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06-01-2010, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by steven View Post
I generally agree with you about the idea that if you can ask what a word means in the language you're learning, and have it explained to you in the language you're learning, then you are fluent
See, I'm not entirely sure that's a good definition. I mean, I was taught 〜というのは〜/〜ということだ in my first year of Japanese, but I sure wasn't fluent. I don't consider myself fluent now, and I've been doing precisely the above for years now.
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