Thank you for the lesson today! Great job reviewing どこですか and working through the direction practice! We also did a quick look at some basic Japanese verbs — great work picking those up so quickly!
Sample Sentences
★Directions (みちあんない) このみちを みぎへ いってください。 (Please turn right on this road.) このみちを ひだりへ いってください。 (Please turn left on this road.) まっすぐ まえへ いってください。 (Please go straight ahead.)
★Basic Verbs (きほんどうし) アメリカに いきたいです。 (I want to go to America.) ポルシャさんに あいたいです。 (I want to meet Porsche.) ゆいさんにも あいたいです。 (I also want to meet Yui.) またAdoの コンサートに いきたいです。 (I want to go to an Ado concert again.)
You did a great job today, too. You remembered many important studying points. We also talked about 'Golden week'. It is nice to hear that you are interested in Japanese culture.
Thank you for joining the lesson on Friday. It was great to see you again! Today, we continued practicing using "しています", to talk about action that is happening right now.
For example, take the verb はらいます (to pay). When we change it to the te‑form and add しています, it becomes はらっています(am paying / pay regularly). For instance: しはらいはいつも、デビットカードではらっています. → I always pay with my debit card.
The expression 〜ながら means "while doing something.” It describes two actions happening at the same time. For example: *うんてんしながらラジオをきいています→ I listen to the radio while driving. * りょうりしながらワインをのんでいます→ I drink wine while cooking. It shows that both actions happen at the same time, It’s a common phrase, just for your reference.
You shared so much again. I really enjoyed our conversation. I hope you had a good time too. Thank you for your hard work, おつかれさまでした！ Have a great weekend. See you next time!
You studied hiragana very well. Excellent job! Next is katakana. Do your best!
Once you can read hiragana and katakana, you’ll be able to pronounce even words you don’t know, so you can start learning vocabulary on your own. And when you travel to Japan, being able to read things like station names and menus will make the experience much more enjoyable.
Thank you for joining the lesson on Friday. It was great to see you! We continued studying Lesson 9, i-adjectives.
We checked the i‑adjectives from Lesson 9 in the textbook, and then practiced asking and answering questions using those adjectives.
We add desu to make i‑adjectives polite. The past form is deshita, but we don't use desu with i‑adjectives in the past tense because the adjective changes its ending.
New bocabulary: muzukashi-i (difficult), “Chotto”and“sukoshi”both mean“a little,,” but chotto is more casual and is used more often in everyday conversation. Sukoshi sounds a bit more formal or polite.
In our next lesson, we will continue practicing by asking questions and making sentences with the i‑adjectives from the textbook. You did an excellent job! I hope you have a wonderful weekend. See you next week!
