It seems that even after years of study, a number of people taking formal Japanese classes and doing self-study don’t get comprehensive coverage of the following particles: しか、さえ、and すら. By “comprehensive”, I mean that, … [Read more...]
Over on Mutantfrog Travelogue, a post went up earlier this week called "My Japanese sucks and always will." The post talks about how the author, somebody who's a long-time student of Japanese, passed the JLPT 1, and has … [Read more...]
Passing the JLPT at any level requires being able to read some Japanese and of course the best way to learn to read is well....reading stuff. The problem with reading is that it's really hard. For most of us below the … [Read more...]