Ooh, sweet! Congratulations!
Ok I slowed down with chapter 8 (I got caught up in a novel which is more or less a crash course in the history of western philosophy - Sophie’s World, for those interested), but reading this is motivating me to finish it this weekend! I want to be done Genki 1 by August 
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Thanks. Now I’m sitting on 136 lessons. 
Feels word to only have 6 radicals this level.
I really need to do my lessons… Only 7 kanji to go…
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Would love to participate in this as well! I’m currently starting on Chapter 4 at the moment and so far I think I have grasped most of it (Even though I usually go back and review everything from Ch 1-3 :P)
I don’t know if someone replied to this, but い adjectives can’t take a copula. It’s ungrammatical to say something like 楽しいだ
The です after the adjectives is not the copula, it is merely adding politeness.
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Oh man. I made it through chapter 6. I still don’t have all the vocab down 100% yet but definitely got the てforms down pat. I’m working my way through chapter 7 now.
I have all the old books, but my husband bought me the second edition of GENKI 1 textbook and workbook. I NEVER used to write in my books, but this time I am, because I feel like it’s committing me to really pushing forward. I used to make copies in a notebook, because “what if I need to do it again?” But no. That was allowing myself room to give up and not push forward. My toddler spilled my drink all over my brand new book too, so it’s al warped now. I don’t feel guilty highlighting the crap out of it now though!
So those are my tips for pushing forward!
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I’m working on the Lesson 7 workbook pages. How would I say お姉さんは大学生 using the ている format?
3. お姉さんは勤めていますか。
お姉さんは勤めていません。This is where I want to say she’s currently a college student.
It’s pg 66, 7/3 ~ている(Results of Change)
Thank you!
As always, thanks for your informative and helpful grammar clarification post. : D
I just saw this (very old, sorry!) question and realized I actually know the answer! Basically, the question is looking for a yes-or-no answer. You’re right to have struggled with making 大学生 in て form because it’s reserved for verbs. So in this case, you don’t have to, because you’ve already used the te-form that the book is looking for. However, if you were going for brownie points, you could say something like “大学で勉強しています”, to say that she is currently studying. But just saying “大学生です” is sufficient to convey that your sister is currently a college student.
I think I’ll revive reminders soon. Sorry for the lack of updates guys. Priorities yo.
Wait, Genki isn’t your top priority in life…?
I think I have 10 top priorities.
My life needs to be sorted better. I spent 4 hours straight yesterday staring at a monitor making music and 3 hours tonight staring at spreadsheets…
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Have you ever used an Eisenhower decision matrix? It’s a fun time-management tool that got me through some moments of paralysis from having too much on my plate (though I disagree with “deleting” unimportant and non-urgent things. Those are what keep you sane! And my excellent rewards for productivity):
I prefer to live in the moment. I’ve trained myself not get get stressed about it, so it’s great fun! But some things fall through the cracks.
I schedule the major things. I just enjoy doing TOO many things.
Welp, as long as you’re doing things you enjoy. And learning Japanese. If that’s one of the things you enjoy. Just making that assumption. ¯\ _(ツ) _/¯
がんばってください！
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Yep. Tracking other people doesn’t get as much priority. 
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Totally fair.
And man, @raephe, I would never have a life, and possibly actually never get anything done using that matrix. As most of what I do would be on the righthand side of that box.
… Creatives are like that. ^_^;
I think as far as Genki goes, it’s been too long since I’ve looked at Grammar, so now I might need to review all chapters 1-10 before doing 11 now, rather than just the few chapters I’ve previously mentioned. Not sure. But I want to get my reviews under control again first. Yikes… @_@
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MEEE toooo :-/ I took too long of a break. I also restored my WK to level 1 and started over. Life got in the way. Not giving up though!
We can both do it!
RAH RAH!!!