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| | :This means that if you moved from an ''xx''-speaking country to a ''yy''-speaking country at age 6, and have never again spoken ''xx'', you should classify yourself as a native speaker of ''yy'' and not of ''xx'', even if you used to speak nothing but ''xx'' as a child. | | :This means that if you moved from an ''xx''-speaking country to a ''yy''-speaking country at age 6, and have never again spoken ''xx'', you should classify yourself as a native speaker of ''yy'' and not of ''xx'', even if you used to speak nothing but ''xx'' as a child. |
| | :Should you have moved as an adult, you should decide by yourself, according to your own "feel", and thus might have ''several'' "native" languages. | | :Should you have moved as an adult, you should decide by yourself, according to your own "feel", and thus might have ''several'' "native" languages. |
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| − | However, given the number of students running around and the fact that there aren't nearly as many native Japanese here as on Wikipedia, I suggest a more granular system.
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| | ==Sanity Checks== | | ==Sanity Checks== |
| − | If you're not at home using a JA-JA dictionary or looking up references on the Japanese internet, you're not JA-3.
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| | If you're using a Rikai browser extension to translate, you're probably JA-1. | | If you're using a Rikai browser extension to translate, you're probably JA-1. |
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| − | If you're JA-2, you should be able to read (most) manga unassisted, a light novel at a comfortable pace with assistance, and write coherently without assistance. | + | If you need to look up grammar, you're probably JA-1. |
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| − | ===Rejected Draft===
| + | If you're not at home using a JA-JA dictionary or looking up references on the Japanese internet, you're at most JA-2. |
| − | I wrote this up, but I think it's somewhat off. Still thinking it over.
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| − | * <span style="color:#d0d0d0">JA-0: You don't know Japanese, or only know fragments.</span>
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| − | * <span style="color:#d0d0d0">JA-0.5: You can transliterate Japanese with the assistance of a dictionary tool and grammar reference.</span>
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| − | * <span style="color:#d0d0d0">JA-1: You can read and write Japanese with the occasional assistance of a JA-EN dictionary.</span>
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| − | * <span style="color:#d0d0d0">JA-1.5: You can read manga without assistance, a light novel at a comfortable pace with assistance, and write (badly) without assistance. </span>
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| − | * <span style="color:#d0d0d0">JA-2: You would be comfortable editing the Japanese Wikipedia.</span>
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| − | * <span style="color:#d0d0d0">JA-2+: You could pick up a random book on the 太平洋戦争 from the library and write an intelligent review in your native language.</span>
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| − | * <span style="color:#d0d0d0">JA-3: You could write a Japanese encyclopedia article.</span>
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| − | * <span style="color:#d0d0d0">JA-3+: You could write a term paper in Japanese from Japanese sources.</span>
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| − | * <span style="color:#d0d0d0">JA-4: You are as proficient in Japanese as your native language.</span>
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| − | * <span style="color:#d0d0d0">JA: Japanese is your native language.</span>
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| | ==Wikipedia References== | | ==Wikipedia References== |
| | {{reflist}} | | {{reflist}} |