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JOYCE
Chinese (Mandarin)
Sep 1, 2020
Masa is really incredible. I admire him very much. He is very good at learning and handles Chinese sentence structure very well. I enjoyed the class and look forward to seeing you next time!
Ellen
Chinese (Mandarin)
Aug 20, 2020
中岛先生虽然学习中文才两个月,但是他的中文已经相当流利,而且他的学习能力很强!我相信他的中文会进步得很快!
Wen Adults & Kids
Chinese (Mandarin)
Aug 12, 2020
It was a really nice talk. Masa is a really motivated language learner. Only learning Mandarin for 2 months, and he already can talk about the weather, the cities he lived in, his hobbies and his career.
Celine
Chinese (Mandarin)
Aug 9, 2020
中岛先生is a very engaging student. I enjoyed our conversation a lot and especially appreciated his sharing about the cultural differences! 非常愉快的一节课!
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  • Answered
    First of all, "にかけ" is not a word, but a part of combined words like "夕方に かけ(て)" which means "from now on to the evening". 夕方にかけ雨の見込みです。 It is likely to rain at some point from now on to the evening.
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    March 22, 2011
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    You want to know when to use which one, kurai or gurai, right? I think it is influenced by the proceeding sound, but in most cases, both can be used.
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    March 18, 2011
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    「なんざ」を使う場面は限られています。「お前なんざ俺の相手にならない」のように、対象を一段下に落とすときに使用します。「などは」で言いかえられます。 "nanza" is rarely used as you can tell from the answer of the guy above. It is used to lower the position of the object proceeding it. 「やがる」について、この歌詞のケースでは「裏切られた」という気持ちを表すために使われているように思います。「消えないと信じていたのに消えてしまった。」 In this situation, "yagatta" (past tense of yagaru)" is used to express the emotion of being belayed by something you believed. But I don't think "yagaru" itself can express this.
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    March 18, 2011
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    ペン持ってる? pen motteru? We tend to omit "wo" when you are talking to your close friend. Politer version is; ペンを持っていますか?pen wo motte imasuka? But if you ask it very politely, you should say like 何か書くものをお持ちですか? nanika kakumono wo omochi desuka? meaning, Have you got something to write with?
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    March 4, 2011
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    Honestly speaking, even Japanese cannot differentiate one from the others. We (Japanese) tend to use "分かる" in any occasion because it covers other two expressions.
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    March 4, 2011
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    "uzai" is appropriate in this situation, I think. but it's a slang expression used by younger generation, so you can omit "wa" or "ga" when composing a sentence sot it fits the way you talk. Omae uzai. or Anta uzai. is OK. (omae or anta is an impolite expression of kimi or anata) As for "Mendou kusai", you cannot use it for people. (Some use it for that purpose though. like "Omae mendo kusai", but it's not so common.)
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    March 4, 2011
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