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Bonjour ! Hello! こんにちは！안녕하세요! I'm french, currently learning Japanese and Korean. I can handle a proper conversation in Japanese. Korean? Well, I must admit I just started. However, I would enjoy having a chat so please: Let's talk ! : D
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Samantha
Korean
Oct 2, 2016
We talked about a little bit of Korean culture using Korean. Maxime (맥심) is a quick leaner. He knows well how to put the words together and created a sentence. His experience learning Japanese in Japan before that would be helpful for him to learn Korean language. His efforts were great! 감사합니다^^
Kayoko
Japanese
Jul 4, 2016
今日は　体験レッスンを受講いただき、ありがとうございました。　自己紹介をしていただきながら、使いやすい日本語の文章を作っていきました。　とても綺麗な日本語をお話になる生徒さんでした。　ゴールに向かって、日本語学習をぜひ　続けていってください♪
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    Thank you for the correction!

    Writing and speaking are very different. I can take time to think a bit, even to correct myself (which I tried to avoid so that my mistake appears).

    I guess mastering colloquialism is just a good combination of learning, exposure, and patience...

    I'll try to avoid starting my sentence with "and". I think it would be the same in French actually, but we do it when speaking.

    My first impression on humor is that Americans are not very receptive to absurd humor or self-mockery. How would you define crazy?

    My wife is Japanese so I know quite a lot about both Japanese kisses and smelly feet. Beside smelly feet, an easy way to start lively (and surprisingly interesting) debates is conjoined (Siameses). 

    How about you? What language are you learning?

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    May 16, 2018
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    言語交換パートナーを探しています。

    はじめまして。

    マキシムと申します。

    フランス人ですが、一年間半日本に住んでいて、二ヶ月前アメリカに引っ越した。

    今は言語交換パートナーを探しています。いろいろな話できます。カジュアルで、ニュースとか、自分の夢や問題とかについて、話しましょう！特別に、フランス語の表現とか、説明できます。

    SKYPEで、３０分日本語、３０分フランス語、っていうセッションはいいと思いますね。

    興味あったら連絡してください！

    よろしくお願いします。

    May 15, 2018
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    Hi John!

    That's the golden type of discussion. Speaking about your difficult grammar points or vocabulary issues are things you can check by yourself on the internet, most of the time. Steering the conversation from basic topics to telling about our dreams, fears, craziest things we've done, random topics involving feet... That's when you start to enjoy practicing your new language!

    And colloquial expressions are so important... I have a very poor collection of these. I moved to the USA one month ago and not knowing a lot of these is very painful. I think the worst is when someone tells you a joke or just a funny remark with a colloquial expression in it, and then you have to get him repeat because you don't understand. And the person has to explain his joke to you... Oh my god I feel so ashamed to ruin people's attempts to be so kind and friendly to me...

    So sometimes I just laugh even if I don't get it. How do you do y'all?


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    May 15, 2018
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    Mon journal

    Je suis sur le point d'obtenir mon diplôme de la langue et la littérature françaises ce juin. Tout se passe trop vite ("Le temps est passé trop vite" me semble plus naturel). Je me souviens même du premier jour où je me suis inscrite à l'université et c'était également la première fois que j'ai rencontré mes colocataires. Puis on a partagé la chambre à quatre depuis 4 ans. Nous sommes allées en cours de français ensemble. Quand j'ai rencontré des problèmes dans mes études, elles m'ont tout de suite donné un coup de main pour me faire mieux comprendre.
    Aujourd'hui, c'est l'anniversaire d'une de mes colocataires. On res se sent triste puisque c'est la dernière fois qu'on fête son anniversaire ensemble l'anniversaire mais c'est la vie, on doit continuer de chercher notre identité. Peut-être que notre vie ne se croise nos chemins ne se croiseront plus mais ce qu'il reste, c'est notre amitié.


    Bravo pour ton diplôme ;)

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    May 14, 2018
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    I have been through the first chapter of Harry Potter a few months ago but had to give up... It is not that easy. It will make you practice katakana though. My recommendations are よつばと (manga). It contains some chil​dish language, but the adults speak a correct and simple Japanese. Anyway, you should check with a native speaker the vocabulary you learn from this kind of book. There is a bunch of easy classical stories you could find. My favorite is 舌切り雀 (Shita-kiri suzume, the cut-tongue sparrow). You can find versions with grammar comments and vocabulary. Good reading!
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    April 12, 2017
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    Precise term for "article" such as a scientific research article Hi everyone, I'm looking for the precise term to designate a journal article, in the context of academic research. I feel 記事 as too general and 論文 as des​ignating an internship report of things like this. Thank you for your help! :-)
    April 12, 2017
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    スーパはどこですか　is correct and there is a great chance that the person to whom you are asking this will indicate the way to get there (I guess that is what you are looking for). スーパはどちらですか　is more precise, also more natural, and is used to ask "what is the way leading to the supermarket?"
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    April 11, 2017
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    及び　ってはどう使いますか？ こんにちは 及びってはどう使いますか？ 例えば、 ラーメン及び餃子が好きです。 またわ、 ラーメンと餃子は及び好きです。 正解ですか？ ありがとうございます！ :-)
    April 11, 2017
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    "Legitimate"は日本語でどう使いますか？ こんにちは。 日本で働いてるから、毎日仕事で日本語喋ることができます。仲間は英語で連絡をあまりしていません。 そうかと言って、部下にも、部上にも、正規がないと感じます。 だから、正規を得るために、正解日本語で働きたいです。 Hi everyone! I just wanted to share a feeling some of you probably experienced working in Japan. Although I have the opportunity to speak Japanese with my colleagues everyday, I am far from fluency. It is ok for casual discussions but I feel the language barrier quite strong when it becomes work-related. I feel like I am not considered as legitimate (正規 ?) as I would be if fluent. It goes from small details such as subordinates that use the casual language level when speaking to me (which is ok for me and I know they are doing it because they are thinking it is easier to understand but it is reflecting the difference) to superiors that do not involve me in some projects on which I was supposed to work in a first place. I think I would be seen more legitimate if my language skills could improve to a better level of fluency. Feel free to comment my broken Japanese and share your opinion if you ever experienced this feeling ;-) Thanks !
    April 10, 2017
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    日本語の言語パートナーを探しています こんにちは。 マキシムです。 フランスのリヨンに住んでいます。 すぐに日本の仙台に引越しします。そして、その前にもっと日本語の勉強したいです。 そのために、言語パートナーを探しています。 フランス語で、日本語で、話しましょう！
    December 1, 2016
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