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Category Archives: Beginner

  1. Figuring out Chinese: 在 vs 着 August 29, 2008

    Posted in Beginner, Chinese, Grammar, プチポスト.

    20 comments
  2. There is no such thing as 「熱い水」 August 26, 2008

    Posted in Beginner, Learning & Resources, Vocabulary.

    20 comments
  3. Learner/Beginner Dictionaries: The Ultimate Oxymoron August 22, 2008

    Posted in Beginner, Learning & Resources.

    25 comments
  4. What’s the stroke order of 【龜】? Who cares? August 13, 2008

    Posted in Advanced, Beginner, Kanji, Learning & Resources.

    19 comments
  5. Bah, humbug to methods! August 8, 2008

    Posted in Beginner, Learning & Resources.

    10 comments
  6. On LaTeX, self publishing, and another dialogue July 29, 2008

    Posted in Beginner, Textbook.

    28 comments
  7. My textbook introduction and first dialogue July 23, 2008

    Posted in Beginner, Grammar, Textbook, Vocabulary.

    25 comments
  8. Explaining the long vowel sound July 11, 2008

    Posted in Beginner, Textbook.

    20 comments
  9. Japanese textbooks: I may complain but I understand June 29, 2008

    Posted in Beginner, Textbook.

    22 comments
  10. Lang-8+Twitter=Awesome! June 2, 2008

    Posted in Beginner, Learning & Resources, Technical.

    6 comments
  11. Actually, Japanese has future tense! Kind of… May 26, 2008

    Posted in Beginner, Grammar.

    4 comments
  12. Comparing to Chinese (part 3): Grammar May 18, 2008

    Posted in Beginner, Chinese, Grammar.

    39 comments
  13. What, you forgot it? Good! February 27, 2008

    Posted in Beginner, Learning & Resources.

    12 comments
  14. Final thoughts on remembering the kanji January 31, 2008

    Posted in Beginner, Kanji, Learning & Resources.

    25 comments
  15. Do I need to take a class to learn Japanese? November 27, 2007

    Posted in Beginner, Learning & Resources.

    35 comments
  16. Begin the journey to mastering your 気 November 9, 2007

    Posted in Beginner, Kanji, Vocabulary.

    16 comments
  17. Repeat after me, there is NO such thing as a subject! September 3, 2007

    Posted in Beginner, Grammar.

    19 comments
  18. Part 2 on the non-existent 「たい」 form rule February 22, 2007

    Posted in Beginner, Grammar.

    11 comments
  19. Ssh, don’t tell anyone but… you can use 「を」 with the 「たい」 form February 16, 2007

    Posted in Beginner, Grammar.

    16 comments
  20. Tae Kim’s Language Studying Tips October 27, 2006

    Posted in Beginner, Learning & Resources.

    24 comments
  21. Which is harder? Japanese or Chinese? July 20, 2006

    Posted in Beginner, Chinese.

    61 comments
  22. How come they never teach 「何で」? July 12, 2006

    Posted in Beginner, Colloquialism, Vocabulary.

    11 comments
  23. Beginner Lesson #3: Adjectives and the 「の」 particle June 13, 2006

    Posted in Beginner, Podcasts, Skype Lessons.

    9 comments
  24. Beginner Lesson #3: Lesson Description + Signup Page April 28, 2006

    Posted in Beginner, Skype Lessons.

    14 comments
  25. Beginner Lesson #2: Negative State-of-Being and Referring to people April 23, 2006

    Posted in Beginner, Podcasts, Skype Lessons.

    9 comments