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Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (May 09, 2025)

  • May 9, 2025

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9 comments

  1. What’s the difference between hanashi, kaiwa & yaritori? (which all mean ‘conversation’ from what I understand.)

  3. I’ve seen a lot of advice suggesting to read Manga or Japanese light novels, using a web browser dictionary extension to look up words.

    Where do you recommend finding books and Manga that you can read online that are compatible with those dictionary extensions?

  4. So, I’m kind of inferring from the coming across this, that you can put “くらい” after things, to mean “to the extent of” (Xくらい, to the extent of X) and I wonder, is this made up of different parts that mean something, are there different forms of it, just like い-adjectives and verbs, and are there any exceptions where you can’t just stick くらい after an object? (the latter question may be too broad, so I wouldn’t be shocked by a “here’s X resource that explains it” type response)

  5. Quick question:

    I’m am trying to use 〜と思います with an adjective beforehand, is this how it’s used?

    ロバートさんは忙しいと思います。

    Im on genki L8 and the only example that it has is with 好きだと思います／好きじゃないと思います。

    Thank you in advance!!

  6. What is a good verb/verbal phrase that would have a similar meaning to “ensorcel” in Japanese?

  7. Hey, I was just wondering how people tell the difference between yoku-often, and yoku-well. Like if someone says “yoku oyogimasu”, how do I tell whether they mean they swim well or if they swim often? Thanks.

  8. Hello!

    I just finished Genki 2, chapter 13, and I was reviewing the dialogue one more time before moving to Chapter 14.

    I have a question about this sentence in the dialogue: 今日はちょっと行けないんです。

    I know what it means, but I’m confused about the structure of the sentence with ちょっと. I know in Japanese you can use て-form to connect sentence, but there is no て-form here.

    I guess, I’m confused why you can put ちょっと in front of a verb?

    Thank you and I appreciate your time. 😀

  9. Are there any good (native) italki tutors who specialize in improving conversation skills? I tried some community tutors and wasn’t really a fan of just talking about whatever comes to mind for an hour. I’d like to do something a bit more structured.

    And if anyone has any tips on how to make a conversation lesson run smoothly, let me know. I’m not sure if it’s a me problem that I don’t seem to be getting much out of my lessons with tutors.

    I currently have another non-native tutor I’m going through quartet 1 with, so I don’t really need help with grammar. Just someone to focus on conversation with.

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