The JLPT CAN be Used to Measure Proficiency

December 5, 2009 JLPT

It is JLPT season and emotions are running high as people cram at the last minute and trolls come out in droves to tell JLPT takers how pointless it is. I have seen no less than 15 tweets on how pointless the JLPT is to measure Japanese ability. As noted in the comments of “What [...]

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Consistent Action Leads to Extraordinary Results

November 29, 2009 Learning

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. [...]

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Guest Post over at Wide Island Review – Building Japanese Vocabulary

November 16, 2009 Learning

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 [...]

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10 Tips for a Successful Japanese Language Panel

November 10, 2009 Learning

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 [...]

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It is ALL about Passion

November 8, 2009 Learning

I tend to have a bout of introspection at the oddest times. Today it just so happened while I was on the elliptical reading an interesting history book. The word Passion was used to describe early followers of Buddhism in Japan. Their Passion led to people going to great lengths to accomplish their ideals. This [...]

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Japanese Verb Conjugation tai We have Hopes and Dreams

November 5, 2009 Conjugation

Everyone constantly wants something. Whether they want a hamburger or a new car, maybe even a pencil. In English we have the word want. We want things from objects or dreams to come true, and you probably want to know how to say in Japanese. Well fortunately this is super easy. Just add たい to [...]

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Don’t do that with short forms

October 29, 2009 Conjugation

We often hit on doing stuff or requesting stuff be done, but sometimes there are just things you don’t want people to do. Like don’t eat the car. Not taking pictures in a museum. To start be sure that you have reviewed short forms present tense. Because what you are going to do is add [...]

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Short Form Japanese Verb Conjugation Past Tense

October 23, 2009 Conjugation

Past tense short forms are a bit more tricky than present tense short forms, but not by much. First though be sure that you understand te-forms, and by extension u and ru-verbs. Past Affirmative Just like present affirmative was easy since it was just dictionary form. Past tense is easy too. Since you should arleady [...]

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Help Save a Dying Language

October 16, 2009 Uncategorized

If you know of a dying language and you know people that speak it who are trying to save that language. You should point them to the Rosetta Stone Endangered Language Program. I was poking around their site and noticed they have a program available to help save dying languages. This piqued my interest more [...]

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Short Form Japanese Verb Conjugation Present Tense

October 15, 2009 Conjugation

Short forms seem kind of complicated when I first saw them and messed with them, but they aren’t, at all. If you just know the principles of it short forms are super simple. For present tense you don’t need to really review anything other than u-verb and ru-verb conjugation. The only thing to really know [...]

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