I started off with trying to memorize the names of the verbs in a rhythm, as in various ups and downs in music and then I just fell back upon my basic "practising" skill - Writing things out.
But it's not the creative writing rather just scribbling mechanically on paper, basically rote learning. In the past I did that a lot (A Lot ) - I filled up those A4 sized sheets one after another and I would always have a delight at having to change my pen once it had it's run. I emptied about 6-7 sets of pens doing this. One of these days, I'm gonna post up a pic of that paper tower. Hmm, I am such a nerd when it comes to keeping memorabilia;P
Of course, there is absolutely no benefit doing this - Okay, maybe it helps us to get the sounds and the alphabets right. But I think it is most suited for "easy" alphabets - Latin, Cyrillic and if you wish to be more ambitious ,then Persian or the Japanese Kana. But the main point is to make a conscious effort in learning the words and the flow. I doubt whether this would be beneficial for Chinese characters when I don't really plan to learn the stroke order.
To be honest, I would just open up a book and read the word and just mechanically write it down on the paper. Not a good strategy, when I look back but then again, I think it was my need to "see" the word. I am realizing more and more everyday that I respond naturally to Visual stuff.
Anyways, back to the Japanese verbs;)
The thing is, after doing that mechanical scribbling for an hour or so then it slowly dawned on me that I really need to come up with something clever and use my brain actively. So I moved on to the finding some word which rhymes with the Verb. I noticed something about myself.
Initially, all the connections that I was making were more along the sounds of Hindi and English but then slowly I made connections with German, Russian and Chinese as well. I think, it is quite curious from Cognitive Linguistics point of view. I need to think more about it - Will elaborate on it later;)
I am thinking about writing them out on a digital file as well and then record the entire process of changes and improvements while I memorize them. I will eventually make an Anki deck and upload it up here and at the Anki site but I need to organize things better 'cos I found many similar verbs/ rhythm words in Group - 1 Verbs and Group - 2 Verbs. Will upload a PDF in a day or two;P
But it's not the creative writing rather just scribbling mechanically on paper, basically rote learning. In the past I did that a lot (A Lot ) - I filled up those A4 sized sheets one after another and I would always have a delight at having to change my pen once it had it's run. I emptied about 6-7 sets of pens doing this. One of these days, I'm gonna post up a pic of that paper tower. Hmm, I am such a nerd when it comes to keeping memorabilia;P
Of course, there is absolutely no benefit doing this - Okay, maybe it helps us to get the sounds and the alphabets right. But I think it is most suited for "easy" alphabets - Latin, Cyrillic and if you wish to be more ambitious ,then Persian or the Japanese Kana. But the main point is to make a conscious effort in learning the words and the flow. I doubt whether this would be beneficial for Chinese characters when I don't really plan to learn the stroke order.
To be honest, I would just open up a book and read the word and just mechanically write it down on the paper. Not a good strategy, when I look back but then again, I think it was my need to "see" the word. I am realizing more and more everyday that I respond naturally to Visual stuff.
Anyways, back to the Japanese verbs;)
The thing is, after doing that mechanical scribbling for an hour or so then it slowly dawned on me that I really need to come up with something clever and use my brain actively. So I moved on to the finding some word which rhymes with the Verb. I noticed something about myself.
Initially, all the connections that I was making were more along the sounds of Hindi and English but then slowly I made connections with German, Russian and Chinese as well. I think, it is quite curious from Cognitive Linguistics point of view. I need to think more about it - Will elaborate on it later;)
I am thinking about writing them out on a digital file as well and then record the entire process of changes and improvements while I memorize them. I will eventually make an Anki deck and upload it up here and at the Anki site but I need to organize things better 'cos I found many similar verbs/ rhythm words in Group - 1 Verbs and Group - 2 Verbs. Will upload a PDF in a day or two;P
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