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I'm currently studying Japanese and am looking for a partner to help practice my language skills. I'm fluent in English and more than happy to help anyone. I have traveled to Japan a couple of times and intend to go there again. I am well read and have done a lot of travel globally. My hobbies include Ice hockey, computer games, 3D graphics, scuba diving, music (I teach guitar) and Ice dancing. I look forward to talking to you soon :)
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    First off, Thank you. That was most informative.
    Moving on however, I think a point should be made of the emoticons and acronyms. You've excluded the :/ and LOL yet they can be quite useful. They can be used to denote action by the writer or to emphasis a point (or emotion). For example: "...[it] didn't make as much as I hoped it would :/" is trying to say that the original author is concerned about the lack of rice. If we try to write this out (without sounding ridicoulous) we may get something like "...[it] didn't make as much as I'd hoped it would, I'm worried that everyone won't get at least a scoop." The LOL serves as a desperate laugh at a bad situation, this is much more difficult to write in words without it sounding strange and in this situation I don't think you could.

    Anyways, nice article.

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    September 3, 2012
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    There are a lot of movies. I would suggest the Disney movies (Aladdin, Mulan, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, etc) as they use simple language and should be easy to understand. They also have love and romance in them. As you get better at speaking or understanding you can try romantic comedy films such as Notting Hill, Love Actually and Bridget Jones' Diary. Good luck =)
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    August 27, 2012
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    First notebook entry: Introducing myself

    I'm going to learn English on this site, because I need to study English to write an English paper and I want to make friends who have the same hobbies as me. (This sounds a bit strange, try "I want to learn English on this site, I need to study so I can write a paper on English for my studies also I would like to make friends with the same hobbies as me.")

    My native language is Japanese and I grew up in Osaka.

    During my holidays, I enjoy practicing gymnastics, walking, and photography.
    Thanks in advance!

    Welcome to italki! =D
    英語にむずかしく話します。　がんばって！

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    August 10, 2012
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    First notebook entry: Introducing myself

    I want to be able to speak English fluently, because I think that it's cool to speak it. ("wanna" is slang.)

    I enjoy American songs every day and my favorite artists are Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez & The Scene. (Use capital letters for names)

    So, I want to talk with you, tell me about the American culture! (You might want to try "I'd like to talk with you, please tell me about the American culture!")

    =D
    Welcome to italki!

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    August 10, 2012
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    August 8, 2012
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    ありがとう！　＝D
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    August 8, 2012
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    There are a lot of lists for common idioms. So I will give you some Australian ones: "Don't give me the raw prawn" - Don't lie to me "You're mad as a cut snake" - You're crazy and not making sense "Your blood is worth bottling" - A compliment. Saying you're doing something so well you're worth keeping. "She'll be apples" - Everything will be ok. The Australians and maybe the British will understand these. No one else will...
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    August 8, 2012
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    ありがとう I am trying to understand how you make a sentence. "If you run here, I will run there" was just an example. Another example would be "If you buy this game, I will play with you" =)
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    August 7, 2012
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    Watching children's TV helps a lot. こどものテレビは見ていいです。 Also speaking with native speakers. イギリス人とオーソトラリア人とアメリカ人は話して書ってします。 Most importantly, practice! 一番じゅうようはじっこうします！ がんばって！ Good luck =)
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    August 7, 2012
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    If you do this, I'll do that In Japanese, how do you say "If I you run here, I will run there" or something similar? Is it "あなたはここに走ったら私はあこに走ります”？ How do you construct conditional statements?
    August 7, 2012
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