⭐ Ejderha Sato ⭐

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.

Happy New Year Sato Sensei! We mostly talked about my time while traveling to Japan and Sato Sensei was quick to write everything I was saying and correct mistakes for me to review later. He also gave me some online tools to help me listen and learn Japanese more effectively. Thank you for another great lesson and 去年もよろしくお願いします！

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

sato-san and I had a great lesson reviewing and mixing grammar concepts we've been practicing

今日は次の表現を練習しました。 ①ちょっと　❌️ねむいから、ねむくて　 したい　ことが　できなかったです。 This is a result reasoning so it should be てーreason isntead of からーreason ②こんなに　ねむいのは　めずらしいです。 📖📖📖非常に：ひじょうに Using 非常に may be technically not grammatically wrong, but it's way too formal for any sort of casual conversation or expression. ③すすめる ：　おすすめ Another person's reccomendation is given extra respect ④I need to be more awake for these lessons because I do feel I'm getting better and can do well enough on the example sentences now that I'm able to figure out what to say even when dead tired which was never possible for me before.