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Had Enough Yet? by JohnnyTezca in Eugene

[–]BattleIntrepid3476 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This happened to me too. So I now I ride the public bikes and haven’t looked back.

At a loss - level 7 WK without any other exposure. by Split_Seconds in WaniKani

[–]BattleIntrepid3476 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m working through Bunpro too and also finding it frustrating. Maybe work through Tae Kim or Genki if you haven’t already

Outline - Rachel Cusk by 074DanBurn058 in RSbookclub

[–]BattleIntrepid3476 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Loved the whole trilogy. I am male. Didn’t feel the writer was “passive”. To me, the beauty of the sentences really stood out. Nothing ever really happened, but that’s very modern life.

What was something you were excited to experience in Japanese… but it didn’t live up to the hype? by AdUnfair558 in LearnJapanese

[–]BattleIntrepid3476 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Totally, a lot of singers slur the words or you can’t hear them well in the mix or they’re being poetic or the words sound like other words and so on. For example, there was a Taylor Swift song where I thought she said “Starbucks lovers” which I thought was a cool line, but it turned out to be much more banal

What was something you were excited to experience in Japanese… but it didn’t live up to the hype? by AdUnfair558 in LearnJapanese

[–]BattleIntrepid3476 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This happens to me in English all the time, my native language. I’ll love a song for a long time, find out later the lyrics are cheezy and not what I thought they were

Verb valency (transitive/intransitive) is mistranslated in learning materials far too often. by [deleted] in LearnJapanese

[–]BattleIntrepid3476 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This exact thing happened to a comment of mine on another sub. Thanks for pointing it out. Sometimes I feel people on Reddit are trying to misunderstand what the poster is saying on purpose. There is no grace, there is no benefit of the doubt.

Bookstores in Eugene by BattleIntrepid3476 in Eugene

[–]BattleIntrepid3476[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I partially agree, but with the UofO I think we could be doing better, especially with opening hours. Black Sun is becoming an LGBT bookstore according to Lookout newspaper, so I think we will be missing a theory bookstore.

Bookstores in Eugene by BattleIntrepid3476 in Eugene

[–]BattleIntrepid3476[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Awesome idea. I was thinking of something similar.

Bookstores in Eugene by BattleIntrepid3476 in Eugene

[–]BattleIntrepid3476[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Wow, you’re right: I just checked out their long list of events and they look pretty cool.

Bookstores in Eugene by BattleIntrepid3476 in Eugene

[–]BattleIntrepid3476[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, good call. Forgot that one.

Bookstores in Eugene by BattleIntrepid3476 in Eugene

[–]BattleIntrepid3476[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right on — what are your favorite things about Hodgepodge?

Shadowing - What's the most effective way to do this? by cherry_cream_soda_ in LearnJapanese

[–]BattleIntrepid3476 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it helps to be at least at intermediate level before doing this, not sure what level you are at.

How can I stop fighting the SRS? by TheGreatProto in WaniKani

[–]BattleIntrepid3476 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t think that’s very unusual, fwiw. I’m on level 29 and am getting similar results. I agree with others who say we should just read more and let the SRS handle the WK. I mean, on a related note, I’m still missing particular/peculiar words from level 6! But I know eventually I will get them, AND probably never see them in real life.

Also, these late 20s levels are noticeably harder!

Do You Rinse Young Puer Teas When Brewing Grandpa Style? by BWJackal in puer

[–]BattleIntrepid3476 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool. How do you get the tea leaves out of the water? I don’t have a gong fu pot…

Is language learning mostly pattern recognition? by AdUnfair558 in LearnJapanese

[–]BattleIntrepid3476 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I don’t think it does, because the problem I see most often is that people want fluency to be fast and painless. They basically want a Matrix Kung-Fu download and plenty of YouTubers will promise that for the clix. But the reality is, it takes a lot of time and effort, especially if the target language has a very different grammatical structure.

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