Archive for the 'Grammar' Category

dropping hints in japanese

Monday, November 28th, 2005

i’m enjoying the ‘learning japanese’ podcast. i think it’s interesting because, while it is easy to follow for the beginner, it apparently gives access to more complex forms.
the free NHK japanese audio lessons are very highly crafted. forms are introduced slowly, and brought up again in subsequent lessons, with an ever-increasing complexity. however, […]

I’ve Merged!

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

i went over to japanesejapanese.com for real!
i merged my WP blog into mike’s, without any hairy database weirdness.
i simply used the handy WPexport plugin, making sure to save the exported text into a UT8-encoded text file.
then followed the import instructions.
bye bye!

DIY japanese sentences

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

Oh this is very funny. Better than a translation tool.
Create a simple sentence in Japanese! You select from a variety of options to make simple sentences.
Lookie at my new sentence: 面白いと思います!(supposed to mean: I think it’s interesting)
Thanks to Karol for the link.

japanese stories

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

this is great! i found stories to read in Japanese. a lovely lady has transcribed them. she made them for her husband. v sweet. this is her site: Do you want to learn japanese?
The stories are transcribed with hiragana and romaji. For example, this story “Natori” has:
- the kanji
- transcibed in hiragana
- transcribed in romaji
- […]