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Tatsujin:
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--- Quote from: anerph on May 06, 2009, 01:23:25 AM ---@yellowtable: Doesn't AJATT only tell you the meaning of the kanji and not the actual "on" and "kun" readings? To me, learning kanji without those things is just a waste of time. You might be able to guess a little at what your reading, but you better hope to god no one ever asks you to read out loud. Maybe I am thinking of some other kanji learning systems, but I was thinking that AJATT specifically gave weird English sentences and you were supposed to write the kanji as best you could (personally the English sentences they use rarely make any sense, and I find it much easier to hear from my Japanese teacher where the kanji originated from and why it looks the way it does rather than implementing the meaning into a sentence that vaguely describes the look). But, you know, whatever works for you is great :D
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The idea is to learn the kanjis' appearance and definition first and then the reading later when you encounter them in Japanese content, not to just use the heisig method of learning kanji and stopping.
This approach makes each kanji character and its meaning rock-solid in your mind, and when you go to learn its reading later, you can concentrate solely on learning its reading instead of mentally juggling the appearance, definition, and reading all at once.
Work smarter, not harder.
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Would you learn the Kanji's meaning with ON or KUN? ... wouldn't KUN make it easier?
iindigo:
I'm really not sure, I haven't gotten that far yet.
altlavista:
i really think i'm going to be slapped for this;
can you translate kanji?
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Atun:
Using some books from the local library at the moment to try to learn some basic Japanese.
I'm also like many others picking up words and phrases from watching subbed anime.
Also attending a 6 month course of learning Japanese this autumn. If I find it interesting I will also think about taking more advanced courses. ;)
psyren:
--- Quote from: altlavista on May 10, 2009, 06:58:32 PM ---i really think i'm going to be slapped for this;
can you translate kanji?
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*slap*
That's not even kanji.
The text says (presumably) 'yan yan'. Either she's saying it because she's embarrassed, or it's some kind of sound effect.
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