Cure Dolly's Japanese Grammar Lessons

agnishom | 113 points | 49day ago | kellenok.github.io

joshdavham|47day ago

For people not in the loop, Cure Dolly was a youtuber who taught basic Japanese grammar lessons using a digital avatar. She had (and continues to have) a cult-like following (in a good way) among a section of the online Japanese learning community. She was also ill at the time and eventually passed away.

nayuki|47day ago

I happen to come across the original videos ~3 years ago and they are good.

https://www.youtube.com/@organicjapanesewithcuredol49 "Organic Japanese with Cure Dolly"

https://www.youtube.com/@organicjapanesewithcuredol49/playli...

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg9uYxuZf8x_A-vcqqyOF... "Japanese from scratch: the game-changing course in organic Japanese" (93 videos)

presentation|46day ago

Cure Dolly’s explanations of Japanese grammar are so much better than those of the textbooks and typical teaching that it blew my mind after already becoming conversant in Japanese to hear the concepts I had to struggle to figure out on my own explained so clearly.

kochikame|47day ago

I live in Japna and have a high-intermediate level of Japanese. I wish I had been able to read and think about these well-expressed observations when I was just starting out as it would have saved me from having to intuit things over time.

Like Cure Dolly writes, no one tells you what you really need to know when you're learning Japanese (all languages?)