Hmmmmmm perhaps it would?You talk. They talk. There is no mistreatment.
Can I assume you are in America? The biggest problem with a language exchange is the time difference. Most Japanese people want to do an exchange at 8pm Japan time. But that would be like 4am for you. Is there any way this would work for you?
Thank you very muchI just loved the way he said kanji. Haha Japanese is great, and I feel myself improving every day! I do a lot of reading! And watching Lily's videos. I wonder what kind of career one can have with Japanese? Hmmmmmm
When it comes to some words that pronounce the same but when the meanings change depending on intonation, in this case it's quite important to distinguish pitch accent. Of course it's always better to speak in right intonation. But in Japan the intonation is quite different in Tokyo and in Osaka. Don't be too worried but you will get accustomed to good pitch accent if you read loud and someone help you your possible mistakes.Lily SAMA, I have a question for you. Do you think pitch accent, or intonation, is as important as people on the internet say? OR, should one just listen a lot to Japanese and read a lot to develop an intuitive sense of intonation. Often times, as I'm sure you know, the pitch accent of a word changes when it's in a sentence. What do you think! Thank you for your time!
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God Bless this woman! <3 Thank you for the amazing advice, ma'am!When it comes to some words that pronounce the same but when the meanings change depending on intonation, in this case it's quite important to distinguish pitch accent. Of course it's always better to speak in right intonation. But in Japan the intonation is quite different in Tokyo and in Osaka. Don't be too worried but you will get accustomed to good pitch accent if you read loud and someone help you your possible mistakes.
If the job requires it maybe. Certainly can't hurt.Lily Sama I love your videos, I know I say that a lot, but you are going to make so many textbooks shiver in fear of the recycling bin with all of the work you put into your videos, haha. Do you guys think that the JLPT exams will help someone land a job?
Thank you very much for your nice commentLily Sama I love your videos, I know I say that a lot, but you are going to make so many textbooks shiver in fear of the recycling bin with all of the work you put into your videos, haha. Do you guys think that the JLPT exams will help someone land a job?
Sweet Fancy Moses! I can't believe it! Queen Lily, too?! I totally understand, haha. This happens to me all the time, too, and I think to myself, dag nabbit, I should just have this memorized, hahaha. When someone asks me to write them some words I get more nervous than a hotdog at a campfire.You know I teach Japanese but I myself forget how to write certain kanji ( how was the right part … ? It was something like this but I don't remember if there was more line here or not etc etc etc )
Well the good news is that kanji reading comprehension is not something most Japanese ladies require.Holy buckets holy buckets, so I read a lot of 1st grade books at the moment… I have books through 6th grade, and I thought… how hard can it be? I crack open the 6th grade books through after feeling super confident and Kanji EVERYWHERE…. Which I love, but my OCD brain did not love that I didn't know all of them!!!!HOW am I going to pick up the ladies if my Kanji knowledge be slippin'? That was my humbling moment. Hahaha, what I need to do is just work through the grades and not jump ahead… but the urge to jump forward is real!!! Haha Lily is right though about reading not being any fun when you look up every word. Thank God I don't do that. Haha