How to have a good language exchange I would like some advice about how to have a good language exchange. It seems like whenever I enter into one, my partner is a lot better in English than I am in their language. So what happens is that a lot more English is heard and spoken than the other language. Now I'm wondering if it's possible to have a good language exchange if I am less than an advanced level in the other language. What works for you? What doesn't work?So, I'm wrestling with the benefits of continuing the language exchanges I'm involved in. What I'm thinking is that language exchanges are best if they are supplemental to a regular program of study. They are even less productive if you don't hear the target language you're learning and it starts to sound like an English lesson instead of a total immersion. It's an acquired skill to teach a language through examples and simplified language, rather than defaulting to the person's native language. That should be the last resort.

Traducción, Hanako, p. 15, par. 2 Otros sonidos de la noche ahora se fusionó con la percusión distante. El viento silbaba por, ¡Wooo-woooooo! ¡Wooooooo!” Los grillos chirriaron, “Rin-rin-rin,” revelando sus lugares escondites en matas de hierba o pilas de cajas. Desde la izakaya, vasos tintineaban sobre la risa y la conversación relajada. Original story: Other sounds of the night merged with the now distant drumming. The wind whistled by, “Wooo-woooooo! Wooooooo!” Crickets chirped, “Rin-rin-rin,” giving away their hiding places in clumps of grass or piles of boxes. From the izakaya, drinking glasses clinked over laughter and relaxed conversation.

Traducción, Hanako, p. 12, par. 2 Los amigos de Tanuki se reúnen la diversión con sus tambores panzas: “PON-POKO-PON-NO-PON! PON-POKO-PON-NO-PON!” El sonido retumbó en todo área. Mientras los perros mapaches metieron a fuerza, ellos cantaron un himno para levantar sus espíritus hasta más. Hanako dejé Tanuki bebiá, metiá a fuerza, cantaba, y bailaba con sus amigos. Original story: Tanuki’s friends joined the fun with their belly drums: “PON-POKO-PON-NO-PON! PON-POKO-PON-NO-PON!” The sound thundered throughout the area. As the raccoon dogs drummed, they sang an anthem to lift their spirits even more. Hanako left Tanuki drinking, drumming, singing, and dancing with his friends.

翻訳 の 質問 ORIGINAL: looking up / into the night sky / I see Adonis みあけ゛たら / よるのそら / アト゛ニス か゛ みあけ゛る What's the difference between using "みあけ゛る" and "みあけ゛たら"?

Traddución, Hanako, p. 12, par. 2 Después de ellos comieron, Tanuki comenzó golpeando en su panza globo tan grande como un tambor: “Pon-poko-pon-no-pon! Pon-poko-poko!” Un monje en el templo se unió el percusión festivo de Tanuki. Él pegó un mokugyo ronda y madera (pez modelo de tambor de abertura) con un garrote relleno. Se producía un sonido hueco y suave: “Poku-poku-poku-poku!” My original story in English: After they ate, Tanuki began thumping on his big balloon belly like a drum: “Pon-poko-pon-no-pon! Pon-poko-poko!” A monk at the temple joined Tanuki’s festive drumming. He struck a round, wooden mokugyo (moh-koo-gyoh, fish-modeled slit-drum) with a padded club. It produced a hollow, mellow sound: “Poku-poku-poku-poku!”

Traducción, Hanako, p. 12, par. 1 Tanuki mostró el pescado que había cambiado la leña para. El pescado se convirtió rápidamente en un cena sushi. Sushi están rebanadas de mariscos en las secciones tamaño de un dedo de arroz. Tanuki tragó su comida con sake (vino de arroz) de una calabaza. Ellos con cuidado masticaron y tragaron el mochi, ya que han muerto de glotones que se queda pegada en sus gargantas. My original story: Tanuki showed off the fish he had traded firewood for. The fish quickly became a sushi dinner. Sushi are slices of seafood on finger-size sections of rice. Tanuki washed his food down with sake (rice wine) from a gourd. They carefully chewed and swallowed the mochi, since gluttons have died from it getting stuck in their throats.

Traducción, Hanako, p. 10 (Mi historia original sobre japón paranormal.) Antes de su lección , ella se alisó ungüento de Kappa. Sus dolores y penas al instante desapareció. ¡Ahora Hanako estaba listo! “Haii-yah!” Ella derribaron un árbol por casualidad. Los hermanos Tengu, sus maestros de artes marciales, eran muy hábiles en la lucha libre y esgrima. Eso los hizo difíciles de impresionar. Sin embargo, nunca había visto a Hanako salto tan alto o gritar tan fuerte que antes. “Uwaaah,” exclamó similar del pájaro Karasu Tengu. El hermano mayor y gruñón de Karasu Ō-tengu carraspeó como si nada. Mi historia original en inglés: Before her lesson, she smoothed on Kappa’s ointment. Her aches and pains instantly disappeared. Now Hanako was ready! “Haiii-yah!” She accidentally kicked down a tree. The Tengu (tehn-goo) brothers, her martial arts teachers, were highly skilled in wrestling and fencing. That made them difficult to impress. Yet, they had never seen Hanako jump so high or yell so loudly before. “Uwaaah,” exclaimed the bird-like Karasu (kah-rah-soo, crow) Tengu. Karasu’s grumpy older brother Ō-tengu harrumphed like it was nothing.

Traducción, Hanako, p. 11, pars. 2/3 (Estoy intentando traducir mi historia original sobre paranormales japón del inglés al español. ^_^) Hanako ví Luna Conejo en el cielo crepuscular. Estaba haciendo mochi (pasteles de arroz) en la manera anticuada en un mortero de madera. Era un trabajo sudoroso. "¿Tienes hambre?" él preguntó mientras machacaba el arroz hervido pegajoso con un mazo. Aunque Luna Conejo estaba a lo lejos, Hanako podía oír su voz abuelido en su mente. Si la Liebre-en-la-Luna hace pasteles de arroz, qué hace el Cuervo de tres patas-en-el-Sol? Hanako se preguntó. Antes de que pudiera pensar más en ello, Conejo Luna envió algunos de sus mochi reciénte hecho hasta Hanako de rayos de luna resplandecientes. Suficiente para compartir con su amigo Tanuki. En realidad, es probable que se comería la mayor parte. Hanako se reunía el perro mapache gordo en un claro del bosque cerca un templo budista colina. Original: Hanako spotted Moon Rabbit in the twilight sky. He was making mochi (moh-chee, rice cakes) the old-fashioned way in a wooden mortar. It was sweaty work. “Are you hungry?” he asked as he pounded the sticky boiled rice with a mallet. Although Moon Rabbit was far away, Hanako could hear his grandfatherly voice in her mind. If the Hare-in-the-Moon makes rice cakes, what does the three-legged Crow-in-the-Sun do? wondered Hanako. Before she could think more about it, Moon Rabbit shipped some of his freshly made mochi down to Hanako on sparkling moonbeams. There was enough to share with her friend Tanuki (tah-noo-kee). In fact, he would probably eat most of it. Hanako was meeting the fat raccoon dog in a clearing by a hillside Buddhist temple.

"どちら" shitsumon desu 1. Which one? どちら? 2. Which one is mine? どちら は watashi no desu ka? 3. Which one is better? どちら は motto ii desu ka? これは how you would ask these 質問 in 日本語?