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by finlay
Fri Jan 26, 2018 9:27 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: What do you call this?
Replies: 302
Views: 88144

Re: What do you call this?

well... it's a torch. i dunno what you were expecting.
by finlay
Thu Jan 25, 2018 7:02 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116576

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

俺は日本語でB1ぐらいだけなの…日本語能力試験でN3を受け取った。最近あんまり話さないし…今まで2017年でいろんな怪我があったりとか、病気をかかったりとか…それはなんか言い訳なのに I'm only like B1 in japanese... I got N3 in the JLPT a few years ago. Recently I haven't spoken much... and in 2017 up to now i've had various sicknesses and injuries. That's my excuse anyway~ 先週は8年ぶりでインフルエンザ...
by finlay
Sat Jan 20, 2018 8:31 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The word "gal".
Replies: 21
Views: 5741

Re: The word "gal".

ə > a isn't such a big change :?:
by finlay
Sat Jan 20, 2018 8:29 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116576

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

ドイツ語を練習するためにドイツ語を練習するためにドイツ語を練習する?
to practice your German to practice your German to practice your German?
by finlay
Sat Jan 06, 2018 6:24 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116576

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

来 前 学期 ああ、タイポだと思う。でも、私の辞書は「先学期」だけあるが、「前学期」がない。違う? Oh, I think that was a typo. But in my dictionary, only 先学期 is listed for "last semester", not 前学期. Is there a difference? (I've never heard 前 used for "last" before) たぶんそれが正しいね。ちょっと早く調べたと思う。 that's probably correct. i think i checked a bit too fast...
by finlay
Tue Jan 02, 2018 4:33 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: What do you call this?
Replies: 302
Views: 88144

Re: What do you call this?

linguoboy wrote:New question: You make plans with someone and then they don't show up. What verb(s) would you use to describe what they did?
flaking out, being a little bitch, etc
by finlay
Tue Jan 02, 2018 4:22 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116576

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

来 前 学期、大学で初めて日本語のクラスをとった。4年くらい前から、日本語を習いたい。今は、ちょっと話せて、ちょっと書けるが、漢字があまりわからない のによって から 、読むことがとても下手。来年(2019の春に)、多分、日本に行って、 1 学期 で 分 勉強する。それで、 大いに / かなり 日本語で進む(?) ことが要る / 必要がある と思う。 Last semester, I took a Japanese class for the first time at my university. I've been wanting to study Japanese for about ...
by finlay
Sun Dec 31, 2017 5:16 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 301725

Re: Venting thread

another friend flaked out on me for new year. he was going to host a few of us at his house but for some reason decided nobody was going to come (he didn't make the effort to contact people about it), and told me at like 4pm this afternoon that he wasn't going to bother. great, thanks. I need to not...
by finlay
Tue Dec 26, 2017 4:37 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116576

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

ヘブライ語は逆だから。ボードのソフトは左から右で、混ぜるのは出来ない感じ
Cos Hebrew is backwards. The board software is left to right, and never the twain shalt mix
by finlay
Mon Dec 25, 2017 11:47 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 301725

Re: Venting thread

I've been talking with my boyfriend for the last couple of weeks about going somewhere together tonight - we'd been thinking of going to Hakone or Atami, resort areas a couple of hours to the south. He then saw fit to spring it on me late last night that he had to go back home tonight because his mu...
by finlay
Mon Dec 25, 2017 11:30 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: ZBB member photos, part 5. (Something for the weekend, sir?)
Replies: 5496
Views: 765088

Re: ZBB member photos, part 5. (Something for the weekend, s

懐かしい〜 that's like almost eleven years ago now. i was 19

ya big creeper :p
by finlay
Sun Dec 24, 2017 7:26 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Japanese sample in Advanced Language Construction
Replies: 20
Views: 5900

Re: Japanese sample in Advanced Language Construction

This is very largely just an experience thing, I think. If you spoke a language which left lots of things out, as many languages do, you'd get much better at inferring what is missing in a given context. But what if you infer incorrectly because the information you need is simply not present? There...
by finlay
Mon Dec 18, 2017 11:45 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Japanese sample in Advanced Language Construction
Replies: 20
Views: 5900

Re: Japanese sample in Advanced Language Construction

i don't think "otoko nanka ga " would be correct. That 'nanka' is difficult to describe but it's kind of like a particle in itself, so i'm pretty sure it outright replaces the subject particle. it's got a nuance of contempt, too - it's not exactly the same as saying とか, which i'd translate as 'such ...
by finlay
Sun Dec 17, 2017 10:31 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Internet slang dating: is IIRC a somehow aging abbreviation?
Replies: 26
Views: 8361

Re: Internet slang dating: is IIRC a somehow aging abbreviat

Basically yes but also the way i express myself on here, on facebook and on tumblr, as those seem to be the main three at the moment, is different. And lol hasn't been used for actually laughing out loud like, forever? i don't think i ever really used it to mean i actually laughed out loud. it's got...
by finlay
Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:20 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 301725

Re: Venting thread

My bank canceled my debit card several weeks ago because they decided it was obsolete, and my new one doesn't have the same pattern. They just gave me a plain gray card, rather than the tie-dye one I had previously. So now I have to wait several years for the opportunity to get a card with the patt...
by finlay
Fri Dec 15, 2017 7:53 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
Replies: 933
Views: 205096

Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread

your answer to neither of those questions is binding, and nobody's going to turn around and hate you if you decide you disagree with your answer a day later. i'm "bad at choosing favourites" too, so i usually interpret the question as 'what book did you read recently that you like' or 'name any book...
by finlay
Thu Dec 14, 2017 6:10 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 301725

Re: Venting thread

I'm incredibly alone and I'm drowning in it. I don't know how much of this people here are aware of, but I was emotionally abused, neglected, and profoundly isolated as a child. I was "homeschooled," which in my case meant that I was locked in a house my entire childhood and never provided a basic ...
by finlay
Thu Dec 14, 2017 5:47 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116576

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

いやあ、いきなり風邪ひいた。うわー :?
I suddenly caught a cold, last night, blugh...

でも、そんなに強くないと感じている。早く治りますように〜明日仕事あるからなぁ
but i don't feel like it's that strong. hope i can get better soon! tomorrow i have work............... :|
by finlay
Sun Dec 10, 2017 2:18 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 301725

Re: Venting thread

my friend was supposed to hang out with me today but i can't get in contact - they've turned their phone off and are taking a break from facebook so i can't get in contact that way. also it's winter and the sun is already setting which kinda sucks because i would normally try to go out before that, ...
by finlay
Sun Dec 10, 2017 2:10 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 640312

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

I'd say [ˈʔajmə], but apparently, it's supposed to be [ˈʔaːmə]. ...There are initial glottal stops in English? :? Huh? Of course there are. English speakers usually insert a glottal stop before word initial vowels, like in the words it, ate, and ouch. if you pronounce it in isolation or at the begi...
by finlay
Thu Nov 23, 2017 7:51 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116576

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

昨日は新しい薬をもらってた。今日、飲んだとたん、酸逆流した。じゃ、やめちゃおうなぁ I got new medicine yesterday. Today, it's giving me acid reflux mere moments after taking it... time to stop taking it i think. …そして、あの医者にもやめちゃおうと思ってる〜彼は、俺の住んだ吉祥寺にいて、俺はちょっと遠く、日野に住んでいるんだ。近くにいるやつの方がいいんだろう ... Also I'm thinking I should probably stop going to t...
by finlay
Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:05 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Geology and Sound Change
Replies: 14
Views: 4127

Re: Geology and Sound Change

It has also been claimed that people in cold climates are more likely to use close vowels /i/ and /u/ prominently whereas in warmer climates you hear more /a/. This is to keep the amount of cold or rushing into the mouth aslt a minimum. I read somewhere that Russians are more likely than other Euro...
by finlay
Tue Nov 21, 2017 8:41 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116576

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

俺はシブ2だけを遊んだことがある。でも、数年前だけども、Mac OSXに変わると、それを含むいろんなゲームは使えなくなった。やばかった、本当に。今もやってるさ、アップルは。たとえば、最近は32ビットと64ビットの違いのせいでいろんなiPhoneアプリとかも使えなくなった。 ore wa sibu 2 dake wo asonda koto ga aru. demo, suu-nen-mae da-kedo-mo, mac osx ni kawaru to, sore wo fukumu ironna ge:mu wa tukaenaku natta. yabakatta, hontou ni....
by finlay
Sun Oct 29, 2017 10:54 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The Innovative Usage Thread
Replies: 2452
Views: 413690

Re: The Innovative Usage Thread

It looks like they originally wrote it with 's, and then decided to delete the s and forgot to delete the apostrophe for some reason
by finlay
Sun Oct 29, 2017 10:49 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116576

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Думаю, что нет. Ну, возмооооожно да...а это бы наверно было в Магнитогорске или Магадане или где-то, где я совсем не хочу жить. Я рассмотрел Казахстан, а предлоги работы не были так предстоящими, как я наделся. I don't think so. Well--it might be possible, yes--but this would probably be in Magnito...