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>>218966476
suretatewotu
I learned TWO collocations from a single comic book text box today

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スレが死んでるな

https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm45904024
ケバブ

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>Page 10

there are two chickens in the back garden

there are two corpses in the back garden

誰もいねーなー

早めに寝るようにするよ (◡ω◡)

>>218975808
なに寝とんねん
きばって勉強しーやー

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;3

https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm45878389

>>218979344
15分もあるやん! (白目)

>>218979642
いっぱい楽しめるね

日本語と英語の大きな違いは有生性に敏感であるかどうかという点である。日本語は有生性に敏感な言語で英語は有生性よりも数に敏感な言語と言える。有生性に関して日本語に顕著なのは「存在」を表す「いる」と「ある」の区別であるが、それ以外にも多く有生性の違いで日英の違いが現れているものがたくさんある。最近、考えている違いに英語の前置詞 with がある。with は辞書では「同居」や「所有」や「道具」を表す前置詞として説明しているが基本は A with B とAと Bの togatherness を表してるだけで、それが文の中で「同居」とか「所有」という意味に変わるだけのことである。しかし日本語は有生性に敏感な言語なので英語では同じ with を使っているのに日本語では同じ表現で表すことができなくなっているのである

It's easier to think of it as less "plural", and more "non-singular". It's a quirk with how English deals with numbers. The only number that takes singular marking is "one", because if you think about it, that's the definition of what "singular" means.

redditからだけど

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>>218981140
Although I knew it from exposure, reading this was the first time I consciously thought about と and で as different types of "with" and in terms of animacy, it's an interesting way to think about it. The reason for having いる and ある starts to make more sense to me.

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>>218982842

damn, nice mountain. wish I was there

>>218966476
Where was this picture taken? Beautiful scene!

>>218983621
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6040.html

test

>>218966476
Recommend me anime to play in the background for learning 日本語. I am going there in 10 weeks or so and I know about 4 words

>>218983952
bakemonogatari

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あげ

ロシア語学習ブログよりフィンランド語学習ブログのほうが多いの日本言語学習界隈のバグ

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Tell me the meaning(s) of your country's name(s)!
Japanese has a lot of names for Japan.

>倭 [wa] / 倭国 [wakoku]: 倭(dwarf, barbarian) + 国(country, nation, state)
>Meaning: country of dwarfs.
Note: This is the former name of Japan until it was renamed as 日本.
Ancient China called Ancient Japan like this because they considered Japan to be barbaric and non-civilized.

>大和 [yamato]: 大(big, great, large) + 和(harmony, peace)
>Meaning: nothing in particular
Note: 和 [wa] is a homophone kanji for 倭 [wa] but with good meanings, so 倭 was replaced with 和 over time, which is why this name for Japan doesn't have the particular meaning.

>日本 [nihon / nippon]: 日(day, sun) + 本(origin, root, source)
>Meaning: the sun's origin

>日の本 [hi no moto]: an archaic way of saying 日本.
>Meaning: same as 日本

>日出づる処 [hi izuru tokoro]: 日(day, sun) + 出づる(appear, show up, come out) + 処(land, place, location, site)
>Meaning: land of the rising sun

etc.

俺は途中まで書いて恥ずかしくなって消した投稿の幽霊...
今晩夢に出てきてやる...

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>>218990463
Spain - Traditionally thought to derive from a Phoenician *𐤀𐤉𐤔𐤐𐤍 (*ʾyšpn /*ʔī šap̄ān/, literally “island of the hyrax”)

In journalism or literary contexts it's also called "bull skin" piel de toro because of the shape of the Iberian peninsula

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So, I'm learning hiragana, but I just discovered that katakana and hiragana are phonetically the same! Would combining both characters on my flashcards be a good idea, or would it be better to keep them separate? I haven’t been dedicating much time to my studies, so I’d basically be learning them at the same pace if I did this. Would that be better in the long run? Also, to become more familiar with Japanese in general, would Chiikawa raws be a good read for beginners?

>>218994135
Do keep in mind that katakana is meant for non native words and proper names rather than general use

>>218994135
How you structure the cards is up to you really, though it's generally recommended one card = one unit of information to remember
You could also just grind them out with this, that's what I did in the end instead of anki
https://djtguide.neocities.org/kana/

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I learned over 1000 kanji in less than 2 months and now the visual novel I'm mining hardly gives me new ones every day. The dopamine rush of finding shiny new characters to memorize is gone and I'm dealing with different pronunciations of the same characters which is arguably even more painful. Mining got really gruesome but I don't think I will give up. Once I'll be able to read vns nearly flawlessly I'll work more on output. On the good side, I'm learning grammar together with vocab.

bumo

難し、とても難しいだよ
したいけど、できない…

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>>219005114
頑張るんや

>>218994135
I would keep it separate. It seems that people commonly only start with katakana after having solid grasp on hiragana to avoid confusion. Katakana is not immediately that useful on the beginning too.

Also check out the djtguide kana game and other forms of grinding this. It all really depends on what works for you. Some people have great results physically writing it using practice sheets too. I personally had most success with the kana game and even wrote my own version that introduces new kana/chooses which to repeat based on some heuristics of your past mistakes.

>>219005231
はい

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>>219005334

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>カタコト英語vsカタコト日本語
何これ
https://youtu.be/OZPAx26C-xg?si=wOaR7d3b4VL9oKy9

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欲しいっす

I'm going to literally die

>>219007321
オフトゥン引っぺがしてルパンダイブだッ!! ヾ(⌒(ﾉ'ㅅ')ﾉ ﾀﾞｲﾌﾞ

直前の自分に対して表現するときって
>Am I retarded?
>Was I zesty?
amとwasどっち?

am/was beingになる可能性もワンチャンある

>>219007555
>Was that awesome
>Did I look cool
>Was I being retarded
Questions about the past event

>Am I retarded
>Does this mean I'm a fucking idiot
Questions about yourself now, which you're asking because of what just happened

I tried, maybe it helps

I'm sinu ダイイング

I did 50 ankis over 3 hours, and I had forgotten most of them.
Yep thats enough japanese for today.

>>219010027
>I did 50 ankis over 3 hours
Try seeing the words in context, it really helps me. Also do some visualization.

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bump :3

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僕の誕生日だ!!!!!

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>>219012844
888888888

>>219012844
ハピバ! ｲｴ───(σ≧∀≦)σ───ｨ

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>>219012844
おめでとう!

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>>219012844
ハッピーバースデー
乾杯

ありがとう!!!!

私 am an imbecile 故に stupid