I learned yesterday that the trusty-and-cheap UV-B5 has been modified and is no longer compatible with CHIRP. Given how much of a pain they are to program from the keypad, that's pretty much a dealbreaker for the UV-B5, even though it's a great radio for the price ($30). Apparently, you can identify the newer radios by the fact that they have 27 menu options instead of 29.
While researching the problem I was experiencing ("Radio did not ack programming mode"), I found an issue in the bug tracker for CHIRP that recommends using a CP2102-based cable to program the radio as a way of getting around this. It's not ideal, but a CP2102 USB adapter cost me $1.75 on eBay and the radio ships with a headset that we can pull the jack from as an interface. My soldering skills are marginal at best, but this looks about as easy as it gets.
As a bonus, it'll give me a good reason to design and print a case, too!
I will update this post later with my results.
Friday, September 25, 2015
Sou Matome JLPT N2: Grammar Elements and Translations
I've found that having a short English equivalent for grammar elements / sentence patterns as I encounter them in Sou Matome N2 Grammar helps me to retain them. If nothing else, the analysis required to boil them down certainly helps them stick.
病気がち - get sick often
忘れっぽい - forgetful-ish
疲れ気味 - feeling somewhat tired
帰れるものなら - if it were that I could return - Requires a potential before it!
暑いものだから - it's because it's hot
知らなかったんだもの - because I didn't know
持っているものの - even though I have
車はもとより自転車も - (don't have a) car or even a bicycle - I checked this with Kiyoshi and he confirmed that it emphasizes that, while the reader might expect that the speaker doesn't own a car, the lack of a bicycle would be unexpected.見た目はともかく味は - Whether or not it looks good, the taste is...
旅行はまだしも - Can handle travel (but not something else)
仕事の話は抜きにして - Omitting work talk
Ex: 田中さん抜きではパーティーは始められません - We can't start the party without Tanaka.
心配でたまらない - So worried that I can't stand it.
何もすることがなくて、暇でしょうがない - Of course I'm bored
うるさくてかなわない - Can't bear the noise
残念でならない - Very disappointed
手術のかいもなく - The surgery wasn't worth it / didn't pay off
やりがい - Worth doing. Also: 教えがいのある生徒 = Students worth teaching.
借金してまで - to go so far as getting a loan
読みかける - haven't finished reading. 読みかけの本 - books I haven't finished reading
読み切る - Read entirely. [This seems to have the meaning of "until it's all used up": 疲れ切った = very tired.]
ありえる・ありうる - Possible to be. [うる apparently can't be negative.]
やりぬく - to do until completed
忘れないうちに - While in a state of not forgetting
終わるか終わらないかのうちに - As soon as it ended. ]Lit: While it could have been done or not been done.]
こどもにしたら - こどもには = to a kid
本当だとしたら - 本当なら = if that were true
行くとしても - Even if I go
社会参加を目的として - With public participation as a goal
家族とともに - 家族と一緒に = With my family
増加に伴って - In connection with the increase. [According to this, can't be used for "with a person". This Stack Exchange post makes it clear that using を instead of に can invert the relationship.]
I'm a few days into the book and working to come up with good English versions of each pattern. More to come!
Expressions from week one
さびしげ - a expression of loneliness (on someone's face, etc.)病気がち - get sick often
忘れっぽい - forgetful-ish
疲れ気味 - feeling somewhat tired
帰れるものなら - if it were that I could return - Requires a potential before it!
暑いものだから - it's because it's hot
知らなかったんだもの - because I didn't know
持っているものの - even though I have
車はもとより自転車も - (don't have a) car or even a bicycle - I checked this with Kiyoshi and he confirmed that it emphasizes that, while the reader might expect that the speaker doesn't own a car, the lack of a bicycle would be unexpected.見た目はともかく味は - Whether or not it looks good, the taste is...
旅行はまだしも - Can handle travel (but not something else)
仕事の話は抜きにして - Omitting work talk
Ex: 田中さん抜きではパーティーは始められません - We can't start the party without Tanaka.
心配でたまらない - So worried that I can't stand it.
何もすることがなくて、暇でしょうがない - Of course I'm bored
うるさくてかなわない - Can't bear the noise
残念でならない - Very disappointed
Expressions from week two
努力のかいがあって - My labor paid off/were worth it as... [The かい from this and かいもなく almost certainly means "value, effect, worth": 効 or 詮]手術のかいもなく - The surgery wasn't worth it / didn't pay off
やりがい - Worth doing. Also: 教えがいのある生徒 = Students worth teaching.
借金してまで - to go so far as getting a loan
読みかける - haven't finished reading. 読みかけの本 - books I haven't finished reading
読み切る - Read entirely. [This seems to have the meaning of "until it's all used up": 疲れ切った = very tired.]
ありえる・ありうる - Possible to be. [うる apparently can't be negative.]
やりぬく - to do until completed
忘れないうちに - While in a state of not forgetting
終わるか終わらないかのうちに - As soon as it ended. ]Lit: While it could have been done or not been done.]
こどもにしたら - こどもには = to a kid
本当だとしたら - 本当なら = if that were true
行くとしても - Even if I go
社会参加を目的として - With public participation as a goal
家族とともに - 家族と一緒に = With my family
増加に伴って - In connection with the increase. [According to this, can't be used for "with a person". This Stack Exchange post makes it clear that using を instead of に can invert the relationship.]
I'm a few days into the book and working to come up with good English versions of each pattern. More to come!
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