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So far I have almost mastered Hiragana and Katakana and am slowly learning Kanji, but my vocabulary and grammar are still very limited, and I'm definitely missing some basic phrases and concepts. I'm hoping to move my studies up a gear into something that is truly helping me understand and communicate in Japanese.
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Naoko G.
Japanese
Apr 19, 2020
Peter-san, welcome back to Japanese learning. I am so happy to have you again. In our today's lesson, we reviewed the basic grammar of adjectives, date and the weather. You could recall the most of the things we learned before. So amaging! I look forward to learning with you again.
Naoko G.
Japanese
Dec 14, 2018
Peter-san, thank you for attending our lesson today. I hope you could enjoy the lesson. We reviewed the adjectives, the possession and how to use of 毎（まい）. Also, We have listening comprehension! In our next lesson, we will learn about “Present and future tense of verbs, and those negatives” If have any questions, let me know anytime. Happy Christmas and a Happy new year. I look forward to seeing you again in 2019.
Naoko G.
Japanese
Dec 9, 2018
Peter-san, it was great to see you again. I would be happy if you could enjoy our lesson. We learned so many things about the usages of i-adjective na-adjectives, verbs (positive, negative, past-positive, past-negative) and particle の、も、よ、ね. You did a great job with reading dialogues! That was wonderful. In our next lesson, we will review L3 and L4, try a listening practice together. If you have any questions regarding the lesson, feel free to contact me on skype. I look forward to seeing you soon.
Naoko G.
Japanese
Oct 11, 2018
Peter-san, thank you for taking a lesson. ありがとうございました。 I would be happy if you could enjoy our lesson today. We learned about calendar, time, counting money, question words and counter. I hope you were not overwhelmed by these many new things. You did a great job with reading numbers! That was awesome.　すごい！ We still have to focus on the grammar since these practices are very important that would become your base on your language proficiency. Plus, I am wondering if we could add more time for speaking practice in the next lesson. Thanks again, and I hope to see you soon ^^
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    Hello! Can anyone help? How would you write "A thousand stars" in Mandarin or Cantonese? It's for the title of a song. Would 一千颗星 be correct? Thanks for any help!
    February 20, 2021
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    Yes, an ING verb is fine here. It would probably sound more natural to just say “... in exchange for Spanish lessons” because it’s implied and obvious from the context that that part of the exchange would be delivered by you.
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    January 4, 2020
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    Whiplash is a neck injury caused by sudden movement of the head. It normally happens in car accidents where the head moves suddenly while the body is held in place by the seatbelt. Here they are saying that (metaphorically) you could get whiplash (develop whiplash) from the sudden progress that has been made in the field of brain science.
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    January 4, 2020
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    If someone is "deluded" it meams they have a "delusion". A delusion is basically believing something that is not factually correct, something that is false. For example, if I believe the moon is made of cheese, I am deluded (I am a deluded man). Hope that helps!
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    January 29, 2019
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    Yes, these are essentially the same. But you wouldn't say "most toughest conditions" because "toughest" is a superlative. So you'd just say "toughest conditions" (without the "most").
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    October 7, 2018
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    Yes, this is great. You might say "an incorrect withdrawal" instead of "a wrong withdrawal" to sound more natural.
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    October 7, 2018
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    Yes, these are both great!
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    October 7, 2018
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    Here the word "for" is being used similar to the word "because", or the phrase "because of". It's quite common to do this in written and conversational English. "You couldn’t move for crowds of people." is the same as "You couldn’t move because there were crowds of people." "I can't hear for all the noise." is the same as "I can't hear because of all the noise." Hope that helps!
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    October 7, 2018
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    Hi Pedram, Normally we would say "following email". Most things that we refer to that come after something are called "following" rather than "trailing": "Please respond to the point made by the customer in the following email." Hope that helps!
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    October 7, 2018
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    Question 1: What’s the meaning of ‘went on damn near forever?’ What’s the meaning of ‘went on?’ "Went on" here means "continued", so the author is trying to say that it continued forever. The woods are so big that it looks like they continue forever (they are infinitely big!) "Damn near" is a turn of phrase that is being used to replace "almost". It comes from the phrase "As near as 'damn' is to swearing" which means something that is almost something else. "Damn" isn't a very rude word but it's very close to swearing. Question 2: What’s the meaning of ‘in the way?’ "In the way" here means "how" Rachel is looking at it. It is talking about her manner, like saying "I like the way you talk". Question 3: What’s the meaning of ‘which seemed very big after Chicago?’ ( the silence here is BIG? ) Yes - that's right. The silence seems really big compared to all the noise of Chicago. Hope that helps!
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    October 7, 2018
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