I took a Japanese class online since last month. I’m learning for or I’m learning Japanese now. Um, we have 2 hours to do per week, but we have 2 to us. So next week, you spend, like, 4 hours in class, but you need probably another 4 hours to prepare. And to review your story. And Terminus is so difficult, especially when you’re not friendly with most of Japan language like that. And especially for is ten splice is not, like, similar with English. Like, it was about more than ten’s tenses. So it’s really difficult to know how to like the ver the variations of the verbs and also the structure of the sentence is different with English. Especially when you have English in your mind, like, do translation is the biggest mistake to do Japanes. And also, like, pronunciation is so difficult as well. But I mean, I know that for every language, like if you’re not a native speaker, pronunciation is a very big problem, but Japanis is as specific figure is because they have some little sounds like their I don’t know, and de propping it to roll a tongue to do that, and it’s so hard to do the r sound Also, I started course 1 years. Oh, I started course last month, so I’ve already learned or learn so much, and I could basically have to come personally with people, but not really difficult in-depth, like, musicians. And I decided to learn this language because we’re in the use to grow up in career. I have a lot of Japanese friends, like, who’s story, like, in career, and they often do some small talks in Japan is and really want to understand what are you talking about so that triggers me to know. Yep. I want to learn this language. And also I want to be
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I took a Japanese class online since last month. I'm learning Japanese now. Um, we have 2 hours to do per week, but we have 2 hours. So next week, you spend, like, 4 hours in class, but you need probably another 4 hours to prepare and review your study. Japanese is so difficult, especially when you're not familiar with most of the Japanese language. And especially the sentence structure is not similar to English. There are more than ten tenses, so it's really difficult to understand the variations of the verbs. Also, the sentence structure is different from English. Especially when you have English in your mind, doing translations is the biggest mistake in learning Japanese. Pronunciation is also very difficult. But I know that for every language, pronunciation is a big challenge if you're not a native speaker. Japanese is especially tricky because they have some unique sounds that are hard to produce, like the rolling 'r' sound. I started the course last month, so I've already learned a lot, and I could communicate with people, but not really in-depth conversations. I decided to learn this language to advance in my career. I have a lot of Japanese friends who share stories about their careers, and they often have small talks in Japanese. I really want to understand what they are talking about, so that motivates me to learn. Yep, I want to learn this language, and I want to be fluent.
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