Reasons some languages are harder to learn

Re:Reasons some languages are harder to learn by glandium on Sunday May 16, 2021 @09:15PM (#27179035)

To me the most annoying thing about Japanese counters is not so much that there are so many, but that you also have to remember when the numbers that go with them will need on-yomi or kun-yomi (ichi, ni... vs. hito, futa...) (well, okay, that essentially depends on the counter itself being on or kun. Makes me wonder if there are jūbako-yomi or yutō-yomi cases, never looked it up). And if that wasn't enough you also need to remember when e.g. いち becomes いっ and when a h becomes a b or a p (ippon, nihon, sanbon...)

Edit: and there are the fun cases where it's not always on or kun: ichinichi, futsuka... or other fun exceptions.

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Re:Reasons some languages are harder to learn by deeteecee on Sunday May 16, 2021 @10:02PM (#27179341)

I'd stick to the common ones, you don't need to learn them all.

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Re:Reasons some languages are harder to learn by glandium on Sunday May 16, 2021 @11:34PM (#27179831)

Whether you want it or not, you'll end up encountering them, not necessarily with enough context to tell you what they are. Example from regular news: 1000軒停電.1000世帯停電.1000戸停電.(and they all point to something slightly different)

Of course, it depends what you use Japanese for.

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Re:Reasons some languages are harder to learn by deeteecee on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:46AM (#27196229)

Yes, it does depend. My recommendation would still be to follow up with what I said and master the common ones used for basic conversation first. Then work on the rarer ones that pop up in the news or when you're renting apartments or whatever.

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