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- 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.
- 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...
- 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
- 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?
to practice your German to practice your German to practice your German?
- 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...
- 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?
flaking out, being a little bitch, etclinguoboy 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?
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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
Cos Hebrew is backwards. The board software is left to right, and never the twain shalt mix
- 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...
- 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
ya big creeper :p
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...............
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...............
- 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, ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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
- 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...