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@Mister
Anki 2 is a huge improvement over Anki 1. It’s more faster and efficient. At first it might seem tricky to navigate, but you get used to it very quickly. Certain things in Anki 1 (for example “selective studying”) are done differently. If you’re computer savvy you can figure things out and get used to the changes in no time. The Anki website has a list of all the changes.
When you upgrade to Anki 2, all your decks are carried over and will work fine. Any decks made on Anki 1 will work on Anki 2. However, decks made on Anki 2 won’t work on Anki 1.
Probably the best thing about Anki 2 is syncing decks with the new Anki web. You no longer need to use dropbox to store the images and sound clips. The new Anki web can sync those too. Very handy if you use Anki on your phone and tablet as well as your PC.
You’ll be glad you upgraded.
Drop the これは part from the second sentence otherwise it translates to something like “I don’t hate this my computer”
わたしのコンピュタがきらいじゃありません or 私のコンピュータが嫌いじゃありません would be more correct I think.
As you know or might not know, in Japanese there are many different counters used to count different things. It’s not like it is in English. Unfortunately, Koichi doesn’t state this anywhere in the beginning of Textfugu, which leads to mass confusion from people who have little or no prior knowledge of Japanese. Perhaps he will state this in a future update.
Fortunately, he did write a guide on Tofugu about the most common counters: http://www.tofugu.com/guides/japanese-counters-guide/
一つ (ひとつ) = one thing, 二つ (ふたつ) = two things, 三つ (みっつ) = three things, etc. This is the general counter to count “things”. As he says in the guide, you shouldn’t rely on this too much and only use it for things that don’t have counters or aren’t specified.
一人 (ひとり) = one person, 二人 (ふたり) = two people, 三人 (さんにん) = three people, etc. This is the counter for counting people. It usually ends in にん but the first two are different.
I don’t think there is one or know if one is going to be made. There are many websites which teach you both hiragana and katakana. The one I recommend is http://www.realkana.com/.
Haha, you have a point there. Plus with the passion list, you’ll eventually learn the words at some point.
I don’t know how many people noticed it, but last Monday a blog update was posted: http://blog.textfugu.com/post/41133232330/textfugu-while-were-in-japan
Some of the post is about Koichi and co spending Feb in Japan and the other part is about the next version + edition of Textfugu.
I completely skipped the passion list. Learning Japanese is a passion in itself.
As you might or might not be aware, Japanese has many different counters for counting different things. It’s not the same as in English. Most people agree that the best way to remember counters is to learn them straight up.
When counting people, the counter usually ends with にん (for example, to say three people 三人 = さんにん), but for the first two it’s slightly different. 一人 = ひとり and 二人 = ふたり.
When you learn vocab in the early stages of Textfugu, Koichi doesn’t state this which leads to a lot of confusion for some people.
Fortunately, there’s a good guide on Tofugu which teaches you some of the most popular counters. There’s more out there though.
There’s a ton of threads on the whole on’yomi and kun’yomi debate already. So I won’t go too much into that on here.
As for 川, koichi initially included the on’yomi reading (せん) in the Textfugu kanji anki decks. On Wanikani, he’s scrapped it completely and has you learn (かわ) instead. かわ does seem to be a lot more common in vocab words. A quick search on jisho.org for vocab containing 川, almost all of them use かわ in the reading. The only one which uses せん is 川柳 (せんりゅう) which means comic haiku. I’m sure there are more words which do use せん instead of かわ but they could be advanced or uncommon words.
Hi Robert. Welcome to Textfugu. If you don’t mind me asking, what do you do career wise?
Also, for anyone that isn’t aware, if you’re a TextFugu member you can use the code on the TextFugu dashboard to get a discount on a yearly WaniKani membership. The real price of WaniKani for non TextFugu members is meant to be $100 a year, at the moment it’s $80. Using the code reduces the cost to $50 which is half of what a real membership will eventually cost for a non TextFugu member.
@Solmors
TextFugu and WaniKani have different membership models.
With Textfugu, Season 1 is free and no account is needed to view the content. However Season Two on wards requires either a monthly subscription or a one off payment for a lifetime membership.
With WaniKani, you need to make an account regardless if you subscribe or not. The first two levels are free, but after that you need to either subscribe monthly or yearly to view the premium levels which begin at level three. Although technically correct, It’s a bit misleading by Koichi to call an account a lifetime one as it causes confusion. So seeing as your plan type says free, you will have to pay to unlock the premium levels.
Not at all :P
You’re way ahead of me in ability. I’m still in the beginner spectrum. Was curious what you are using . Hmm, Nakama eh. I’ll take a look at that. The three volumes of DOJG don’t seem to be in stock on Amazon.
Just out of curiosity Joel, what resources are you using to learn Japanese? Any good recommendations?
EDIT: Saw your mention some resources in this thread http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/aussie-in-dubai-learning-japanese-o/
Question answered I guess, unless you want to add anything more :P
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