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Hello, my name is Michael. I'm a native English speaker from California, USA, and I’m here mainly to improve my Spanish so I can travel and enjoy spending time in South America. I’ve taken a couple of years of Spanish classes—including a college course I needed for my degree—and I started practicing seriously in 2019. Since then, I’ve visited Peru, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Mexico, and… the airport in Panama (yes, that counts 😄). Right now, I’m focused on improving my accent and having natural conversations—especially in past tense, which is still my weak spot. I’d like to sound less like someone who just memorized a textbook—and more like someone you'd actually want to chat with. (Even if that means asking weird questions sometimes.) My goal is to reach a solid B2 or C1 level so I can confidently hold conversations in real life—whether I’m asking for directions, telling a story, or joking around like a normal human being.
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Norio
Japanese
Oct 5, 2025
少しずつですが使える表現が増えてきていて努力の跡が顕著に見られます。日本語学習を始めた当初の目的であった日本旅行が間近に迫ってきています。これまで学習した日本語を旅行に存分に活かしてもらいたいものです。
Norio
Japanese
Aug 7, 2025
学習開始当時よりも、日本語の文字や文の構造などに少しずつですが慣れてきました。
Norio
Japanese
Jul 24, 2025
少しずつではありますが着実に進歩しています。来る来日に向けて一段と熱心さが増しています。
Norio
Japanese
Jun 26, 2025
学習する話題を徐々に広げると同時に文法など日本語における規則的なものの学習に入りたいと考えています。
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  • Commented
    estos preguntas son muy utilis. y durante nuestro conversation. y las correcciones durante las conversaciones también son útiles porque realmente no me doy cuenta cuando no pongo las terminaciones correctas en todas las palabras. Así que eso también es bueno
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    May 6, 2025
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    Practiquemos Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto en tercera persona singular:he dicho que vendrá más tarde
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    May 6, 2025
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    December 26, 2022
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    Language Partners Hello and Hola! My name is Michael. I speak American English. I would like to do 50/50 Spanish/English language exchange. If you would like to improve your learning process with a native English speaker, contact me and we can set something up. I like to talk about food, movies, travel and culture but I can pretty much talk about anything. I am only avalible Thursday or Friday at 7:30 am Pacific Time. I think that is UTC-7 hours. I live in California. If this seems like something you might be interested in please contact me. I feel that people learn much better when they are face to face learning languages with real people rather than just theory or books. We can work through our conversations together and have some great laughs along the way. I look forward to meeting you. Hola y hola Mi nombre es Michael. Hablo ingles americano Me gustaría hacer 50/50 intercambio de idioma español / inglés. Si desea mejorar su proceso de aprendizaje con un hablante nativo de inglés, contácteme y podemos organizar algo. Me gusta hablar de comida, películas, viajes y cultura, pero casi puedo hablar de cualquier cosa. Solo estoy disponible los jueves o viernes a las 7:30 am, hora del Pacífico. Creo que es UTC-7 horas. Vivo en California. Si esto parece algo en lo que podría estar interesado, contácteme. Siento que las personas aprenden mucho mejor cuando están cara a cara aprendiendo idiomas con personas reales en lugar de solo teoría o libros. Podemos trabajar juntos en nuestras conversaciones y divertirnos mucho en el camino.
    September 29, 2019
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    Hi everyone, I need to practice my English for an interview, tomorrow I will have one, but I don´t know how to answere. thanks

    Hi everyone, I need to practice my English for an interview i am having tomorrow but I don't know what to say.

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    Hi everyone, I need to practice my English for an interview I am having tomorrow but I don't know how to answer the questions.

    I'm not sure what you are trying to say at the end there.

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    February 16, 2016
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  • Answered
    Those were all great answers. I feel like I picked something up by reading them. I am so glad you asked the question.
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    February 16, 2016
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    February 16, 2016
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  • Answered
    I think a good tv show to watch in english would be the simpsons, its a cartoon. They have lots of pop culture references and idoms. If you like vampires, true blood is pretty basic with a southern accent. I think spaghetti westerns like the good the bad and the ugly could be fun because they use only a few words and the movie goes by pretty easily. Also sometimes they speak spanish and I wonder if its correct. That might be fun to check out.
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    February 16, 2016
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  • Commented
    Thats funny.  Is that because elephants never forget and goldfish forget every two seconds?  I have a customer who studies goldfish and she says they forget a bit less often than that.  I have heard that elephants who live in herds watch out for their own and never forget who was messing with them.
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    February 16, 2016
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    greater than, less than and equal to hoy aprendi mas grande que, menos grande que and tan grande como. Normalmente uso mas grande de, menos grande de y tan grande de. La leccion hoy mas claro este idea. also i learned as crazy as a goat, as old as methusala, as slow as a turtle, I made up some of my own sentences as well, as sad as a rat with a broken heart? richer than your mom? I actually don't know if that was in there but I think thats what the picture were of.
    January 16, 2016
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