I mean, really. Oh, you don’t have time, you say? Well, yes, but… I mean, you can reach enlightenment if your search for it becomes like a hot stone, that you can neither swallow nor spit out. Japanese learning is 100% the same. Right? Anyway, I feel the need to study Japanese. Feeling guilty, for some reason.
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Every day you have to do what it takes to work your 生き甲斐. What the heck that is, well, you have to figure out what that is. But I’ve come to realise that writing regularly in this blog is part of it for me.
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Came across this channel on YouTube, and I’m really enjoying it. He uses real Japanese, and every video has subtitles in both languages. He also offers examples of Japanese onomotaepia, which I find fascinating. Both good listening practice, and some solid stuff to learn. I predict his channel will go far.
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I registered Busuu for Japanese. That is, I paid money for it. It has a big claim in that it’s going to get you, not fluent in Japanese, but to a point where you can survive and speak some basic sentences if you are suddenly strapped into a parachute and dropped into Tokyo. And how does it do this? First of all, though, let me say that some languages in Busuu have placement tests. So if you have some experience already, it tests you, and then starts off at a higher level. Japanese doesn’t have this feature, so everyone starts off at lesson 1. I’m not too proud to admit… Read More
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I do love dancing to Caribbean music. There is one song that contains the lyrics If you can’t get a woman, take a manIt’s the only solutionTake a man Nothing wrong with that, but not my personal preference. But for Japanese studying, the lyrics would be If you can’t get a language partner, talk to yourselfIt’s the only solutionTalk to yourself Again, not my personal preference, but this time I am all for it. You can do language shadowing, or you can follow along with LingoDeer stories, but getting language practice this way is, well…better than nothing.
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