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It's a Scorcher

The mercury level has been hovering around 35 ͦ C during the hottest hours in Kuala Lumpur. It's al...

Running is...

Gerunds are words that end in “-ing” and act like nouns in a sentence. They can be used as the “doe...

【助詞】「で」是強調“手段”“地點”“時間”

「で」是一種強調。 用什麼做，在哪裡做，強調手段或地方。   電車で行きます。（強調方法） 学校で勉強します（強調地方）   對于時間，強調的“時間很短”的感覺。   3分でできます！（只有三分鐘！...

5 must read books for Intermidiate learners of English.

5. A fictional story with simple world-building and an easy-to-understand narrative. One of my favo...

【助詞】“に” 擁有'接近'的形象!

每個助詞都有自己的特定形象。 這個'に'擁有接近的形象。   '接近'可以是'地點'或'人'，也可以是'目的'! デパートに買い物に行きます之類的。   くれる・もらう的話，移動的不是東西而是...

Daily Routines

Greetings, I think for this blog I will side-step the ‘daily schedule’ bit and talk about my early ...

Today: Apa Kabar VS Bagaimana kabar Anda

Hello, how are you?  Today I will discuss the phrase "Apa kabar?"  And "Bagaimana kabar Anda?". The...

預測是日語的基礎! 這就是我們需要助詞的理由!

對日本人來說預測未來是很重要的。 你聽說過為什麼嗎？   這是日本句子結構的一個問題。 在漢語或英語中，謂語放在前麵。 所以你馬上就知道你要做什麼，結果會是什麼。 但在日語中，謂語排在最後，所以你必...

Living on my own axis

Living on my own axis   Today, I am going to talk about 'some tips on how to live our lives'. You m...

Cycling Solo

I would like to recommend two things. 1. Go on a cycling holiday. 2. Go solo. A few years back, I d...

如果你用錯了助詞，聽起來會怎麼樣？

由于助詞只是輔助性的，即使錯誤，意思仍然可以理解。 所以我們常常不敢糾正錯誤。 但是說話人如果錯誤地使用一個助詞，日本人就會在心裡說："我被騙了！"。   A「昨日会社に・・・」 B（......去...

Improve Your Pronunciation But Be Yourself

Learning a new language is a tremendous undertaking for many reasons. Vocabulary is essential. Gram...

I made it into the Top 5!

Here is a fun jab at my new stepping stone. And guess what, I also created a discount to mark the ...

日語為什麼使用助詞？

你不覺得日語上的“助詞”很麻煩嗎？ 那麼為什麼我們日本人使用那麼多的助詞，你知道嗎？ 這是因為，在過去，中國是亞洲的中心，而日本在這方面是一個落後的國家的原因。 古代的日本人想學習先進的中國文化，讓...

中国人吃鱼的风俗(Chinese custom of eating fish)

中国人爱吃的鱼类中，吃掉最多的是鲢鱼、鲤鱼、鳙yong1鱼、青鱼这几种鱼。还有鲶鱼、河豚鱼、黄颡sang3鱼(又叫黄骨鱼)（嘎ga3鱼）、翘qiao4嘴鱼、大黑鱼、黄鳝shan4鱼、鲈鱼、鳜jue2...

Collectables

Do you have a collection? I’ve had many in my life! When I was young I collected everything from ro...

Do you keep a journal of your daily experiences ?

Writing improves with frequent practice, the same way in which  fluency in speech improves with pra...

Pigeon dad

Photo by Mauro Tandoi on Unsplash I didn’t think I’d ever be a dad, but I kind of feel like one the...

〜しなくちゃ！Have to のかわりに

Many English students use "I have to...", but there is another natural expression. もし興味があったら、動画を見てみ...

100 lessons with Cafetalk !

I just completed my 100th lesson with Cafetalk. Teaching on this platform gave me the opportunity t...

Hiromi Ito: The Thorn Puller

I love Japanese literature, especially contemporary writers. Of course, needless to mention that Ha...

My eternal age versus my consumed age

Learn Chinese with Lu Podcast主题系列#53 来自中国的问候 Greetings from China

Seize the Day

Back in the student heydays, my battle-cry was "Seize the day!" This was when nothing was impossibl...

Subject-verb agreement

Subject-verb agreement is usually pretty simple, but it can be confusing sometimes. Subject-verb a...

Good night's sleep

Hello, everyone. How's it going? This is Teacher Asuka.I recently read an interesting article about...

FORMAL & INFORMAL GREETINGS

Happy Friday from Indonesia GMT+7. Today I will discuss how to say greetings in Indonesian. What yo...

5 material nouns with crazy usage as verbs!

Creating the verb forms of a noun is a fairly simple task. Although, some verbs have meanings far f...

Currently Reading: The Precipice

I have been slowly and steadily reading this book for a while now. It's a very deep and detailed re...

Recent Reading

Hello everyone.  It’s been a while since I wrote a blog as I have been so busy with my new job and ...