Hey there. Been a while. Actually I just got back from Taiwan (I’m saying this in a “we do a lot of travelling” middle-class-person-showing-off-voice, by the way…this is the one where you pretend it’s no big deal to you while at the same time trying to emphasize it; I’ve worked pretty hard on this voice…
Why You Should Keep Listening Even If You Don’t Understand
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 10 of 12 in the series Secrets of SpeakingLike I’ve said before…the set of tools/methods described on this site…I don’t know why it all works; looking at and thinking about how people learn their native language, it just all seemed obvious to me. In other words, I knew what I needed…
Grammar Does Not Exist 2
by khatzumoto
OK, so…a few losers had the unmitigated gall to question me (question ME???? QUESTION me???!!!), and were whining 😀 about the previous “Grammar Does Not Exist” post. Let’s clarify quickly how one would go about dealing with this thing that doesn’t exist. 1. Look at a grammar book if you want, but don’t worry about…
KhatzuMemo Back In Action
by khatzumoto
Let live forever in the people’s memory the Great Database Upgrade of January! The server update is complete and KhatzuMemo is now back in action. Enjoy. Let me know if you have any issues…
Khatzumoto Server Update/Temporary Downtime Announcement
by khatzumoto
Users of KhatzuMemo, unite! From each according to his item collection, to each according to his interval! …Well, that was awkward. Anyway, AJATT’s webhost is upgrading its servers to a newer version of MySQL, so the KhatzuMemo database is going to be down for a short while. It should be back up again well within…
勝元’s日本語初ビデオだよコノヤロー／Khatzumoto Japanese Video Debut
by khatzumoto
ほーらアップしたじゃん？！もう「ホンマに日本語できるのかコノヤロー」とか抜かすなよ！こう見えてもオマエ作るにゃ超時間掛かったぞ。撮影だの変換だのWMMの故障だの。まあ、これからも兀々（こつこつ）投稿しながら向上して参りたい所存ですので、4649お願いしまーす！ Look…ok?…It was late; we were talking; the camera’s on; I have strange quirks and gestures from my childhood (“Mommy loves you! It’s not your fault!”). Then 龍 is all “come on, dawg…I don’t have any make-up on, don’t put me in the video”, so then I cut him out, and there’s no background music…