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Yes and yes.
It's dash ―, not the long vowel marker ー. It's for remaining an aftertaste/aftereffect.
It doesn't make sense.
Yes and yes.Both? 友達は近所に住んでいます?
外国語を習ったことがありません？
It's dash ―, not the long vowel marker ー. It's for remaining an aftertaste/aftereffect.What's the sense of comma and "ー" sign there?
What the difference if it was just written 絶望に抗え？
It doesn't make sense.速くなったほうがいいですよ。
I see, thanks.I would say テキパキ動いた方がいいですよ。
先生を聞く doesn't make sense.授業で先生を聞いて、ノートを書かなければいけません。
"You must listen to teacher and make notes at the class"
電話 usually can't refer to cellphone/smart phone.授業で勉強しなくて、電話でゲームをしてはいけません。
"You have to study at the lesson and not play games with the phone."
It's impossible only with なければいけません. You need to use both なければいけません and てはいけません.(Can I say it, or another sentence where one must do one thing and not another, with なければいけません?)
The subject can be "I". You need to use a sentence final particle to avoid this ambiguity.うちを掃除して、料理（食べ物）を作らなければいけません。
"You must clean the house and make/cook the food/meals."
シャワーを浴びて、花を買わなければいけません。
"You must take a shower and buy flowers."
授業に取る is wrong.子供の時、学校に行って、授業に取らなければいけませんでした。
"As a child, I had to go to school and take classes."
授業で先生を聴いて、ノートを作らなければいけません。先生を聞く doesn't make sense.
Similarly, ノート is not the object of 書く.
授業で勉強しなくて、携帯電話でゲームをしてはいけません。電話 usually can't refer to cellphone/smart phone.
Like 勉強しなければいけないで、授業をサボってはいけません？("You must study and must not cut classes")It's impossible only with なければいけません. You need to use both なければいけません and てはいけません.
うちを掃除して、料理（食べ物）を作らなければいけませんよ。The subject can be "I". You need to use a sentence final particle to avoid this ambiguity.
子供の時、学校に行って、授業に出なければいけませんでした。授業に取る is wrong.
The problem is in the choice of the particle, not kanji.授業で先生を聴いて、ノートを作らなければいけません。
I said it's impossible, i.e., 勉強しなくて is wrong, too.授業で勉強しなくて、携帯電話でゲームをしてはいけません。
The -te form can't be used there. Instead, し is used to list examples.Like 勉強しなければいけないで、授業をサボってはいけません？("You must study and must not cut classes")
You got it.うちを掃除して、料理（食べ物）を作らなければいけませんよ。
シャワーを浴びて、花を買わなければいけませんよ。
子供の時、学校に行って、授業に出なければいけませんでした。
It depends on the context/situation. Both might be possible or only one of them might be correct. The same goes to the meaning.Do you read その他 as そのほか or そのた? Can I translate it as "Miscellaneous"?
It's said "office", i.e., it doesn't refer to doctors.Shouldn't there be 医 in the end of each word (besides 医者)?
授業で先生に聞いて、ノートに書かなければいけません。The problem is in the choice of the particle, not kanji.
I said it's impossible, i.e., 勉強しなくて is wrong, too.
授業で勉強しなければいけませんし、携帯電話でゲームをしてはいけません。The -te form can't be used there. Instead, し is used to list examples.
先生に聞く means "to ask teacher". Actually, what you must listen to is what teacher says in the class. You need to say in that way in Japanese.授業で先生に聞いて、ノートに書かなければいけません。
It's not wrong, but 授業中 would sound more natural than 授業で.授業で勉強しなければいけませんし、携帯電話でゲームをしてはいけません。
いけない is non-polite.勉強しなければいけないし、授業をサボってはいけません。
I exactly thought that it means "to ask" but couldn't guess better particle after を. (at least is it correct to say "to listen to music" as 音楽を聴く?)先生に聞く means "to ask teacher". Actually, what you must listen to is what teacher says in the class. You need to say in that way in Japanese.
I understand, I've seen 中 in such meaning somewhere if I remember correctly, so no problem for me.It's not wrong, but 授業中 would sound more natural than 授業で.
"Music" is exactly what you listen to, but you actually listen to what teacher says, not teacher, as I wrote.at least is it correct to say "to listen to music" as 音楽を聴く?
は can have a contrastive nuance, but the meaning is basically the same with/without に or comma after 授業中.Now that I think about it, I probably should よ for clearance here, too? Also, can I add に,は, comma or any combinations of these after 授業中? What sense would it make then?
味気なさすぎます食堂の食べ物は味気なすぎます。(The food in the cafeteria is too insipid)
It exactly means "closed season for fishing" (猟 is used for hunting).
Well, I thought one could get nervous thinking he had probably lost his key which would prove to result in problems like not being able to open the door of his house or car or something else. Let it be 試験が難しかったんです。(How do I say "I think I probably did bad on exam? Maybe 試験が悪かったみたいんです or 試験で悪くしたみたいんです?)It should be 鍵をなくしたみたいなんです。or something like that for #4, but 鍵をなくした doesn't make much sense as a reason of 緊張している in the first place.
The point is that 緊張している in Japanese is not completely the same as "to be nervous" in English. 緊張している doesn't fit that situation. The same goes to 試験が難しかった or 試験の結果が悪かった. 緊張している can't be used for the result after you got an exam. See the example sentences in the dictionary.Well, I thought one could get nervous thinking he had probably lost his key which would prove to result in problems like not being able to open the door of his house or car or something else. Let it be 試験が難しかったんです。(How do I say "I think I probably did bad on exam? Maybe 試験が悪かったみたいんです or 試験で悪くしたみたいんです?)
「"緊張している"」に関連した英語例文の一覧 - Weblio英語例文検索彼女は試験に対して緊張している。
She is nervous about the test.
私は学校に行くことにまだ緊張している。
I am still nervous about going to school.
彼らは試験のことでとても緊張している.
They are all keyed up about an exam.
面接を受ける人は待合室でやや緊張しているようだった。
The interviewee looked a little bit nervous in the waiting room.
試験の結果が発表されるまで我々はみな緊張していることだろう.
We will all be on the rack until the exam results are published.
先生がとびとびにあてるので, 生徒はたえず緊張している.
As the teacher calls on the students at random, they have to keep on their toes.
新た is mostly used as the adverbial form 新たに or the attributive form 新たな. 新たな sounds classical than 新しい, but the meaning is the same.As far as I understood 新た is used rarelier than 新しい. Is there a difference in meaning and time when it's preferable to used 新た?
毎日、新聞を読んでいます has no problem. This -te iru form expresses the present habit. The key is the temporal adverb or adverbial phrase/clause. 今、英語を教えています can be the present progressive, and 先生は英語のことわざを毎朝一つずつ教えます is the present habit. The type of the verb (punctual verb, durative verb, state verb, etc.) is also the key, though.If I want to say I do a thing every day/regularly, how do I know whether to use います or ています? It's 英語を教えています for I (regularly) teach English but I read newspapers everyday is 毎日、新聞を読みます
There is a well-known newspaper 毎日新聞, so 毎日新聞を読みます can mean "I read Mainichi Shimbun".(I don't really know why there's a comma).
No. 行ける is the potential form, so 行けなければいけません means "must be able to go".Does 行けなければいけません (must go) sound okay?
For example, 買い物に行けなければいけません。
多いと思いません？ is a question, so you would be answering a question with another question. It would be OK if you removed the question mark.Can I answer 日本語のクラスは宿題が多いと思いますか with 多いと思いません? Just 思いません? 多くないと思います is correct as I far as I know.
I think the question mark is for "Can I answer" at the top of the sentence, i.e., his question.多いと思いません？ is a question, so you would be answering a question with another question. It would be OK if you removed the question mark.
6)I'd appreciate it if you could check this, too ＦＬＴに出た方いいです。
No, they aren't expecting ～をしたほうがいいです but likely ～た方がいいです. Sample answer from answers book is （かぜの時、）ゆっくり休んだ方がいいです。For the FLT questions, if the question is structured as 何をしたほうがいいですか？ aren't they expecting your answer to come in the same format? ～をしたほうがいいです。
Neat. Can I say「いいえ、そうでは思いません」?I would answer いいえ、そうは思いません instead of just 思いません.
So if want to give more than one piece of advice, I have to attach 方がいい to each one?you need to use ～た方がいい/～ない方がいい also for the first clause.
I believe Majestic-san meant ～をしたほうがいいです as ～た方がいいです, i.e., "affirmative + 方がいい", while you used ～ない方がいいです in your answer.No, they aren't expecting ～をしたほうがいいです but likely ～た方がいいです.
No, you can't use そうでは with 思いません.Can I say「いいえ、そうでは思いません」?
It's the same as this case.So if want to give more than one piece of advice, I have to attach 方がいい to each one?
6.「寒い所にいない方がよくて、冷たい飲み物を飲まない方がいいです」
Like 勉強しなければいけないで、授業をサボってはいけません？("You must study and must not cut classes")
The -te form can't be used there. Instead, し is used to list examples.
Sounds very awkward. Haven't you learned a structure for listing actions ～たり…たり (e.g. ～たり…たりしたい or ～たり…たりしない方がいい) yet?8.「日本語で動画や本を分かりたいからです」
Oh, I see, my bad.I believe Majestic-san meant ～をしたほうがいいです as ～た方がいいです, i.e., "affirmative + 方がいい", while you used ～ない方がいいです in your answer.
Okay, そうは seems to sound sort of awkward to me, as far as pronunciation is concerned.No, you can't use そうでは with 思いません.
Indeed, I have.Sounds very awkward. Haven't you learned a structure for listing actions ～たり…たり (e.g. ～たり…たりしたい or ～たり…たりしない方がいい) yet?
わかる is hardly used in that context (or rather, 動画 or 本 is not appropriate as the object of わかる).日本語で動画を分かったり、本を分かったりしたいから。
日本の doesn't always mean "in Japanese language". 日本の本 can refer to "English translation of a Japanese book" or "English book regarding Japan", for instance.Shall I better use 日本の instead, or add 日本語で before 本, too?
Yes, but ～たり…たりしたいからです is also polite enough.If I am to use polite form should I use long form before し?
Isn't there any explanation about the form that is connected to ～そう of that meaning in the textbook?Okay, I saw in the page bottom note it's said to be used with long forms in the very polite speech style.
It says when we use ～そうです("it looks like"), we are guessing what something is like on the basis of our impressions, or when we lack conclusive evidence. Can I say "That guy seems like a bad person, but [ he is actually a really kind one ] /
[ I think / know he is actually really kind ]" ? Like, when some person has some impression, but I don't think that way?
Also, can I use it with noun? (It's described only about adjectives and verbs). For example, some guy is seemingly student: この人は学生そうです。or 学生そうな人銀行に入りました。? (A person who seems to be a student entered a bank)
You misheard もしは since it doesn't make sense. (I guess it would be もしや.)「あなた、もしは傲慢でありませんですかね～」
Why is there です after ありません, it shouldn't be after a verb, right? (I heard it an anime)