haru 🌼 | spring day

welcome to my studyblr! ☆ learning korean & japanese ☆

[jibunstudies]

One of the questions I get asked the most often is “How do I make my Japanese more colloquial?” or “How do I sound more like a native?” There’s also a lot of discussion about “Textbook Japanese” versus Japanese you’ll hear while on the train, in line at the store, or out with friends.

This post is quite long and explanatory, so here is a list of what’s covered under the cut!

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Plain form 2. Dropping particles 3. です to だ 4. Sentence ending particle の 5. 〜ています → 〜ている → 〜てる 6. て form does not always equal command 7. じゃない & じゃん 8. と to って 9. さ 10. なんか 11. なんて

Keep reading

[japanese-randomstuff]

Japanese listening practice for beginners - Youtube videos

“キッズボンボン for Children” channel

All of the videos on this list have Japanese subtitles. It is mostly in ひらがな and the words are separated. This and the fact that these videos are aimed for children, makes them great for beginners.

PEACH BOY - MOMOTARO (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale

KINTARO (Japanese) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale

USHIWAKAMARU (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale

SHINING PRINCESS (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale

THE TONGUELESS SPARROW (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale

THE DANCING KETTLE (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale

THE STORY OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale

CLACK CLACK MOUNTAIN (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale

OLD MAN WITH THE LUMP (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale

OLD MAN FLOWER (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale

THE YOUNG MONK IKKYU (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale

THE GRATEFUL CRANE (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale

URASHIMA TARO (JAPANESE) / うらしまたろう - 浦島太郎（日本語版）Japanese classical stories | fairy tale

THE SNOW WOMAN (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale

THE ROLLING RICE BALL (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy

INCH BOY (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale

THE CHILD GODS (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale

THE STORY OF THE ZODIAC (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale

All of these videos have an English version on this channel. Search for them or click on this playlist. You can use both versions to study what’s being said.

SNOW WHITE (JAPANESE) fairytale | Folktales | bedtime stories

THUMBLINA (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories

PETER PAN (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories

A DOG OF FLANDERS (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories

PINOCCHIO (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories

PUSS IN BOOTS (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories

ALADDIN AND THE MAGIC LAMP (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories

THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN LITTLE GOATS (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories

CINDERELLA (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories

THE LITTLE MATCH SELLER | Folktales | bedtime stories

HE MERMAID PRINCESS | Folktales | bedtime stories

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD | Folktales | bedtime stories

THE THREE LITTLE PIGS (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories

THE ADVENTURE OF TOM SAWYER (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime

THE WIZARD OF OZ (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories

THE UGLY DUCKLING (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories

ALICE IN WONDERLAND (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories

All of these videos have an English version on this channel. Search for them or click on this playlist. You can use both versions to study what’s being said.

[wasianhate-deactivated20220831]

THE ULTIMATE KOREAN LANGUAGE MASTERPOST

 [ warning! long post ] 

ok, so some of you remember my previous masterpost of Korean learning materials, but I’ve found even more learning materials so now I’m going to shower you all with knowledge and pdf files. (i thought i’d make a new post so it’s all in one place now)

[ textbooks & pdfs ] – all audio files are .rar files unless stated otherwise

My Korean – Book One [ audio files ] 

My Korean – Book Two [ audio files ] 

Dirty Korean

Using Korean

Basic Korean

Korean from Zero! – Book One

Korean Grammar for International Learners

Using Korean

Intermediate College Korean

Living Language Korean Course [ audio files ] 

Continuing Korean [ audio files ] 

Handbook of Korean Vocabulary 

Korean Grammar in Use

Korean for Dummies [ audio files ] [ cheat sheet ] 

Korean Made Simple (not a download)

Routledge Grammar – Basic Korean – A Grammar + Workbook  [ source two ] [ source three ] 

Routledge Grammar – Intermediate Korean – a Grammar + Workbook

Colloquial Korean – the Complete Course for Beginners [ audio files ] 

Essential Korean 

Pathfinder in Korean – Beginning Student Book [ workbook ] 

The Sounds of Korean – a Pronunciation Guide [ audio files ] 

Korean Word Book

My First Book of Korean Words

College Korean [ second source ] 

Elementary Korean

Hippocrene Beginner’s Korean [ second source ] [ audio files ] 

Korean Through English – Book One [ second source ] [ audio files ] 

Modern Conversational Korean

Korean: A Complete Course for Beginners

Step by Step Korean 

Beginner TOPIK Grammar & Vocabulary

Intermediate TOPIK Grammar

TOPIK Elementary Adjectives 

TOPIK Elementary Grammar

TOPIK Elementary Nouns 

TOPIK Intermediate Adjectives

TOPIK Intermediate Grammar 

TOPIK Intermediate Nouns

TOPIK Intermediate Verbs 

TOPIK listening files (mp3)

Making Out in Korean [ second source ]

Integrated Korean [ audio files ] 

Teach Yourself Korean [ audio files ] 

Korean Level 1 – Seoul National University

Korean Level 2 – Seoul National University

Korean Level 4 – Seoul National University

Korean Advanced Course Volume II  

Active Korean [ audio files ] 

Hanyang Korean 1 [ grammar and patterns ] [ writing practice ] 

Frequently Used Korean Dialogue 2000 Sentences 

Korean Language Structure, Use and Context 

Tense and Aspect in Korean 

Korean Honorifics and Politeness  

Easy to Learn Korean Language 

In Flight Korean [ audio files ] [ second source ] [ third source ] 

[ online resources ] 

how to study korean

Sogang Korean Program

learn korean

talk to me in korean

lets learn korean

free korean lessons

korean class 101

korean class 101 [ youtube ] 

talk to me in korean [ youtube ]  

sweetandtasty [ youtube ] 

seemile [ youtube ] 

common vocabulary

useful korean phrases

grammar + vocab reference

vocab games

quizlet

learn to read korean in 15 minutes

TOPIK guide

Easy Korean

flashcards

Dom & Hyo

grammar masterpost 

particles masterpost

Naver – english/korean dictionary

an ask that explains how to learn Korean

how to tell the time in Korean

alphabet practice

click Korean

quick korean

Apps: [ some may only be available for iphone or android and not both so bear with me ]

pop-popping korean (iOS + android)

tengugo hangul (iOS + android)

kdrama talk (iOS only)

Neme Korean (iOS + android)

KORLINK by Talk to Me in Korean (iOS + android)

Learn Korean by Bravo Language (iOS + android)

Korean Flashcards (free on android only, $4.99 oniOS)

Learn Korean 6000 words (android only)

TOPIK One (iOS + android)

Dongsa (iOS + android)

POPYA animals & fruits + vegetables (iOS + android)

HelloTalk (iOS + android)

misc. resources:

korean keyboard

culture notes

text slang

crash course on honorifics

children’s books

the chosun (news in korean)

korean class 101 podcast

talk to me in korean podcast

blogs: [ most of these seem pretty active as far as i can tell ]

unyounglearnskorean

study-korean

translating korean

letstteok-korean

onestopkorean

learnkoreanwithmusic

hangeulit

learninghangukeo

way-to-fluency

snubiwriteskorean

easykorean

cassarilla

teachmykorean

I WILL BE ADDING TO THIS IF I FIND MORE STUFF BUT UNTIL NOW HERE IS EVERYTHING I WAS ABLE TO FIND!!

[heyemmateach]

*Updated Feb 2018* Korean Language Learning Masterpost

I have updated the GoogleDoc of this masterpost (available ** here **). 

Books

Grammar

Hangul

Random Resources

Other Masterposts

Youtube

Apps and Extensions

[heyemmateach]

added a gif to better highlight how massive this thing is

[strawblondiestudies]

Japanese appearance vocab

丸顔（まるがお）- round face 面長（おもなが）- long face 目が大きい・小さい（めがおおきい・ちいさい）- big eyes/small eyes 目が細い（めがほそい）- thin eyes 鼻が高い（はながたかい）- long nose 鼻が低い（はながひくい）- flat nose 口が大きい・小さい（くちがおおき・ちいさい）- big mouth/small mouth まゆが太い・細い（まゆがふとい・ほそい）- big eyebrows/thin eyebrows 体格（たいかく）- physique, build 体つき（からだつき）- figure やせている - thin 太っている（ふとっている）- fat がっしりしている - sturdy スマート - smart スタイルがいい - stylish 背が高い。低い（せがたかい。ひくい）- tall/short 足が長い。短い（あしがながい。みじかい）- long legs/short legs

[nihonkor-blog]

korean notes #03

grammar points reviewed

Noun(이)나 vs 밖에

Ordinal numbers

어서/아서 sequential

Progressive form ~고 있다

~(으)ㄹ 래요

~(으)ㄹ 까요?

Conjectural ~겠

~네요

/ㅎ/ irregular predicates

[williamhereford]

6am in Nagano…  I shot these all within 1 block of each other on the same street while traveling on assignment last month through Japan.  

[nihonkor-blog]

Japan is so beautiful. I instantly fell in love when I first visited.

[nihonkor-blog]

can't wait to highlight them all ♡

[nihonkor-blog]

cute expanding folder from gmart •ᴥ•

[nihonkor-blog]

korean notes #02

as I’ve mentioned, I will continue blogging my notes - for motivation and also to share my learning journey ^^

i will be learning ~8-10 grammar points weekly, but will reduce this number to half when i reach intermediate level.

[textbook reference: Klear Textbook Integrated Korean Beginner 2]

grammar points reviewed:

한테/께 vs 한테서

honorific expressions

~지만

얼마 동안

~(으)ㄴ 데요 / 는데요

~어서 / 아서 (causal)

verb + 는 + noun

verb 되다 functions

[languagessi-deactivated20210423]

Here’s a masterpost of my Japanese posts I’ve made so far. For newer posts and posts made by other langblrs please check my Japanese-tag. You may like/reblog this post if you want to, but I would really appreciate if you liked/reblogged individual posts instead! Please note that some posts are from my old blogs, I’m not stealing/claiming other people’s posts as mine! Japanese resources Japanese phrases Spring vocabulary Summer vocabulary Autumn vocabulary Winter vocabulary Valentine’s day vocabulary Halloween vocabulary Christmas vocabulary New Year vocabulary Birthday vocabulary Ramadan vocabulary Hanukkah vocabulary Eurovision vocabulary Rainy day vocabulary Flower vocabulary Insects vocabulary Tea vocabulary Knitting and crocheting vocabulary Traveling vocabulary Harry Potter vocabulary Moomin vocabulary Studio Ghibli vocabulary When Marnie Was There vocabulary Friendship vocabulary Cozy vocabulary Mental health and mental disorders vocabulary Menstruation vocabulary Ainu vocabulary Catalan referendum vocabulary Bullying vocabulary 11.3.2011 vocabulary Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki vocabulary Terrorism vocabulary Refugee vocabulary New words I learned in Japan 1 month kanji challenge

[antony-studies]

Would you like to learn more Japanese while having lots of fun? Read visual novels!

I’m really new to this type of learning, since I’ve only just installed this setup, but if you like immersion this is a great way to learn. It comes recommended by a lot of people who have studied Japanese and then found textbooks a bit too boring, so they supplemented with a lot of visual novels. First of all, if you you’re unfamiliar Rikaichan/Rikaikun addon for Firefox/Chrome, I really recommend installing it anyway. It’s a browser addon that lets you highlight words or kanji and gives you a hiragana reading and an English translation, plus the tense of the verb etc. Well, if you have a handle on basic Japanese grammar and want to try something new, you can use this addon to play visual novels (or anything really) in their original language! 

This reddit page has easy instructions for installing the whole thing. Basically you need Firefox, a text hooking programme (ITHVNR) and two addons for the browser; Rikaisama and Clipboard inserter. The text hooking programme “hooks up” the text from the visual novel. Then the Clipboard inserter picks it up to an empty browser page in real time. That way you can have it next to the game window and look up any unfamiliar words, expressions or kanji. You don’t need to keep opening up a dictionary like you would if you were to read a manga or a novel. 

[nihonkor-blog]

2018 - new year and the idea of a clean slate

just very recently, i was on the verge of giving up both languages i’m learning (i think most language learners experience this at some point). i initially thought i should only give up one but the pessimist in me was quite strong that i considered giving up both. with the kind of work environment i have, i thought i cannot accommodate my language learning anymore. i thought it’s hard to commit. i thought i am making no improvement anyway.

after imagining myself giving up, i felt empty. so i went to read some empowering posts here in tumblr and then i joined italki and tried talking to fellow language learners. it somehow brought back my motivation.

with this i decided to start again. it'’ new year anyway - a chance for a brand new start! for my korean, i went back to my very first textbook and started taking notes as if i’m learning everything again. ^^ i will do the same for my japanese but with different resources (i was using human japanese before).

so to start that! here are my beginner notes for korean ^^ (i will be blogging all my notes from now on~)

korean notes #01

무슨 vs 어느

~고

~습니다/ㅂ니다, 습니까, ㅂ니까

/ㄹ/ predicates

~(으)러 …에 가요

/ㄷ/ predicates

~ …(으)로

/ㅂ/ predicates

[textbook: Integrated Korean 2nd ed. from Klear Textbooks]

[thelanguagecommunity]

this post is meant to be a directory of every resource I come across for Japanese. It will be a continuous work in progress so thank you for your patience! if you have any issues or things to add, please reply to this post!

apps

hiragana hero

book recommendations

read real japanese fiction - michael emmerich

courses

bliubliu

book2

colloquial (2nd edition) [pdf]

japanesepod101

making sense of japanese: what the textbooks don’t tell you - jay rubin [pdf]

mangolanguages [english loanwords] [mimetic words]

memrise

mondly

pimsleur 1 (3rd edition) [pdf]

renshuu

dictionaries

jisho

wwwjdic

figures of speech

figure of speech index

proverbs

flashcards

quizlet

tinycards

forums

stackexchange

unilang

grammar

100 bite-sized grammar points

adjectives

an elementary grammar of the japanese language: with easy progressive exercises - tatui baba [pdf]

a dictionary of intermediate japanese grammar - seiichi makino & michio tsutsui [pdf]

expressing state-of-being

japanese grammar guide - tae kim [pdf]

japanese: verbs & essentials of grammar - rita l. lampkin [pdf]

making sense of japanese grammar: a clear guide through common problems [pdf]

particles: basics

particles: cheatsheet [pdf]

particles: wa, mo, ga, wo, na, no [pdf]

prefixes and suffixes

pronouns

honorific language

honorifics

honorifics for phone calls

japanese respect language - p. f. o’neill [pdf]

politeness guide

wikipedia article on honorifics

kana

comparison between hiragana and katana

english to katakana converter

hiragana chart [another chart with pronunciation]

hiragana hero [app]

hiragana poster printables

hiragana stroke chart [pdf]

hiragana writing practice sheets [pdf]

kana index

katakana chart with pronunciation

remembering the kana: a guide to reading and writing the japanese syllabaries in 3 hours each [pdf]

teaching yourself: beginner’s japanese script [pdf]

kanji

2000 most frequent kanji

elements [graphic]

guide to kanji radicals

intermediate kanji book - kano shieko & shimizu yuri [pdf]

kanji by frequency

kanji by grade

kanji by topic

kanji stroke order diagrams

memrise courses

remembering the kanji: a complete course on how not to forget the meaning and writing of japanese characters [pdf]

remembering the kanji: a systematic guide to reading japanese characters [pdf]

remembering the kanji: writing and reading japanese characters for upper-level proficiency [pdf]

smart kanji book [pdf]

literature

reading and translation practice

read real japanese: short stories by contemporary writers [pdf]

movie recommendations

like father, like son (2013)

rashomon (1950)

throne of blood (1957)

tokyo story (1953)

yojimbo (1961)

news

newspaper list

phrasebooks & travel guides

a handbook of common japanese phrases - sanseido & john brennan [pdf]

berlitz: phrase, dictionary and study guide [pdf]

essential phrases [pdf]

everyday japanese phrases - wikiversity

in-flight japanese: learn before you land [pdf]

japanese core words and phrases - kazuko shoji [pdf]

japanese phrasebook [pdf]

the rough guide phrasebook: japanese [pdf]

wikivoyage

pronunciation

forvo - pronunciation dictionary

pronunciation guide

sound symbolism

quizzes & exercises

an integrated course in elementary japanese: workbook - eri banno & yutaka ohno [pdf]

berlitz: basic japanese workbook - lynne strugnell [pdf]

hiragana quiz - easyjapanese

kana invaders [flash game]

kana quizzes masterpost

kanji quizzes masterpost

katakana quiz - easyjapanese

proficiency test - manythings

proficiency test - transparent

quizzes - iteslj

sign-reading exercises

vocabulary games - babadum

radio

music radio stations list

social media

blog - transparent language

twitter - japanlanguage

wikipedia

tumblrs

@easy-japan

@japanese-revision

@learnjp

@nihongogogo

@nihongotime

verbs

conjugations cheatsheet

conjugator - verbix

japanese verbs at a glance - naoko chino [pdf]

japanese: verbs & essentials of grammar - rita l. lampkin [pdf]

vocabulary

300 basic words

apologizing

asking for help

bullying

clothing [video]

common adjectives

english loanwords [mangolanguages]

greetings

halloween [more]

happy birthday

hobbies

let’s learn japanese picture dictionary [pdf]

mimetic words/sound symbolism [mangolanguages]

months

numbers

swadesh list

weather & seasons

what did you eat today?

word frequency lists

word of the day tool

writing tips

writing e-mails in japanese [pdf]

youtube

japanesepod101

let’s learn japanese basic 1 [playlist]

[learnjp]

Thanks so much for mentioning my blog on here! Check this post out guys, I think it’ll be really helpful for some of you!!

[nihonkor-blog]

Basic Japanese on a rainy day 🌧

[therevisioneer]

To everyone learning a language, who is getting frustrated and impatient and maybe even thinking of quitting: remember how far you have come (not how far you have to go), remember why you started and remember how fantastic the end product will be. Learning a language is difficult and the journey can be long but it is rewarding and it opens so many doors. You are capable of doing this, you can do this… don’t quit now

[nihonkor-blog]

There is no denying that I love purple. 💜 I am starting a new job tomorrow and I can’t wait to use these beautiful items!