⭐ 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.

We had a great conversation about our week and the tourism problem in Japan. Then we jumped into a new grammar point and although I didn’t get a chance to review as much as I should have, Sato san was very supportive and helped me figure it out as I practiced sentence formation with the new grammar point. I’m motivated to review more strategically for the next lesson. いつも　ありがとうございます　さと先生！^_^

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

A great lesson today! We talked about Kyoto, soba and fondue! We then finished up the テ buddy ほうがいい、and started ところだ！いつも　ありがとうございました、サトさん！また来週‼︎

Things I learned or reviewed throughout the lesson today: In using　こうかんする you can use both に or と, but NOT で 明日までに　is BY tomorrow, while 明日まで is UNTIL tomorrow. One is a deadline while the other is a description of continuation. To recall something is not 覚える、it is 思い出す When talking about a battle where people are killing each other, it seems like たがいに would be in use, but it's not and instead the proper terminology for describing such an event is 人間同士が　殺し合う 失う is the correct way of saying to lose something, but is a bit formal so in more casual conversation it's better to use なくす When describing things like childlike innocence or whatnot, you can use むじゃきさ or じゅんすい, but the difference between the two is that 無邪気さ is more describing a babylike innocence of not really knowing better and acting like a kid while 純粋 describes more a purity type of innocence.