ok so im autistic and im a huge rambler and this might just be like conversational conventions in all languages but im gonna ask anyway lmao
when im trying to explain something casually (that is unfinished sentences, connected clauses, etc, as we do in english) in japanese, i always start stumbling because i get caught up in conjugation rules and their usages. i notice that in everyday speech, native speakers will use a combination of those "connecting" words/conjugations in combination with full sentences that each all seem to have a certain rhetorical purpose. i just dont know what to use and when.
i find myself overusing using て verb forms to continue my explanations and stories (i feel like it sounds like im saying "and then…and then….and then…." and nothing else)im unable to fluently switch between the different styles of sentences and i feel like it makes me sound quite unnatural. i listen to podcasts and watch youtubers but i cant seem to pick up on this, and im not sure how to study it because i feel like this kind of thing is more intuitive and a "picked up" skill.
should i just immerse more?
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