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I love learning everything, ("Philosophy begins in wonder"), but I'm still trying to shed my amateur ways of giving up too quickly. (Unlearning is a fun challenge too). If you want someone to talk to on a variety of random topics, here I am! Most of my knowledge is as a beginner, but I'll learn most things quickly. I can talk to you about anything from: psychology, history, manga, RPGs, writing, religion, math, fantasy, sci-fi, biology, travel, etc. Of the 8 ways to pronounce the letter 'R', I can only pronounce it the English way (for now!). This is why I won't tutor anyone in Filipino (whether Tagalog or Cebuano). Because I can't (yet) do the trilled and rolled Spanish R's so common in Filipino (due to 333 years of Spanish colonization), I'll teach it the wrong way. I spent my childhood in the northern part of Mindanao in the Philippines. We speak a form of Bisaya (or Binisaya) called Cebuano there. It's a language, not a dialect of Filipino. (Ahem, politics). Grew up watching American TV shows and reading English novels. Most Bisaya/Cebuano you can find are better at speaking US English than Filipino (Tagalog). I learned Tagalog because I wanted to watch understand the primetime TV series on the national TV channels. When a 4 year old wants to learn a language, they don't know it's supposed to be 'hard'. We learned Filipino grammar in school, but I really learned to speak it well when we moved to Manila. There's nothing like having no other choice but speak to fit-in to motivate a teenager. I studied Mandarin Chinese for 6 years & Philippine Hokkien for 3 years as part of my elementary education. Ha! I still can't speak it. It gave my schoolmates & I years of practice in memorization & reproducing Chinese text though, hahaha. I tried to learn a bit of Arabic to help when we went on Hajj. I'll study more on Quranic Arabic in the future. I got the chance to go on a study tour of Germany for 1 month in 2013 & for 1 month in 2016. Spent 6 weeks total in Berlin.
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Kanako
Japanese
Jan 28, 2017
It was great having a lesson with Kyle! She is very funny and engaging. We covered handful of new words with general topics, and discussed our lesson plan. I'm excited to have with her for future lessons!
Mio
Japanese
Jan 6, 2017
We practice sentences that you prepared today. It was hard to read,but you didn't give up to read them! I'm looking forward to seeing you soon:)
Sato
Japanese
Dec 27, 2016
It went well except for the bad internet connection. Don't worry! Anyway we enjoyed today's lesson! I look forward to our next lesson！
Learn with Haruka
Japanese
Dec 13, 2016
I really enjoyed talking with you ! you are really optimistic and easygoing! I like it! また　はなしましょう！
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  • Answered
    The common human experiences (like birth and joy) are the constants. By first, they meant understanding the basics (fundamentals) before understanding more advanced topics. Because the writer is also human, they can understand experiences all humans know. Starting from things common to all humans, they can relate to this different group. For example: As a human being, we can all feel shame. If we understand shame, we can understand better what a group sees as taboo. That text looks like an advanced academic paper in the humanities or anthropology? Unless they’re highly educated, even a native speaker would struggle with that text.
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    June 4, 2020
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  • Answered
    Edited. Posted in the wrong location, I moved the comment to Answers.
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    June 4, 2020
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  • Answered
    Three things are happening here. 1) The person narrating felt "blank." It could have different meanings. a. The person meant they feel empty inside. Emotionally empty. For some reason, they cannot feel emotion. It is also possible that they do not care, so they feel nothing. b. They are "spaced out." It means. Their mind is not focused on what is in front of them. Maybe they are thinking of something else. Maybe they are so shocked they cannot think. Maybe the narrator does not understand what the other person is talking about. c. We can only guess at the reason. It depends on what the rest of the story says. 2) This "blank" feeling is showing in the narrator's look. How the narrator appears: their facial expression, their gestures. 3) "I must have looked" implies that the narrator is imagining what they look like to the other person. The narrator does not have a mirror to check their appearance. So the narrator is guessing what they look like.
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    September 9, 2019
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  • Posted
    日本の何が好きですか？ 日本の好きな物は文化、食べ物、旅行、アニメ、漫画、小説と温泉です もう一回言ってください。
    January 28, 2018
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  • Posted
    自己紹介。 初めまして、よろしくお願いします！名前はカイルです。24歳です。フィリピンは出身です。マニラに住んでいます。一年間日本語を勉強しています。 今は仕事がありません、でも色々なスキルを独学しています。日本の文化と食べ物と旅行とアニメと漫画と小説と温泉などが好きです。 すみません、分かりません。もう一回話してください。ゆっくり話してください。書いてください。 勇者になりたいです! ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ
    January 24, 2018
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  • Posted
    ありがとう 今年お疲れ様でした！ いろいろとありがとうございました。 先進のメリークリスマス。 良いお年をお迎えください。
    December 8, 2017
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  • Posted
    ３ − 文章 練習 > 彼女のプリンが空っぽです。 > 彼の友達は学校にいます。 > 今日は天気がどうですか。 > 今日の天気はいいです。 > 好きな季節は何ですか。 > 私のことを忘れないでね。 > 初めまして。私はカイルです。よろしくお願いひます。 > あ、ミナミさん、こちらこそありがとうございます、お疲れ様です。 > 私は秋を知りません。 > 私は旅行に興味があります。 > っていうか、みんな何見てるの？
    February 7, 2017
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  • Posted
    三十一日　日本語　独学　しています これは私が12月12日から1月13日に学んだものです。 私はひらがなとカタカナを読み書きできます。 これはカタカナの私の名前です:カイル パンダパタン。 私は日本のドラマとアニメと食べ物の旅行ショーからたくさんのことを学びました。 ミニチャレンジ２のためにたくさんの文章を書いています。 日本の体の言語について学びました。 ６０個のグロッシカ文を書きました。 私は日本語がよく聞こえます。 漢字をもっと学んだ。 ３つアイターキのセッションが済んだ。 剣道の竹刀を買いました。
    January 31, 2017
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  • Corrected

    Freedom

    It's hard to define the word freedom. The most powerful country in the world that started many wars claimed that they were protecting freedom. A group of people in Middle East that plotted a lot of attacks all over the world said they want to be free. Everyone has a different definition of freedom. In mine, freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.

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    Alternatives

    > I can't explain why the "which" started and "which" plotted feels wrong. Technically, it's okay, but something feels off. Instead of "that", I think you can also use "who" started and "who" plotted. But "that" feels better.

    > Everyone has a different definition of freedom. OR Everyone has different definitions of freedom. [I think the first one fits more with what you're trying to say].

    > In mine, freedom is... => can also be "For me, freedom is..." or "In my definition, freedom is..." [I kept your original].


    Overall, the corrections were just a few grammar points. What matters is that you've expressed your meaning well :). I corrected this because I liked your last sentence a lot.

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    January 26, 2017
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  • Posted
    ２− 文章 練習（ぶんしょうれんしゅう ＞　今日（きょう）から、あなた も　私たち（わたしたち）の　ともだち　です。 ＞　明日（あした）から、君（きみ）も　僕たち（ぼくたち）の　仲間（なかま）なかま　だ。 ＞　昨日（きのう）から、お前（おまえ）も　俺たち（おれたち）の　級友 (きゅうゆう) だ。 ＞　うそ、　ほんとう！　そう　です　ね。そう　です　か。 ＞　すごい　ね。　かっこい　ね。あ、かわいい　よ！ ＞　あか　月（つき）が　すき　できません。 ____________ ＞　決めたんだ（きめたんだ）、もう 泣（な）かない って。 ＞　嫌い（きらい）な　季節（きせつ）は　何　です　か。 ＞　私 は　秋（あき）見た　こと　が　ない。 ＞　夏（なつ）が　好き（すき）です　から、「because I get to wear less clothes」:　衣服（いふく）を 少なく（すく）します。
    December 28, 2016
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