First Month of Japanese

It's been one month since I've started learning Japanese. I guess learning languages might become my hobby in the future cause I found learning English and Japanese very interesting and even entertaining.

I'm following the げんき book. All the material is given in the simplest form possible <s>what</s>, which is great, but I've encountered the first problem - vocabulary. The provided vocabulary lists are quite long. My lack of Japanese vocabulary slows down the process of learning drastically. In the first few chapters I could get by with it, but now it's very hard to follow all of the exercises unless you learn all the vocabulary needed.

The great solution I found is using flashcards, in particular to use Anki flashcard application. There are a lot of already created decks for learning Japanese vocab and Genki book vocab is not en exception! For now I follow the following strategy: learn the provided vocab first -> learn new grammar -> refine learnt material with exercises. For now it seems optimal <s>to</s> for me.

One more problem I've encountered is Kanji. After a few chapters Genki starts to provide vocabulary in Kanji as well. Learning words written in Kanji is very hard until you learn radicals (Kanji parts) because otherwise they will look like a very big and complex structures with billions of strokes.

Anki <s>comes to</s> helps to tackle this problem as well. I've downloaded a deck with radicals (and basic Kanji) and learn 10 characters a day. Now I start to recognize different parts of big and complex Kanji and they don't look alien anymore.

Will see, how far I can go :)

Hi,if you want to learn Bengali language <s>so </s>contact me please,<s>i </s> I will help you without cost.(or: I will help you for free)

Hi,

please come, who (this is a bit awkward , you could say: Welcome to those who are eager to learn the Bengali language, I am a Bangladeshi, my mother language is Bengali (so I am native in Bangla).this part is not really necessary, I would say...)

if you would like to learn Bengali 100%,I can help you <s>with</s> for free.

আপনি যদি বাংলায় আগ্রহী হন, তবে আমার কাছে ফ্রী শিখতে পারেন।আমি আপনাকে সাহায্য করতে পারি।ধন্যবাদ

5 sentences made from the word "shun"

-shun (V)

The boss shunned the demand<s> in</s> for a pay raise from the workers.

The vegans shun any product that is produced from an animal. (or: shun any animal product)

After months of apologies from her boyfriend, Amy still shuns the possibility to make up with him.

The students who failed the last exam are shunned to apply for the scholarship. (this sentence is a bit strange, in this context '...the last exam are not eligible for a scholarship' would be better.

If you value our friendship, you will have shunned the offering to be his prom date.

College Induction Day

<s>It</s> There was (or: We had) an induction day at the college today. Everyone had to take <s>a test as </s>a screening test, which tested our speed of writing and spelling. I also had an IT and E-Safety Induction. I received my login information. I then had an assembly about the progression and learning support. Finally, I collected my timetable and went home.

Well done...

Wood Horse

I <s>have got known </s> found out recently that the construction for sawing logs is called 'wood horse'. It consists of two or three pairs of flat or <s>roll </s> round (?) planks connected criss-cross with each other, so that they make a support and you can put a log on it and saw it up.

The wood horse might be a very old name for that sawing table. I assume, some wood cutters long ago would build it and would think how they could call this thing. or : I assume a long time ago some wood cutters invented it and started thinking about a name for it. They would be busy cutting wood and would have no time to invent a new word. So they looked at the horse that was used to carry the cut logs out of the forest, and thought that their new construction very much resembled this animal.

In Russian it is named after an animal<s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">, </s> (the comma is not needed ) too. It is called козлы, which means goats. The stress has been a bit changed, but even with another stress this word can't mean <s>nothing</s>anything else <s>rather</s> other than goats. I think, this construction resembled our ancestors a couple of goats standing back to back with their horns coming out their heads. or: I think that to our ancestors, this construction resembled a couple of goats....

Several Sentences

1) My friend has asked me <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">whether</s>\if I'm ready to help him take care of his pets during his vacations.

2) Would you mind meeting with me tomorrow at 5 pm? My apologies, but I really don't have any other time to talk to you. I have a bunch of appointments today and tomorrow.

3) It's really hard to trust people (after) being cheated. You really start thinking that everyone is like that and nobody is honest with you.

4) To speak nice and clearly one has to think in the same way. Our thoughts to the great extent <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">define\</s>determine what comes out of our mouths.

5) I don't want to be smoothie (?) (do you mean 'smooth' , are you saying he is creepy / lecherous ? like him when I deal with my clients. I believe I can professionally perform my duties and it's enough to satisfy them.

6) (The) fall is coming and it makes me anxious. I've never loved this season.

7) How long have you been living in Rome? I guess you can show me the city like a professional guide.

Why I learn English

So, my name is Liss. I am a student at the university. Now I want to learn English. I need to understand what my professors say and to speak with classmates fluently. Actually, for me, it is important to learn this language very well. For example, I will need to write interesting essays and to answer <s>very quickly on asked questions and it feels like an understatement. </s> any question I am asked. And this feels like an understatement.

Some Notes on Learning Languages Just for Fun

I'm sure that learning languages can be effective only if we use them - and the more the better. I can't start learning when I don't know exactly why I need it. In this sense English is "in charts" ??,(do you mean 'is in the charts' = its very popular ?) <s>because</s> anyway -<s> here or ther</s>e, sooner or later - you'll have a minute when you need it.

However, there are so many beautiful languages that sometimes I also think that they are worth learning just because of their beauty. Not only rational things must happen in life but also some beautiful and useless. Watching the sunset isn't a very rational process, but despite that, sometimes we're completely absorbed by this sight. So I envy people who learn languages just for <s>their </s>the fun of it, although I presume that in a while they find <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">the </s> a way to use them for making money.