I think learning transitive/intransitive off of a list is one of the more heinous things to do because it makes everything seem so pointless. What am I doing here? Akeru? Aku? What? But then when you're living life kind of in Japanese it really is such a convenient and useful brain switch. The verbal shortcutting that the verbs give you in terms of contextual information alone is so useful.
I'll agree about practice - and just reading and watching a lot. I used to get really caught up on technicals before I got a solid thrust into the real world, and then I realised how much more important it was to go to source materials and just try to be immersed. :)
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>> re: learning different forms
I think learning transitive/intransitive off of a list is one of the more heinous things to do because it makes everything seem so pointless. What am I doing here? Akeru? Aku? What? But then when you're living life kind of in Japanese it really is such a convenient and useful brain switch. The verbal shortcutting that the verbs give you in terms of contextual information alone is so useful.
I'll agree about practice - and just reading and watching a lot. I used to get really caught up on technicals before I got a solid thrust into the real world, and then I realised how much more important it was to go to source materials and just try to be immersed. :)