Please help out us beginners and post your personal story for how you have gone/plan to go about mastering the Japanese language. My story/plea: I have lived here for years, but only recently really committed to leaving a job that was English-centric and learning the language so i can move into m…

[image] Ladymerelan: Cure Dolly videos have helped me understand some grammar points I struggled with. I can’t guarantee it will work for you personally - Cure Dolly seems to be like Marmite - but I couldn’t get off the starting block with grammar until I watched the first few videos in her “…

[image] WillC: Cure Dolly seems to be like Marmite This has to be my favorite quote of all time! Haha Can I use this in the future? Makes me wonder if there’s hope I’ll come to like Marmite…

[image] rachiewru: as a supplementary tool alongside other learning sources, Rule #1: Duolingo for practice only. Rule #2: First learn rule #1.

You’re absolutely welcome, it’s an English (the country rather than the language) idiom for describing something as “polarising” (in the political / sociological sense).

Oh yes, that looking/feeling like an idiot distinction is important. For me it was both; I was embarrassed but also I felt like I deserved to feel embarrassed because I was inadequate. As many have said above, it’s so important to do things in a way that works for you, and a cumbersome notebook mig…

Here is some WK specific advice. Don’t waste the words that you use here. Internalize them, so that you will recognize them in the wild. Here is how you do this: Get the Self Study Quiz script. Every day, after reviews, do 5 or 10 or 15 minutes on the “audio quiz” setting. The vocabulary you h…

There’s quite a good explanation of the various じゃない, ではない etc. forms partway through this video: The Complete JLPT N5 Grammar Video(Game) Textbook . EDIT: recently posted on Twitter, this excellent summary by @Jonapedia .

thanks mate, i’ll look this up :slight_smile:

hey mate, thanks for this, is this ‘self study quiz script’ something i can find on here somewhere?

marmite is apparently very similar to vegemite (i’m australian), and the thing that trips most people up with vegemite is that they eat it on its own… it really should always be eatern with butter, maybe one part vegemite for 3-5 parts butter, it makes the taste much more mild… in that form it’s pre…

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