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    May201207

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    9

    Direct & Indirect speech &って(=tte)

    -new lesson!

    「マギーってフラダンス踊れるの?」

    = Maggie tte furadansu odoreru no?

    = Can you hula dance, Maggie?

    「ダンスは下手だって聞いたよ。」

    = Dansu wa hetadatte kiita yo.

    = I heard you are not a good dancer.

    「踊れるってば!」

    = Odorerutteba!

    = I’m telling you! I can dance!

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    Apr201203

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    Request Lesson : ~よう(=you)

    「みんながわかるようにがんばって教えます!」

    = Minna ga wakaru you ni ganbatte oshiemasu!

    = I will do my best and teach you so that everybody can understand.

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    Mar201215

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    Request Lesson ★Sh♥t Japanese Students Say (Video Follow up)

    「私、かわいくない?」
    = Watashi kawaikunai?
    = Don’t you think I am cute?

    「ねえねえ、かわいっしょ!」
    = Nenee kawaiissho!
    = Hey, I’m cute, right?

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    Mar201213

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    Super Basic Words Part 6 (Twitter Follow Lesson)

    「継続は力なり」

    = Keizoku wa chikaranari
    = Persistence (Continuing something steadily) leads to Power

    「あきらめたらかみつくよ。」
    = Akirametara kamitsukuyo.
    = I’ll bite you if you give up.

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    Feb201229

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    Kansai dialect with ヤンヤンマギー先生= Yanyan Maggie Sensei

    「マギー、ボーボーやん!」

    = Maggie booboo yan!

    = Your hair is a mess!

    「モコモコやん!」

    = Mokomoko yan!

    = You look soft and fluffy!

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    Feb201216

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    Location particles : に vs で

    日本に行きたいなあ…

    = Nihon ni ikitainaa…

    = I wanna go to Japan.

    日本でマギーと遊びたい…

    = Nihon de Maggie to asobitai…

    = I’d love to play with Maggie in Japan…

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    Jan201231

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    お開き = ohiraki + 開く=ひらく+あく, 開ける = ひらける・あける

    「そろそろお開きにしましょう!」

    = Sorosoro ohiraki ni shimashou!

    =Let’s finish the party now.

    「えっ!?ケーキは?」

    = Eh!? Keiki wa?

    = What!? What about these cakes?

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    Request Lesson わけではない & わけがない = Wake dewa nai & Wake ga nai

    「もう一週間も彼から連絡がないの。」

    = Mou ishuukan mo kare kara rennraku ga nai no.

    = He hasn’t contacted me for over a week now!

    「まだふられたわけではないじゃない。」

    = Mada furareta wake dewa nai janai .

    = But that doesn’t mean you’ve been dumped yet.

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    Dec201124

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    〜納め=~osame + Super Basic Words Part 5 (Twitter lesson follow up)

    「これで今年は仕事納めです!」

    = Kore de kotoshi wa shigoto osame desu!

    = This is the last work of the year.

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    Nov201118

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    Request Lesson : それで & だから(=sorede & dakara)

    「ねえ、私、100グラムもやせたんだよ♪」

    = Nee watashi hyaku guramu mo yasetandayo♪

    = Hey, I lost “HUNDRED” grams!

    「だからどうしたの?」

    = Dakara doushita no?

    = So what?

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    「昨日、道で一万円拾ったの。」

    = Kinou michi de ichimanen hirotta no.

    = I picked up 10,000 yen on the street yesterday.

    「それでどうしたの?」

    = Sorede doushita no?

    = And what did you do? / And what happened?

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