Those are Tae Kim's lessons? I e-mailed him about two years ago to tell him that one can't just invent meanings for words as one sees fit (in reference to his use of the term "gobi") and he told me that he was just gonna keep on doing what he's doing. He has no qualifications. His lessons are very nicely laid out and surely contain some very good information, but if you find anything that contradicts him, go with the other source.
Yulp, read the bottom. Anyway, i was always suspicious of his content when i read the gobi sections... Don't know what it was... I included them anyway, but right now you've only confirmed my theory of not trusting that page. I will promptly cut them out...
Ha. Funny. I did go through some of the chapters quickly on this page and found the approacc and topics to be weird comparing to everything I had read up to that point.
That's probably why they felt weird. lol I'm completely new to japanese, and they still felt weird.
Yeah, it may be true... However, I still believe I learn quite fast But I have difficulty to get myself involved with something completely new, already getting a cranky old'timer I guess
That's why i'm stuffin' my head with junk right now while i still can.
Don't dismiss the web site already. The only thing that's added in the book is the kana writing, everything else is the same, but in html format.
The only page i found that was, apparently, made specifically to eliminate the problems with japanese verbs that i have been having that apparently others have had. No way i'm dismissing it yet. Infact i've emailed the admin of the site to ask what isn't convered since the page does warn that not everything is covered. I don't know if he means the exceptions or if he means a few of the verb forms/combinations. That's what i am afraid of at this point, other than that, i would actually include it as a primary study resource.
Ah, well, there's always arguing for arguing sake I found that most of the times, when people argue too long on a definite subject, they most often loose perspective and end up agreeing upon without even realizing it because they express things differently, their minds just understand it differently.
Actually, i've come to realize that was my problem here from the start. I don't think like everyone else. Normally i dont' see it this radical though when i join group boards... I still don't think everyone quite has the right idea of what my study tactics and plans are. Who knows, maybe in the typical week it takes for some one to undertand what i really mean, you might actually see my way of learning just like yours, only less on the wallet. Maybe not, though, but i am noticing that over the past few days it went from quit a bit of hostility, to a sudden warmth, but not everyone's bein' warm yet. It's this thing about me... lol I had this problem with the KLI as well. First everyone saw what i was saying as no sence, then they understood me. lol Anyway, enough rambling...
25 I started sometime last year. I concentrated on trying to understand the spoken language only at first. I watched the entire "Let's Learn Japanese" series and it was a good starting point. But now I want to get a broader understanding and found out that I at the very least had to learn kanas. About kanji though, I wish they wouldn't exist!!!
Aye, i know what you mean. I personally wish that kanji only represented verbs and were only 1 kanji. It does seemingly make conjugation a bit easier. I just don't like how they come in compounds, other than that i don't mind them. You might wanna try my practical usage method for the kanji, i think your study method would get annoying when studying the different meanings of the kanji. That is, providing that i have the right idea of what you're doing.