Join the Absolute Beginner Book Club here! しろくまカフェ home thread Chapters 1 and 2 [image] Start date: March 13th Next chapter: Chapters 3 and 4 Page numbers [image] Vocabulary list You can also check the page numbers for new and old versions here. If you have an old version, chapters 24-28 are…

Yes, I think if we start Chapters 3 & 4 with the line-by-line translations… we can add them to them main topic as we do them

I didn’t see this mentioned, but I’m guessing that the Kanji on the pillow behind パンダくん in the first panel on page 5 is 福 .

Also, whew! I made it through before the week was over. :tada: Thank you all for answering my questions before I even got here! :smile:

Absolute newbie checking in, just finished the last page on the night of the last day! Massive thank you to everyone who contributed the line by line translations for the pages, and for the compiled version - I got about half way through doing my own but was giving up by the end, as each page was ta…

I’m really excited to join in! And boy I kinda felt accomplished in being able to read through a lot of the first two chapters before getting to check the vocabulary. The only thing that tripped me up was the “歩けばそれなりに. . .” part grammatically, which was covered here. I just really wanted to say …

I have some questions about a few of the grammar points. にも - is this just a word meaning also/too rather than 2 stacked particles? And can anyone explain (or link me to a website) these grammar points: なんていってもあるけばそれなりに I googled but couldn’t find anything/figure them out.

Do you have the pages where they appear?

にも and なんていっても are on pg 6 & あるけば and それなりに are on pg 8

にも - Jisho.org 15 words and 1485 sentences found. See the full details ... それなりに - Jisho.org 1 words and 10 sentences found. See the full details ... あるけば is the ば-form of the verb 歩くwhich basically means “if”: https:…

しろくまカフェ: Week 1 Discussion (Chapters 1 and 2)

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FlamySerpent March 19, 2019, 6:23pm 342

Next week’s discussion thread is here! \o/

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しろくまカフェ: Week 1 Discussion (Chapters 1 and 2)

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