#Bunpro で #Genki を終わった!

Next, I'm going to study the remaining N5 Bunpro grammar items.

I'll probably have to slow down now (I have already in the past few days) as new items should be uncharted territory for me. I'm thinking 3 or 2 new items per day, depending on difficulty. We'll see.

I'm nearly finished with #Genki I on #Bunpro. Some grammar structures are difficult (for example I find adjective+のは difficult to grasp) or I tend to forget some details.

I think how Bunpro lays out the grammar structures is quite confusing. I feel Genki does a much better job at that.

On the other hand, spaced repetition is clearly invaluable. And I like the cramming feature, because I'm feeling sometimes I need a broader review to consolidate.

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In just about a week with #Bunpro, I've already covered half of #Genki I. I'm moving must faster than before. 5 new items per day. This is great!

I'm transitioning time spent at #WaniKani to Bunpro. I'm doing reviews as always, but I'm learning very few new WaniKani items daily.

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I'm nearly finished with #Genki I. Only a few exercises left. I've been studying consistently every week since start of January.

When I went to Japan I bought some manga. I planned to try to readドラえもん volume 1 when I finished Genki I, one of the simpler manga I bought.

With this in mind, the other day I looked at #Natively (learnnatively.com) to see what it said about Doraemon. It says #WaniKani level 21. I'm currently finishing 29. No issue there.

I read some comments to see if anyone mentioned grammar level. I found a few comments mentioning N3. I'm not sure whether they're mentioning it in terms of vocabulary, grammar or both. But I know my grammar is barely a solid N5...

I looked up some more books. Many had WK level around 30, mostly below.

So... I've come to the hard realisation (which I already knew, but it hit me harder now) that my grammar is lagging behind. A lot!

With that in mind, I jumped into #Bunpro three days ago. I planned to do it after finishing Genki I and II, but now I know that's a mistake. I need to move much faster and in a solid way with grammar (spaced repetition, because I learn grammar and forget it...), and I think Bunpro will help. I'm enjoying it so far, let's see how it develops. (Ah, I synched vocab with WK, so I don't get furigana I should know. Also disabled English translation by default.)

I'm using the Genki I grammar deck for now, as a full review of everything I should already know and as a way to practice. And I'm learning new things/nuances because Bunpro has different explanations for the same grammar points.

Anyway, I'll soon try to read ドラえもん and see how it goes. The extent to which I'll understand it or not will be important information to assess how far or short I am in this long road of #JapaneseLearning .

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For more advanced users - #wanikani for kanji, #bunpro for grammar.

Both use a ‘see flash card → type solution’ approach. Wanikani is more of a structured course than the other alternatives, with mnemonics included.

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