ユーチューブ

私の新しいユーチューブチャネルのためにビデオを作りました～！
I made a video for my new Youtube channel!

このチャネルのために私の最初「さいしょ」ビデオです。
This is my first video for this channel.

見てください！(　＾ー＾）
ＹouTube

Studying + Japanese For Busy People and えもふり

久しぶり
ひさしぶり

this turned into an update of random things.
Long story short, I have not studied in about a week.
There is a lot going on right now, but I will try to start studying again today.
And hopefully I can keep it up.
Tonight I am just reviewing things I have already studied.
Refreshing my memory.
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I recently bought Japanese For Busy People II.

I'm not done with book I but they are nice to have around.
They are mini motivations(among many other things).
Japanese For Busy People is my favorite series.
I hope I can find more like it.
It's quick continuous learning.
Goes into detail but not too much.
Just enough to teach you what you are learning.
What I REALLY like about it, is that it uses Japanese more than English.
And I think that is very important when learning Japanese.
For obvious reasons.


I am more active on Tumblr & Twitter.
(^-^;;)
Also, I made a video.
自己紹介
I've also started playing with emofuri.
My first attempt.

Youtube

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! Study Study Study !

Hiragana1 and Katakana2 came first.
I did 2 rows each week. I would not recommend doing 4 rows in 1 week.
With Dakuten I just remembered what the sounds change to. I didn't actually study them. Same with Combination Hiragana. (0_o;)
* * Forgot Verb Groups! I learned the verb groups before I dove farther into vocabulary!
Vocabulary.
Kanji kind of slips in there.
I am not really focused on learning Kanji at the moment but I'm still learning them.
I follow people on Twitter who tweet in Japanese(and English) so I see some Kanji almost every time I log on.

-Listening
Listening to songs you already know in English, in Japanese.
I listen to Disney songs in Japanese with Japanese subtitles in kana and some will have Romaji(depends on who subs it).
Listen to the songs and follow the subtitles. Try singing along.
Even listening to them while you are doing other things is good. Which is what I am doing right now.
podcasts, vloggers(video bloggers), any chance you get, take it.

-Writing
I use Lang-8 a good bit. I have met a lot of really nice and helpful people from that site.
Make up a paragraph. It can be about anything. About what you did, what you plan to do or something made up. 5 or more sentences in English(or your mother tongue), that way you know exactly what you want to say.
Go thru and write the words you already know in Hiragana/Katakana(don't worry about Kanji right now).
Add which particles and conjugations you would use before trying to look them up.
Post it to Lang-8.
If you receive corrections, don't get distraught or discourage. Corrections are a good thing!!!
Be sure to study those corrections!
I started plucking out the words I used in the paragraph I wrote, writing them in a small notebook(the size of my hand) and study them when ever I can or when ever I feel like it.

Memrise(listed in my resources) is great! I use it almost every day.
I was recently introduced to a site called Lingocracy. I haven't been able to use it much, but from what I have seen from using it, it is great for reading and vocabulary. You can learn more about the site before actually using it here.
I also think with reading, you learn grammar. It's like listening helps you with pronunciation.
After you read for some months(or years) you'll eventually get use to how sentences are set up. Maybe? I'm still in the process of getting it down. ^_^;

I have been studying for 8 months now. Self-studying. So I am a beginner still.
Being a stay at home mom you don't have much free time to study, well at least not without constant interruptions.
I practice thru out the day by talking to my self. Using words and sentences I know.
But wait until my son is in bed before studying. Reading, posting. Stuff I need to focus on, I wait until the end of the day.
I try spending 2 to 3 hours studying and be in bed by 12AM(sometimes it's 1 or 2AM), so that I get 6 to 8 hours of sleep(all depends on what time my son decides to get up).
Whether or not my methods work, I guess only time will tell.
I am very excited and impatient with learning.
(ﾉ^▽^)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

がんばります！

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こんにちは

久しぶり。
ひさしぶり。
８月は忙しかったから勉強も絵を描く事もしませんでした。
８つきはいそがしかったからべんきょうもえをかくじもしませんでした。
渡航もしませんでした。
とうこうもしませんでした。
August has been busy, so I haven't been studying or drawing.
I haven't been posting either.

頑張ります！
がんばります！

Ta Form

ごめなさい。
私は死んでいない、忙しかったです。

ここにあります！
TA FORM!

Ta Form/Casual Past
て into た
で into だ

Group1
う, つ, る -- take off the ending and put った
ぬ, ぶ, む -- んだ
く -- いた
exception 行く - 行った
ぐ -- いだ
す -- した
EX. 買(か)う - 買った(to buy-i bought)
遊(あそ)ぶ -  遊んだ(to play-i played)
書(か)く - 書いた(to write-i wrote)
泳(およ)ぐ - 泳いだ(to swim-i swam)
話す - 話した(to talk-i talked)

Group2
...eる or ...iる
replace る with た.
EX. 出「で」る - 出た

Group3
する - した
くる - きた
EX. 掃除(そうじ)する - 掃除した(to clean-i cleaned)

日本語をもっと使用してみる。

Verb Groups
Te Form
Masu Form
*Ta Form

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Masu Form

Masu Form/polite form

Group1
う to い
う, つ, る
飲(の)む - 飲みます(to drink)
取(と)る - 取ります(to take)
話(はな)す - はなします(to talk; speak)

Group2
...eる and ...iる
drop る add ます
見る - 見ます

Group3
する - し＋ます
くる - き＋ます
勉強する - 勉強します

Polite Negative
add ません instead of ます
わかる(to understand) - わかります(understand) - わかりません(don't understand)

Past
add ます instead of ました
わかる - わかりました(I understood)

Negative Past
add ませんでした(I didn't understand) instead of ます

Let's...!
ましょう instead of ます
勉強しましょう。 - Let's study!

Verb Groups
Te Form
Masu Form
NEXT Ta Form

If there are any mistakes please comment with corrections, they are greatly appreciated!

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All resources

Instead of having them all spread out into different posts I figured I would post them all here in one.
I'll just update this post every time I find something new and useful.

1. Memrise There is also an app for apple and android
2. PuniPuni It's really cute. Looks like it's more for children but...that's what I like about it. ;P
3. Kanji-Link A very helpful and in depth explanation.
4. Denshi Jisho GREAT for looking up the meaning of a kanji and their stroke order. You can also search kanji by its radicals.
5. Rikaichan for Firefox(Rikaikun for Chrome) best thing I have installed onto my computer!
6. Google Japanese Input A Japanese keyboard for your phone basically. I use it everyday. Even has cute emojis I can't stop using. :3
7. Digital Japanese Keyboard Only good for Hirigana.
8. Lang-8 has been very helpful for me. I have met some very nice people thru that site.
9. Kana and Kanji Quiz(Windows App)Good for studying and practicing Katakana, Hirigana and Kanji.
10. Genki($20-$50+) Can be expensive...for some reason...but has good explanations and exercises.
11. Maggie Sensei One of my absolute favorite blogs! Very helpful. I have spent so much time on that blog! ^-^;

I think that's all I have for now.
I hope these are helpful.
じゃあね！

Te Form

Ways The Te Form Can Be Used
*used in the middle of a sentence to connect the next verb/connect two sentences.
コンビニに行っておにぎりを買います。
konbini ni itta o nigiri o kaimasu.
I will go to the conveniant store and buy onigiri.

*asking someone to do something by adding ください to the te form
*asking permission to do something by adding いいですか to the te form
*action in progress

何か他にありますか。

Now, the Groups
Group1
う、つ、る -- take off the ending and put って
ぬ、ぶ、む-- んで
く -- いて
exception 行く - 行って
ぐ -- いで
す -- して
leaving it as is without connecting it to anything, it can be used as an informal request to a family or friend.
EX. 待(ま)つ - 待って(to wait)
聞(き)く - 聞いて(to listen-listen to me)
飲(の)む - 飲んで(to drink-drink)
ぬぐ - 脱いで(to take off-take of your shoes)
かす - 貸して(to lend-lend it to me)

Group2
...eる or ...iる
replace る with て.
EX. 見(み)る - 見て

Group3
する - して
くる - きて
EX. 電話(でんわ)する - 電話して(to call)

Verb Groups
Next Masu Form
Then Ta Form

As usual, if there are any mistakes please comment with corrections, they are greatly appreciated!

* * *Difference between ~te and ~te imasu.
English Present Progressive (am/is/are ... ing) and Simple Present.
Japanese -te imasu is not only used to refer for actions in progress, but also to states of being.
* ~te imasu as "ing" for example in English "I'm studying".
~masu for more like verb as a noun. Example "Study"

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Verb Groups

I started working on verbs. I ended up taking a day off from studying because damn I was confused. I was not sure where to start and I was all over the place.
Now that I finally got around to organizing everything and somewhat have them figured out I'll post what I know so far.
Let's explain the Verb Groups first.

Group 1 ~U verbs(verbs ending with U)
う、つ、る
ぬ、ぶ、む
く
ぐ
す
EX. 話(はな)す- to speak
聞(き)く - to listen
書(か)く - to write
待(ま)つ - to wait
飲(の)む - to drink

Group 2 ...eる ...iる(verbs ending with ...eる and ...iる)
iru EX. 着(き)る - to wear
見(み)る - to see
起(お)きる - to get up
降(お)りる - to get off
信(しん)じる - to believe

eru EX. 開(あ)ける - to open
あげる - to give
出(で)る - to go out
寝(ね)る - to sleep
食(た)べる - to eat

There are some exceptions. The following verbs belong to Group 1, though they end with "~ iru" or "~ eru".
入(はい)る - to enter
走(はし)る - to run
いる - to need
帰(かえ)る - to return
限(かぎ)る - to limit
切(き)る - to cut
しゃべる - to chatter
知(し)る - to know
To be honest this I figure is just something you have to remember. Since I couldn't find an reason as to why they are exceptions.


Group 3 Irregular Verbs　
くる(to come)
する(to do)
suru is most used verb in Japanese. It is used as, "to do", "to make" or "to cost".
Also combined with nouns(of chinese and western origin) to make them into verbs.
EX. 勉強する - to study
旅行する - to travel
輸出する - to export
ダンスする - to dance
しゃんぷうする - to shampoo


Next I'll post about Te forms.
Then Masu form.
Then Ta forms.
I would post them all together but for the sake of keeping it simple.

I hope this is somewhat helpful to someone.
And if there are any mistakes, please do comment with corrections!
It would be greatly appreciated!

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