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04-22-2013, 11:25 PM
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Tyr Wrote:I'm not sure if we just hit the same start up guide or something, but that's basically how I've been approaching it. I'm trying to memorize hiragana/katakana while listening to it, but I found it hard to not laugh at myself because I keep thinking I'm pronouncing everything wrong.
I'm using http://www.freejapaneselessons.com/ to learn the stroke order when writing and then I print out a page of the letters, then fill them in with ink as I say them aloud. It's working decently but it's a real bore so it kills the will, but at least I remember them. Do you know if there's an alphabet rhyme/song/something to learn the alphabet? I keep thinking I need B after A and it's messing me up.
Nope! I just remember them now. I think doing the hiragana lessons for namasensei was good because it was funny and had some mnemonic devices. After each lesson, I'd then write down each hiragana for a couple of lines to practice the writing, then use anki until I remembered them. I did around 10 kana a day and in total it took about a week for each alphabet to 'basically remember' them 95% of the time. From them on it was just a matter of reading every goddamn thing I see over here that's not kanji. I don't give a fuck about stroke order for hiragana/katakana, the only time it'll matter is when you're learning kanji and then only because it'll help when you need to identify one with a phone/computer tool (they recognise stroke order and can tell you what a kanji is if you don't know the meaning, for example). And for that, better to just learn the pattern than each individually: http://www.tofugu.com/guides/guess-kanji-stroke-order/
I've started learning kanji by way of radicals. It's much easier. There's only about 220 radicals (as opposed to thousands of kanji) which are shapes that make up all kanji. Most people try and learn kanji by strokes, but it's like trying to remember every English word without knowing the alphabet and simply memorising each and every one by their strokes. http://www.wanikani.com is awesome for this, and ignore the 'beta' thing, it took less than a day for me to get the email back. (albeit it requires a subscription after a certain point, I'm debating whether to use it or switch to something similar, but it really is awesome and I might subscribe)
Cheers, Shun, I'll check dem out.
As for weeaboos: psh! If you're learning Spanish, you're obviously a creep who won't stop talking about tapas.
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Hate: My ex that cheated on me while I was away wants to pick up her stuff. I do not want to see her face...
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King B Wrote:Hate: My ex that cheated on me while I was away wants to pick up her stuff. I do not want to see her face...
Stick that shit in a box and leave it on the sidewalk
Man alone measures time.
Man alone chimes the hour.
And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear no other creature endures.
A fear of time running out.
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper
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04-25-2013, 09:47 PM
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King B Wrote:Hate: My ex that cheated on me while I was away wants to pick up her stuff. I do not want to see her face...
"Trash pickup is on Tuesdays!"
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Hate: Fucking entire social circle annihilated because one bloke left.
WHELP SELF DISCOVERY MONTHS COMING UP. Glad I think most alcohol taste like shit because I would probably be tempted.
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Usually there's that one person who is holding the group together whether we want to realize it or not. Been there a few times. Though I happen to like it when the group figures out they don't need one person to be friends, even if they disagree with a lot of stuff or don't feel that same 'spark' when they're together.
Hate: Fucking temptation. I just want to be happy without the urge to indulge when I have the opportunity. Used money I really couldn't spare to take a cab home last night just so I wouldn't do something stupid and mess up a decent relationship.
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fuck everything.
Man alone measures time.
Man alone chimes the hour.
And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear no other creature endures.
A fear of time running out.
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Kayne Wrote:fuck everything.
I definitely hear you on that right now. 
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Kayne Wrote:fuck everything.
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Yeahhhhh, I'm kinda in a bad spot now, too. BLAH.
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Right now, everything is great. I love my life and I love living it.
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I could use more money, but other than that, I think I swing closer to the John Doe camp (jesus fuck that's a first)
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but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
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04-30-2013, 03:53 AM
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Like that life is going pretty okay for you dudes.
I also like your newest Vad's whimsical whimsicalisms.
My life in Japan fluctuates between very difficult and very awesome, but the bright side is that if I'm in a sucky situation I'm never more than a few weeks away from my next host.
Though, it will be ending in June, and I'll be back to grey old UK. In honesty though, I will enjoy being back at my gaming station, and being able to see my family and get baked, and order pizza. It'll probably take me about two weeks to lose the level of fitness I've gained =P
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I need to get off my lazy ass and do shit. Like write. and stuff. Before Alex and Frisco kill me.
Man alone measures time.
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A fear of time running out.
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I'm being pretty shitty in that regard tooo
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I don't know how to grade my life at the moment.
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05-02-2013, 02:24 AM
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Hate: Being psycho-analyzed by a person who you've come to realize hasn't got their head on right.
Hate: That person is my father-in-law who compares the world to 20 yrs ago and references vietnam.
Hate: Builds slowly to rekindle the flame that once drove me to cause pain to others.
Hate: The job that pays me better of my two, I hate the most.
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While folks are all talking about life and such, mine's going pretty well. Going to school, been regularly hanging out with people offline for the first time in years, and I've got friends I can meet up with in person, something I've long underestimated the value of.
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Bra Wrote:People are dumb, essentially.
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