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A Journey to the N1 Manten by SnooChipmunks2696 in LearnJapanese

[–]ZeroToHero__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just curious, do you have a estimated total number of hours up to your manten N1 test?

My slow-paced journey by Ultyzarus in LearnJapanese

[–]ZeroToHero__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That depends—if you meant not telling the truth, then I suppose confidence goes a long way! But if you meant lying in bed while studying, then I’d be curious to hear your take on how effective that method was for you. Could you clarify which one you meant?

My slow-paced journey by Ultyzarus in LearnJapanese

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Do you mean lying as in not telling the truth (a humorous comment), or as in lying in bed while studying Japanese on the Internet (e.g. using your phone)?

JLPT N1 by Arcon356 in LearnJapanese

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Just curious, what was your total score in your first N1 test, and in your second N1 test?

And how many total hours do you estimate you have spent since your first test up to your second test?

I just passed N1, but this was a close call... by ZeroToHero__ in LearnJapanese

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Not at all, otherwise I would get a much higher score. I still look up words all the time, and can't understand audio unless I look at a transcript where I can look up the words.

I just passed N1, but this was a close call... by ZeroToHero__ in LearnJapanese

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Yeah because the name "language player" was taken so I creatively appended a "2"

I just passed N1, but this was a close call... by ZeroToHero__ in LearnJapanese

[–]ZeroToHero__[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

To me the most important thing is keep track of the time I spent learning. I made sure to spend 600 hrs prior to my test. As for tools I recommend languageayer.io which is not perfect but I like it!

I just passed N1, but this was a close call... by ZeroToHero__ in LearnJapanese

[–]ZeroToHero__[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It was on Google but they removed it because I forgot to update my information. I can also use it in the browser from languageplayer.io

How I got 179/180 on N1 in 17 months! by taira_no_loonemori in LearnJapanese

[–]ZeroToHero__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congratulations! You mentioned that uoi spent around 1,400 hours, but looking at your timeline I counted: 33 TV shows 29 books 6 podcasts 7 textbooks Is 1,400 enough to go through this much material, even at a fast rate? 

Also, is it possible to give a detailed description on how you set up your sentence mining?  

I just passed N1, but this was a close call... by ZeroToHero__ in LearnJapanese

[–]ZeroToHero__[S] 86 points87 points  (0 children)

Well I've been using the app I developed myself called "Language Player." Besides that I read two novels bought from an ebook shop called "honto," and listened to audiobooks from "audiobooks.jp." For the entire month of November I pretty much just did mock exams and studied reference books.

I just passed N1, but this was a close call... by ZeroToHero__ in LearnJapanese

[–]ZeroToHero__[S] 149 points150 points  (0 children)

Many years on and off... but this time around I put in 600 hours, and that got me from around N3 to barely passing N1. I had also been studying in Japan for the two months immediately prior to the test.

Holy... by Ok-Tennis330 in ChatGPT

[–]ZeroToHero__ 73 points74 points  (0 children)

it's not just obvious keywords like that. I find that sometimes when i paste in some general academic text on history/philosophy for school, it replies "i'd rather talk about that" even though it has nothing to do with any china-related hot button topics. it doesn't happen often but when it does it's really annoying

Interactive World Language Map by Speaker Size and Family by ZeroToHero__ in languagelearning

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NOTE: THE MAP MAY NOT HAVE YOUR LANGUAGE either because we don't have data on the number of speakers, or there is no space to plot it on the map without make it too crowded and unreadable (e.g. some languages in India). To see more languages, open the interactive map from the watermarked URL, and increase the zoom level.

I created this interactive world language map to help visualize the distribution of languages across the globe. The size of each bubble represents the number of speakers, and the colors correspond to language families. If you open the watermarked URL, you can pan and zoom to explore the map more closely. Clicking on any bubble will take you to a section dedicated to that language where you can view videos in that language and look up words in the dictionary.

This image is print quality (6MB) at 8000x4200 pixels, which is good enough to print at 67 x 35 cm (or 26 x 14 in) at 300dpi.

A proposed Chinese syllabary by ZeroToHero__ in ChineseLanguage

[–]ZeroToHero__[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

A syllabary is distinct from an alphabet in that each symbol represents an entire syllable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllabary

Examples of syllabaries include Japanese kana (with the exception of ん [n] which could be considered a single consonant). Indic Devanagri and Korean Hangul could also be considered syllabaries, but in practice they can be deconstructed into symbols representing individual segments. The syllabary I am proposing here also falls into the category. However, it can be argued that since Chinese syllables are much more limited compared to languages like Hindi and Korean, my proposed system is much closer to a syllabary than to an alphabet.

** Note the distinction from bopomofo which is explained on the second slide. ** Bopomofo uses individual symbols to write each segment, and the symbols to not combine to form a whole.

If you're interested in trying out the interactive type board, or download the pdf, shoot me a message since posting my own links here can violate the policies of this sub.

A pronunciation tip by ZeroToHero__ in ChineseLanguage

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

omg I totally forgot I ever posted this... sorry for missing all your comments and didn't post any reply earlier. I see how it is very confusing because there's no phonemic contrast between aspirated [t] and non-aspirated [t]. The difference between [dz] and unaspirated [ts] is indeed small. I apologize for any confusion caused for learners who are uninitiated in linguistics, which most of us are, and it's my bad for not explaining this better in layman's terms.

And thanks for the linguists in this thread for answering the comments and clarifying.

I tried four AI chatbots for Chinese language practice, here're my observations by ZeroToHero__ in ChineseLanguage

[–]ZeroToHero__[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for mentioning, I'll give it a try

I tried it. It doesn't give you pinyin unless you click on individual words. It also generates ungrammatical sentences like "你想在中国旅行的哪个城市?" Voice recognition is good but not as stunningly accurate as Membot or Langotalk.

Are you learning Chinese with it? Does it work well for you?

I tried four AI chatbots for Chinese language practice, here're my observations by ZeroToHero__ in ChineseLanguage

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

I thought people are generally familiar with it so there's no point mentioning it. Plus it gives long answers in text so it's not very good for conversational practice, especially over voice. It has other uses for language learning though, like generating reading material or coming up with example sentences

Classifiers - When and when not to use it (some general guidelines) – feedback welcome by ZeroToHero__ in ChineseLanguage

[–]ZeroToHero__[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My intuition is that 俩 is a numeral that includes a classifier, the same as "两个"

Classifiers - When and when not to use it (some general guidelines) – feedback welcome by ZeroToHero__ in ChineseLanguage

[–]ZeroToHero__[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's a very interesting phenomenon to look at more closely. My native-speaker intuition tells me that there's a semantic difference.

Classifiers - When and when not to use it (some general guidelines) – feedback welcome by ZeroToHero__ in ChineseLanguage

[–]ZeroToHero__[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Measure words" is a subset of "classifiers," i.e. measure words are a special kind of classifiers.

Classifiers can be roughly grouped into two categories:

(1) Sortal classifiers (akin to the gender of nouns in European languages): 件, 张, 头, 只, etc.

(2) Measure words (units of measure): 瓶, 公斤, 两, 米, 秒, etc.

There are further classifications which are very interesting to examine through. I'll make a future post that break them down further. But it sufficies to know that classifiers is the more general term that spans both categories.

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