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Chinese Radicals: The 螞蟻 Goes Marching

June 20th, 2009 | 3 Comments

I keep failing this item in my flashcard study (I use Anki) despite its relative obviousness, so I thought I’d make a post about it because you remember things best when you try to teaching them to someone else.

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螞蟻
ma2 yi3

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Today I Make Your Head Explode: 今

February 22nd, 2009 | No Comments

今日わ日本語勉強します。
Kyō wa Nihongo benkyō shimasu.

“Today I am studying Japanese.” I hope. Otherwise, it’s the next edition of Unintentional Multilingual Self-Humiliation.

And today, 今 is making my head explode.

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