Why Chinese is so Damned Hard http://pinyin.info/readings/texts/moser.html … via @monkbent Amusing. Lots of overlap with Japanese. Footnote 11 was interesting.
@wrightak speaking of "seeing it," I think the fact you don't get day-to-day reinforcement is a huge deal. You can only learn actively.
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@monkbent Right, that's the problem with the characters, particularly when it comes to writing them. Gaps between usage/sight can be large.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@monkbent Spaced repetition software can help with that. I also found that the kanji version of this greatly helped: http://www.amazon.com/Remembering-Simplified-Hanzi-Meaning-Characters/dp/0824833236 … -
@wrightak I'll have to check that book out. I'm also an SRS fiend - started on Supermemo, now on Anki. Haven't studied in a while though :( -
@monkbent I used Anki daily for several years. Very important to ruthlessly abandon the leeches. -
@wrightak It's just so hard to get back on the wagon… Do you do one set with writing/reading/meaning/pronunciation or separate sets? -
@monkbent I stopped using Anki a while ago. It may have changed but I used to do this with it: http://wrightak.blogspot.jp/2010/08/modification-of-rikaichan.html … -
@wrightak that's awesome. Why did you stop? -
@monkbent Just decided that I was done with it. Plus, I wanted to dedicate my free time to coding so I could get into a software job. -
@wrightak sounds like me - after having a kid and going to grad school, something had to give... - 1 more reply
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