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Hi! I'm Emily, a university student that has been studying Japanese for a few years at university. However, I have not had much conversation/writing practice and so am still at a fairly basic level. I am looking for someone to help me improve though I am not on this site often. I can help out with English in exchange! --- お早う/今日は/今晩は!私の名前はエミリーで、二年ぐらい日本語を勉強している大学生です。それなのに、日本語に書くや話すのが下手です。日本語を手伝っている誰か探しています。私も英語が教えてくれてみます!よろしくお願いします!
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    Notebook Entry No.2 みんなで、ハロー!このはふたつめのノートがあります! きょうはいそがしかったですよ。7じはんにおきて,9じにだいがくにいきました。それから、だいかくでにほんごのクラスにテストがあります。テストはやさしいとおもいました。でも、むずかしかったです!わたしもともだちとちいさいひるごはんをたべました。でもいっしょにはたべものをはやくたべて、わたしもたくさんクラスにいきましたから! わたしはうちにかえってうれしいですね。 みんなで、きょうはどうでしたか? ----- If possible, please correct without kanji! Thank you in advance to anyone who attempts to fix this mess haha.
    August 26, 2015
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    my bday

    Today I had only one wish - to have my family here with me now (I would leave out now - though it still makes sense with it in, it seems a bit clumsy. Since you're talking about a specific moment in time - 'today' - I don't think it's necessary). Funny, because I always wanted to be somewhere far away on my birthday. wWell, dreams come true... But the life sentd to me kind people being around me, who really treat me well and they did their best to not make me feel lonely today, so nevertheless I had my birthday homemade cake...and I appreciate it. (With each new sentence, it's best to use a capital! Also, in this context 'sent' is better then 'send', because you are talking in the past tense - to send something is present tense :) Try to avoid 'the life'; use 'the -----' for nounds that could only refer to one <em>objective </em>thing, such as 'the dog', when talking about one specific dog you saw. In this case, everyone has their own life, and not everyone can understand/see your life - it's not an object - so the 'the' before it doesn't quite work. Does that make sense? It's also not necessary to say 'being around me', because it's implied that your friends are with you, and the tense is a little wrong; you can't 'be around something', but you can 'be <em>at/in</em> ---'; a better way of putting it is 'to surround ----', which has the same meaning.)




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    I hope this all makes sense and helps you! If any of my explanations aren't clear, let me know and I can try and make them easier to understand. 

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    August 24, 2015
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    Self Introduction! おはよう!わたしはエミリです。だいがくせいで、にねんせいです。せんこうはじんるいがくです。チョコラトとアニメといぬがすき!いま,4げつににほんごをべんきょうしました。でも、まだにほんごがじょうずじゃない! わたしはオーストラリアにすんでいます。ここはいまさむいですよ!わたしはふゆがきらい. なつはしたいます! よろしくおねがいします! ---- If all replies could be in english, with no kanji, that'd be helpful! I wasn't quite sure how to say 'I've been studying Japanese for four months, but I'm still hopeless', so if that sentence doesn't really make sense, that's what I was going for! Thanks in advance for any corrections/tips!
    August 24, 2015
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    Missing My Teenager Days 

    I normally take a bus to go home after work (you don't need to say 'to go' - in this sentence, it's implied that you ride the bus 'to go' somewhere! :)) . On the bus, I like to perceive the people standing around me and to guess what their life would be. Today, when I went on the bus, I saw several teenagers wearing school uniforms standing close to the back window (it's either 'they stood near/on/close to X', or they're stand<em>ing</em> near/on/close to X. As you used 'wearing' earlier on in the sentence, it's good to stick to -ing tense!) . They were talking about some tests they were taking today.A fat boy laughed at a tall boy, since the tall boy made a low-level mistake in the physical exam. The tall boy wasn't upset at all; he said it will be easy for him to get the No.1 score next time. Two girl female classmates standing near them also commented on the exams and talked about their study plans (usually, 'girl' or 'boy' are used as nouns - to describe the classmates gender, use 'male' or 'female'). There is one moment, At this moment/in this moment, I found myself very envious of them so much that as they are in at such a beautiful age and they can plan and fight for their future with no life burden (In this sentence, to say 'there is one moment' doesn't quiet work, because you're talking about the experience as it happened - therefore, to say 'there is one moment' is a little disjointed. 'At this moment' links the story a little better! Also, you are talking 'envy' is a noun - as you <em>are feeling</em> envy, it needs to change to the verb form 'envious'. Furthermore, you shouldn't say you felt 'envious so much'; the quantifier must come before the verb - so you felt 'very envious' or you 'felt so much envy. Finally, it is not usually said that you are <em>in </em>an age, because you're not <em>inside </em>it - you are <em>at </em>an age. Hope this all makes sense!!) They have plenty of time and youth to study anything they are interested in, to date anyone they fall in love with, to make friends with anyone they like.

    When I got off the bus, the teenagers are were still there (this story is past tense, so we need to use 'were' rather than 'are'). I know youth will never come back and chase after you. We shall live in the moment.

     

     

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    -  hope all these corrections make sense! I'm sorry if my descriptions of <em>why</em> the changes are important is difficult to understand. I think that your english is very good, though! Well done! :)

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    August 24, 2015
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    Hey! I don't know if you've found something by now that works for you, but otherwise tofugu is amazing! It offers really easy mnemonics that make the whole process easier. Hope this helps! http://www.tofugu.com/guides/learn-hiragana/ http://www.tofugu.com/guides/learn-katakana/
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    August 22, 2015
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