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I am a native English speaker and graduated with my Bachelor's Degree in English Linguistics. I have 6 months experience living and teaching EFL in Japan. （Novaの講師でした。アメリカに日本語が使える状況があまりないから、ネットで会話の先生を探しています。）I have my minor in Japanese and have studied for over 5 years. When I was in high school I studied Spanish for 4 years and took the AP language course. (Pero la verdad es que no he estudiado español por mas de 10 anos y necesito mas practica para hablar como podría.) I would someday like to have fluency in both of these foreign languages to be able to translate or do business internationally. Learning languages has always been fun for me, and I look forward to learning more about other cultures and the world.
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Yuko Shimada
Japanese
May 28, 2019
Hi Ashlie-san, I'm looking forward to seeing you again!
Maqui
Japanese
Jul 22, 2018
アシュリーさん、いっしょに勉強できる機会はあとわずかですが、楽しく勉強しましょう。
Maqui
Japanese
Jul 16, 2018
アシュリーさん、あと少ししか一緒に勉強できなくて残念ですが、最後まで楽しく勉強したいです。
Maqui
Japanese
Jun 20, 2018
アシュリーさん、ことばの勉強を続けましょう！
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    Until now, I had been in a serious problem. (In English, we do not say "in a problem".   Usually something like "Recently I've been having a serious problem" or "Recently I had a serious problem" or "Lately I have been having some problems.")  

    It happened suddenly, it was that there was something wrong with my iphone, well, telling the truth, my iphone have not worked now. ("My iPhone broke suddenly."  "Out of the blue, there was something wrong with my iPhone"  "There is something wrong with my iPhone."   "To tell you the truth, my iPhone has not been working recently.)

    I didn't know that the reason why it happened with mine, so I attempted kind of any idea that I could come up with my mind for now, but my iphone didn't get better at all.  (I would say: "I don't know why it happened.  I tried everything I could, but my iPhone still didn't work.")

    Actually, I had just changed out my iphone5s, which I had before, into a iphone6s last year, (so I mean = usually in conversation, not in writing) I thought it was too early for that my iphone6s to break became out of order for new one. And then, roughly 3 hours ago, I came up with an idea. what a nice idea came up with me It is restoring iphone on itunes ("I could restore my iPhone on iTunes." is more natural). I heard from someone that this method might be good for your broken iphone. But, at first, actually I didn't realize in this way, think of this because I tried doing any way to fix it before, but every other way I tried didn't make through this fix the problem. I thought if I tried this way, the result would be the same. (「と思う」の逆に"I thought" は英語で始めに入れます。）

    However, the rest of way to fix my iphone was only this, so I tried doing it half in doubt. (This doesn't sound right.  More natural: "I doubted that it would fix my phone as I was doing it."  or "I wasn't sure if it would work while I was fixing it.)

     And what was the result? I fixed it. My iphone is now working.  However, now it sometimes goes out of coverage.. what's the hell...

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    July 27, 2017
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    日記　7/25 私のマネージャは休みですから、今日の仕事は忙しかったです。 休憩の時に、イタキの先生とスペイン語のレッスンを取りました。 オンラインのレッスンは便利です。さもないと、時間がないからです。 家に遅れて帰って、娘と遊びました。 今、主人と休んでいます。 私は疲れましたが、今日はよかったです。
    July 26, 2017
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    日記　7/23 今日、私の娘のナニーと会うために、娘とルネッサンスの祭りに行きました。娘のナニーはルネッサンスで魚屋さんです。最後に、私の娘は眠かったけど、楽しんでいるようでした。帰り道に、娘はお昼寝して、私は目を覚ますためにコーヒーを買いて飲みました。ルネッサンス祭りは車で一時間半かかりますけど、価値がありました。来年も、娘を連れていくと思います。
    July 24, 2017
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    Diario 7/23 (Corrections and notes in English are very welcome.) Hoy, mi hija y yo fuimos al festival de renacimiento para visitar su niñera. La niñera de mi hija es una pescadera en la festival de renacimiento. Mi hija tenía sueño, pero pienso que ella lo ha disfrutado. Cuando fuimos a casa, mi hija tomó una siesta, pero yo compré café para mantenerme despierto. La festival renacimineto es una hora y medio de nuestra casa, pero valió la pena. Pienso que la proxima año, llevaré ella al festival también.
    July 24, 2017
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  • Answered
    I would say: "I'm not responsible for the size you choose". Also "I don't have the responsibility for the size you choose." I don't think either of these would be good in retail or if you were trying to be polite . If the scenario (or example) is in retail, talking to a customer, it is more polite to say something like: "You can choose the size." or "I would recommend _____, but I think it is best if you choose the size that fits you best." or if you are not allowed to make a recommendation or you do not want the responsibility, then: "We usually let the customer decide what size suits them best."
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    July 12, 2017
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    It is the same meaning, but I think it's because we think of the "senses" as more of a human trait (sense of sight, sense of smell, sense of time), but with the word "programmed" I believe you are talking about a computer. We typically don't talk about computers like they have a sense. That would be my guess anyway
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    July 12, 2017
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    I'm from America, so maybe this is different in other countries of course, but usually we don't say "mother tongue". We typically say "What is your native language" or even more often they won't ask which language and will instead ask: "where are you from?"
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    July 12, 2017
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        Could you check this?

    When I gave the gift of chocolate to my friend, I wanted to say, " I hope the chocolate didn't melt."

    "Gave the gift of" is too formal.  For friends, we usually say: "as a gift".

    "Wanted to say" means that you did not tell her.  Is this what you meant?  


    CORRECTIONS:



    I wanted to say "I hope the chocolate didn't melt" when I gave them to my friend as a gift.

    OR

    I gave chocolates to my friend as a gift and said, "I hope the chocolate didn't melt." ちょっと失礼と思いますけど。。。


    (("I hope the chocolate didn't melt" could be a little rude if said in a bad tone or if written.  Usually we would say:  "I hope the chocolates don't melt" or "I'm sorry if the chocolate melted."))




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    July 12, 2017
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    Diary; July 11th, Tuesday

    I had a meeting in the client's office.

    I went to there by train. "I took the train."の方がうぺらぺらだと思います。

    After the meeting, I ate Taiwanese cuisine for lunch at the restaurant near the client's office.

    It was yummy.　"Yummy" は子供ポイな言葉だと思います。他の言葉は：deliciousとか　tasty も使えます。

    After I returned to my office, I attended the sales meeting.

    The meeting was long.　英語はよかったが、会議は長すぎて The meeting was very long と言います。

    Usually I go to the English class every Tuesday, but today I couldn't go to the class.  

    Instead, I will go to the class on Friday.  Instead = (transition) その代わり


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    July 12, 2017
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  • Corrected

    私は日本語を勉強していますから、間違うところごめんなさい。

    - Practice -

    When I had been travelling, they invited me to the party. 意味：旅行した時、パーティーに招待しました。 "Had been" is a little strange.  "Had been" はちょっと変と思います。
    Usually we say: When I was travelling, they invited me to a party.  （ふつに：When I was travelling, they invited me to a party.と言います。）


    When they invited me to the party, I had traveled in Japan. 　意味：パーティーに招待した時、日本に旅行したことがあります。 This sentence is a little strange.  英語では、意味がちょっと違うと思います。日本の中に旅行の経験がある意味です。


    I have been playing tennis for an hour. 今テニスをしている意味がします。 (会話の意味: I have been playing tennis for an hour and I am still playing tennis right now.) 一時間テニスをしました = I played tennis for an hour.  


    I played tennis at that moment. 意味：この時にテニスをしました。
    "At that moment" を使ったら、先に説明が必要です。どんな moment? 　


    I had played tennis when you visited to my house. 意味：あなたがうちに訪問した時に、テニスしたことがありました。


    I have played tennis since last year.　意味：去年からテニスします。 I have played tennis for 1 yearも大丈夫です。


    In English, we do not use the Present Perfect tense very often.  We only use it when we have done something in the past, and the time is not important.  We use it less in conversation than in you would Japanese.

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    July 12, 2017
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