他動詞 and 自動詞 deck request

Bunpro
#1

Hello folks, its been a while.

Concerning me,I passed the n4 level and now starting to get into n3 stuff. The thing i struggle or lack behind is the 他動詞 and 自動詞 part. Sure if i had to read something its not hard to figure out by contect like if you would to read a kanji. But when it comes to using it myself, i really lack behind. I recently didnt even know how to respond to an open window.(窓が開いてる。)Id would love to see those in two decks on bunpuro (also divided in jlpt level). Maybe you guys could recommend me some sites where i can practice them. Sites who explain the concept are plenty already.

What do you think of the idea having this separatedly implemented in bunpuro? How much of a strugggle is it for you?

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#2

It’s an interesting idea. I think I like it. Hopefully Bunpro will soon advance to the point where it is relatively easy to add new, specialized decks for such purposes, and even to add one’s own custom decks. I know that they have this general capability planned, but i don’t know the timeline on when we might expect it. @Asher or other staff have any info on current plans?

In the meantime, I highly recommend Cure Dolly’s recommendations on how to begin to categorize words as either 他動詞 or 自動詞, based on certain clues and a few different ‘rules of thumb’ that really do help make sense of this topic, IMHO. See:

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#3

Thank you for your response. I understand the concept perfectly, its just annoying to look those verbs separatedly up to train them, even if id would like to get better in that category as a whole. Looking up and practice with a verblist which categorize those two might be the best option by now, even if its tiring.

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#4

I am not sure if we will specifically have a deck for it, but it will be one of the things that you will eventually be able to search for/categorize words by. It will also possibly be an option to choose from when we eventually release our conjugation tool.

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#5

Just FYI, in case I didn’t make my point clear earlier: The Cure Dolly video is not just explaining the concept or about making some lists of verb pairs. It actually gives you some useful and general rules that will help you be able to figure out the ‘transitivity’ of a verb based on certain clues from it. Check it out. It really helped me get a handle on this topic. I rarely struggle with them anymore.

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