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“行かなきゃ！” の『なきゃ』って何？ “Ika nakya!” — What does “~nakya” mean?

A：待って！ B：ごめん、私 行かなきゃ・・・！    (English below ↓)   なんて よく聞きませんか。   今日の 日本人っぽい言い方は「～なきゃ」！   これって実は 初級で ...

到底是“我晚来了”，还是“我来晚了”？

「我晚来了」と「我来晚了」、どっちが正しい？ 很多学习中文的同学会问： （中国語を勉強している人がよく聞く質問です。）为什么中文里说 “我来晚了”，而不是 “我晚来了” 呢？ （どうして中国語では...

Pop Culture Tuesdays: Sorry, ..Pull Your Leg?

Pop Culture Tuesdays Sorry, ..Pull Your Leg? Idioms • Casual English • Pop Culture "You're pu...

語言學習裡，比流利更重要的事情

大家好，今天想和大家聊聊，我為什麼會鼓勵台灣學生多用日文聊聊自己的狀況。 我覺得在台灣，「表達自己」並不是一件很被鼓勵的事情。 我們可能很會背書、背課文，也很習慣理解什麼是「正確答案」。但很多時候，...

My favourite dish - Palak Paneer

Hello everyone,I love the Indian dish - Palak Paneer (Indian spinach curry with homemade cheese). T...

What's in your Toolbox?

As avid learners, we often focus on “perfecting” our skills — and learning a new language is no exc...

A Taste of your own Medicine

This is a little story I wrote to illustrate the idiom ‘A Taste of your own Medicine’. It was Monda...

My Favorite Dish: Enchiladas

Hello everyone!   For today’s Tutor Column, I want to write about one of my favorite foods.   My fa...

The Grand Sumo Tournament!

Love watching the Grand Sumo Tournament! Too bad that the two Yokozuna are injured... Hoping for a ...