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#463

I muted the post, so I can’t go back and look…

But no, I was acting playfully and he continued to presume he knew better until I corrected him. Ultimately resulting in him attacking my brother (playfully? No I don’t think so).

And no it was not you who I noticed trying to resume the fun, but someone else and I attempted to apologize for me being a part of the previous conversation but nobody cared.

In essence? Selfishness and ambiguity. Take away the “air” of that thread gaining 100 posts an hour and be away with you.

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#464

ah i only saw some of that convo. late for me.
can be quite abrasive on the surface but it’s just that: surface.
i think because we all know each other so well in that thread, sometimes people forget to ease newcomers in. am really sorry you had to experience that.
he’s really funny and not to be taken seriously. but i’ve had moments as well where i wondered. i get it.

hope you come back. it’s a really nice crowd!

edit: i should have read the posts above. sounds like a game argument. i prob would have skipped anyway! again, really sorry it went sour. what a pity.

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#465

It’s all good, and I appreciate you understanding what I experienced. Started off silly enough but began getting odder and odder as I felt targeted by him…

I may come back, but for now I’d prefer not to encounter him. I know most of you are lighthearted and just want to have fun, but kind of like you said, a newcomer who encounters someone like that can be really put off!

Glad I still have you to talk to in the cooking and kitty thread :slight_smile:

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#466

:four_leaf_clover:

Here's my よつばと! attempt for today! Pages 25, 26, 27, 28

Page 25 - 1/18/22

あははは！

Ahahaha!

かわった子だなあ…

An unusual child…

ベランコれめくなのかあ (I don’t even know if I identified all the kana right… I could not figure this out at all!)

あそういえばうちの隣の空き家に

Ah, now that I think of it, there’s a vacant house next to ours.

新しい人がくるつて

New people are moving in…

もしかして

Possibly…

くる

Could it come to be?

Page 26 - 1/18/22

うあつ

Ah, hey!

うあーっ!!

Ah!!

手！手！

Hands! Hands!

手はなしちゃだメよ！！

Release your hands!!

て？

Hands?

ぽっ (some sort of happy sound??)

Page 27 - 1/18/22

(No text - Yotsuba goes flying off the swing!)

Page 28 - 1/18/22

(could not figure out the sound of her landing on her feet)

ぺた

(?) Kind of like her saying “oi” ?

だ大丈夫!？

Are you okay!?

大丈夫だった!?

Are you okay!? (couldn’t figure out the difference between this sentence and the sentence above?)

:slight_smile:

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#467

I feel like it’s a shame I wasn’t there, cause I could’ve provided an encouraging bonk smack and 2 buckets of cold water for each of you :stuck_out_tongue: .

Way to go for getting yami so riled up. I swear this has never happened before.

I sometimes find Logo a little much as well, but then I either fight sarcasm with sarcasm or a double-dose of politeness. Either way, not worth taking it personally :slight_smile:
Better spend that energy on studying or something :muscle:

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#468

:joy: I wish you had been there to bonk! I don’t have the knowledge to correct people too often, and I tend to shy away from it anyway because I can (obviously) get defensive!

yami got riled up?? Oh dear now I’m confozzled… I muted the POLL market after this happened because I was a tad worked up… :sweat_smile:

VERY good strategy I think!!!

I agree, I’m over it now after getting a good night’s sleep :slight_smile:

Thank you Tokeru!!!

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#469

Often these aside remarks don’t use furigana, and often they’re hand-written, all making the kanji difficult to figure out!

初(はじ)めて is what we have here.

(It gets easier when you know more kanji. But I do still ignore these aside remarks from time to time…)

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#470

So it’s “is it her first time on a swing?”

Thank you :pray:

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#471

ざしゃー “zashaaa” sound of landing and sliding on sand🙃

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#472

:joy: I can totally picture this sound now!

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#473

ダメよ! Don’t release your hands.

It’s ぱっ, and it’s the sound of her opening her hands.

It’s the sound of her landing on her backside.

The first だ here is kind of a stutter - like, Are… are you okay?

Well, the main difference is that it’s past tense now. As for why, I’m not entirely sure. Japanese uses past tense for events which occured on the past even in situations where English would continue using present tense - for example ありがとうございます = thank you (for something you’re currently doing for me or will do for me in the future) versus ありがとうございました = thank you (for something you did for me in the past) - but it feels to me here like whether or not Yotsuba is 大丈夫 is a state that would be continuing into the present.

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#474

Gah! That makes so much more sense :laughing:

Ahhh a stutter! I see, yet another thing for me to put in my memory and hopefully not forget :slight_smile:

Eek, all the little grammar nuances are so intimidating!

Thanks Belthazar!!! :slight_smile:

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#475

Welp, I woke up not feeling optimistic about today, but I did quite well I think!

  • all reviews, including 5 more lessons just because. I could probably do 10 more lessons before bed as I only have 68 reviews tomorrow.
  • read 3 pages of よつばと! while attempting to use Lapis again, but for now I don’t think the beta is going to work out for me.
  • finally began Minna no Nihongo, however, I really only read the fairly lengthy introduction to the book and got to the start of lesson 1, which I will hopefully get into tomorrow.
  • also cooked yakisoba and will be making my sushi in a bit :drooling_face:
  • neglected Torii but oh well :roll_eyes:

A part of me wants to really dive into the sentence structure book I just got because I keep picking it up and getting distracted, but so far it seems like good stuff, so perhaps I will do that before bed.

Thanks to all for always taking the time to help with various things :slight_smile:

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#476

Does anyone here use Twitter’s Spaces for communicating with other practitioners of the language? I think it’d be fun. Discord should have a server about this too but I don’t know any.

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#477

I do not! I think it could be fun, but although I have a twitter account, I don’t use any social media anymore and I think I have 0 followers and follow 0 people :laughing: Same in terms of Discord, I have used it in the past but not in a while.

I’m sure other people in the Community would like this idea though!

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#478

Well, friends - it has been fun! However, before you read on, just know that I am eternally grateful for all you have taught me (and will continue to teach me, as you will read).

Many of you know that I don’t use social media - and that is quite odd for this day and age. Perhaps it is why I have enjoyed the WK community so much! Nonetheless, I have noticed a couple things lately that I would like to remedy about my Japanese studies.

  1. I spend entirely too much time on the forums, and although I love it, I personally need to cut back.
  2. I have been wanting to reset to level 1 for some reason, probably to test myself as to how much I’ve actually retained, but also to really solidify the pace that works for me. Sure, it’s going to set me back a couple months, but I’m in no hurry.

Instead of resetting, I will be giving up my account to finish up this month on a new account without paying until I reach level 4 again, but also to not feel the pressure be in the community all the time. I will also not be able to keep up with what caused me to check the forums all day long, primarily my study log and the cooking thread I created :frowning: That said:

a) my study log will become defunct, though I think it will remain open. I realized that having a study log was taking my focus to the forums more often than I would like, and as much as I liked the socialization and thorough answers to my questions, I probably could have just created a new thread for a quick question!
b) the Japanese cooking and cuisine thread will need some new management, and I hope it doesn’t lose too much steam because many people love it! When I do decide to chime in again on the forums, I will certainly be back to join in the fun once again.

I will be continuing my daily reading of よつばと! and other materials!

@crmsnprincess89 @Beyond_Sleepy I will be contacting you at some point, as you have been wonderful study buddies!

Thanks to everyone else for your help along the way! I’m sure we will meet again when I choose to join back in the community, this time within reason for my own sanity :laughing:

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#479

:slightly_smiling_face: I’ll await your return then, feel free to contact me at any time about :four_leaf_clover: or anything else. I’m happy you’re making the right decision for you :+1: 頑張って

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#480

I have a feeling you’ll come back in a couple of months as a super hermit who already speaks Japanese fluently and just surprise all of us here :grin:

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#481

Heyy, good luck in resetting, hopefully you don’t forget everything!
Thanks so much for posting all the time in this study log, I rarely ever commented anything but I loved reading all your posts and it really kept me going in these difficult times :slight_smile:

Hopefully you come back here one day and update us all with your journey, but until then, goodbye and good luck!

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#482

Best of luck to you!
I’m looking forward to your return!
These kittens

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asked me to tell you that they wish you best of luck too! :cat2:

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