Resources used
- https://www.mykikitori.com/lesson-1
- https://sethclydesdale.github.io/genki-study-resources/lessons-3rd/#lesson-0
- Anki reviews.
- https://easyjapanese.net/ TODAI App.
Learnt
- Genki Lesson 1.
Usage of です、は、の、か、時…
I cheated and already know about these particles, so I’ll try to sum everything here.
です is used as the verb to (be) For example
- 私はホセです。 I am Jose
- 時計です。 it’s a clock
は marks the topic we’re talking about.
To properly explain this particle we will need a whole book, because it’s kind of hard to understand and compare to the particle が, but Tokini Andy did an AWESOME job to make it short and easy to understand in this video
の basically means that something belongs to another
- XのY means that Y belongs to X 僕の時計 my clock
- 武のお母さん Takeshi’s mom.
か basically converts the phrase to a question, added to the end of the question, can also be added in the middle to choose options
- 青いか赤いか blue or red?
時 is the time particle
- 7時です
- １１時半です
- １８時です。
Practice Genki
Kanji cards.
Today Studied 59 cards in 18.63 minutes today (18.95s/card) Again count: 1 (1.69%) Learn: 39, Review: 20, Relearn: 0, Filtered: 0 No mature cards were studied today. Total: 20 reviews Average: 1 review/day Due tomorrow: 11 reviews
I told you that I cheated and I tested the Anki deck beforehand, and it was really hard to remember some of the Kanji in the decks.
Some of the harder Kanji were.
- 留学生 International Student
- 専攻 Major
- 歳 Age, like 12 years old
- 年生 year, like year in school, 3rd year, 2nd year
- 電話番号 Phone number, I remembered the first kanji 電 because it means electricity, and many electronic things has this kanji, like 携帯電話 mobile phone, in this case 電話 was a mix of electricity (電) and talk, speech (話), meaning cell phone, or just phone, I was dumb enough not to recognize the kanji 番号 that was at the TOP of the book, meaning number. But oh well, now I know.
- 時計 Clock
TODAI APP daily read
https://easyjapanese.net/detail/4631b2e43fa985657c5379086ca12663?hl=en-US
mikikitori listen of the day
https://www.mykikitori.com/lesson-1 Actually this was really easy to understand as it’s more or less 3 phrases that even a deaf child can understand. So I’ll probably change this resource for another soon.
New objectives.
I found the numbers extremely hard to remember, even thought I tried over and over, so my next mission is to try and do some exercises on numbers, I will try to do it today.
Random thoughts.
Since I already know a little bit of Japanese, the first lesson was easy, so I expect it to be easy for the next 2 or 3 lessons, then the real grind begins. Today I’ll spend almost all my afternoon on bike and will try to find a good spot to read a few news in TODAI to practice my reading with Furigana.
I thought about adding the kanji in the news to a Anki deck, but since I don’t know the real utility of these Kanji in the future I can’t be sure that will be helpful.
That’s all folks, またね～