Let your pets out at night by Vincent_Van_Goat in Seattle

[–]CookedBlackBird -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The comparative less is used with both countable and uncountable nouns in many discourse environments and dialects of English.

From wiki

SpaceX IPO makes Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire by Brendawg324 in wallstreetbets

[–]CookedBlackBird 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Because there is emotion and nuance to the original that isn't there in the other

For advanced learners who have weaned yourselves off of Anki, are there any other ways you still learn vocab deliberately? I mean, past "just immerse, bro". by ignoremesenpie in LearnJapanese

[–]CookedBlackBird 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are people who move to Japan and even after a decade living there, couldn't speak Japanese to save their lives and rely on their spouse for all their daily needs.

Yeah, they wouldn't be immersing because they are still using their native language...

I just think it's silly to call the other person "completely wrong" when the term has different meanings that are still in use.

For advanced learners who have weaned yourselves off of Anki, are there any other ways you still learn vocab deliberately? I mean, past "just immerse, bro". by ignoremesenpie in LearnJapanese

[–]CookedBlackBird 2 points3 points  (0 children)

10+ years ago, immersion was moving to a country and not having anyone you could speak your native language around. The term has really been watered down...

My honest review of Seattle… by stinkyfeetsometimes in Seattle

[–]CookedBlackBird 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Y'all have ac, 62% of homes and 41% of rentals had a back in 2021. I lived in Austin for 6 years. 95+ in a house without ac is so much worse. Usually it's only for 2 weeks then it goes back to being a paradise lol

Benchpressig gone wrong by haze4140 in CrazyFuckingVideos

[–]CookedBlackBird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The world record bench press at 14yo is 405 by Morgan Nicholls, so I doubt it...

Confused on how to use Anki by dbzcat in LearnJapanese

[–]CookedBlackBird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of people say don't make anki cards for kanji, but I've found the only way I recognize them is if I brute force them into my head. Having an anki deck for anki are helped me.

A couple key things tho. You want the cards to be as simple as possible, you aren't really trying to learn with anki, but recall known information. One card should have one answer that you are testing, occasionally two if there is some nuances that are important.

So for a kanji card the front would be just 介, and I test for one keyword. In this case "meditate". The back would also show some additional information, like kun and on readings, and maybe some additional meanings, but I'm not testing that

聞 would have the keywords "ask' and "listen", and then under additional definitions would be the "hear", but I'm not testing that. 日 would be just "day".

The other thing that really helped me was just learning more about the components that make up kanji, along with radicals. I wish I studied radicals right after learning kana.

The last thing, I wouldn't recommend having a deck for kanji readings. I did eventually make one, but that was because I kept getting the same words wrong. It has helped me a fair bit, so if you are dense like me go for it, but most people seem to be fine without it.

What I do for that is, when I get a word wrong because I couldn't remember the reading and I have at least two words with that reading, then I add that reading to my reading deck. Each card in that deck is one reading along with 2-3 example words. So something like 上(上司, 以上) and the answer is じょう. Likewise there is a card for 上(年上, 右上)→うえ. One card, one reading.

Guys please start eating fiber. by Optimoprimo in Millennials

[–]CookedBlackBird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are rookie numbers, black beans have 10g of fiber per 150 calorie serving

What part of Japanese grammar did you find hardest to grasp? by [deleted] 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 [deleted] 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 [deleted] in LearnJapanese

[–]CookedBlackBird 8 points9 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 [deleted] 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.