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[our-notes]

.⋆ 𖥔 ݁ ˖₊‧.⭒.‧₊˖ ݁𖥔 ݁˖ .welcome to my blog .⋆ 𖥔 ݁ ˖₊‧.⭒.‧₊˖ ݁𖥔 ݁˖ .

✧ i'm Tina and i'm very passionate about languages, books and learning in general, so i've decided to share my journey here and meet other people with similar interests

✧ i graduated in film and tv production

✧ my native language is Serbian, i speak English fluently

✧ i'm mostly focused on German right now (B1-B2), but i'm also learning Japanese (N3)

✧ feel free to message me!

[tackytumbleson]

OH how SATISFYING to see a word like 外交 in a sentence, think "hmmm ive never seen this word before but it must be pronounced がいこう and mean diplomacy right?" and be CORRECT

and the more you know the language the more often this happens!!!!!!!

[meowbrown]

何も vs. 何でも

The way I remember this (probably only works for me), was when I was watching Chobits, there was a book in the anime called 誰もいない町.

So drawing from that context:

何（なに）も + negative

何（なん）でも　+ positive

For example:

何も食べません。 I'm not eating anything.

何でも食べます。 I'll eat anything.

Other examples:

どれも選びません。 Not choosing anything.

どこも行きません。 Not going anywhere.

誰でも参加できます。 Anyone can join.

どれでも選べます。 Can choose anything.

どこでも行けます。 Can go anywhere.

Exception: どこも

When describing a state, どこも + positive is used.

どこも混んでいます。 It's crowded everywhere.

Reference

Reading this reference helps me make sense of the exception too. The grouping is like Everywhere—this place, that place, and that place—is crowded.

The reason for using 何も+negative, but 何でも+positive

In one of the Japanese classes I attended, I've been taught that while we use 「何も出来ない」to say "He cannot do anything", to say "He can do anyt

[abbiistabbii]

The Germans really cooked making "Hobbyless behaviour" an insult. It is both devastating, applicable to a wide range of people and behaviours, and doesn't resort to swearing.

Man ranting on the internet about the Superbowl halftime show or complaining that something is "woke"? Hobbyless Behaviour. Girls mocking another girl for not looking right? Hobbyless Behaviour. Mindless vandalism? Hobbyless Behaviour.

It is more powerful than "get a life" or the English "You're Sad" because it gets to the central point of the matter, and that is wonderful. Danke, Deutsch.

[eingedeutscht]

abistabil

Die Deutschen hatten's richtig auf der Pfanne, als sie "hobbyloses Verhalten" als Beleidigung erschaffen haben. Es macht dich fertig, hat einen breitgefächerten Anwendungsbereich für menschliches Verhalten und man muss nicht mal fluchen.

Mann, der sich im Internet über die Halbzeitsauftritte in der Bundesliga oder irgendwas "erwecktes" beschwert? Hobbyloses Verhalten. Mädchen, die ein anderes Mädchen hänseln, weil sie nicht korrekt genug aussieht? Hobbyloses Verhalten. Unsystematischer Vandalismus? Hobbyloses Verhalten.

Es ist mächtiger als "Such dir nen Job" oder das englische "Du bist traurig", weil es den Hauptschwerpunkt erfasst, und das ist wundervoll. Thanks, german.

[lost-neurons]

24.2.26 • warming up for that new term.

[corvid-language-library]

Came across the kanji 晶 in my game and I love it so here are some words with it:

晶晶（しょうしょう）glittering, shining

液晶（えきしょう）liquid crystal

氷晶（ひょうしょう）ice crystals

黒水晶（くろすいしょう）black quartz

晶析（しょうせき）crystallization

[academic-vampire]

𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔫 𝔪𝔢𝔢𝔱𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔶𝔢

[bluelightning42]

It's not super important but also not something I've ever seen mentioned before. What's the intention with putting dots above individual hiragana for a word? I've only seen this in my NEO book series which is for kids. For example my book has two dots above じく, I know from context that it means stalk or stem (軸) because we're talking about plants. Jisho.org has that listed as the third definition, the first being "axis", so are the dots an indication of "we don't mean this word in the most common sense" or something?

[tokidokitokyo]

As far as I understand, the dots are for emphasis! I believe in this case, it would be to highlight key terms. It's called 圏点 (けんてん) or diacritical marks.

Here is the wikipedia page on this:

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9C%8F%E7%82%B9

You often see it in manga for emphasis, but again in educational books I believe it's highlighting a key term. I don't know if it has anything to do with relationship to the definition, I haven't heard anything like that, but maybe others will know more.

[corvid-language-library]

I noticed something similar in my bird book that's aimed at 3-6 y/os and came to the same conclusion!

[galaxyjapanese]

Intransitive and transitive verbs Japanese

Tumblr's layout is hell for explaining grammar so here is my notion page where all the grammar from my blog is put into one page with a decent layout.

First I will give you a translation and an explanation of the kanji as this can help with memorization and understanding the difference between those verbs.

Verbs = 動詞（どうし） 　　　*動 = move, motion / 詞 = part of speech, words Intransitive verbs = 自動詞（じどうし） 　　　*自 = oneself/self- Transitive verbs = 他動詞（たどうし） 　　　*他 = other, another

Can you guess what the difference is based off the kanji?

Meaning

Intransitive verbs do not need an object. They're known as self-move verbs. The action of the verb happens by itself, there is no other thing or person needed to make the action happen.

Transitive verbs, on the other hand, need an object to function. Verbs like 食べる, 使う, and 上げる are transitive verbs because they need a direct object, an "other" thing, to receive their action.

Example

リサがドアを開けた。 Lisa opens the door.

➜開ける (あける）= A transitive verb because the door (object) is opened by Lisa (subject). The door does NOT open on it's own, it was moved by someone/something

2. ドアが開いた。The door opened.

➜ 開く（あく）= An intransitive verb because the door opened by itself. No one or nothing opened the door; there is no object. With this sentence, however, we can speculate about what opened the door; is it an automatic door? Did the wind blow open the door? is the door broken? The narrator hasn't told us, so we don't know.

を vs が

を indicates an object meaning that verbs with this particle are transitive verbs

が indicates a subject meaning that we use intransitive verbs

Characteristics (‼ irregular verbs exist)

自動詞

1. Often ends in ~aru and ~reru

かかる、始まる、変わる、見つかる、ぶつかる 切れる 直る、消える ‼ 入る

2. Usage of が and when talking about natural causes/events

強(つよ)い風(かぜ)が吹(ふ)いて、木(もく)からリンゴが落(お)ちます。A strong wind blows, causing apples to fall from the trees.

3. It doesn't matter who did what -> This one is a little difficult, so this is going to be a long explanation.

田中　「開かないなあ。」 Tanaka says "I can't open the door."

But as you can see we use an intransitive verb even though the translation suggests that the door was opened by someone, so why do we use an intransitive verb here? Well in this case the door is treated as a subject because Tanaka isn't grammatically performing the action, he is just observing that the door won't open.

What happened in real life: Tanaka tried opening the door but failed What happens grammatically: He describes the door, not himself.

Why does he describe the door and not himself? Because obviously Tanaka does have the ability to open doors and if everything would be fine with the door he would be able to open it. But in this scenario Tanaka can't open the door; does that mean he can't open doors anymore? Or does he all of a sudden have trouble with motoric functions? No, it means that the door is probably defective or broken which is why we focus on the state of the door and not on the fact that Tanaka failed to open the door.

for example:

私はドアを開けられない I can’t open the door (focus = my ability) -> this is unnatural unless Tanaka adds that his hands hurt, or that he has a certain disability.

versus

ドアが開かない The door won’t open (focus = door’s state) -> more natural

4. Focus on the consequences/results of the actions

子供が起きる。The child wakes up. (Did father wake the child? Did the child wake up from a loud noise? Did the child set an alarm? We don't know which is why we focus on the result)

5. なる is an intransitive verb (を) with focus on the result

6. When you want to give a suggestion or a complaint you should use intransitive verbs.

7. Often paired with: すぐ、よく、なかなか

他動詞

1. Often ends in ~eru and ~su

かける、始める、変える、見つける、ぶつける 切る 直す、消す ‼ 入れる

2. Usage of を and when talking about things that happened out of (human) will

木からおじさんがリンゴを落(お)として、とる。The man knocked an apple down from the tree and picked it up.

3. In this case, it is important who did what.

(私は)ドアを開けて中に入った。I opened the door and went inside.

4. Focus is on the action

お父さんが子供を起こす。Father wakes up his child.

5. する is a transitive verb (を) with focus on the action

6. When saying sorry you should use a transitive verb

7. Often paired with: ておく、てある、たいと思う、ようと思う

Resources:

Wanikani

[benkyoutobentou]

Friendly reminder that if language learning is a hobby for you, then how you interact with that hobby is up to you and you alone. If you want to learn a few words in as many languages as possible, that’s fantastic! If you want to dedicate all your time to mastering a single language, that’s wonderful! The only thing that matters is that you’re having fun and you’re pleased with the way you’re spending your time. Learn your languages for you, in the way that you want to learn them

[meowbrown]

バッチリ vs. ぴったり

I was trying to use 見てもらえる and 見かける in my diary today, as I recently just had a note on 見かける.

I was curious if I used it correctly so I asked AI for feedback and then checked with my Japanese teacher.

For my use of 見てもらえる, the feedback was 一番ぴったりです。

For 見かける, the feedback was 「見かけた（noticed/spotted）」と言うのは、過去形でバッチリです！

So I was curious what was the difference between バッチリ and ぴったり

ぴったり: Used when a word "fits" a situation perfectly. It’s all about the match.

バッチリ: Used when you "nailed it." My grammar was correct, so the result was spot on.

ぴったり is about alignment, バッチリ is about success/outcome.

ぴったり is also very common when talking about whether a physical size or space fits, for example:

この靴は私にぴったりです。 These shoes fit me perfectly.

[educationbybeauty]

maybe if you bundled yourself up and went for a walk out in the cold then came back inside with rosy cheeks and cool skin and warmed yourself up with a nice warm cup of herbal tea with honey maybe then you'd calm down

[crystalbull]

Some of you never spent 2009-2011 watching anime fanart/ship slideshows on YouTube with Cascada, Savage Garden, Evenescence, or Three Days Grace playing over it and it shows.

[juliaxyn]

Caffeine and chapters the perfect duo ☕📚

[linastudyblrsblog]

Autoimmune and rare diseases rotation 📚✨

[selfcarereminder]

practice a hobby you love or try something new

[academic-vampire]

𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔡𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔱 𝔥𝔬𝔪𝔢