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Hi, I'm Noa! I have a young cat named Aeon. I love music, video games, pixel art and learning Japanese. I've been studying on my own using text books and flashcards, and joined italki hoping to learn better! I'm fluent in Dutch (native) and English (near-native). I've studied English language and teaching at university, and I've taught English to students ranging from age 12-17. My Japanese is very basic, I can't really use full sentences but I can understand phrases and words I've learned when I hear them spoken. I can read Hiragana and Katakana, but I have very little knowledge of kanji. If you want to partner up for language exchange, please keep in mind that I speak American English, so both my spelling and my pronunciation will be American. I'll be happy to help out with either Dutch or English, if you won't mind helping me out with Japanese in return. I will not reply to messages if we can't help each other - sorry! I only just signed up so I'm still figuring out how everything here works!
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Mio
Japanese
Oct 7, 2016
You made a lot of correct sentences! And it's really good your practice and our lesson! Thank you so much!
Mio
Japanese
Oct 3, 2016
We studied 〜したい、〜したかった.It's a little bit difficult,but you can use correctly after lot of practicing!!!またお会いできるのをたのしみにしています。I'm looking forward to seeing you again!
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    頑張ってもいいか。what would you translate this to? As the title says. The context is that a list of possible options is being discussed between two speakers, about what role person B should take in person A's life. I'm having a really tough time translating this accurately, so I want to ask native speakers: how would you translate this line: 頑張ってもいいか。 It is not pronounced with the intonation of a question. Thank you for your time!
    October 26, 2016
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    October 12, 2016
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    October 12, 2016
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    誕生日！！ 前土曜日は私の誕生日でした。 Last Saturday was my birthday. 楽しいでした。でも、風邪をひいた。 It was fun, but I caught a cold. 今勉強する時間です。 Now it's time to study.
    October 10, 2016
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    眠いです。。。 今日はたくさんのことを学びました。 I learned many things today. 眠いです。 I'm tired. 私は昼寝したい。 I want to take a nap. 私の猫は眠いではありません。 My cat is not sleepy. あそびたい。 She wants to play.
    October 7, 2016
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    There are various ways to reply to "what's up?", depending on how you are doing and what you are doing. You can answer with what you are currently doing, or what's going on at the moment, or just say "not much" and return the question. Q: What's up? A: I am reading/listening to music/having lunch. Q: What's up? A: It's a holiday today, so I am relaxing. Q: What's up? A: Not much, what about you? Q: What's up? A: Things are alright, what's up with you?
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    October 7, 2016
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    Niche! 最近新しいのゲームを遣ります。 I've been playing a new game recently. 題名はNicheです。 It's called Niche. 目的は群れを増すと島に生き残ります。 The goal is to grow your pack and survive on an island. Nicheは詳しいの制度の遺伝学があります。 Niche has a detailed genetics system. (I don't know how to combine 'detailed genetics system' properly...) 少し難しいです、でももとても可愛い。 It's a little difficult, but also very cute.
    October 6, 2016
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    『閉まる』と『閉める』 店は毎晩九時に閉ます。 居酒屋は今閉ます。 窓を閉めていただけませんか。 その扉を閉めないでください。
    October 5, 2016
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    About me

    Hello there, thank you for being here.
    I’m not the best at talking about myself, but I’ll give it a shot for you.

    I live in Yokohama City in Japan. I spent most of my time visiting Kanazawa prefecture.
    When I was a child, I liked taking pictures. I took pictures on many occasions.(1)


    Then I went to camera school at Nihonkougakuin.
    Now I am Professional photographer and Cinematographer.
    I have a lot of experience in various fields such as TV, cm(2), events, portfolio, sports and music, etc.

    I especially like taking pictures of people, because everyone has their own life story.
    I want to express your life with pictures.
    I want to see your best smile.
    I want to see your best story, and capture it.(3)

    Thank you for being here and taking the time to look through the stories I’ve photographed.
    I’m blessed enough to be able to combine my love for photography with the things that
    I feel are meaningful, and I’m so grateful for all the couples who have placed their trust in me.
    If you feel connected with what I do, please don’t be shy to say hello. I would love to talk more with you.

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    (1) I chose [occasions] here, which means a particular event, or certain moments in time. It sounds like you wanted to say that you took pictures of many moments in your life. Other ways to say that are: "I took a lot of pictures growing up." or "I took pictures whenever I could."

    (2) I am not sure what you mean by cm. Cinema? The abbreviation as it stands means [centimeter], which I am sure you didn't mean to say.

    (3) [to capture] is a verb often used together with photography. In this sentence, it means that you want to see someone's best story, and grasp it by taking a picture of it.

    This is very well done! Your love for photography is clear. Most of your errors are in sentence order, prepositions and verbs.

    Thank you for sharing your story, and keep up the great work!

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    October 5, 2016
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    『変わる』と『変える』 天候は変わました。 季節は変わる。 私はシーツを変えました。 あなたの髪を変えました。 紛らわしいですね。
    October 4, 2016
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