Hi everyone. I'm new here.

Since the JLPT registration period for July 2013 exam has already ended, I'm just wondering who's taking the exam here.

I'm taking N3 this year. I've already passed N4 exam last year (first time taking JLPT). I jumped straight to N4 because I felt like N5 was quite easy for me at that time.

Registration period for July exam was from 25 March to 7 April.

Pretty much the same last year too, I think. But it's easy to lose track of time when you're busy with RL

Less than two weeks until the next JLPT exam on July 7th, folks!

^ I would put the pronoun at the beginning of the sentence. So it will be:

私は明日友達と買い物に行く約束があります (i dropped the は particle after ashita)


Similarly, 私は今年日本へ行くことができる。

Unfortunately, I suck at explaining stuff. And my grammar knowledge is not that good, so in case anyone else can either confirm, or correct my take on this, it will be much appreciated


Your third sentence example... if I were to insert a pronoun into this sentence, I would write it as:

私はこの本を日曜日までに返さなければなりません。



Also, just wondering, I always get confused, should the second sentence be 日本へ行く or 日本に行く?　I am always unsure which to use in a sentence like this.

EDIT: I put この in the third sentence because the way you wrote it felt a bit off.

This post has been edited by astraeus: Jun 28 2013, 11:38 AM

I was about to suggest the same as oe_kintaro as well. I don't know what better way to express what you were looking for.

明日、私は友達と買い物に行く約束があります。

The sentence you proposed sounds... a bit unnatural(?), in my opinion.

This post has been edited by astraeus: Jun 28 2013, 04:37 PM

JLPT exam consists of:
i) Language Knowledge - vocabulary, grammar, and reading
ii) Listening test

N3/N4/N5 exams usually separate the language knowledge part into two papers. Vocabulary in one paper, grammar and reading in one paper. For N1/N2, they combine all in one paper only.

In the listening test, it's very much like the MUET listening exam, if you have taken that before. Basically, you have to listen to the recording. They will tell you what the question is first, and it is usually followed by a conversation, and after listening to the recording, you pick which is the best answer for the question.

All the questions are multiple choice questions (A,B,C,D). No writing involved.

Actually, there are sample questions available at the JLPT website. They just put a few questions for each section (it's just meant as a sample, after all), but it's a good place to check out if you have never seen what the questions are like.
http://www.jlpt.jp/e/samples/forlearners.html

^ Loooool, for real?! XD

I took N4 last year (July 2012) and passed. And I took the N3 exam just last week.

I agree as well that JLPT doesn't quite test how well you know the language, considering there are no essay writing or speaking test involved in the exam. But that is also partly the reason why I took the JLPT: I can't write kanji.

I recognize quite a lot of kanji, but don't really study how to write them. Even more so since I basically self-study instead of going to classes. I take the exam for the certification, and to give myself a way to measure how much I've learnt so far. I'm currently making myself learn how to write, but I'm doing it at a leisurely pace

Listening-wise, I tend to listen to a lot of seiyuu web radio shows. Some radio shows are tied to a specific anime series, but there are some that are the seiyuu's own radio show. And in radio shows, it's not unusual for the host to talk quite fast (because they have limited time, usually about 30 mins to 1 hour). And they also talk like how they usually talk in real life, full of slangs and abbreviations. I won't say that I understand everything they say, but I certainly learn lots of new words this way, and it's also how I get used to how Japanese people speak.

Oh, I like to listen to drama/narration CDs as well.

I own this book called Tsuki no Sango, written by Nasu Kinoko, of Type-Moon in case you might be familiar with the name, and has a CD with audio of Sakamoto Maaya narrating the story. There was already a fan translation of it somewhere on the internet, but I was such a huge fan Maaya and Nasu and wanted so much to listen to the story being told in Maaya's voice that I went ahead and imported the book from Japan

I can listen to the recording and read the book at the same time, so whenever I come across a word I'm not familiar with, I can listen to how it's pronounced and try to search from there instead of having to check the radicals every time.

This post has been edited by astraeus: Jul 11 2013, 04:54 PM

^ Duraraji is hilarious

I like Hanazawa Kana too ^^

How many people here take lessons at these language schools? Or any other schools besides the one snowcandy mentioned? Or do you take the language at university as an extra language? I'm quite interested to know.

When I go for JLPT, I always see people hanging around together in a group, like they might be from the same institute/school, but I never really bothered to ask them about it. Just go there, take the exam, and terus balik rumah. 人見知りですから

Those planning to take the JLPT Decmber 2013 test, registration is open now until 15th Sept.

Don't miss the registration period

^ the physical certs usually will come around October if I'm not mistaken.

Memang like that one. Because they have to wait for the certs to come from Japan I think. Can't even remember what my N4 cert looks like anymore lol

That's why they have online results now so people can know early if they failed or passed in time for the next exam registration.

That sure is on a different level than JLPT, alright.

May I ask why you are taking EJU? Are you taking it to further your studies in Japan?

Hi everyone,

I am selling my old JLPT drill book (level is N3).

The post is over at the Garage Sales section. If anyone interested, please reply there or PM me directly.

I don't really use any flashcards, electronic or otherwise..

I just like to read books/manga/news articles/etc. and look at dictionaries for words I don't know or have known before but forgotten.

A subforum for languages is a good idea. Not just for Japanese and Korean languages, but all other learners of languages can ask questions there.

I have no idea how to go about it though