Naru

Today was my first conversation class. Thinking in Japanese was hard! Despite having learned a lot of vocabulary, I don't feel I am using enough of it, and that's why I wanted to put myself out of my comfort zone and dive into the language. I still have a lot to learn, but it's a start to building my confidence to speak Japanese. Thank you, Naru Sensei 😊.

Another excellent session. We also discussed cultural aspects and a bit of history of Japan. Naru is patient and encouraging, quite talented as a teacher.

Lesson no. 20 done! I am so happy that I found Narumi here !!! We are 2/3 of the way with Genki I and I love every single lesson we’ve done so far!. Everything is explained clearly with extra context if we find something to be challenging. She always encourages me to read things out loud and I can see the benefits from it! Couldn’t be happier with her as my tutor 🤩

Today we were doing some katakana practice and reviewed the use of short forms to ask someone not to do something and to describe whether someone is good or not at doing something. It was a good lesson and I felt a bit more confident using the short forms, though I still struggle a bit to mix verb forms in the same sentence. As usual, Naru Sensei was a great help and provided lots of encouragement. Thank you.

Narumi is an excellent instructor! She's aware of my needs a learner (sometimes even before I am) and continually adjusting to accommodate them. I can't say I'm the best student, but Narumi never makes me feel that way. I'm always learning something new and discovering things I can focus on in order to improve. The lessons fly by and I always look forward to the next week.

Today we kept using the short forms for informal speech. There were a couple of concepts I had not fully grasped yet, but thanks to the practical exercises, I am starting to get the different uses of the short forms 😊.