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@maws-learn-a-language
Bringing this back to challenge myself to coherently speak Hebrew, after this post English will be forbidden on this blog. toki pona is allowed if needed or if I just feel like speaking it instead. Time to be understood by very few people!
כשאני שוכח מילה תמיד יש לי שיר שיש לו המילה שרציתי אותה. אני רק צריך לחשוב עליו ואז הוא נותן לי את המילה!
אני אוהב להקשיב למוזיקה בעברית ואז יש לי הרבה שירים ללמוד מהם מילים!
אתמול שכחתי את המילה מבין אבל רק הייתי צריך לחשוב על השיר העברית החדשה!
שפה קשה
העברית החדשה
אני לא מבין את המבטא
וחשבתי: אה אני זוכר! דבר אליי עברית בבקשה חחח
ואם אני שוכח את המילה מחפש, יש לי הרבה שירים שאומרים מחפש את התשובה.
לפעמים כשאני לומד מילה חדשה אני יודע מיד לאיזה שיר יש את המילה הזאת... לפעמים זה לא בדיוק נכון. שמעתי גם אצליח וחשבתי שזה היה גם מצליח ואז חשבתי שזאת המילה שלמדתי. אבל לא למדתי אותה. עכשיו אני יודע שהיא אותו הפועל אבל הן לא אותה מילה... אני לא יודע על מה אני מדבר. אני באמת צריך לישון.
יש בדואו הרבה פעלים של פיעל. יותר מארבעים וחמש פעלים! אבל למרות כל הפעלים שהוא כן מלמד הוא לא מלמד "מלמד" ואני שונא אותו. הוא אפילו מלמד "מגלה" וזה נכון אני כן מגלה את הפעלים החשובים כי הוא לא מלמד אותם!!!
אני שונא את דואו.
שלום! קוראים לי מס ואני לומד עברית מדואו הינשוף. ארבע מאות וארבעים ימים עכשיו! אבל הוא לא מספיק כי באמת הוא לא רוצה שאני לומד, הוא רוצה שאני לא עוזב. אז, אני פה ללמוד יותר טוב! וגם אני צופה באווטאר בעברית ואני חושב שזה עוזר לי גם. אבל אין לי כתוביות. אני לא תמיד יודע מה הם אומרים, אבל זה בסדר. אני לא תמיד יודע מה אני אומר גם.
לילה טוב!
I'm curious, does she knows how to speak all those lenguajes? Or did she just search the same phrase in google translate?
I speak all those languages. En la universidad, mi especialidad era Japonés, Chino, y Castellano(在美国有很多西班呀文说的人所以他们说 “Spanish”可是我的西班呀文老师告诉我正确的名字是 “castellano”). ガーナ人ので、「Twi」と言うガーナの言葉も話せます。Twi de3 ne kyrう 3ye din efri s3, brofu mu, 3 ne うennyimu.
op I have several questions about your Japanese but most importantly why are you not using the honorific お when speaking to a stranger???? like お名前は何ですか is literally what every Japanese course I’ve taken has made me memorize exactly? To the point that I immediately heard something was off when you said it??
I feel like I’m missing a joke here but I don’t know any other languages
Anyway, now that that's dealt with, time to move my Japanese rambling Discord statuses to this tumblr instead :P
ここにマースエンダー歯がいません。誰ですか？ There is no Maws Enderteeth here. Who is that?
おはよう！寝なかった！:( Morning! I didn't sleep! :(
Anyway, now that that's dealt with, time to move my Japanese rambling Discord statuses to this tumblr instead :P
ここにマースエンダー歯がいません。誰ですか？ There is no Maws Enderteeth here. Who is that?
Anyway, now that that's dealt with, time to move my Japanese rambling Discord statuses to this tumblr instead :P
Ew, I still haven't changed the name of this one? My name is Maws! Y'know, a name not derived from anything to my knowledge antisemitic.
The online Japanese course that no one talks about
Okay so I’m not a langblr and I never plan to be. However. What I do know from following a ton of them is that no one talks about Minato.
Now you may be thinking, ‘What’s Minato?’. It’s a website that was recommended to me by a Japanese Studies university professor for learning Japanse at home.
It’s literally the best resource out there and it’s free (funded by the Japanese government). You can choose between self-study and tutor support-led courses.
There are courses in Hiragana, Katakana, and the general language (from levels A1 to A2), and you can download a certificate and study record after completion of a course.
Here’s the link. Or if you want to type it: https://minato-jf.jp
Go. Learn some actual Japanese.
Latin is now available my dudes!!!
Uh oh, Julius, looks like you've skipped your Latin class! You know what that means!
japanese-revision:
Textbooks:
A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar
A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar
A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar
Read Real Japanese Fiction
GENKI: Integrated Elementary Japanese I and II [beginners]
An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese
Basic Connections: Making Your Japanese Flow
Tobira (Gateway to advanced Japanese)
TextFugu [an online textbook]
Heisig’s Remembering Kanji
Basic Kanji Book Vol.1
Kanji in Context
Shadowing: Let’s Speak Japanese! (Beginner to Intermediate Level)
Japanese The Manga Way
Making Out in Japanese [for informal/vulgar language]
Minimum Essential Politeness: Japanese Honorific
Online and Phone Dictionaries:
ALC (I use this everyday) →Expression encyclopaedia
Goo dictionary
Weblio
WWWJDIC (with audio clips) + for Android phones (incl. handwriting)
JWPce (downloadable dictionary for Windows)
JEDict (downloadable for Mac users)
Idiomatic Expressions
Idioms dictionary [Japanese only]
Counters dictionary
Hovering dictionaries: →Rikaikun for Chrome →Rikaichan for Firefox →Floating Dictionary for Mac
Current Affairs dictionary
Tangorin
Imiwa? (a dictionary for the iPhone)
Tagaini Jisho (downloadable for Windows, Mac and Linux)
Nihongodict (also an app. for iPhone and Android phones)
For kanji.
Jisho (I use this for spelling kanji for if I can’t read it)
Yamasa (I use this for learning to write)
A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters
Associative Kanji Learning (stroke orders)
Handwritten kanji search
WaniKani (reviewed and explained here)
Online reading:
Hukumusume Fairytales
竹取（Bamboo-Cutting） (vertical writing)
吉田秀幸の日記（Hideyuki Yoshida’s Diary） (recipes)
Chokochoko’s reading texts to help with JLPT
TED Talks (with Japanese subtitles and transcripts)
Learning through Films [Japanese subtitles/scripts]
Blue Sky Library (public domain books, explained here)
Manga.
Free online manga
Vomic (free online manga with voice actors)
Sound Effects (in manga, etc)
Improving your speaking:
Japanese pronunciation guide
Interactive Hiragana Pronounciation table
Topics for Language Exchanges.
Bubbly (a Twitter-like app where you can record yourself)
Audioboo (similar to Bubbly, but also a website)
My Language Exchange [to find a language partner]
Japanese Kana (Chrome app)
Listening:
“Real World” Japanese
My Kikitori
Reading & Writing practice:
Lang-8
Japan-Guide [for getting Japanese penpals]
Read, Write, Learn: Macaronics
原稿用紙の使い方 (How to write an essay with Japanese writing paper)
Shiritori (Japanese word-chain game)
iTalki [similar to Lang-8]
手書きブログ (Blogging by hand)
ChatPad (Japanese chatroom site)
Real Kana practice
News:
NewsWeb Easy
NHK News (audio news with speed controls)
Mainichi Primary School student Newspaper
Podcasts and radio:
JOQR (Cultural Broadcasting)
TBS Radio’s Junk
TOKYO FM
CSRA fm(+ App for Android)
JIN Radio (bilingual)
Radio dramas
Medicine in Times of Tears
My Home, My Life
The Infirmary for 17-year-olds
YouTube:
Afternoon Hirusagari
Jet Daisuke
バイリンガール英会話
Analog TV Forever (collections of adverts)
Real Japanese Studio
Japancast
Tofugu
Japanese Let’s Play gamers
サイエンスチャネル
TheWannabeBC
Gaijin Goombah
Genki Lessons
Japanese sign language.
Heartful Power Hideo
Shuwa Island
TV:
Japanese subtitles for anime
KeyHole TV (to stream Japanese TV and radio)
風雲LIVE日本語（Feng Yun LIVE Japanese） (to stream TV)
映画で学ぶ実践英会話
Tumblr:
Kanji-a-Day
Holy crap Japanese
Nihongo ga Suki
Jumpstart Japanese
Nihongolog
Japanese Idioms
Nadine Nihongo
That Japan Addict
ChilliMuffin
Japanese through Fandom
F-Yeah Native Japanese
J-Vocab of the Day
ぶらりめし [Japanese only]
Peaceful Chef [Japanese only]
Kumako365jp
Japanese Revision (my blog for intermediates)
Those who are studying in Japan
My Japan Travels (Yokohama National University)
Mechakuchajan (Osaka University)
Hola-Itza (Meiji Gakuin)
The Disaster Chronicles (Toyo University) [wordpress]
Welcome to Moonside (University of Kitakyushu)
2012 - 2013 exchange students
Japanicking in Yamanashi (at Yamanashi University)
Samxuel (at Kyushu Sangyo)
Katy in Japan Town (at NUFS)
Chocotastie (at Seinan Gakuin)
Kim in Sapporo (at Hokkaido University)
Yeonhwa Japan (Chuo University)
Mago Mago (Ritsumeikan University)
Marta in Japan (Waseda University)
Working as part of the JET Programme
A Girl in Japan
Ramandab in Sapporo-shi
Ikemasu
Boukendan desu
Blogging:
Yaplog
Ameba
Learning websites:
JapaneseClass.jp
The Japanese Page
JapanesePod101
Tae Kim’s Guide to Learning Japanese
Erin’s Challenge (with listening and reading practice)
Maggie Sensei
Tofugu
All Japanese All The Time
Japanese Level Up
Learning Japanese with Lingualift
JPLang
Yes Japan!
Marugoto: Japanese Language & Culture
Other resources:
Lots of threads with a variety of resources for Japanese learning
JLPT Resources
Top 100 learning resources via Lingualift
Anki (flashcards for your computer, phone and online) →Yomichan (plug-in for Anki)
Common things said by cashiers
Quizlet (flashcards)
DJT and Okra’s pastebins (lots of resources and textbooks for download, etc)
Japanese.Livejournal (including tips on using IME)
Human Japanese (for PC and phones, excl. Linux)
Study Groups
Help with Japanese via StackExchange
I’ve added even more to the list since I first posted this and am continuing to add new things to it. So, I thought I’d re-post it. As always, if anyone has anything they would like to add, let me know!
I think this is the best tumblr post ever. ❤️
This post is 6 years old, and Duolingo now offers a Japanese course. It’s free and fun practice, but unless you’re constantly reading the comments, it doesn’t explain nearly enough to be used on its own!
I really wish I had a Japanese speaking friend I could ask some questions because reading linguistic articles on Wikipedia is so hard to navigate, especially when I don’t know half of the grammatical terms, and trying to decipher Google translate is difficult since there is no explanation at all and I can’t even be sure it’s correct.
猫と勉強します！かのじょも学生です！
I study with a cat! She is also a student!
Insects in Japanese
昆虫 [こんちゅう] - insect 虫 [むし] - bug 蜘蛛 [くも] - spider 蟻 [あり] - ant 白蟻 [しろあり] - termite 蝿 [はえ] - fly 蛆 [うじ] - maggot 蛍 [ほたる] - firefly 天道虫 [てんとうむし] - ladybug 蝶々 [ちょうちょう] - butterfly 毛虫 (hairy)、芋虫 (hairless) [けむし、いもむし ] - caterpillar 蛾 [が] - moth 飛蝗 (green)、蝗 (brown) [ばった、いなご] - grasshopper 甲虫 [こうちゅう] - beetle 兜虫 [かぶとむし] - Japanese rhinoceros beetle 蝉 [せみ] - cicada 蜻蛉 [とんぼ] - dragonfly 蜚蠊 [ごきぶり] - cockroach 蚊 [か] - mosquito 蜂 [はち] - bee, wasp 虻 [あぶ] - horsefly 蚤 [のみ] - flea 壁蝨 [だに] - tick, mite 油虫 [あぶらむし] - aphid 蜈蚣 [むかで] - centipede 蝸牛 [かたつむり] - snail 蚯蚓 [みみず] - worm
何を食べますか！！！！！
Oops I forgot to speak English
"What will I eat?!!!!!"
何を食べますか！！！！！
