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By: Snuitkever

Snuitkever — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:08:00 +0000

I noticed that there were some posts Japanese business some time ago that were really interesting. Would this be interesting to make a complete guide about?

By: Christian Opperman

Christian Opperman — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:24:00 +0000

I know I’m a bit late to the game here, but it took me a few days to war with my indecision over whether to be selfish or not. I would really, really love to see some posts focusing on the more advanced learners of Japanese – the two in that section that aren’t completed seem absolutely fascinating (the Anki for Advanced Users and Japanese Media to Study). It seems a lot of Tofugu’s content is aimed at the beginner to intermediate level, and while I love every article you right, it would be really cool to see some stuff aimed at some a slightly more advanced level as well.

The “Finding Time to Study” guide also looks like it will be really good, I’m excited for that too.

And also, since I don’t see too many people saying this – thank you. I know how hard it is to do something like this, and I (and I’m sure the rest of your readers) really appreciate it.

By: gorghurt

gorghurt — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:34:00 +0000

sorry for tripple post, it gave me an system error, so i tryd again, and after reloading those posts were there

By: gorghurt

gorghurt — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:31:00 +0000

hmm, well the answer to “how to think in japanese” would be using more japanese….
thinking in a foreign language comes with the time.
while learning japanese is found it usefull to just have no time translating in my mind.
for example: i watch some anime, with japanese subtutles or without subtitles, if i spend time in translating something, i will lose the thread. the show goes on while thinking, and i will miss something, so i stop overthinking.

or when reading a text, you just have to force you, to overlook the small unknown words.

i would also asume, (if you use spaced repetition) to change old cards, into japanese-japanese cards instead of japanese-english cards.

but this is advanced stuff.
if you learn a language, thinking will come sooner or later.

to the last question
i will stick to hiragana:
the first verb is: あける- to open something
the second is: ひらく- something opens itself

the diference between the sentences is, the first is passiv of an transitiv verb, the second is an intransitiv verb(i hope i didnt mix them up^^)

passive may be pretty similar to intransitive verbs, but it needs someone to do it.
passive is like: the door is opened by someone.
intarnsitiv is: the door opened

in every language i know, this is some really little nuance , noone seems to really understand.
i think in japanese it could (if the context is right) also mean”sadly the doar opened”
(sorry i’m gemran, i dont think this sentence is right, i want to say, the door opened, but i didnt like it)

and right now i realize, i used past tense…. well you know inyour japanese sentene its not past tense….

so thats how i understand those intransitive and passiv thingy, but if someone thinks i’m wrong, please tell me.
i’m not so sure myself.

By: Gorghurt

Gorghurt — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:55:00 +0000