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== Homophone == | == Homophone == | ||
Problem: A pronunciation has a lot of meanings, corresponding to different words. This is particularly often in Japanese | Problem: A pronunciation has a lot of meanings, corresponding to different words. This is particularly often in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese. | ||
Solution: | Solution: | ||
* (For Japanese | * Find the most frequent words/characters and write down their homophones. Practise recalling them as many as possible (except those obsolete ones). | ||
* For Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese | |||
** Learn Han script, understand the etymology behind the pronunciations. Use the input method to see the result in Han script, which is explanatory on the etymology. | ** Learn Han script, understand the etymology behind the pronunciations. Use the input method to see the result in Han script, which is explanatory on the etymology. | ||
Revision as of 22:58, 29 April 2021
This article summarises things that language learners find difficult to learn as well as advice for them.
In progress.
Article
Problem: The usage of grammatical articles in different languages are different.
Solution:
- Read webpages and find grammatical articles with the help of “find in page”, find sentences and comprehend the rules.
Han script
Problem: There are two sets of reading system for Han script in Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese: Native and Sinitic. When practising with flashcards, the readings for a character are too many to be memorised effectively.
Solution:
- Ignore native readings at first. When the flashcard deck learning is finished, reset it and learn the native readings in the second round.
Homophone
Problem: A pronunciation has a lot of meanings, corresponding to different words. This is particularly often in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese.
Solution:
- Find the most frequent words/characters and write down their homophones. Practise recalling them as many as possible (except those obsolete ones).
- For Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese
- Learn Han script, understand the etymology behind the pronunciations. Use the input method to see the result in Han script, which is explanatory on the etymology.