Category Archives: Linguistics

πŸŽ‰ Meet Aiko: Your Friendly AI Companion for Mastering Japanese! πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅

Hello Future Polyglots! 🌟 We’re thrilled to introduce Aiko, your new AI companion here to guide you on a fun and expedited journey to mastering Japanese! Whether you’re a complete beginner, an intermediate learner, or advanced, Aiko adapts to your level, ensuring a tailored and effective learning experience. πŸ“˜ Aiko is your personal digital senseiContinue reading “πŸŽ‰ Meet Aiko: Your Friendly AI Companion for Mastering Japanese! πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅”

Training Your Language Reflexes

Train your language reflexes (language anticipation) to become highly effective and reach native-level fluency in your target language. Here’s how.

Japanese Diacritical Marks

In Japanese, diacritical marks like the dakuten and handakuten are considered markers that indicate if a sound is vocalised or plosive, respectively. Handaku-ten (“Half vocalised” = “Plosive”)εŠζΏη‚Ήγƒ»γ―γ‚“γ γγ¦γ‚“γ€Žβ—‹ οΎŸγ€γ―β†’γ±γ€γ²β†’γ΄γ€γ΅β†’γ·γ€γΈβ†’γΊγ€γ»β†’γ½ γ€€γ€€γ€€γ€€haβ†’pa, hiβ†’pi, fuβ†’pu, heβ†’pe, hoβ†’po Daku-ten (“Vocalised” = Hum while you say the sound)ζΏη‚Ήγƒ»γ γγ¦γ‚“γ€Žβ—‹ οΎžγ€γ€€γ€€γ€€γ€€γ―β†’γ°γ€γ²β†’γ³γ€γ΅β†’γΆγ€γΈβ†’γΉγ€γ»β†’γΌγ€€γ€€γ€€γ€€haβ†’ba, hiβ†’bi, fuβ†’bu, heβ†’be, hoβ†’bo γ€€γ€€γ€€γ€€γ‹β†’γŒγ€γβ†’γŽγ€γβ†’γγ€γ‘β†’γ’γ€γ“β†’γ”γ€€γ€€γ€€γ€€kaβ†’ga, kiβ†’gi, kuβ†’gu, keβ†’ge, koβ†’go γ€€γ€€γ€€γ€€γŸβ†’γ γ€γ‘β†’γ’γ€γ€β†’γ₯、て→で、と→ど　　　　taβ†’da, chiβ†’ji, tsuβ†’dzu,Continue reading “Japanese Diacritical Marks”

Language Blending

Language Blending, also referred to as Translanguaging, the creation of Bridge Language, and also sometimes Multilinguality, is cross-language teaching and elucidation that yields rapid conceptual understanding and meta-linguistic comprehension, almost as if multiple cities were each being built in the landscape of the brain, and the routes and paths between each city were getting stronger the more the languages were criss-crossed.