Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (June 23, 2023)

10 comments

1. I’ve recently just started trying to learn, starting with hiragana and katakana.

   My question is, when should I move on from Hiragana and katana/when should I consider myself “good enough” to continue on?

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3. I’m on Lesson 2 of Genki 1, & am curious if this sentence structure makes sense in a conversational sense:

   だれのりんご? / だれのりんごですか (as in “whose apple (is this)?” ~ omitting the “is this”)

   Or am I simply applying English rules to Japanese?

   Because it feels weird constantly saying:

   これはだれのりんごですか

   Or do you need to use これ to specify it isn’t それ or あれ?

   Once again, I mean in a conversational setting (rather than reading/writing) so there would be context involved.

   *Edit: I always accidentally type “wa” in hiragana on my keyboard and get わ instead of は lol

4. Does KKLC essentially have the Jōyō Kanji + some extras ?

5. Has anyone read any Stephen King in Japanese, how were it, where did you get them, etc.

6. Any guides on how to practice kanji for free? Im currently frequenting ringotan on my phone and try to follow whats on vocab list of genki 1 but would like some suggestions on what worked on you part, thanks!

7. I’m planning to get the following resources in preparation for N3. Is this enough or am I overloading myself? Ofc I’m also doing Anki reps for vocabulary & Kanji.

   – Tobira (which type??? The Grammar Power 200+pages or Content & Multimedia 400+pages)
   – Shin Kanzen Master N3 Grammar
   – Try! JLPT N3

8. **1/「あっと、惜しい。
   踏み出しの歩数で迷っちゃってるかな。いち、に、さんのリズムでやってみてね」(my guess: “Oh that was close. I guess there’s something wrong with your steps order before you throw. Let’s try to count 1-2-3 while you run” ?)**
   **2/「おっけー、助走はつけすぎなくていいからね。ボールを置いてあげるように出来ればもっといいね」(my guess: “Okay, you don’t need to run too much/fast (?). I think you should throw the ball down before you throw (?), that would look even better.” )**
   **I’m reading a novel , and there are few hard part for me relating to basketball. Hope someone could explains to me correctly what it mean.**
   Context: A teacher is teaching her class practicing basketball throws. She’s giving them advices.

   Teacher「はい、それじゃ、列を作ってシュート練習してみようか」

   Students「はいっ」

   Teacher「じゃあ、相野さんから。始めっ！」

   　ピッと小気味よく笛が鳴らされ、バスケットのゴールに向けてシュート練習が始まっていた。

   Teacher「いいよ、ナイスシュート！　次、どんどん行こう」

   StudentＡ「はいっ！」

   **Teacher「あっと、惜しい。
   踏み出しの歩数で迷っちゃってるかな。いち、に、さんのリズムでやってみてね」**

   StudentＢ「は、はいっ」

   **Teacher「おっけー、助走はつけすぎなくていいからね。
   ボールを置いてあげるように出来ればもっといいね」**

   StudentＣ「ありがとうございますっ！」

9. Hello! I have been learning about conditionals and there’s sth I’m confused about and I would like to ask everyone for help. I know that “to” is a conditional is for facts (if water gets to 100 C then it boils), “tara” is for hypothetical situations and sequences of actions (when we finish cooking we will eat), but I’m a bit confused about “nara” and “ba” because some sources state that they are different grammar points and some sources say that they are one and the same grammar point, the only difference is that “nara” is used for nouns and na-adjectives and “ba” is for verbs and i-adjectives. So what’s the truth? Also there’s this entire thing about “naraba” which confuses me even more and no source that I could find online explained it all for me, just bits here and there. Thank you for your help!

10. I’m hoping to start Anki learning so I can control how many new items I learn a day, having previously used WaniKani.

    However I’m stuck on what deck to use, there is a tonne of information in the starter guide and on this subreddit, but I can’t seem to decide what would be best. I’m aiming to widely be involved with different forms of Japanese media and ideally be able to speak.

    I’ve picked up a deck recommended in the community guide which was an RTK deck with around 2,200 kanji to learn, are there any better alternatives before I commit to it?