Comments for Tae Kim's Blog http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog Japanese, Chinese, and a dash of Korean Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:10:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on I’m soooo boring! Hee hee *snort* by Chobi http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2010/02/20/im-soooo-boring-hee-hee-snort/comment-page-1/#comment-7323 Chobi Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:10:59 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/?p=146#comment-7323 Not sure if this is righ, but 私がつまらない sounds like something that would be use in this type of situation (you know, if you have low self-esteem and what not): A: *silence* B: *silence* A: Sorry for not being chatty, I didn't get much sleep last night B: No no , I'm the boring one : O Not sure if this is righ, but 私がつまらない sounds like something that would be use in this type of situation (you know, if you have low self-esteem and what not):

A: *silence*
B: *silence*
A: Sorry for not being chatty, I didn’t get much sleep last night
B: No no , I’m the boring one : O

]]> Comment on Feedback by Jonathan http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-7320 Jonathan Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:21:26 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?page_id=272#comment-7320 I just wanted to suggest a great app for iPhone / iPod touch that might benefit your readers. It's called Zen Nihongo and has all the vocabulary for JLPT as well as all the kanji for JLPT. The training method is basically built on the supermemo method. http://www.snowsaru.com/zennihongo I just wanted to suggest a great app for iPhone / iPod touch that might benefit your readers. It’s called Zen Nihongo and has all the vocabulary for JLPT as well as all the kanji for JLPT. The training method is basically built on the supermemo method.

http://www.snowsaru.com/zennihongo

]]> Comment on I’m soooo boring! Hee hee *snort* by Gustavo Valdez http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2010/02/20/im-soooo-boring-hee-hee-snort/comment-page-1/#comment-7314 Gustavo Valdez Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:23:45 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/?p=146#comment-7314 Can you tell use more about the "Chomskyan concept of the null subject " please? Thanks in advance. By the way great post Kim. Can you tell use more about the “Chomskyan concept of the null subject ” please? Thanks in advance. By the way great post Kim.

]]> Comment on I’m soooo boring! Hee hee *snort* by Alex http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2010/02/20/im-soooo-boring-hee-hee-snort/comment-page-1/#comment-7310 Alex Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:07:09 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/?p=146#comment-7310 退屈だ！ Going into a bit of linguistics may help students of Japanese. The Chomskyan concept of the null subject parameter is extremely important for learning how not to sound like a foreign-speaker in Japanese. 退屈だ！

Going into a bit of linguistics may help students of Japanese. The Chomskyan concept of the null subject parameter is extremely important for learning how not to sound like a foreign-speaker in Japanese.

]]> Comment on I’m soooo boring! Hee hee *snort* by Beowulf Lee http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2010/02/20/im-soooo-boring-hee-hee-snort/comment-page-1/#comment-7298 Beowulf Lee Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:16:27 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/?p=146#comment-7298 Hey Tae, the best explanation I've seen of は and が was from Jay Rubin's book "Making Sense of Japanese." If you haven't checked it out already, I think you should. Also, I found his idea of the "zero pronoun" to be very helpful. Hey Tae, the best explanation I’ve seen of は and が was from Jay Rubin’s book “Making Sense of Japanese.” If you haven’t checked it out already, I think you should. Also, I found his idea of the “zero pronoun” to be very helpful.

]]> Comment on I’m soooo boring! Hee hee *snort* by g..k..s..t..r http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2010/02/20/im-soooo-boring-hee-hee-snort/comment-page-1/#comment-7296 g..k..s..t..r Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:56:45 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/?p=146#comment-7296 Maybe instead of つまらない use たいくつする to say that someone is bored, not boring? Maybe instead of つまらない use たいくつする to say that someone is bored, not boring?

]]> Comment on The most useful word… EVAR by Rob http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/05/02/the-most-useful-word-evar/comment-page-1/#comment-7290 Rob Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:44:09 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/2008-05-02/the-most-useful-word-evar/#comment-7290 Pffff I have reached this blog quite late, but whatever. I think there are loads of uses of 'いい’ that perhaps you don't even notice as you say them, like　’都合がいい’(convenient) or '運がいい’(fortunate). The one that seems to come up a lot and I think was missed is 'もう、いい！’ which is of course 'enough already!' I hope this helps. Pffff I have reached this blog quite late, but whatever.

I think there are loads of uses of ‘いい’ that perhaps you don’t even notice as you say them, like　’都合がいい’(convenient) or ‘運がいい’(fortunate).

The one that seems to come up a lot and I think was missed is ‘もう、いい！’ which is of course ‘enough already!’

I hope this helps.

]]> Comment on I’m soooo boring! Hee hee *snort* by Sara http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2010/02/20/im-soooo-boring-hee-hee-snort/comment-page-1/#comment-7286 Sara Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:17:26 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/?p=146#comment-7286 Oh, i forgot.. if someone is searching for reading resources, this site http://nihongo-dekimasu.blogspot.com/ has a lot of downloads. Here you can also find some books for children really easy to read and perfect for beginners (in case you can't find anything on paper like in my case) Oh, i forgot.. if someone is searching for reading resources, this site http://nihongo-dekimasu.blogspot.com/ has a lot of downloads. Here you can also find some books for children really easy to read and perfect for beginners (in case you can’t find anything on paper like in my case)

]]> Comment on I’m soooo boring! Hee hee *snort* by Sara http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2010/02/20/im-soooo-boring-hee-hee-snort/comment-page-1/#comment-7285 Sara Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:13:57 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/?p=146#comment-7285 Tae Kim.. Thank you so much for the grammar guide. I'm feeling pretty comfortable with は and が in fact, and maybe it's because I've started learning Japanese on your guide without taking any class. When I googled "Japanese grammar guide" two months ago, I had no idea of how Japanese worked. I'm Italian, trying to learn Japanese and since there is not a decent resource in my language, I have to use what i find in English. The more I get into Japanese, the more I'm convinced that it's soo easy to understand. It a lot similar to Italian if you take it in the right way, but it doesn't have the almost 300 irregular verbs we have and the (let's see.. 6) tense we have.. Japanese is easy a lot, try to learn italian, if you want to say "to be" in my language, here it is: (essere) io sono- tu sei- egli è noi siamo- voi siete- essi sono, past: io ero- tu eri- egli era- noi eravamo- voi eravate- essi erano, future io sarò- tu sarai- egli sarà- noi saremo- voi sarete- essi saranno and so on (for tree tenses more). I'm studying on Genki too, but it start with the masu form. It's a great book anyway, because it don't use romaji and put kanji into starting from the 3 lesson, and give you the chance to read (kanji has the reading with higagana too), but without your guide I would be lost in fact, when in the 8 lesson it talk about the vocabulary form. thank you very much! (I cant find your profile on lang8, do you still have it?) sorry for my English ^^ Tae Kim.. Thank you so much for the grammar guide. I’m feeling pretty comfortable with は and が in fact, and maybe it’s because I’ve started learning Japanese on your guide without taking any class. When I googled “Japanese grammar guide” two months ago, I had no idea of how Japanese worked. I’m Italian, trying to learn Japanese and since there is not a decent resource in my language, I have to use what i find in English. The more I get into Japanese, the more I’m convinced that it’s soo easy to understand. It a lot similar to Italian if you take it in the right way, but it doesn’t have the almost 300 irregular verbs we have and the (let’s see.. 6) tense we have.. Japanese is easy a lot, try to learn italian, if you want to say “to be” in my language, here it is: (essere) io sono- tu sei- egli è noi siamo- voi siete- essi sono, past: io ero- tu eri- egli era- noi eravamo- voi eravate- essi erano, future io sarò- tu sarai- egli sarà- noi saremo- voi sarete- essi saranno and so on (for tree tenses more). I’m studying on Genki too, but it start with the masu form. It’s a great book anyway, because it don’t use romaji and put kanji into starting from the 3 lesson, and give you the chance to read (kanji has the reading with higagana too), but without your guide I would be lost in fact, when in the 8 lesson it talk about the vocabulary form. thank you very much! (I cant find your profile on lang8, do you still have it?)
sorry for my English ^^

]]> Comment on I’m soooo boring! Hee hee *snort* by Micah http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2010/02/20/im-soooo-boring-hee-hee-snort/comment-page-1/#comment-7279 Micah Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:26:32 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/?p=146#comment-7279 Right, what I meant was that, although Xamuel said that 「つまらないよ！」was like "Boring!", that word usage in English is not typical. 「うらやましいよ！」translates more naturally into "I'm so jealous!", not "Jealous!" Right, what I meant was that, although Xamuel said that 「つまらないよ！」was like “Boring!”, that word usage in English is not typical. 「うらやましいよ！」translates more naturally into “I’m so jealous!”, not “Jealous!”

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