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英語は絶対、勉強するな！２：不安が消える・疑問が打っ飛ぶ・マジでペラペラ
英語は絶対、勉強するな！：学校行かない・お金掛けない・だけどペラペラ
Making Sense of Japanese: What the Textbooks Don't Tell You
The Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages FastHey! So…yeah…I was sitting there, industriously clicking and typing away, minding my own business, when suddenly I fell sick (again!). But then I went to see the doctor (great guy!) and he gave me the merchandise (drugs!) and now I feel better (good drugs!), and so…the QRG will be with you. Just 10 days later than expected.
Anyway, thanks for waiting 
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P.S. Don’t let anyone ever tell you that that “only” treating symptoms is a bad thing.
えええ！ こいつ！
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I guess since it will still come out in 10 days that’s better than not at all and I wont have to kill you <3
lol, I hope you feel better!
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-_-
Very well then I can wait 10 more days
Hope you feel better Khatz!
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AHEM, “suddenly” fell sick. >_>
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GRRRR
QRGパーティーするために年休を取ったよー 笑
お大事に〜
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You lack discipline.
Just kidding, feel better.
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Sounds like you have Man Flu..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuVBfdEZajY&feature=fvw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaZ2SPZUiZc&feature=related
My sympathies are with you….
back to my reps!!
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Omg ! you tricked us..;D
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お大事に！
(^O^)b
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Take care of yourself, man.
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10 days
Bleeeeh.
Get better soon.
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yeah, get well soon 無理しないで
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This is like waking up Christmas morning and finding out that Santa won’t actually be coming for another week and a half…
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I’m looking forward to reading it when it comes out!
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You said it basically done, how wordy is this gonna be?
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Did you have swine flu? lol
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Hope you will feel better soon (if you’re sick:p, but why would I ever doubt the great khatzunator). Stay black! Lol
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Hey Khatz, I know exactly what you need.
Here, take them: 薬、気、力。Alternate them until you are back to your awesomeness self!
Also, take the 勝 from your name and use it against the 病
Take care Khatz!
- クラ
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i hope your other pancreas feels better soon!
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also, i look forward to the qwerg
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I still think Chinese medicine pwns, exactly because it adresses the root of the issue instead of fighting the symptoms.
But, as long as you’re healthy, it doesn’t really matter
Get well soon, and finish the Guide already! If nothing else, do it to get it over with
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Sad…I was interested to read this and see if it had any advice that would help me in my recently initiated Korean quest…
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Hey Khatz I hope you get better bro and I have a simple question for you, or anyone really.
I’m not really the brightest bulb in the bunch but I’m really taking your idea and methods to heart because it’s been a huge dream of mine to learn Japanese but I just started this all recent and I’ve gotten rid of my English music most of the literature around me and started to overhaul my computer.
I’ve also bought rtk1-3 and the kana book as well so it all boils down to…
Where and how do I start the studying of the kanji? I know hirigana and katakana decently already but I don’t know where to begin… It’s probably stated on tv site and I guarantee I skipped it in my sheet excitement for finding a method that has potential to actually work for me. If I did I apologize.
Please for give any spelling errors or said issues typed all this on my iPod haha. Anyway thank you to anyone who may have the answer I’m looking fore!!
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Khatz, Check your house for mold. Seriously that stuff will kill you. In any case, Get well soon
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Omg I got it!!!
I was watching CNN
“‘Burn out sickness’ is affecting many people across the globe. What is this sickness? Well incredibly its a language learning sickness that happens when you extensively have fun in a certain language, but then it starts to get boring, almost instantly in some cases extreme cases of boredom and sadness occur, making the stomach feel queasy. The creator of the ‘AJATT’ method has provided a cure but will be postponed another 10 days as he said on his site since he was suffering from the sickness, but was cured through his method. AJATT is highly claimed to be the best way to learn a language, but many language teachers criticize it. Saying: ‘Its an unproven way to learn a language’ but the facts say differently. The creator Khatzumoto says that there ‘just afraid of losing students’. Stay tuned for more”
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Well, since my other post is apparently deleted Ill keep this one short.
Khatz your the man I really hope you get better.
And well since my other post is gone a simple question for avyone or Khats himself…. Where do you start doing Kanji I have the books I have Anki and all that I just have NO idea how to start. Thanks.
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Well, I don’t about the QRG. So I’m here to say, get well soon ^^
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This is a bit of a late request, so I’ll understand if you don’t have space/time to address this issue in the QRG, but:
How did you deal with the gender issue? Did words like “kashira” or “wa” (the girly particle, not the topic marker) ever make it into your SRS, or did you just learn what they mean from exposure and leave it at that? Is it safe for me to have sentences with ore, ze/zo, etc in my SRS? etc.
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@Maya I would say definitely put all these words into your SRS. Even if you won’t use them, other people do so you’ll have to be able to understand them one way or another. BTW, 俺 is quite commonly used by men, don’t be afraid to use it yourself (I personally do)!
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@Maya, I’m not Khatz, but he has addressed that a few times before
Basically, learn them all. かしら／わ ぞ／ぜ are everywhere and they basically give flavor to the language to let you know who is speaking (since sometimes, as you know, the subject is completely left out of the sentence). あたし 俺 僕 お前 奴 etc will give you the flavor of the character who is speaking, if she/he’s coarse or nice or commanding or timid. Oh, especially changing almost every あい/おい ending to ええ like じぇねえ （じゃない） or おもしれい (面白い）, you’ll need that eventually
And it’s all over manga, anime, dramas, and believe it or not (regardless of what textbooks and many 日本人 are afraid to admit), in real life
If you’re sentence mining a manga, there is no real reason to clean up the language (other than changing かな into 漢字 that you are more familiar with) as that is really how it is being read.
Err… but if Khatz wants to jump in, I’m sure he will
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I think it’s just another thing you pick up from context. When your brain hears かしら and the like being used by females all the time, but rarely by males, it gradually infers that the use of かしら is correlated with the speaker’s gender. Then when you eventually start “outputting”, you’ll automatically use or avoid using かしら as appropriate, because it would just “sound wrong” otherwise.
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@Jaybot and Jonathan
Thanks! I was worried that if I put in sentences with 俺, ぞ／ぜ, etc, I’d start speaking like a guy or something
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So, did Khatz say something about money for this QRG?
I mean, I would sure pay some kind of “optional donation” for his effort and dedication on it, but I don’t really like the idea of commercializing the AJATT, making some kind of “VIP material” and leaving the rest of the site like a form of attracting people to buy it.
I hope Khatz think well at this.
And I’m trully sorry about my english, I honestly hope my japanese to get better than this…
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Heh, you might
After watching 魔女の宅急便 the first 500 times, I would accidentally use わ sometimes simply because so many of the phrases in the movie are spoken by girls. I corrected it really quickly though!
Now I just have to stop overusing the ‘Kanto’ dialect. しょがねえ ね.
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When you’re done I’m looking forward to All Chinese All The Time. :-3
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I know that learning language is attitude and perseverance…good for the people that have them:(
I can’t organize myself…I don’t know why but everything that I start has no end!
JLPT list? naa books, naa better heisig! maybe not,sentences are the way!
In the middle of one task I’m searching for another “best” method. And this is like a chain that doesn’t get me anywhere…Maybe because I’m Lhanded^…maybe coz I’m young?
I hope to find some good advice in your qrg…I need them Khats
Good day AJATTers:)
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Is it July 31 yet?
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The suspense is killing me!
もう少し急いでね！！！！
All good, looking forward to it in a few hours.
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HOW MUCH LONGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER I CAN WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Only a few hours….
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July 31st here in NZ, which means this can’t be too far off. YAY
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お大事に！
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Can’t wait
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……….. Would it help if we told you we loved you Khatz?
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still waiting… :*(
i hope you didn’t get sick again lolz
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Is this coming out at 11:59 Japanese time?
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That’s what I’d like to know. Would save me a lot of F5′ing.
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“2009-7-31-23:59 JST”
JST = Japan Standard Time
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Yea, Joe, that pretty much means tomorrow. Japan is GMT -9, and the East coast of the US is GMT +5.
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Nevermind, my mind is all in a twist again, I’ve been studying so much Kanji, I haven’t slept in two days.
It actually means in a couple of hours
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Alright, 3 hours. I’m waiting, my dear Mr. Khatz.
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General question from someone just starting out:
Started the immersion, memorized both kana, and started RTK, and have thus far had good results.
My one concern is, I’m learning to read Japanese kanji as if they are symbols that need to be translated to English, and I haven’t the faintest clue how any of them would be pronounced… This may not be a problem, but when I encounter hiragana or katakana, they are spelling out words, that I may or may not know the kanji for, but I still wouldn’t be able to discern the meaning.
Is this alright? Is this a problem that will be ironed out in a later stage of the process? Am i misunderstanding something?
I’d appreciate any help, one could offer.
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I want to be thin, pretty and popular! XD
Wait…
I already am
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@Joe Yup, check here www3.nict.go.jp/cgi-bin/JST_E.pl
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It’s almost here!
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I’ve been waiting for so long.
And now it’s only 1 hour away….
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Congrats by the way on making into the top ten language learning blogs
en.bab.la/news/top-100-language-blogs-2009.html
Don’t party too hard – you’ve only 1 hour to get QRG out. (or are we going by Hawaii time)
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Only 40 minutes from now…
AJATT is in the top 10 of all language learning blogs – congrats!
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Almost 30 minutes to go and I’m childishly excited!
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