Importance of Ever Changing Goals
Updating your goals and sub goals is very important to be successful. By doing so you change learn new ways and new approaches to thing. This also helps you to avoid slumps and the mundane. Often times we tend to stop learning or progressing simply because we get tired of the same old thing. We [...]
5 Ways to Use Subtitles to Learn Japanese
I think it is possible to use subtitles to help learn the Japanese Language. I think it is entirely possible to use it as a tool to help with listening comprehension when it comes vocabulary, and maybe even so far as figure out some grammar too. It is just another fun way to have fun [...]
Top 9 Japanese Language Blogs
These are the top 9 language blogs, 9 because I like to be different, I follow. Some of the criteria I had in choosing these were: detail, post consistency, and up-to-date. From there it gets more into personal taste, like most lists. So here we go ready to get started?
9 – JapanesePod101.com – I know [...]
Why Your Language Book is Holding Your Japanese Back
Most books for learning are horrible for the long term learner of Japanese. There are several things to take into account when trying to learn Japanese, or any language for that matter, from fluency level to resources, and even how you learn. I want to discuss the importance of learning written language and how most [...]
