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My name is Derek. My hometown is Charlestown, Indiana. I work in IT, but I am studying Japanese because I would like to live and work there someday. I enjoy the culture and the country is very beautiful. After a 2 week vacation there in 2015, I didn't want to leave. I am interested in italki because I would like a speaking/reading/writing tutor to practice my skills with.
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Tomoko 智子
Japanese
Mar 26, 2022
デレックさん、N5のワークブックで、たくさん思い出さないといけない文法があるけど、がんばりましょうね!
Tomoko 智子
Japanese
Mar 14, 2022
Derekさん、N5の勉強をがんばっています。漢字がたくさんあるけど、がんばりましょう!
Tomoko 智子
Japanese
Feb 26, 2022
今日はN5の練習とGENKiと、いろいろしましたね!N5の練習をこれからがんばりましょう!
Tomoko 智子
Japanese
Feb 16, 2022
デレックさん、今日は、「と」をたくさん練習しました。conjugationが、少しむずかしかったけど、最後はとてもスムーズにできていました。
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  • Corrected

    Another five words to practice English sentences

    1.mighty
    Alex is a mighty person because he always protects us when we are in trouble at school.

    2. mill
    Nowadays, more and more people start to learn about keeping their shapes. Like, if you want to drink soya bean milk, you can use a machine to mill soybean. And you will get fresh soya bean milk without the surge.


    Staying in shape.  Good sentence, but not sure what you mean by "without the surge."  :)


    3.miracle
    It is a miracle feeling when I first time watches lighting bugs.

    When I watched lightning bugs for the first time, it felt like a miracle.

    Note that the word miracle is a noun, not an adjective.



    4. miserable
    Nothing is miserable besides you always think something in a negative way.

    I see what you mean, but the wording is a bit off. You might want to change this sentence to "You can't be miserable unless you keep having negative feelings"



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    restart to practice yesterday words again

    1.mend
    I'm good at how to mend some clothes' hole.

    You can express this 2 different ways: 1. I know how to mend holes in clothing. 2. I am good at mending holes in clothing.

    2.mental
    If you have mental problems, you had better go to the hospital to fix it as soon as you can.

    You stated problems which is plural therefore, you have to change it (singular) to them (plural). Otherwise a good sentence. It made me laugh.


    3.merchant
    Being a merchant is not an easy because you have to learn much skill in the society.

    I would reword this sentence as well. "Being a merchant is not easy because you have to learn a lot of skills."

    4.merry
    Everything can be merry things, it decides that how to you deal with it.

    I would change this to, "Everything can be merry, it depends on how you deal with things."



    5.messy
    My mother doesn't like my room because of messy.

    "My mother doesn't like my room because it is messy.


    You are doing a good job learning the vocab. I would recommend that you study parts of speech, such as nouns, adverbs, and adjectives. Also brush up on your sentence structure a little and you will be speaking like a professional in no time. :)


    theholymellon



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    February 22, 2017
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    Trying to find a friend

    Today I'm trying to find somebody to talk to in English, but I am having difficulty finding a partner to practice with.
    I think it is because men are only looking for women or girls. I believe that women are looking for other women, in order to avoid finding men that want to flirt with them.
    I realize that I need a lot of practice to improve my English. but for some reason I can't find somebody
    I have visited many pages, but all of them require payment. I need one that is free.
    I am from Colombia and I'm a good person but I think that I need a friend. I have many friends in Colombia but nobody speaks English quite like a native or bilingual speaker. I would like to find a friend who  is proficient in the English language to help me with this.
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    September 5, 2016
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    My Trial Session with Miki 11-20-2015 [7:11:16 PM] MIKI: 50 - Go Ju [7:11:50 PM] MIKI: 19 Juu-kyu [7:11:57 PM] MIKI: 20 Ni-ju [7:12:06 PM] MIKI: 2*10 Ni-ju [7:12:14 PM] MIKI: 21 Ni-juu-ichi [7:12:26 PM] MIKI: 25 Ni-Juu-Go [7:12:35 PM] MIKI: 30 San-Ju [7:12:45 PM] MIKI: 33 San-Ju-San [7:12:50 PM] MIKI: 48 Shi/yo-ju-hachi [7:13:20 PM] MIKI: 52 go-ju-ni [7:13:30 PM] MIKI: 67 roku-ju-shich/na na [7:13:47 PM] MIKI: 79 Shichi/na na-ju-kyu [7:14:09 PM] MIKI: 84 Hachi-ju-shi/yo [7:14:22 PM] MIKI: 95 Kyu-Ju-go [7:14:32 PM] MIKI: 100 Hyaku [7:14:54 PM] MIKI: 1000 Sen [7:15:32 PM] MIKI: 2000 Ni-sen [7:16:53 PM] MIKI: san zen = 3,000 [7:16:57 PM] MIKI: 8000 hassen [7:17:08 PM] MIKI: 10000 ichi-man [7:17:27 PM] MIKI: 10000 yen [7:17:30 PM] MIKI: 10000 ?? [7:18:11 PM] MIKI: 7:17PM? [7:18:26 PM] MIKI: ?? 7? 17?? [7:18:36 PM] MIKI: gogo 7 ji 17 fun [7:18:44 PM] MIKI: AM ??? Gozen [7:18:55 PM] MIKI: PM ?? gogo [7:19:18 PM] MIKI: *4(yo) ? [7:19:35 PM] MIKI: *7(shichi) ? [7:19:49 PM] MIKI: *9(ku)? [7:23:11 PM] MIKI: Noun ? Noun [7:28:09 PM] MIKI: ???? Disney Land ? ????? [7:28:21 PM] MIKI: * Noun ? ???? [7:28:33 PM] MIKI: (noun ga suki desu) [7:29:24 PM] MIKI: ???? yakiniku [7:29:57 PM] MIKI: ???? me too = (watashi mo)
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