Life In 19x19

It was fun to watch!

How much do you have to like something to like it.

I do not understand the question. You like something if and only if you like it. Some people 'like' often, some rarely; sometimes out of custom, sometimes genuinely. In this way, L19 mirrors the real world rather well. The quickest way to turn ...

There's a complication further to what Kirby wrote, too. I'll let wikipedia say it for me:

As an example of how hanja can help to clear up ambiguity, many homophones are written in hangul as 수도 (sudo), including:
修道 — spiritual discipline
囚徒 — prisoner
水都 — 'city of water' (e.g. Venice or Hong ...

Does this remain true if my primary interest is reading, not conversation?
Huh? Hanja are written, so yes, the more time you spend reading and the broader the selection of texts you read, the more of them you'll encounter. Of course, if you happen to only want to read texts that are entirely ...

am I right in thinking that Korean might be slightly more managaeable to learn a bit of, since it has a phonetic alphabet?
Kanji and hanzi look terrifying when you first see them, but with a bit of study they become far more familiar, and even though you won't necessarily know all the common ones ...

I do try to find something to turn the tide on this game however it's looking more and more like a fill in the blanks end game.

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Eerika Norvio wrote:It's the first community where I haven't had any troubles fitting in.

You may find mathematics students similar. This is not a coincidence.

cyclops wrote:How would you translate "can necessarily" into German? "Kann unbedingt"?

I presume Robert means what most people would mean informally by "can unconditionally".

And, as we say in England, hello!

Eerika Norvio wrote:Well, thanks for accepting me even though I'm a bit weird. Also excuse my bad English.

We're all a little weird here. Also I can barely tell you're not a native speaker.

The bot seems much stronger than you currently. (Don't be disheartened by this: bots are very good at calculation, so it's rather difficult to make one that is below 15 kyu unless it plays completely randomly.) Maybe try to find some opponents of around your strength online.

1) to apply it as a player

2) to apply it for teaching
But concretely, how ? Can you give me an example of a case that this formal definition has helped you understand, for example? Obviously, if I saw how you were managing to apply these things, I would count it as useful research, or at least ...

walleye wrote:Sadly, it is unlikely you will make the progress you're dreaming about on your own.

I teach myself Japanese with decent success (though of course Chinese has its own unique problems, and I probably have to put in twice as much time as I would if I attended classes or lived in Japan).

Just a quick thought on the Chinese character issue, from a Japanese-learner perspective. (The Japanese and Chinese writing systems overlap a lot - it's about their only common feature!)

TED talk
Characters can be broken up into simpler parts, but she is obviously choosing the simplest of the ...

There seem to be a lot of people talking about Chinese here. I learn Japanese. Here are some of my general thoughts on a few of the things that have been mentioned in this thread, from my own perspective. (I normally wouldn't be arrogant enough to put them in ranty FAQ format - forgive me for that ...