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Share the worst Japanese learning meme you've ever seen I'll start
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Fantasy is when all the weapon names are written in long strings of kanji.
Sci-fi is when all the weapon names are written in long strings of katakana.
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Tired of cringe "Japanese is hard lol" memes so I'm creating my own overly positive cringe "Japanese is great" memes to be the change I want to see in the world.
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A simple/beginner's guide to the particles を, に, and で in #Japanese
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A grammar-focused beginner's guide to differentiating は and が in #Japanese (1/2)
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A beginner's guide to basic #Japanese verb conjugation (1/2)
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A basic/beginners guide to using い and な adjectives in #Japanese
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A beginner's guide to の, と, and sentence final particles in #Japanese
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Hi! Did you like those beginner #Japanese guides I made but thought "these would be better if they weren't blurry jpegs, and if they had less typos in them"? Well guess what, I made them into PDFs and fixed everything!
You can download all 5 here:
wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2022/11/05/beg…
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If you want to get better at keigo, one of the BEST guides I've ever found, assuming you speak Japanese, are at Bizkeigo (bizkeigo.koakishiki.com/scenes/). Their scene-based dialogues between a dog and a teacher (yes, seriously) are fantastic breakdowns. twitter.com/dwvcd/status/1…
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An intermediate guide to the passive, causative, and causative-passive in #Japanese (1/2)
This guide assumes mastery of plain form, ～て（いる） forms, and giving verbs. I do not recommend it otherwise, as you may get confused using the forms here before learning the others.
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Four quick guides to #Japanese grammar forms you absolutely shouldn't use (but might need to know).
Re-upload due to the embarrassing number of typos on the prior ones.
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New, more elegant version of 草 just dropped
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An intermediate guide to giving/receiving verbs in #Japanese
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Looking to start studying #Japanese? Just a reminder that I offer free complete textbooks on my website. And I've just updated the Level 1 textbook to feature clearer explanations, improvements to the workbook, and more. Hope it helps your Japanese study!
wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/free-resources/
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Most Japanese birds can speak three languages, because they are 鳥リンガル
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Looks like it's time to repost this meme I made last year twitter.com/Bakarichigi/st…
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Listen kids, I know doing taxes isn't fun, but don't give your SSN to the anime waifu. twitter.com/HD_Kirin/statu…
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When I did my first homestay in Japan, I brought out a gift for my host parents and did the whole つまらないものですが thing and they laughed in my face. twitter.com/takashionary/s…
Sociolinguist @Macquarie_Uni @LanguagesMQ. @Brutalinguist co-host. Studies #Japanese script, media, language, and #metal. #日本語 の文字や #メタル や翻訳を研究する社会言語学者. He/Him.