#Are you guys aware of a deck with sound for learning verb conjugation?

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normal jewel
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placid sierraBOT
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wispy moss
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I don't know of any deck specifically, but you'd be better off immersing and reading a grammar dictionary.

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There is a grammar deck for Anki if you'd like a link for it.

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Here's a video for verb conjugations for reference.

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Japanese verb conjugations are actually very easy if you just understand the Japanese verb stem system. The Japanese verb stem conjugation system is often overlooked by conventional textbooks but is the system that native Japanese speakers use to conjugate verbs.

Instead of letting the textbooks lie to you about how there are hundreds of comple...

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cold umbra
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Verb conjugations are one of those tricky things that seem like they would be a good idea to drill or use Anki to learn, but srs is actually not the best place to learn very abstract concepts, like verb conjugations. When you are spending time immersing, you actually come across verb conjugations in a way that can be more frequent than you would see them in srs (for commonly used conjugations at least).

I would suggest taking 10-20 minutes that you would have spent on srs for grammar conjugations, and instead go through any material with subtitles available, with a verb conjugation chart nearby, and every time you see a verb conjugation that you can't remember what it does, check it on the chart.

I think the compressible Japanese YouTube channel is great for this, but you can use anything you like.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPdNX2arS9Mb1iiA0xHkxj3KVwssHQxYP&si=JzP2TibHBtjyc_p7

That way, you're getting practice recognizing various verb conjugations, but it's in context, with sound, with visuals, that help your brain make connections. The more connections your brain has to latch onto, the easier you will be able to acquire the language.

Of course, you can also make progress without doing this activity with checking grammar as you go. We do suggest you study grammar in some way for faster progress, but Anki isn't the best place to do that.

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dreamy pebble
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Japanese course based on Tae Kim's grammar guide & anime

dreamy pebble
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might have to skip a lot of cards at first

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if you're not a beginner

wispy moss
dreamy pebble
wispy moss
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Oh, I couldn't clarify cuz I was away from my phone.

dreamy pebble
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It's aimed at beginners but it's what op asked for shrug

wispy moss
dreamy pebble
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you can turn it off It's in the manual

wispy moss
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Going through the deck, it's really nice, but that's my only gripe with it.

dreamy pebble
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Every card has kanji and kana though

wispy moss
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I'm saying it in the sense that the romaji being there doesn't help with actually being able to recall/reinforce kana and kanji.

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People are more likely gonna focus on the romaji and it won't stick as much as it would. Now, this wouldn't be a problem since you could just immerse, but the whole focus on romaji in the first place can kinda confuse people/ make people more reliant on it.

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It won't be a super bad thing since you won't be spending most of your time in Anki anyways, but any chance to help you to recall kana is probably gonna be better than using romaji.

dreamy pebble
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You need the addon from the description then get to this screen.

wispy moss
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I glossed over that.

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If there's a way to disable the romaji, I'd rate this really highly.

dreamy pebble
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yeah

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kanji trainer and kanatrainer

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just switch them out

wispy moss
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That being said, even if you can learn from the deck, you should still probably remember to immerse. :P

dreamy pebble
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You need a lot of different tools to build a house