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Hi! I'm excited by this opportunity to receive some guidance in my efforts to learn Japanese. At the moment I'm a novice and a little shy to show my attempts; I think this is a good forum to try. I'd be happy to help anyone with their English, as part of a language exchange, but my contributions and appearances might be a bit sporadic as I get busy with other things. I grew up in Saskatchewan, I went to art school in Calgary, taught English in Tokyo for a short while, and now I'm living near Vancouver. Apologies for the brevity, I look forward to sharing languages!
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Yuco
Japanese
Oct 1, 2012
It was the long session today though, "boo.radely" did his best! I'm proud of him :) In the future he will learn a tense or the way to say sentences, then I'm sure he will make progress more and more! I had a great time. Thank you :)
Yuco
Japanese
Oct 1, 2012
"boo.radley" knows many basic verbs, and he can read Hiragana & Katakana. He did a great job!! And I enjoyed our lesson so much. Keep it up!! Thank you for taking my lesson :)
Maysa
Japanese
Sep 29, 2012
It was our first session. We talked about general topics, and I learned what grammar points or vocabs he already learned. He has basic knowledge of Japanese, and he knows culture as well. I would like to share more cultural stories besides practicing grammar and vocabularies. It was nice meeting you! :)
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  • Answered
    These are interchangeable and I can't really think of a context where one would sound right and not the other, both of them mean to solve a problem. "The events last weekend have brought this issue to our attention and we need to figure out a solution." "The events last weekend have brought this issue to our attention and we need to come up with a solution." Sorry for the boring example sentences :(
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    June 29, 2017
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    July 21, 2015
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    Could you recommend some countries to spend holiday

    Hi,guys.I am planning a trip on National Day in October.The holiday will last ten day,so I prefer to travel abroad.Could you recommend some countries with beatuiful scenery for me to spend the holiday?I don't like the hot weather,Thank you for your kindly help.Have a nice day.

     

    Could you recommend some countries to holiday in (You could also write "Could you recommend some countries to spend a holiday in", but if you use holiday as a verb, "to holiday", it means the same as to spend/take a holiday >> http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/holiday)

     

    Hi guys, I am planning a trip on National Day in October. This holiday will last ten days, so I'd (I would) prefer to travel abroad. Could you recommend some countries with beautiful scenery? I don't like (the) hot weather. Thank you for your help. (It isn't grammatically wrong to say "Thank you for your kindly help", I'm just not sure I've ever heard anyone say that) Have a nice day.

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    July 21, 2015
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    finally i arrived in Australia

    it wasn't a easy trip to Australia as I needed to detour at Malaysia. but now I arrived at Brisbane from goldcoast airport safely. hope everything goes well ! safe and sound

     

    Finally I have arrived in Australia

     

    It wasn't an easy trip to Australia as I needed to detour in/through Malaysia. But now I have arrived safely (you could phrase this differently but I think it sounds more natural here with the adverb following the verb immediately) in Brisbane from the Gold Coast airport. I hope everything goes well! I hope I'll be safe and sound/I hope you're safe and sound (I'm not sure if this is a wish for someone else, or an attachment to "I hope everything goes well" - "I hope everything goes well and that I'll be safe and sound" or "I hope everything goes well, that I'll be safe and sound")

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    July 21, 2015
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    Well it's july and finally my vacation arrived.

     

    Well it's July and finally, my vacation has arrived.

    Well it's July and my vacation has finally arrived. 

     

    But the problem is: what I gonna do?

     

    But the problem is: what am I gonna do?

     

    Well my familly don't want to travel and most of my friends are travelling so i'm here alone and with nothing to do.

     

    Well, my family doesn't want to travel and most of my friends are travelling, so I'm here alone and with nothing to do.

     

    But at least I have the internet to save me from the boredom.


    But at least I have the internet to save me from (the) boredom.

     

    And now i'm here writing this in english because i think i need to improve my fluency in english obviosly.

     

    And now I'm writing this here in English because I think I need to improve my fluency in English, obviously.

     

    It's better waste time in something useful than with games, social medias or whatever.

     

    It's better to waste my time with something useful rather than with games, social media(s), or whatever.

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    July 21, 2015
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    How do you translate: "yoru no sukima ni kiss nagete yo"?Thank you!
    July 29, 2013
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    my daily routine

    i'm a student, I'm learning pharmaceutical in Univesity of Medicine and pharmacy. every morning i drive my motorcycle to school. i study all day, morning in auditorium an evening in laboratory. afler studied, i go home. the traffic on HoChiMinh city is terrible, i live far my family. my family live in DaLat. I dont know

     

    I'm a student studying Pharmaceuticals (1) at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy. Every morning I drive my motorcycle (2) to school. I study all day, mornings are in the auditorium and evenings are in the laboratory. After studying, I go home. The traffic in Ho Chi Minh City (3) is terrible. I live far from (5) my family, who live in DaLat. I don't know...

     

    First, please don't take any of these corrections as evidence that your English is bad! Your composition is very good! But, here are a few notes...

    (1) Like the previous poster mentioned, the word "pharmaceutical" alone is only an adjective and doesn't work as the title of an area of study. It needs to be combined with another noun to make sense. It is easy to understand that it has something to do with pharmacy or drugs, but it is not exact. I think it's probably a difficult thing to translate, but maybe Pharmacology or Pharmaceutical Sciences.

     

    (2) It is correct to say "I drive my motorcycle" but I think it's more common to hear people say "I ride my motorcycle". Ride and drive are not interchangeable, but it's a common expression.

     

    (3) Ho Chi Minh City is written as separate words in English newspapers.

     

    (4) I live far...family - you need a preposition to show the relationship between family and I live far. So - I live far from my family.

     

    I'm sorry if these explanations are confusing! And again, it was a good composition!

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    November 4, 2012
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    Life is my enemy.

    Sometimes life is too miserable. Life wants to ruin all of your life and plays havoc with all the things you have tried hard to get them. But if you fight in this battle like a soldier you will be the winner. I'm in a real war, but my enemy is only my unthoughtfulness!

     

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    Life wants to ruin all of your life - this is a difficult phrase, it sounds poetic and the meaning is understandable, but grammatically it isn't so clear. It might be easier to say life wants to ruin everything, or life wants to ruin itself. Maybe just play with a few other ways of saying the same thing and see if you can come up with different phrases that suit the meaning and feeling you are trying to convey.

     

    my enemy is only my unthoughtfulness - this isn't wrong, but be aware of the placement of "only" and how it changes the meaning. "only my unthoughtfulness" makes the "unthoughtfulness" seem less significant, while if you say "my only enemy is my unthoughtfulness", it means that while your only opposition is your unthoughtfulness, it is still significant.

     

    I hope this is clear, you are writing very poetically and sometimes it's difficult to understand the meaning or proper use.

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    October 30, 2012
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    I'm not sure what the most popular convention is for telling people that you have added something to your website. There is nothing grammatically wrong with saying "~is now available". I've seen it on a few websites where people have written "~has been added". Or "Update: 30/09/2012 ~ has been added." I think it depends on the format of the rest of it, what would look suitable and will be easy for people to note if they visit your page often. I tried to see if I could find some examples quickly, but I couldn't find any websites that were advertising recent updates. As for the introduction, I don't think there's anything necessarily wrong with it. It's personal the way it's been written. If you were to keep it as is, you'd want to make a couple of minor corrections: Thank you for visiting my site. This site is my photo gallery and introduces you to creatures on Earth which I have photographed. I hope you will enjoy it. ~ However, I've rewritten it with just a couple of adjustments. There are a myriad ways to say something this simple, so it becomes difficult and I think it's really just a matter of what you like best. ~ Thank you for visiting my site. This is a collection of some of my photos and introduces you to some of the Earth's creatures that I've photographed. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Sincerely, Takuya Morihisa -January 5. 2010- ~ I'm not sure, maybe I like the original more :) かっこういい!
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    October 1, 2012
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    Talking to the moon

     

    Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival which is representative of a traditional Chinese festival.

    With the full moon symbolizing family reunion in Chinese tradition, moon worship has been one of the must do's during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Chinese people believe that on that day, the moon will be the biggest, roundest and brightest, and the term "round" implies family reunion in Chinese.

    I spend the festival with my family all the time, apart from this time. I'm alone in my domitory, my parents are in another city. This is the first time.

    I just dined out. The campus was quiet with emptiness all around. The street lamp looks cold and cheerless. I felt the road was endless.

    Most of my friends went home or be with their lovers. I‘m a bit afraid in the domitory. Only the moon and the music keep me company. 

    I really really wish my family or friends were here with me. Because I don't want to talk with the moon.

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    October 1, 2012
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