Has it Been That Long?
OK, total slacker, I know. But somewhere along the way my kids got a social life. Dancing and Judo take up a bit of time. No more excuses. Sometimes you just have to make time.
I’ve been busy too, back to things that I have laid down for too long, like kenjutsu and Japanese. Today, in that spirit, I added Ibus-Anthy to both of my Linux Mint boxes so that I can start to actually communicate in Japanese, hopefully planning for a trip in the near future to train.
In the past, when studying Japanese, I spent a lot of time on www.smart.fm, which is excellent for vocabulary (listening and writing), but doesn’t cover grammar very well. My short-term goals are to try to get a better grasp on the grammar and some of the nuances. Today, I learned that “mo” (も) is used as a “joining” particle, kind of like “also” in English.
For folks that have found this by looking for Linux Mint and Japanese, here’s how to make it work:
In the terminal: sudo apt-get install ibus-anthy ibus-gtk ibus-qt4
もAfter all of the packages install, type: ibus-setup
Then just a few clicks in the settings (adding anthy) and you are good to go!
それが安いでした!! (I still have a bit of trouble with “ha” vs “ga” in a sentence like this. “ha” is for the subject, “ga” indicates the topic?? Here, “Sore” (that) is kind of both… Hmmm, more studying…
Now, for those that think Japanese is “too hard”, even a (not quite) two-year old can learn it.
