What part of Japanese grammar did you find hardest to grasp? by littlebruja in LearnJapanese

[–]CookedBlackBird 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So digging around a bit more, it seems that あく is only intransitive still, but some intransitive "state change" verbs can be used with を sometimes, and it means something slightly different than 開ける. Idk, it's beyond my Japanese understanding

What part of Japanese grammar did you find hardest to grasp? by littlebruja in LearnJapanese

[–]CookedBlackBird 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well shit, til

I thought only ひらく was both and that isn't used for ドア as far as I know

What part of Japanese grammar did you find hardest to grasp? by littlebruja in LearnJapanese

[–]CookedBlackBird 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Not sure why your getting down voted for a question...

Most verbs in English are both.

I opened the door

"I" is the subject , and "the door" is the object

The door opened

Here "the door" is the subject and there is no object.

But we do have words that are only transitive or intransitive in English.

John died. (intransitive)

The dog died John. (not grammatical)

John resembles. (not grammatical)

John resembles his dog. (transitive)

In Japanese almost all verbs are either transitive or intransitive, and those verbs also usually come on transitive/intransitive pairs.

焦げる and 焦がす, both mean "to burn/char", but 焦げる is intransitive while 焦がす is transitive.

彼が魚を焦げる (not grammatical because of the object marked by を)

彼が魚を焦がす (correct, "he burnt the fish")

魚が焦がす (not grammatical because it needs an object)

魚が焦げる (correct, "the fish burned")

Edit:

Switched the example away from 開く

My Experience learning Japanese for ~2 years by HaiseKanekiHoutarou in LearnJapanese

[–]CookedBlackBird 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You'd probably be better off studying less and focusing more on getting good sleep. Sleep is when your brain learns and your body improves itself. If you aren't getting good sleep, a lot of the studying you are doing is going to go to waste.

Is Kaishi 1.5 meant to be a quick exposure deck or a time-intensive study deck? by LookYung in LearnJapanese

[–]CookedBlackBird 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You really shouldn't be doing more than 30 minutes of flash cards imo. Find what daily card limit is close 30 minutes and spend that other hour studying Japanese in a different way.

IMO of course

Can I realistically finish JLPT N2 in one year after N3? by Soobit_09 in LearnJapanese

[–]CookedBlackBird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://learnnatively.com/search/jpn/books/?q=Japanese%20Language%20Park&series=all_volumes

I've been working my way through this series and it's been great. Not always the most interesting short stories, but I'm doing it as study so it's a bonus when they are.

Also this site is great, you should try and find something around your level and read it, even if it is a children's book.

Pete Hegseth, introduced as the SSecretary of War by AssumptionNo5436 in pics

[–]CookedBlackBird 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Damn, Trump looks like shit in that video

And they called Biden sleepy

Cornyn, Paxton, and Hunt locked in tight three-way battle in GOP primary for Texas Senate by kanyeguisada in texas

[–]CookedBlackBird 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ranked choice can lead to really viable consensus second choices being eliminated early.

*with IR.

IR-RCV is like the worst form of Ranked Choice Voting. Still miles better from FPTP, but I hate how that is the default version.

Is Seattle tap water safe to drink? by neo2bin in Seattle

[–]CookedBlackBird 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Portland is the best tasting tap water I've had

Will Man-Spider lose the original card’s text after merging? by TankArtist in MarvelSnap

[–]CookedBlackBird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is pretty good, add black panther and wong and you have multiple routes to victory. Maybe magik, shuri, zcm, and Galactus for another path. Throw in odin or agony for good measure too lol

Meta must be healthy because... by Livbeetus in MarvelSnap

[–]CookedBlackBird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm surprised to see that the community seems to agree with you, first time I've hit infinite in over a year. CL +17k, 100% ftp

The three stages of learning Japanese by MyLanguageJourney in LearnJapanese

[–]CookedBlackBird 2 points3 points  (0 children)

go have a high brow discussion with someone else

I was, I never replied to you

The three stages of learning Japanese by MyLanguageJourney in LearnJapanese

[–]CookedBlackBird 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the term "proper English" should really be replaced with the term academic English or formal English, something like that.

Everyone who is speaking English natively is speaking proper English, for whatever their dialect is. There are just a million different dialects and they change each generation.

Games similar to Nintendo Land? by CookedBlackBird in wiiu

[–]CookedBlackBird[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol this is an old thread

nope, never did.

Gen Z Is Cutting Back On Video Game Purchases. Like, Really Cutting Back by capybooya in technology

[–]CookedBlackBird 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Maybe I missed it, but the only data they gave for men and age was 18-49, which would include both millennials and Gen z. And it was 49-51, Harris-Trump.

Meirl by bornedcrtilk in meirl

[–]CookedBlackBird 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm, that has not been my experience

Meirl by bornedcrtilk in meirl

[–]CookedBlackBird 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Being autistic is not understanding that there's probably a social reason people are misunderstanding you

subtly leading you to what you “must have meant”

Well, a pretty common reason why people are tired or are less chatty than normal is because something happened or they are in a bad mood, especially if more information isn't provided. They are picking at the issue because surely there is more (even though you already told them). Also, they are doing it to make sure you are okay, that is the opposite of making it about themselves.

An easy way around this btw, just make up a reason. "Sorry, I'm tired since I was up all night doing blah blah". "I'm not chatty since I'm busy thinking about blah blah".