the quantum matrix

Since my blog somehow became corrupted, I’ve uploaded a PDF of my notes from Pimsleur Japanese II and III. The only caveat is that I’ve misplaced my notes from lesson 3 of the third unit, so if anyone can post a comment with their own transcription, I’d be much obliged. Hopefully this helps!

I’m so glad – I just finished the last lesson in the Pimsleur Japanese program = 45 hours! It took a couple of years with lots of time off for medical school, but it’s an accomplishment! I’ve attached the transcripts from lessons 27-30 of Japanese III after the jump, and will be making my long-promised PDFs available soon!
Continue reading Finished Pimsleur Japanese!

So I’ve been trying to do khatzumoto’s AJATT “method” for a bit now, in the form of learning the kanji. I’m just to about 750 from Heisig’s book these days, but it’s hard… I don’t know how people do 100 a day! In an attempt to turn my environment Japanese, I’ve started listening to the this video of “TkyoSam” interviewing khatz… it almost makes me want to buy his new QRG video :)

And I’m still finishing Pimsleur’s Japanese III, pretty much because I’m so close and I just want to have a complete collection :D. Following are the transcripts for lessons 24-26 of Pimsleur’s Japanese III, 2nd edition.
Continue reading Learning Japanese + Lessons 24-26

In this lesson, I was curious that they use ????? in the sentence “I’ll bring my daughter with me.” In the Genki I text, ????? is used “to bring a person along.” According to Denshi Jisho though, the form used in this conversation is when you are bringing someone of lower status with you; that qualifier is not present in the entry for ????? – just FYI ;)

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When you’re free~
brought
sweets (candies, pastries)
Have some tea, please
When I went~
When I went to America~
I heard the Boston Art Museum is famous, isn’t it?
thing
There are many Japanese things
formal Japanese garden
At the Boston Art Museum, there is a formal Japanese garden
Next time when I go
~take someone (of lower status) with me
I’ll take my daughter with me
I want to take my daughter with me
Please come
Please come for a visit
Sorry to have bothered you
Next time, when I visit America, I’d like to take my daughter with me
Please come again for a visit

Here’s the vocab from lesson 22 of Pimsleur’s Japanese III, 2nd edition:

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free time
art museum
have been / have ever been
Have you ever been to the art museum?
Yes I have
I heard it’s a good art museum
expresses hearsay/2nd-hand information
I heard that Ueno Park is famous
to be crowded
It’s crowded on the weekends
especially
It’s crowded, especially this weekend
I heard Ueno Park is famous for its cherry blossoms
weekdays
Weekdays are better
But as for weekdays, as you may know, I don’t have free time
I heard the cherry blossoms are just beautiful now

So I just got back from Step 2 CS in Philly and on the way back, I did two lessons of Japanese, so here are the notes! Yes, lesson 21 was kind of light on vocabulary, I think they were trying to instill politeness in us! ^.^

Lesson 20
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Shall we meet at the station’s exit?
Won’t you come to have a chat/good time?
play / opposite of work/study
That’s good, isn’t it
It’s so
It’s not so
To tell the truth~
The job has been completed
Pretty soon
Just
Just completed
The job has just been completed
I didn’t know
I didn’t know that
I have to go back/return
I want to stay in Japan more but …

Lesson 21
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Flowers
I’ve been anxiously/eagerly/impatiently awaiting your arrival
I’m going to bother you (when entering)
Please have a seat
It’s a very little thing (when offering gifts)
It’s a very little thing, but would you please accept it?
Thank you very much (when accepting gifts)
Shall we go flower viewing?
But I don’t have any free time (more polite)
Please get on the #2 train