TAC 2015 - Ashrak

[Ashrak]

Well my TAC track record hasn't been exactly good during the last 3 years, so I'll try something different this year. I will update with my progress every week on Sunday until 8 PM CET/CEST, if I won't update or on't make any progress (or don't announce it in advance in case of vacations) I'll donate 5€ for each missed week to charity . So in that If I don't make progress something good will be of it . Without further ado, this years languages are:

[flag=]ja[/flag]
This has been on my bucket list for way too long. Now a friend of mine tried to convince to learn with her, didn't need to think too long about it and I said yes. So far I've been able to learn ひらがな and カタカナ
Starting level: A0, goal: A2 (it's maybe far fetched, but let's see).
Materials: anime, and some Czech - Japanese language book

[flag=]es[/flag]
I'm just starting to tackle past tenses in Spanish. My main resource is Duolingo and my spanish friend. Let's see how fast and how far can I get.
Starting level: A1(ish), goal: B1
Materials: Nuevo Ven 1,2 (goes up to B1), Duolingo

[flag=]ir[/flag]
I always wanted to learn a gaelic language and duolingo just started irish course, so why not irish?
Starting level: A0, goal: None, as far as I can get, but it doesn't have priority
Materials: Duolingo

[Ashrak]

This week a bit earlier, cause my weekend is going to be quite busy

[flag=]es[/flag]
I've been only reviewing this week. But I got almost whole of my skills tree on Duolingo to full strength.

[flag=]ja[/flag]
- Reviewed ひらがな and カタカナ
- Learned about topic marker は (pronounced わ)
- Learned one of the uses of particle の (possesive case)
- Learned about です in the meaning "to be" (something)
- Learned the following Kanji on wanikani:
　　　　　一　二　三　七　八　九　十　山　口　工　人　大　力　川　入　女　下　上

[Ashrak]

[flag=]es[/flag]
Reviewing again, but my whole tree is now on full strength new stuff from next week on Past Tenses yaay.

[flag=]ja[/flag]

• continuation on です - the difference between neutral (だ), polite (です) and formal (である) forms and their negative forms: ではない/じゃない, ではありません/じゃありません/ではないです, ではない
• Learned about different forms of saying "I":
  1) Talking about myself in "third person" (using my name rather than the word I) - Considered childish
  2) Neutral form: 私 (pronounced: わたし)
  3) Male humble form: 僕 (pronounced: ぼく), considered less polited than number 2
  4) Very formal form: こちら
  
• Learned the following Kanji: 才　出　了　丸　木　日　々　六　(totaling 26 Kanji now)

[Ashrak]

[flag=]es[/flag]
This week no progress, to much else to do.

[flag=]ja[/flag]
- Reviewed grammar I know
- Learned following Kanji on WaniKani (total number 51):
四　五　水　千　小　又　目　火　丁　子　田　右　左　玉　王　夕　犬　円　本　中　天　白　立　正　文

[Koko]

You've learned all numbers but 六? Strange way of learning them .

[vijayjohn]

Learned the following Kanji: 才　出　了　丸　木　日　々　六

[Koko]

And I checked four times or even more before saying anything , clearly I am blind.

[Ashrak]

Yeah well I go with how WaniKani feeds them to me, and there were the numbers broken to two levels so I learned like 一　二　三　七　八　九　十　and on second level 四　五　六　and that even wasn't in ascending order

And for example I was learned 千 but not the kanji for ひゃく their ordering doesn't really make sense, but I find their take on Heisig cool and will stick with them

[vijayjohn]

Yeah, I've seen approaches to learning characters (in Chinese and Japanese) where they don't teach you the numerals in order. I guess that's because the etymology of some of the numerals is more intuitive than that of the others or something.

[Ashrak]

[flag=]es[/flag]
Again no progress need to find time next week

[flag=]ja[/flag]
- use of の as question marker, difference to か
- solidified previous knowledge
- Learned the following Kanji (on wanikani, it's easy to do, as they have a smartphone app), totaling 84:
矢　市　牛　切　方　戸　太　父　少　友　毛　半　心　内　生　久　台　母　午　北　今　古　兄　元　外　分　公　引　止　用　万　広　冬