Mina
Japanese
Jul 3, 2022
Masonさん、先日はありがとうございました！ 忙しい中でも、日本語のスキルを上げようと時間を作って勉強する姿勢が素晴らしいです。アクセントやリズムもとても自然ですね。限られた時間ですので、できるだけMasonさんの希望を伺って、必要なレッスンしたいと思います。またお会いしましょう！
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Hello! My name is Mason and I am living in Japan. I've gotten more or less used to Japanese, but I really enjoy learning languages. Chinese (Mandarin) has always interested me, and I've been learning it as a hobby through smartphone apps. So far, I've learned around 400 words, but I have no practice speaking. I'm looking to casually learn it and be able to hold simple conversations. Looking forward to speaking with you!
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- They're similar but a little different. I'm from the U.S. so I probably think differently than someone from England or Australia, but these are my feelings."Trust me"<ul><li>We use it more often than "rely on me", so the meaning usually isn't as strong as "rely on me"</li><li class="ql-indent-1">"You're going to like this restaurant. Trust me."</li><li class="ql-indent-1">"I'll definitely finish my chores tonight. Trust me."</li><li>The meaning is similar to "believe me. This is true"</li><li class="ql-indent-1">"I'm not lying! Trust me"</li></ul>"Rely on me"<ul><li>Usually stronger than "trust me"</li><li class="ql-indent-1">"You can rely on me boss. I'll finish this work by tonight."</li><li>There is usually a task. Something must be done</li><li class="ql-indent-1">"My mom always relies on me to help her with the laundry."</li><li>Also, it feels like the person is necessary. "I'm relying on you" = "I need you"</li><li>Can also be bad</li><li class="ql-indent-1">"He relies on others too much. He should work harder."</li><li class="ql-indent-1">"My boss always relies on me to clean the office. I'm busy too!"</li></ul>Here's an easy rule:If there's a task--> "You can rely on me." (I'll definitely do it. Don't worry)If you want to say "believe me"--> "Trust me"0 votedMay 20, 20200
- This is a very difficult question. "I had gone" is not easy English. For now, you should use "I went" for almost everything. If you want to know, I will explain it more. "I had (verb)" is for two actions in the past. We want to show that one action happened before the other. Here are some example sentences: -I had already eaten before I went to the park. -I had visited that restaurant three times before I brought my girlfriend there. -I had already gone home when she came to the party. Not easy, right? The important thing here is that the "had" part (had already eaten, had visited, had already gone) happened before the second action (went to the park, brought my girlfriend there, she came to the party). I think 90% of the time we use "I went" and 10% of the time we use "I had gone"0 votedMay 15, 20200
- I'm new, could you help me with a few paragraphs please.Before <s>to</s> I went to sleep i <s>watched</s> looked at some notebooks of the <s>persons</s> people who <s>whose</s> want to learn Spanish. I felt so good about their grammar. Congratulations!Those notebooks make me wanna improve my english too.Note:Watch = the thing moves. For example, I watched some birds; I watched a movie; I watched a baseball game.Look at= doesn't move. For example, I looked at a picture; I looked at a painting0 votedMay 14, 20202
- Reopened LibraryToday the library that my apartment community has been managing was finally reopened,<s> to the users of the apartment’s library</s> <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">finally </s>which has been shutdown for 2<s> months and a half</s> and a half months <s>after the</s> <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">shutdown</s> due to the widespread epidemic.<em>"users of the apartment's library" felt redundant</em>During <s>the</s> that period, it was difficult to efficiently manage my time <s>staying home and studying alone</s> studying alone at home and <s>bear the moments</s> impatiently passing time while complying with social distancing and refraining from going out.<em>This sentence felt a little long and unnatural, especially because most of the connectors were "and"</em>However, I am currently <s>feeling and </s>realizing the preciousness of daily life and once the bright, shining day where social distancing has been lifted, I will restart my life, renewed with vigor.<s> I will restart a new bright and shining day vigorously.</s><em>"feeling and realizing" together like this was a little unnatural. One thing I will say is that when native speakers try to improve their writing, we're often told to be more "concise". In other words, our teachers tell us that we're using too many words to say something. That's the feeling that I get when I read your writing. It's great that you know a lot of vocabulary and grammar, but the next step for you seems to be how to use that knowledge effectively. </em>And I believe I can be <s>more attentive</s> and less distracted <s>by anything</s> by going to the library instead of staying at my own room alone.<em>Same thing. "more attentive" and "less distracted" mean basically the same thing.</em>It is ironic that even if my room is <s>quite</s> silent almost all day except for my parent’s free time to watch TV, I need an adequate level of noise <s>is needed</s> to <s>increase my concentration</s> <s>more</s> concentrate.<em>Silent= 0 noise, so "quite silent" sounds like saying "very 0". Maybe if you said it in conversation, I wouldn't notice but when I think about it it sounds strange.</em><em>"is needed" sounds emotionless, like you're stating a fact. But this is a personal story so "I need" is better.</em>I am <s>dreaming again in a more vigorous way</s> feeling reinvigorated and I hope to achieve my <s>own</s> goals I had set up a few weeks ago<s> in a satisfiable way by the targeted date.</s><em>"dreaming" and "hoping to achieve my goals" are pretty similar so I removed one.</em><em>"My own goals" sounds like there's a contrast with someone else's goals, but you didn't mention anyone else so it sounds unnatural. "My goals" is enough.</em><em>Okay so that's my feedback! I really hope that you aren't discouraged at all reading my comments. Overall, I was really impressed by your vocabulary (e.g. vigorous, attentive, adequate) and your grammar knowledge! My biggest advice is what I said about being concise. If you're trying to use new vocabulary, I totally understand, but if there's too many "advanced"</em> <em>vocabulary it starts to sound unnatural, and not like how a native speaker would write. Some advice that I give my students is that difficult words are difficult for a reason; native speakers don't usually use them. For example, I will sometimes say "adequate" but I usually prefer "enough". So, the difficult part is knowing </em><em>when </em><em>to use these words, and </em><em>why</em><em>. Good luck!</em>0 votedMay 12, 20201
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