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みなさん、こんにちは！

私は最近日記を書いていません。でも、今は<font style="background-color: yellow;">（or　これから）</font>かいてみます。今から<font style="background-color: yellow;">（orこれから）*1</font>１か月日本に留学に行きます！私は<font style="background-color: yellow;"><strike>どこでも</strike>(どこか)</font>に飛行機で旅行をしたことがないからきんちょう<font style="background-color: yellow;">（緊張）</font>しています。毎日勉強<font style="background-color: yellow;"><strike>するけど</strike>（するつもりですが）</font><font style="background-color: yellow;">*2</font>私の会話力が（は）まだ<font style="background-color: yellow;"><strike>悪い</strike>（低い）</font>と思います。私の会話力が<font style="background-color: yellow;"><strike>悪い</strike>（低い）</font>理由はめったに日本語で話さない<font style="background-color: yellow;">から</font>です。今はめったに日本語で<font style="background-color: yellow;">話さないですけど（話しませんが）</font>日本に住む間は毎日練習できます！工学のじゅぎょう（授業）は留学生のために英語で教えます。飛行機<font style="background-color: yellow;">の</font><font style="background-color: yellow;"><strike>切符</strike>（チケット</font>)<font style="background-color: yellow;">*3</font>をすぐ買います。

読んでくれてありがとうございます！
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*1:　The difference between 今から and これから

今から is used when you will do some action a few seconds or minutes later.

これから is used when you will do some action a few seconds, minutes or days later.

 

*2　するつもりですが

つもり means 'will' indicating futunity and intention.

です; You use polite form in the end of the sentence, 思います　(思う　+　ます), so you need to use polite form in the other clause in the same sentence.

 が and けど have the same meaning and role, but we ofen use が in writing.

 

*3

切符 is not wrong but we often use チケット for air tickets.

 

If you have any questions, please feel free to comment or contact me. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's 刺繍. I think 黼　is not used for the meaning of embroidery commonly. (Actually I didn't know this kanji and I checked a dictionary for it.)

1 Both has same meaning, 'one month'. 'いっかげつ'　is more common and recognized as the correct reading of '一(or 1)ヶ(or カ, ヵ,箇)月'. 2 Both has the same meaning, 'four minutes'. 'よんぷん' is more common and recognized as the correct reading of '四(or 4)分'.

Hi Micael, Here's my answer. 1) -te verb cannot be used with dekiru, so 'tabete dekimasu' is unnatural. -te verb can be used when we say two verbs in one sentence as continuous actions. When dekiru is used with the other verb, these two verbs don't mean separate two actions. (dekiru adds additional meaning to the other verb.) The correct form is 'taberu koto ga dekimasu'.　「食べることができます」 'taberu koto ga dekiru' means the same meaning of 'taberareru'. 'dekiru' is often used with '-ga'.(-ga dekimasu) In this case, a nominal is appropriate before 'ga'. Therefore we add 'koto' to nominize a verb. ( It's like adding 'to' before verb in English.) 2) As for kono hon wa motto omoshiroi vs. kono hon no hou ga omoshiroi desu, you can say both ways. However, when we use 'motto', we often say 'houga' together. e.g. kono hon no hou ga motto omoshiroi desu. 「この本の方がもっとおもしろいです。」 If you have further questions about my answer, please feel free to comment or contact me.

Hi Patricia Matumi san, Isn't 事実関 事実関係　in the original sentence? My translation is below; In preparation for such cases, important facts are written in early paragraphs of newspaper articles. Therefore, you could understand minimum fact situations when you feel that you read enough in reading articles. If you have any questions about this, please feel free to comment or contact me.

「化粧をしたり髪を整えたりする時間がありませんでした。」 「ありません」 is a polite form of 'no'. 「でした」　is one of the polite form of the past tense.

五つのセンテンスはすべて正しいです。 中国語が話せないので、一部英語で説明させてください。 1. ＞Aで、「を・・・決めたい」を使いますが、Bで、「が・・・してみたい」を使います。なぜ同じ「たい」ですが、前に使う接続詞が違いますか。それとも、「たい」の前に、「を」と「が」も一緒ですか。 決めたい　is consist of 2 morphemes. 決める　+　たい　→決めたい してみたい　is consist of 3 morphemes. する　+　みる(;try to)　+　たい　→してみたい As for the difference between 「を」and 「が」, 「を」is used before an object of sentence. 「が」 is used mainly before a subject of sentences. 仕事がしてみたい The above 「仕事」is not the subject of sentence, but 「が」is also used before main topic of sentences. You can also say「仕事をしてみたい」. 2. A.…を出る　means leave　…. B.…へ出る　means get out into …. C.…に出る　means attend …. Therefore, 「会場へ出る」,「会場の外を出る」, and 「説明会を出る」　are not correct. Is the difference clear for you? If you have any questions about my explanation, please feel free to comment or contact me.