Total Hours

Today: 32.34 mins

Total:
1778.93 mins
29.69 hours

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Total Hours

Today: 10.25 mins

Total:
1714.25 mins
28.57 hrs

Total Hours

I just need to keep a track of my total hours learning Japanese.

Total: 28.40 hours

Anki

234 cards in 37.99 minutes

This, That & That Over There

これ - means "this"
Refers to items in the possession of the speaker. "This is a phone."

それ - means "that"
Refers to items in the possession of the person you're talking to. "That (in your hand) is a phone."

あれ - means "that over there"
Refers to items that are away from both the speaker and the person you're speaking to. "That over there (away from both of us) is a phone."


Reference - Textfugu.com

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Name-Ender Honorifics

～さん Standard "name-ender"
～くん　(君）Mostly used on younger men
～ちゃん Mainly for girls or young children
～せんせい（先生）means "teacher"
～せんぱい（先輩）similar to せんせい, only it's for peers who are higher (level, rank, grade)

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Kanji

Kanji--Meaning--音 (on)--訓 (kun)

十　ten     　　じゅう　・　とお、と
刀　sword       とう　・　かたな
丁　street    　 ちょう　・　n/a
了　finish    　りょう　・　n/a
又　again    　n/a　・　また

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Particle

は pronounced "wa", not "ha"

The best translation for は would probably be "am", "is", "was" & "are" depending on the tense of the sentence.

Grammar

です
じゃありません
でした
じゃありませんでした

ですか
じゃありませんか
でしたか
じゃありませんでしたか

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Kanji

Kanji--Meaning--音 (on)--訓 (kun)

人　person     じん、にん　・　ひと
入　enter       にゅう　・　いる、はいる
八　eight       はち　・　や、やつ
力　power    りょく、りき　・　ちから

Vocab

こうえん (park)
じしょ (dictionary)
ちかてつ (subway)
おてあらい (restroom – polite)
しお (salt)
つくえ (desk)
さとう (sugar)
はこ (box)
しゃしん (picture)
こども (child)

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Podcast - JUNK

JUNK
http://www.tbsradio.jp/banana/index.xml

Kanji

Kanji--Meaning--音 (on)--訓 (kun)


一     one     いち     ひと.つ, ひと
二     two     に     ふた.つ, ふた
七     seven     しち     なな, なな.つ
九     nine     きゅう, く     ここの. ここの.つ

Anki

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It Was

1. でした means "it was"
2. でした　is pronounced "deshta" not "deshita"

Kanji

Learned 4 kanji:

one 一
two　二
seven　七
nine　九

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Aniki

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115 cards

-to included kanji radicals, vocab, hiragana and sentences

Past Tense

でした

When To Use On’yomi & Kun’yomi

Textfugu.com

1. When a kanji is on its own, often times you’ll use the くん reading (though there are exceptions to this).
2. When a kanji is combined with another kanji, and no hiragana is attached, you’ll probably be using the おん reading. This is jukugo.
3. A lot of the time, you’ll have to have prior knowledge of a particular word before you can know the pronunciation of it. Often times you canguess the pronunciation of a word / kanji based on your studies / a few indicators, but in the end preparedness and experience is key."

It is Not

じゃありません = It is not

New Sentences 1

ともだち　ですか？
Are they friends?

でんしゃ　ですか？
Is it an (electric) train?

ねこ　ですか？
Is it a cat?

Sentence Ender - か

か on the end of a sentence makes the sentence a question.

Kanji

Has multiple pronunciations
-on'yomi
-kun'yomi

Joyo Kanji List

 Joyo Kanji List
-contains 2,000+ kanji that are needed in order to be able to read in Japanse.

Quote

Top 10 Most Wanted

Found an article that highlights the 10 most wanted for learning a second language

Guest post: A World Tongue: A Top Ten of Learnable Languages

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1.) Chinese – Aggregating Mandarin, Cantonese and Wu variations on the Chinese tongue, it is estimated that approximately 20 percent (or every fifth world citizen) speaks some form of Chinese. When you factor in the continued importance of China’s economy, and their status as lenders and creditors on the world scene, it’s easy to see why picking up some Chinese would potentially be socially and financially prudent. As an aside, it’s interesting to note that enrollment in Chinese language courses in academia shows no signs of slowing down.

2.) English is called the primary and/or secondary language by over one third of the world’s population. English is recognized as the primary language or de facto primary language in parts of essentially every continent. While English is actually the third most spoken language, behind Chinese and Spanish, its placement is such because it is the most spoken language across the world.

3.) Spanish earns this high ranking because it is readily becoming salient in the United States, with over 30 million currently speaking the language. Spanish is the primary language of around four hundred billion people worldwide, and it is spoken in nearly all Latin American nations. Although Spanish does not have lingual supremacy in Brazil, a hugely ballooning economic world player, it is the primary language in many South American nations that have a great deal of global resonance.

4.) Hindi – Although Hindi is only spoken by a relatively scant four percent of the world’s population, it represents the official language of India. India boasts a population of over one billion citizens, and threatens to take the top spot from China within the century. Due to the astonishing spectrum of languages spoken across India, only a minority of Indians speak Hindi. That said, it may prove crucial to learn Hindi as India becomes a larger economic player on the world scene.

5.) German – considering the scope of the Germanic language in Europe, and the fact that over one million U.S. citizens speak German, it has certainly earned its ranking. German is universally considered a major world language. German currently has common two variations – High German and West Germanic.

6.) Tagalog – Tagalog is spoken by over half the Philippines population as a primary or secondary language. It’s relevance is highlighted by the increase in filipino immigrants to the U.S. Interestingly, there are over one million filipinos currently residing in the United States.

7.) Russian – The most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, Russian is the primary language of two hundred million people worldwide. Russian has primary language status in over a half dozen countries and has a spread across the globe comparable to Spanish.

8.) Italian – Although Italian only commands approximately one hundred million native speakers, its relevance in political, historical, artistic and architectural discussions cannot be overstated.

9.) Japanese – Taking in the span and richness of Japanese culture, it is easy to see how it makes the grade. Around one hundred and thirty million people around the globe speak Japanese. However, Japanese may one of the hardest languages to passably speak in front of indigenous speakers because of its complex rules of pitch and honorifics.

10.) Vietnamese – This language is the native language for over eighty million people worldwide. Vietnamese has become increasingly important to U.S. culture after the influx of Vietnamese citizens following the Vietnam War. Vietnamese is currently spoken by over one million U.S. citizens.
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