Here’s what I’ve done in the past week and a half!

WaniKani - Level 9 Kanji

Instead of showing just my current WaniKani level Kanji, I’ll also show the vocabulary I’m working on for level 9. There are over 100 entries, so the table defaults to showing 10 entries, you can tab through them all if you like.

WaniKani Level 9 Vocabulary

NihongoMaster

I spent several days reviewing particle usage due to getting too many drills wrong relating to particles. I’ve increased my accuracy a lot, but still need to work on them more. I caved and made a OneNote on particle grammar (after I said I only write down notes in a notebook).  Now I have pages for each particle, complete with examples!

My OneNote notes on Japanese Particles

I also decided to add all the verbs I’ve learned in NihongoMaster, since I can search and sort the tables. Here is my Godan verb page.

Nihongo Master – Godan Verbs

I didn’t think I’d get much done with all this particle and verb review, but luckily, all the lessons covered kanji or vocab I already learned in WaniKani. But in NihongoMaster, I get to see and work with them in actual sentences!

You’ll notice a lot of my grammar lessons involve counters in both NihongoMaster and Human Japanese. Japanese have counters for everything it seems! You can’t just say two cats or two papers. There are special “counter” words for everything.

NihongoMaster Lessons

• Combining two ideas using verb stems, particle に, and motion verbs:
  Topic は Location に {Object を Verb Stem に} 行きます
• Kanji used in days of the week: 月 (moon for Monday), 火 (fire for Tuesday), 水 (water for Wednesday), 木 (tree for Thursday), 金 (gold for Friday), 土 (soil for Saturday) and 曜 (for weekday)
• Days of the month counters
• Months and, combined with days of the month, how to describe a date
• かぞく (family) and Extended family terms – おばさん (aunt), おじさん (uncle), おばあさん (grandmother), おじいさん (grandfather) – and using these when addressing strangers. Siblings: いもうと (younger sister) and おとうと (younger brother)
• Kanji: 来 (come, next), 今 (now), 年 (year), 週 (week) and combining these words for vocabulary
• People counters, ordinal numbers, “the best”
• も particles
• Kanji: 社 (company, corporation), 見 (see), 高 (high, tall), 円 (yen, circle), 毎 (every) and related vocabulary

HUMAN JAPANESE

Still mostly reviewing all previous chapters, trying to “Master” all the quizzes. But most of the below is a review on what I’ve already learned with NihongoMaster or WaniKani.

• Chapter 32: Counting Objects
  Teaches how to use numbers in sentences, which requires devices called counters, which are akin to English words like a loaf of bread, a pound of flour, and a bottle of wine.
• Chapter 33: But…
  Examines how to create compound sentences with the negative conjunction.
• Chapter 34: Adjectives
  Introduces adjectives in Japanese, along with the surprising fact that, like verbs, they conjugate to indicate tense.
• Chapter 35: More Adjectives
  A vocab building lesson that adds dozens more adjectives to the student’s repertoire. Includes a dialogue.

JapanesePod101 Listening Practice

I finally settled on a learning track and finished Absolute Beginner Season 1 (25 lessons) and am a quarter of the way through Absolute Beginner Season 2. I plan to go over what I learned in more detail in another post.