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

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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

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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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-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."