As 2023 concludes with today's lesson, it’s time to reflect on a year and a half of learning Korean! I am deeply and incredibly thankful for discovering Sato! While I began the year familiar with many words, now I can engage in basic Korean conversations. My proficiency in conjugating between past, present, and casual to polite tenses has grown significantly. Sato's teaching skills are evident; he gauges precisely when to challenge me and when to allow independent exploration. Whenever I struggle with a concept, his patient explanations ensure clarity. He will always keep at it until I have fully grasped the topic. His organized Google Docs of lesson notes are invaluable, and his commitment shines through—even when responding to late-night questions! Beyond language, Sato also adds invaluable insights into Korean culture and lifestyle. His meticulous attention to my pronunciation ensures I sound as authentic as possible. Truly a dedicated and skilled instructor! Thank you!

Another fun and very helpful lesson with Sato-sensei! I appreciate his patience and understanding when I forget vocabulary or make mistakes. And I'm super enjoying the pace and really am absorbing the new information well. I also enjoy all the cultural and language context that he gives as we go through the lesson. It gives so much more life and meaning to learning Japanese. I also found it very easy to study up on the previous lesson thanks to the Google Doc notes and organization.

This lesson we focused on indirect questions. Mr Sato took the time to make sure that I understood this grammatical concept. As always I appreciate his time, attention and guidance!

As another year studying with Sato San is finishing, I feel the need to write a proper review. A new year's resolution two years ago changed my life, I decided to try learning another language and shortly after discovered Sato San. Looking back after almost 100 lessons it is hard to believe we've come so far. Starting from scratch, we are now conducting class in almost exclusively Japanese. I am still far from proficient, but feel like I have an extremely solid foundation to build my intermediate level Japanese on. Sato San's style of teaching puts the ball in your court as a learner. The amount of information and study material he provides is abundant, its up to you as a student to study and apply. We have come a very long way together and I am very grateful as a student to have found such a great guide on my language Journey. We continue to trudge towards the metaphorical peak of Everest together. Sato San- 本当に　ありがとうございました

③いままで　いそがしかったです。 前提：ぜんてい：premise < I need to create a better premise to introduce the listener to what I'm talking about without just diivng into a situation out of the blue. Recently, I’ve been trying to create software to use for work, and … さいきん、どうりょうたちと　しごとで つかう　あたらしい　ソフトウェアを つくろうと　してて、⋯ < trying to develop new software →I’ve been working from morning until midnight with them this week. こんしゅうは　あさから　よなかまで しごとを　してます。　（してました also works but depends on the framing) →Today I was with my coworkers working on developing our work software until the evening when they left. ⑤きょうは、よる　どうりょうが 　✅️かえるまで　いっしょに < NOT かえったまで NEVER た＋まで 　ソフトウェアを　つくってました。< More accurate to what was being done →I was finally able to sit down at my PC, but my father told me to set up the new WiFi system, which I was doing until just now. ✅️⑤そのあと、やっと　パソコンの　まえに 　もどってきたけど、ちちに　あたらしい < もどってこられたけど also works but is harder to say (if you need to pause to say it, pause before きた) Wifiシステムを　せっちしろって　いわれて、 ✅️ついさっき　おわりました< now

ありがとうございました、サトさん！また金曜日‼︎