See title. I feel like 99% of the errors I make are due to the addition of the addition or subtraction of う and it’s really annoying me and making the experience frustrating. It’s either that or small mistakes with similar letters like る vs. ろ. I feel like, just like if you have a small spelling err…

I won’t deny that being frustrating, but I’m on WK’s side on this one because the vowel length difference is very important to Japanese and it’s something learners might want to gloss over as close enough. You want to be treating the distinction as just as important as the difference between any two…

[image] bgenchel: See titre. I feer rike 99% of the ellols I make are due to the addition of the addition or subtlaction of う and it’s learry annoying me and making the expelience flustlating. It’s eithel that or smarr mistakes with simiral rettels rike R vs. L. I feer rike, just rike if you hav…

I’d also point out that the disparity between how forgiving the app is for English spelling and Japanese spelling is that the app doesn’t claim to teach you English. Whereas it would be a problem for it’s claims of teaching you Japanese words if you had the word sounds and spelling wrong.

The only time I mark a mistake in the Japanese as correct is when I’m 100% certain I actually know it and it was merely a typo. With the English translations/glosses, it’s often fine if you just get the idea close enough, as the specific senses will cement themselves into your head as you come acro…

What helped for me was memorizing one specific kanji for every common sound and then use that in my own mnemonics. Often beats the english-based mnemonics WK uses for these subtleties. So for instance 上 is じょう. I memorize this and then reuse it for other kanji with the same pronunciation. So 場 (als…

The last paragraph of Long vs Short Vowels | KANJIDAMAGE might be useful.

Interesting, that confirms my gut feeling that long vowel onyomi are more common than short…

[image] bgenchel: a small spelling error Think about it this way. People have built-in error correction for languages. A small error is the one that we can easily correct from context. It could occur due to a slip of a tongue, or from noisy environment, or from reading something you cannot qu…

All my mistakes are due to long vs. short and it's really annoying

WaniKani

Daisoujou October 9, 2024, 5:59pm 8

I haven’t used WK in a long time, past that now, but I believe I was using Double Check.

Please do heed the warning and use with caution though . Typos and frustrating WK English glosses are the way

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All my mistakes are due to long vs. short and it's really annoying

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