楽しかったです。tanoshikatta desu! It was fun. @Irdzra Khairuddin @Jordan Keener 参加してくれてありがとうございます！Thanks for joining. We practised using the phrases from the first few courses and Irdzra san had her first conversations in Japanese! よくできました。You did well! We talked about ~you ni, a very useful grammar point for expression why you do something. you ni = so that, in order to アニメがわかるように日本語を勉強しています。 anime ga wakaru you ni nihongo o benkyou shite imasu. I am studying Japanese so that I can understand anime. 本を読めるように毎日勉強してます。 hon o yomeru you ni mainichi benkyou shite imasu. To be able to read books, I am studying every day. 日本に行けるようにお金を稼ぎます。 nihon ni ikeru you ni okane o kasegimasu. To be able to go to Japan, I am saving money. Look out for for the scheduling for the next Ocha and Chat and in the coming days I will tell you the scary story of Mimi Nashi Houichi... I hope it was an interesting and useful time chatting. よろしくお願いします。 Yoroshiku onegai shimasu. ジョー先生！Joe sensei!

こんにちは！私の名前はジョーです。 Konnichiwa! Watashi no namae wa Joe desu. (Are you understanding this now? It might even be so easy for you!) It seems we have many learners in this group who love music and singing and even love singing Japanese songs. Let's share some of our favourite Japanese songs with each other! I'll start! One of my favourites is Kandagawa or Kanda River. It is a Japanese folk song by Minami Kousetsu that is so full of emotion. If you have a chance, listen and let me know what you think. And please share some of your favourites!! ぜひ聞いてください！ https://youtu.be/wq3Lm-ZuhX4?si=6L1zikpZtBFCkJO2

Introduce yourself and share a pic of something Japanese you own or something Japanese that you're interested in! Feel free to explain why you want to learn Japanese or what you like about Japan. Also, feel free to post any Japanese language questions you have. I'd be glad to answer them! As for me, I love learning Judo. Have you ever tried it? And I love Japanese literature, such as Kokoro by Natsume Soseki. Have you read any Japanese novels? I also really enjoyed Cowboy Bebop when it came out! Not the live action Netflix version!

I've uploaded the first part of the course. I would really appreciate your feedback!! Go to Classroom tab above, to the 50 First Sentences Course, then Part One! Please watch it, try your best and let me know if you learnt from it. Was it hard, too easy, fun, boring, stupid or good? Please let me know because I will refine the courses for you! Also, after watching and speaking your sentences, challenge yourself to record yourself saying the sentences, post them here and I will give you feedback. Extra points for recording the dialogue with someone!! Ganbatte kudasai (please try your best)!! https://www.skool.com/japanese/classroom/fe1c2853?md=60ee3552d26e4ffcb910a86675e10f95