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I know updates as to the goings on at Etoeto aren’t vocalized often so I thought I would post this so people can see the Tofugu team is still hard at work for us.
Kuma is still getting very regular updates while Koichi continues to work through chapters of Fugu. He states on the fifth page of Fugu Chapter 10 that both Fugu and Kappa will have about 50 chapters apiece. He is working on chapter 11 right now and it should cover Katakana. I haven’t looked into the regularity of invites but I would assume any lifetime member should either have one or should get one in the foreseeable future.
Also, for those that do not use Wanikani, it is still receiving tweaks and corrections. These minor updates seem to come on a roughly weekly basis.
Another batch of alpha invites went out a couple weeks ago. He has started adding to the Fugu section and Kuma continues to get regular updates. I got an invite for being a lifetime member here, for a few years now. Not sure how the selections have been made thoug so I can’t say who should get one or when.
To me, in spoken language it seems that the sokuon is a very brief awkward pause between two syllables. The only real way I know to study it is to just keep listening for it. If you have a textbook with audio or can acquire one, such as the audio for the newest Genki, that may help. This is especially helpful if you have the dialogue in front of you and you read it before you listen. I hope this helps.
Currently they are working on EtoEto, the next iteration of Textfugu, so I doubt they have any plans for a mobile app for this iteration. It is possible they will give an API or something for EtoEto, since they did for Wanikani, in which case someone will likely make one after the site officially launches if the creators don’t do it themselves.
Koichi is being really gradual with access to the site right now. He posted in wanikani about a month or so ago that people who had progressed to a certain point might be able to get access if they are also a lifetime member here. He said that now or only has advanced lessons available but lower level material will be added and thus some beginners might get access in a couple of months. I think he is being really careful of how many people have access to the incitement since everything is so new in developer.
I would not suggest skipping Genki 1 as I think that’s is some vocab and grammer that is not covered here that being said it would be easy to find a copy of the table of contents or lessons covered in the textbook before making a decision
Textfugu recommends that you keep a learning log of some sort. If you did I would just reread that but if not I would just dkim or read the chapters and create one. I find it a great point of reference since I frequently take extended breaks due to grad school. If it would help I am sure someone could share their log with you if that won’t hurt your learning process.
To start with, は and を cannot be used together. For this situation, the person wants to discuss “that” and so the は must be used. In addition を is used as a direct object which requires an action verb such as “throw, pass, break, etc” and as best as I understand you aren’t perfoming the action of knowing to “that”, you are trying to know “that”. Abstract concepts like this can get a bit difficult to grasp but just think of it like this, to use the を particle you need to be able to physically do something to or for someone.
If This still isn’t clear let me know and I can try to explain it differently. I hope this was clear enough to make sense. I hope this helps.
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Michael Lowrey.
Ah I think I get it now. Remember this re both subject markers. は also dictates the subject of the entire conversation but が only dictates the subject of that sentence, or phrase. You correct in that the subject can be dropped and it still be understood. You could even just say “いいえ、きらいです” Since we are still talking about the same car, there is no need for は again but to explicitly state the subject, though unnecessary, we need the が particle to be formally grammatically correct. In this case it might have more to do with the change from my “my to “your” and that is where the emphasis change would be. For example the answer could be “いいえ、かれのくるまがすきです。 “No, I like HIS car”. Hopefully that makes sense.
If I remember correctly, as it has been a while since I have looked at this. Since は is the topic particle and emphasises what comes before it, making it the topic of the conversation until it is used again, it does not need to be repeated until you want to change the subject. The が particle emphasises what comes after it and may serve a few purposes in relation to the topic, in this case emphasizing how someone feels about “your car”. So pretty much the sentence is meant to refer back to the subject but not change it. I hope this helps, let me know if you need a better explanation and I can revise this.
I am currently working on level 12 of 50, but I have been picking at it pretty slowly due to school. From what I have seen up to this point I like it. It forces you to type the answers which I think is better for learning and it has recently added context sentences for the vocabulary but it still has a primary emphasis on kanji. It has helped me a lot but i still recommend fogging natural sentences to get a true grasp of the Vian. The account is free for the first couple of levels but they also feel really slow, it is kind of a snowball effect. Use the account to ask the people on the forums they tend to be pretty active and pretty honest.
I hope this helps at least a little bit.
It should be pronounced as ひと just keep in mind that sometimes people, including natives, will leave an い or う as a silent vowel. As to which is more common in this situation, I am unsure. When I listened to the link it sounded more like he used a silent vowel for the first syllable but I have heard it pronounced before as well. I have never heard it pronounced as へと though. I hope this helps, I would gladly try and explain it a different way if that would be better.
Welcome to the community from another fellow Alabamian.
It would be nice if he would at least do a short blog post on here or a post to show what has been going on. At least it will let people know he still remembers them
Thanks guys, I have finished the lessons here on TF so am somewhat familiar with those grammar points but didn’t realize that てる was a contraction of ている, so thank you. I realize TF set up some deals with site for continued learning but want sure if there was an overwhelming preference for one site over another. I currently use WK when I can and browse etoeto on occasion but around 400 kanji doesn’t allow me to read a whole lot there. Thanks again for the input on this.
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