Initially I was trying to form sentences like I was about to do something.
買おうとしていた。
Was about to make a purchase.
But then realize していた part is just a conjugation of する.
航空券を買おうと思ってたけど、多分明日にする。
I was thinking about buying a plane ticket but I’ll probably do it tomorrow.
Came across this sentence:
理由はシンプルで、運用していた個人サーバに手を入れられない状態が続いたためです。
Source: https://falog.net/blog/others/000_restart/
I remembered learning using に and not を when I learned this expression, so I looked into this a bit more.
So in this context, it’s to maintain the server.
The funny part: why am I “suspicious” of a native Japanese’s Japanese 🤔
I find giving gifts a hard thing. It’s like if you don’t give anything, nothing happens. But if you send a bad gift, you might lose the friendship. I feel a bit more calmer after learning that someone else also feels the same.
Note: This podcast is for upper-intermediate level, but I think it’s generally good just for immersion and one of the few podcasts that provide Zhuyin transcripts.
Yesterday I went to speak at an event, and before the event I wanted to ask what should I prep or bring in advance.
tl;dr
病院に行ったほうがいいよ。
You should go to the hospital. (or else it won’t get better)
パソコンを持っていったほうがいい。
You should bring your computer. (or else it would be a bother)
何を準備したらいい？
What should I prepare?
どう言ったらいいかな？
How should I say it.
Today I made the mistake of using を with について:
最近、AIについてをたくさん投稿している。
を is not needed as について already acts as the bridge to the verb, so it should be:
最近、AIについてたくさん投稿している。
So here’s a quick refresh of how to use について:
[Noun] about/regarding [noun]
AIについての投稿。
A post about AI.
Do [verb] about [noun]
AIについて投稿する。
Post about AI.
日本語について勉強した。
Learned about Japanese.
Since my goal is to be able to chat in Indonesian with friends, these are very common:
Tokopedia can be said the green one due to their logo so it’s ijo (hijau), which the “H” is dropped and the “au” is simplified to “o,” resulting in Ijo.
10. 留下一點存在過的痕跡：I 人的 Build in Public 安靜累積 | So We Aren’t Forgotten: An Introvert’s Build in Public
This podcast is definitely more for intermediate-advanced Mandarin learners. This topic has been fun:
I’m also kinda building in public with my language notes? 🤔
I’m also still working on this and on my end I think the key for me is “practice.” With AI around I usually ask it to give me 10 questions on the sentence I got wrong. For example, I’m really bad with the particle に. When I get it wrong, the sentence sometimes mean something completely different. For example:
留学している妹に、母が手紙を送りました。
弟に宿題をさせました。
I kinda get confused who was the person that did the action to whom. And if that’s messed up, it changes the meaning of the sentence a lot.
I think it would help if you share some sentences that you had trouble identifying. Maybe I’ll struggle with it too 😅
I feel like I’ll probably make many posts on how to say “if”, but today in class we talked about these two specifically.
Point of view: On the result
A is the key to B
郵便局に行けば、切手を買えますよ。
Vibe: I want to buy a stamp (result). So someone says if you go to the post office you can buy a stamp.
Point of view: On the current info
A is just the background knowledge of B
郵便局に行くなら、切手を買ってきて。
Vibe: I am not in urgent need of a stamp, so if you go to the post office (background knowledge), you can buy it (but if you don’t it’s totally fine)