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Lived in Japan for longer than I'd like to admit, given that my Japanese isn't where it should be given the time here.
Almost certainly failed the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) Level N1 in December of 2011. Doh! But I'm planning to keep on trucking and study right through until summer of 2012 in hopes of redemption.
Must... pass... test...
I'm strongest in reading, and weakest in speaking. I can never express my thoughts accurately enough or fast enough.
I also have a lot of bad habits when it comes to grammar, having gone for so long without proper study. Japanese is not a language learned by osmosis. I'm hoping to stamp those quirks out by asking questions here.
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Jul 2 |
accepted | To not have: 持っていません or ありません？ |
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Jul 2 |
comment |
How should I choose between [知]{し}る and わかる? If you apply the 内/外 concept to each of the examples given here, they do become systematically different. |
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Jul 2 |
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How should I choose between [知]{し}る and わかる? Corrected spelling. |
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Jul 2 |
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How should I choose between [知]{し}る and わかる? I think the point I failed to convey, which led to your suspicions, is that the focus is not on the information, but on the speaker's (or somebody's) relationship to it. All the examples you cite are situations where there is a certain expectation of participation: someone at the plant reported the situation, the people around the guy doing inexplicable things could talk about it, you could read the copy machine manual. If you used 知る/知らない for any of those situations, which I believe would be grammatically correct, you place distance between the people involved and the information saught. |
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Jul 2 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jul 1 |
answered | How should I choose between [知]{し}る and わかる? |
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Jun 30 |
revised |
What is the difference between は and のは? Added some clarification to why the examples confused me. |
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Jun 30 |
answered | Why is 空【くう】, and not 無【む】, used to define “void”, “emptiness” in a buddhist context? What are their nuances? |
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Jun 29 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Jun 24 |
asked | To not have: 持っていません or ありません？ |
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Jun 24 |
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What is the meaning of 人児, and is it a compound? Thanks, ento. Typo corrected. |
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Jun 24 |
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What is the meaning of 人児, and is it a compound? Fixed typo |
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Jun 23 |
awarded | Quorum |
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Jun 23 |
awarded | Editor |
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Jun 23 |
revised |
Etymology of 右に出る Cleared up some left/right confusion when describing about the gods.; added 2 characters in body; edited body |
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Jun 23 |
answered | Etymology of 右に出る |
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Jun 21 |
accepted | Would the plain form of a verb usually be translated as future tense? |
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Jun 21 |
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Would the plain form of a verb usually be translated as future tense? @YOU @Boaz Sorry guys, I'm not totally clear on how this works. I definitely didn't mean to downvote anyone's answer, least of all Boaz's. What I want to do is mark both Boaz's and Derek's as correct. I thought it was possible to have two correct answers, but it seems when I mark one, the other gets deselected. |
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Jun 21 |
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Would the plain form of a verb usually be translated as future tense? Thanks for the explanation. It all makes sense, I just have a small side question: Was my Japanese for "What do you usually do when you're bored?" incorrect? Or did you change it up just for variety's sake? |
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Jun 21 |
accepted | Correct usage of [verb stem] + に + [another verb] |
