So the standard deck of Kanji stands around the 2000 mark. Using the Remember the Kanji technique, I”ll learn on average 25 new kanji each day until I Remember the Kanji come Monday 7th September! Kanji is the great barrier of entry for the willing Japanese student, making both reading and writing anywhere near native level… Continue reading Language: #100DaysofKanji – Failed!
Tag: Japanese
Language: Why Learning a Language is like Freestyle Rap
So when camping the other weekend, at around 1am, whilst Karl lay down a sweet beat, the group started freestyle rapping, and it got me thinking; Learning a language is a lot like Freestyle Rap. Now I’m happy to admit I’m not Eminem, nor Wordsworth and my rhyming abilities are questionable at best, but I… Continue reading Language: Why Learning a Language is like Freestyle Rap
Language: Learning Kanji as an Adult vs. Child
If you’ve ever taken an interest in Japanese, you will know there are 3 writing systems; Hiragana, a phonetic ‘alphabet’ for native words; Katakana, a phonetic ‘alphabet’ for loan words; and the mystical Kanji, pictograms knicked from Chinese that hold multiple meanings and pronouciations. Every Japanese student will spend every year of schooling, learning these… Continue reading Language: Learning Kanji as an Adult vs. Child
Language: Japanese Yoda is?
Ah Yoda, wise you are, but English good at you are not. That little ball of puppet and CGI has always had a peculiar way with words, comprehensible yet distinctly weird – he definitely wasn’t raised in Blighty. So why does he speak like that? I propose that Yoda is infact Japanese – or at… Continue reading Language: Japanese Yoda is?