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This is my Japanese langblr side blog || He/him, over 18 || I learn as a hobby

[benzohoarder]

[figural]

#google translate does not capture the tone switch so i have to say. first two sentences are like. normal maybe kind of feminine posting tone #& the last is like. shounen manga protagonist. action movie hero. jojo's bizarre adventure character. #the tone you would use if you were holding a gun with the safety off (– @chadlesbianjasontodd)

[pudzi]

She’s so real for that!

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[hiveswap]

We could invent a loss based wiriting system

[hiveswap]

|', ,| ', '_| <- loss

| _' ,' |, ,'| <- gain

| | | <- template for other words (sentences?)

[hiveswap]

I lost = |○', ,| ', '_]

We lost = |○○', ,| ', '_]

○= singular first person pronoun

○○ = plural first person pronoun

] = finished action, marker for past tense

[toasty-warm]

|○_' ,'|, ',$] <- i got paid

[hiveswap]

VERY GOOD

[mortimermcmirestinks]

|○_' ,' |, ,'$] |○○', ,| ', '_|_' ,' |, ,'|~] <- get paid, get laid

construction:

|○○', ,| ', '_|_' ,' |, ,'|~] <- "get laid", a combination of the following symbols:

○○ = plural first person pronoun (it's something done with at least two people}

|', ,| ', '_| = loss and | _' ,' |, ,'| = gain (involves both give and take)

~ = tilde means horny~

[moltengoldveins]

Ok ok ok. I’m a huge linguistics nerd so lemme think here:

first off, we already have an indicator for past perfect verbs (ie verbs that occurred in the past and are fully completed) namely the ‘]’ indicator, ie ‘I ate’. We could make the future tense ‘[‘, ‘I will eat’

Generally, we’ve got twelve tenses in English: here’s an infographic from an ESL teaching site:

We have two of these indicators down. We can get away with putting an indicator on a noun, thereby ‘verbing’ the noun, for a lot of words, but making sure we always have a tense indicator on a verb means we don’t need to worry about words looking like nouns but being verbs. So, this might be subject to change, but how about:

The periods are there as verb markers. A period at the end of a verb without a tense marker is an infinitive (to run, to jump, etc) and the idea is that you can quickly distinguish verbs from other words by the use of a period.

so, |', ,| ', '_| -> |', ,| ', '_]. Or ‘loss’ -> ‘lost’

|', ,| ', '_|. means ‘to lose’

○|', ,| ', '_\. Means ‘I lose’ while ○|', ,| ', '_}. Means ‘I had lost’

etc etc etc

I may come back with a number system but I’m dropping this for now. Shoutout to verbs.

[dumpster-fire-rats]

○<|', ,| ', '_/. ○<|🧠|

[nyancrimew]

having the minions talks some weird mix of spanish, english and gibberish instead of just making them speak esperanto is actually the biggest flaw of the despicable me franchise

[nyancrimew]

like just imagine how much funnier it'd be if they just spoke esperanto instead of saying shit like "dua lipa pina colada"

[what-even-is-thiss]

Everybody in the language learning space that tries to tell you that you can learn a language in a certain amount of weeks or months is probably trying to sell you something

[what-even-is-thiss]

All these people start with some variation of “the way you were taught languages in school is bad and doesn’t work”

Which is true. However, if that hasn’t occurred to someone yet and this sounds like a new concept to them then they’re more likely to listen wide-eyed to this person opening this new world of possibilities to them and get coerced into buying an e-book.

I know this because I was that person when I first started in this hobby.

[what-even-is-thiss]

When I was sixteen I got scammed into spending part of my tiny allowance on Benny Lewis’ Fluent in 3 Months book which is full of bad information. I don’t trust like that anymore. Everybody in this space is trying to sell you something.

[what-even-is-thiss]

If you’re new to the language learning space here’s what you’ve gotta know.

It’s a myth that adults can’t learn languages as well as children.

Any method you use for study is probably fine. Even not studying is fine if you can find videos or tutors that’ll help you understand. Just get some foundations into your head.

The most important thing at any level is to listen to and read the language a lot. Even if you don’t understand all of it. Get input.

The second most important thing is to do what’s fun for you and what gets you to keep going. The correct method is the one that keeps you learning.

Focus on what’s right for your goals. People will tell you that this or that is more important and you shouldn’t waste your time on “useless” things but they’re not you. If your only goal is to watch fantasy anime in Japanese then looking up the word for dragon will probably be useful for you and you might never need to practice speaking. If you’re unexpectedly moving to Japan next week, looking up how to order at a restaurant is probably more relevant to your life.

It’s hard. It’s also incredibly worthwhile. Just try to have fun. Being tired is normal. Taking a long time is normal. You still have the same mechanism in your brain now that let you learn your first language as a baby. You’ll be okay.

[corvid-language-library]

Today's kanji that I fucking hated until 10 minutes ago is 財 (property, money, assets, wealth). Couldn't remember it for the life of me so I looked into the radicals more. Turns out 才 comes from 手 (hand) and this led me to do research and discover that yes shells were once used as currency. So having shells in your hand basically meant you had money and actually this kanji makes total sense. Love when kanji teaches me history!

Also here's a dumb mnemonic for the most commom onyomi readings:

By having lots of shellfish (貝), the genius (才) got wealthy by using them to make psychic (さい) xylophones (ざい)

The kunyomi is たから but it seems 宝 is used more often for that anyway?

[daily-hyosatsu]

How did I never learn that 才 comes from 手? This is a reminder to learn your radicals, people!

Unsolicited information: There are LOTS of wealth-related kanji that use 貝!

貨 property/goods (+ 化 change)

貸 lend (+ 代 substitute/convert)

資 invest (+ 次 next)

貧 poverty (+ 分 divide/portion)

販 sell/marketing (+ 反 against)

買 buy (+ 目 eyes)

費 fee/expense (+ $ (not really) 弓 arrow + 八 eight)

貯 savings (+ 宁 serene)

賄 supply/finance/bribe (+有 possess)

That's hardly an exhaustive list, but I hope someone else finds it interesting too :)

[polyglot-sock]

switching from one language to another because you're fluent in both is fun, but i propose a better option: switching from one language to another because you're really bad at both of them and your brain has no idea what to do

[cryptotheism]

I have become a regular at the local cafe. I sit at the lunch counter with my laptop to write. The workers keep me updated on all the tea.

Barista: Oh god here he comes.

Me: who?

Barista: White Ferrari guy. Hes banned from the other cafe. All he ever does is tell the same stories about the pyramids. Or ghosts. Or his car. Don't make eye contact with him. If he talks to you he won't leave you alone- Hi hello welcome!

[cryptotheism]

I almost immediately accidentally made eye contact with him. He practically beelined to the chair next to me, and stares at my notebook. The vibe is immediately strange. I understand why he was banned from the other cafe.

White Ferrari Guy: What're you writing?

Me: (fuck it) I'm developing a script!

WFG: A what?

Me: A script. I'm developing an alternate script for the international phonetic alphabet. My goal is to make it one grapheme represent a single syllable, rather than one grapheme per phoneme. I'm happy with the consonants, but the vowels still need work. I'm experimenting with kerning based on Georgian script-

I look up, he is staring past me completely dead-eyed. He could not be less interested in what I'm saying. He leaves about a minute later.

[cryptotheism]

[sheathes this notebook like a katana] your autism is weak, old man.

[suiheisen]

i'll let phie-san say it:

[beardedmrbean]

[vocaloidstudent]

One time I was reading the comments on the YouTube video for Villain - Teniwoha, and someone remarked that the way the phrase "多種多様の性" (meaning "a wide variety of genders") is sung right before the second chorus sounds a lot like "男子だよどうせ" (meaning "[I'm a] guy after all") and I have been thinking about it non-stop ever since

I'm very normal about this song

[vocaloidstudent]

This might be a very niche take but I think we should take people's reasons for learning a language in mind when suggesting how they go about it

I've seen people in a lot of Japanese learning communities tell other to never watch fantasy anime (or anime at all sometimes) or read anything that's not slice-of-life or actual literature because "people in real life don't speak like that"

And while, yes, that's true, native Japanese speakers do not generally speak like anime characters, uhhhh... The probability of me watching a fantasy anime in the course of a month is significantly higher than the probability of me going to Japan in the next five years. So understanding anime character speech is in fact more relevant to me than, idk, business lingo

And, I don't think that's a bad thing personally? Learning a language because you want to better understand content you find fun is just as good a reason as learning it to live in the country where the language is spoken, and it's fine and reasonable to adjust your learning strategies according to your personal goals

[vocaloidstudent]

Villain - Teniwoha Vocabulary list + notes

ゾッと: Shuddering, trembling, being horrified, being disgusted (onomatopoeia)

競争 (きょうそう): Competition, race, rivalry

通報 (つうほう): Report, notification

突然変異 (とつぜんへんい): Mutation

論者 (ろんじゃ): Debater, disputant

善悪 (ぜんあく): Good and evil

多頭飼い (たとうかい): Own multiple animals

侵害 (しんがい): Infringement, violation, invasion

言いふらす (い): To spread (a rumor), to disseminate

夜行性 (やこうせい): Nocturnal

フリする: To pretend

拝啓 (はいけい): Dear (in a letter)

蛇蝎 (だかつ): Detestation

挙句 (あげく): At the end

糜爛 (びらん): Inflammation, erosion, ulceration

逸脱 (いつだつ): Deviation

性 (さが): One's nature, custom, convention (this kanji can also mean "gender")

ひた隠す (かく): To cover up

雄蕊 (おしべ): Stamen

造花 (ぞうか): Artificial flower

果て (は): In the end

実 (み): Fruit

結ぶ (むす): To bear (fruit)

ぶるぶる: Trembling (with fear), shaking

多種多様 (たしゅたよう): Great variety of, diversity

幸あれ (さち): "Good luck!", all the best

嫉妬 (しっと): Jealousy, envy

微熱愛 (びねつあい): Little ardent love

皮膚 (ひふ): Skin

捧げる (ささ): To devote, to offer, to dedicate

悪辣 (あくらつ): Vicious, unscrupulous

猥雑 (わいざつ): Vulgar, indecent, disorderly, messy

広告 (こうこく): Advertisement

Extra notes:

Dr. Duran Duran: Reference to the main villain in the 1968 science fiction movie Barbarella.

1LDK: Apartment with one bedroom and a combined living room, dining room and kitchen

乱歩 (らんぽ): Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese mystery fiction author (1894-1965) Notes from Wikipedia:

"Another of his interests was bringing attention to the work of his dear friend Jun'ichi Iwata (1900–1945), an anthropologist who had spent many years researching the history of homosexuality in Japan. During the 1930s, Edogawa and Iwata had engaged in a light-hearted competition to see who could find the most books about erotic desire between men. Iwata died in 1945, with only part of his work published, so Edogawa worked to have the remaining work on queer historiography published."

[the-sapphic-raven]

You (derogatory)

[thepleasuregoblin]

Japanese language be like

[princechorus]

my housemate is a linguistics major

[vocaloidstudent]

Villain - Teniwoha Vocabulary list + notes

ゾッと: Shuddering, trembling, being horrified, being disgusted (onomatopoeia)

競争 (きょうそう): Competition, race, rivalry

通報 (つうほう): Report, notification

突然変異 (とつぜんへんい): Mutation

論者 (ろんじゃ): Debater, disputant

善悪 (ぜんあく): Good and evil

多頭飼い (たとうかい): Own multiple animals

侵害 (しんがい): Infringement, violation, invasion

言いふらす (い): To spread (a rumor), to disseminate

夜行性 (やこうせい): Nocturnal

フリする: To pretend

拝啓 (はいけい): Dear (in a letter)

蛇蝎 (だかつ): Detestation

挙句 (あげく): At the end

糜爛 (びらん): Inflammation, erosion, ulceration

逸脱 (いつだつ): Deviation

性 (さが): One's nature, custom, convention (this kanji can also mean "gender")

ひた隠す (かく): To cover up

雄蕊 (おしべ): Stamen

造花 (ぞうか): Artificial flower

果て (は): In the end

実 (み): Fruit

結ぶ (むす): To bear (fruit)

ぶるぶる: Trembling (with fear), shaking

多種多様 (たしゅたよう): Great variety of, diversity

幸あれ (さち): "Good luck!", all the best

嫉妬 (しっと): Jealousy, envy

微熱愛 (びねつあい): Little ardent love

皮膚 (ひふ): Skin

捧げる (ささ): To devote, to offer, to dedicate

悪辣 (あくらつ): Vicious, unscrupulous

猥雑 (わいざつ): Vulgar, indecent, disorderly, messy

広告 (こうこく): Advertisement

Extra notes:

Dr. Duran Duran: Reference to the main villain in the 1968 science fiction movie Barbarella.

1LDK: Apartment with one bedroom and a combined living room, dining room and kitchen

乱歩 (らんぽ): Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese mystery fiction author (1894-1965) Notes from Wikipedia:

"Another of his interests was bringing attention to the work of his dear friend Jun'ichi Iwata (1900–1945), an anthropologist who had spent many years researching the history of homosexuality in Japan. During the 1930s, Edogawa and Iwata had engaged in a light-hearted competition to see who could find the most books about erotic desire between men. Iwata died in 1945, with only part of his work published, so Edogawa worked to have the remaining work on queer historiography published."

[vocaloidstudent]

Daughter of Evil vocabulary part 2

悪ノ娘単語 part 2

幾多 (いくた): Many, numerous

焼き払う (やきはらう): To burn to the ground, to reduce to ashes

棘 (とげ): Thorn, prickle

ついに: Finally, at last

烏合 (うごう): Disorderly gathering

率いる (ひきいる): To lead, to command

積もり積もる (つもりつもる): To pile up more and more

包み込む (つつみこむ): To wrap up

王宮 (おうきゅう): Royal palace

囲む (かこむ): To lay siege on, to surround, to enclose

捕らえる (とらえる): To seize, to arrest, to capture

もろい: Brittle, fragile, weak

はかない: Short lived, ephemeral, vain

崩れる (くずれる): To collapse, to crumble

処刑 (しょけい): Execution

牢屋 (ろうや): Jail

民衆 (みんしゅう): People, populace, masses

のち: Afterwards, later, since

語る (かたる): To talk about, to speak of, to narrate

Part 1:

悪ノ娘単語 悪逆 (あくぎゃく): treason, atrocity 非道 (ひどう): unjust, inhuman 悪逆非道 (あくぎゃくひどう): atrocious, fiendish, diabolic 絢爛 (けんらん): gorgeous, dazzling 豪

[vocaloidstudent]

Daughter of Evil vocabulary part 1

悪ノ娘単語

悪逆 (あくぎゃく): treason, atrocity

非道 (ひどう): unjust, inhuman

悪逆非道 (あくぎゃくひどう): atrocious, fiendish, diabolic

絢爛 (けんらん): gorgeous, dazzling

豪華 (ごうか): pomp, extravagance, splendour

絢爛豪華 (けんらんごうか): luxurious and gorgeous

調度品 (ちょうどひん): furniture

召使い (めしつかい): Servant

愚民 (ぐみん): Ignorant people

搾り取る (しぼりとる): To squeeze out, to extort, to exploit

逆らう (さからう): To go against, to oppose, to defy

粛清 (しゅくせい): (political) purge

ひざまずく: To kneel

可憐 (かれん): Lovely, cute, pitiable

鮮やか (あざやか): Vivid, vibrant

哀れ (あわれ): Pitiful, miserable

雑草 (ざっそう): Weed

養分 (ようぶん): Nourishment, nutrient

暴君 (ぼうくん): Tyrant, despot

嫉妬 (しっと): Jealousy, envy

大臣 (だいじん): Cabinet minister

滅ぼす (ほろぼす): To destroy, to overthrow, to wreck, to ruin