http://howtojaponese.com/2008/12/10/p150/ How to "Get Used to" Japanese Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:23:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://howtojaponese.com/2008/12/10/p150/comment-page-1/#comment-8134 Derek Blais Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:08:27 +0000 http://howtojaponese.com/2008/12/09/p150/#comment-8134 I've been practicing these ways for a while now. JLPT 2Q+ people should really try to avoid the personal pronouns. It's definitely something that NEEDS to be mentioned in textbooks. The culture is harder than the language! I’ve been practicing these ways for a while now. JLPT 2Q+ people should really try to avoid the personal pronouns. It’s definitely something that NEEDS to be mentioned in textbooks. The culture is harder than the language!

]]> http://howtojaponese.com/2008/12/10/p150/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Matt Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:54:55 +0000 http://howtojaponese.com/2008/12/09/p150/#comment-64 Yah, it seems to show up way more often than it should in early lessons. I assume the idea is to ease the passage from subject-predicate to topic-comment for folks who only know IE languages, but it sets bad patterns in learners early. A better plan would be to start with V, move on to OV, and only then introduce wa and ga (via situations where they are actually useful). Yah, it seems to show up way more often than it should in early lessons. I assume the idea is to ease the passage from subject-predicate to topic-comment for folks who only know IE languages, but it sets bad patterns in learners early. A better plan would be to start with V, move on to OV, and only then introduce wa and ga (via situations where they are actually useful).

]]> http://howtojaponese.com/2008/12/10/p150/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Daniel Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:40:03 +0000 http://howtojaponese.com/2008/12/09/p150/#comment-63 Ha. Naw, man. Just trying to emphasize that the subject-object centric mindset doesn't work/doesn't need to work for Japanese. I was stuck in "watashi wa" mode for probably a year too long. Don't you think it's a little underemphasized in text books? Or maybe emphasized at the wrong point? As in too early? Rubin's little grammar book was great - he says flat out that "watashi wa" is often just plain wrong. Ha. Naw, man. Just trying to emphasize that the subject-object centric mindset doesn’t work/doesn’t need to work for Japanese. I was stuck in “watashi wa” mode for probably a year too long. Don’t you think it’s a little underemphasized in text books? Or maybe emphasized at the wrong point? As in too early? Rubin’s little grammar book was great – he says flat out that “watashi wa” is often just plain wrong.

]]> http://howtojaponese.com/2008/12/10/p150/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Matt Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:47:08 +0000 http://howtojaponese.com/2008/12/09/p150/#comment-62 Man, this is the most roundabout way of manning up to "ore" that I've ever seen. Man, this is the most roundabout way of manning up to “ore” that I’ve ever seen.

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