この週末何をしますか。 先週昇進した。来月引っ越しているんです。土曜日にアパートを二軒探しています。本当にわくわくしてます。 そして日曜日？ドラマを見るだろう。

I was practicing speaking my thoughts first. Here is the intended transcript: アメリカで兄弟と服を返ってきるは普通です。しかし、全然返ってきません。多分ちょっと若くすぎます、兄弟は。たとえば、私は十三歳の時、妹は六歳でした。その歳は大きいガッポです。しかったがないんです。

宜しくお願いします。 I usually read what I've written instead of speaking off the cuff, so I do apologize for the slowness of my speech.

昨日の晩、洗濯する時に、何かを聞きました。右に見た時、その猫を見ました。びっくりしました、ずいぶん久しいですから。本当に毎日新しい猫を見ました。でも最近は全然見ます。この写真はプレゼントだともします。

今日の朝ごはん / Today's breakfast 今朝、朝ごはんでぼそぼそなシリアルを食べました。ベーグルがありませんから。買い物に行けなければなりません。 This morning, I ate stale cereal for breakfast. That's because I didn't have any more bagels. I need to go shopping.

一人 vs 独り I am curious if there is any difference with using 一人 vs 独り Are there any subtle differences or implied differences when using one over the other? Or are there certain circumstances where you'd use one, but not the other? Thank you for your time!

Understanding the use of なら in this sentence Hi everyone! Hopefully, this is a quick question. I've been reading through an 乙女 magazine and it goes into which answer to select for certain play routes. This one, I'm not quite sure what it means as なら has so many uses. 「Aさんならどっち？」 I'm thinking that maybe this is saying that I trust Aさん to choose, but that question mark makes it seem like she reluctantly trusts A? There is no other context given outside of, for the same option for other character routes, the answer is 「Bさんに」. I don't know if that helps. Thank you for your time!

Translating help with ~たっていいのに Hello all! I'm going through an old 乙女 magazine and this was a line from a game, no other context. I was having some issues trying to translate it, so I am seeking your guidance on this issue. 照れなくたっていいのに Here is what I understand so far: * 照れなく is a form of 照れる　in the negative form meaning "To be shy, bashful, awkward" * たって can mean 1. "Even if, even though" or 2. "However, no matter how." I have not seen this implemented that I can remember, so I'm not really sure how this fits. * いい is "good" * のに is an ending that can mean "If only it were the case that ~" So if I am understanding everything correctly so far (I'm not certain with たって), then maybe it translates to something like the following: If only it were the case that you are not shy no matter how good you are. But that didn't sound quite right. How would this actually translate? Thank you for your time!

Verb conjugation confusion on 飲みたがっている 皆さん、こにちは！Hello everyone! I have a question regarding this verb conjugation that turned up in Pimsleur. According to Pimsleur, it is to express in third person "would like to drink x." I took Japanese in college for a few years and have been learning on and off for longer, and yet I am having such a hard time finding other examples of this type of conjugation anywhere. One example sentence given: He would like to drink water 水を飲みたがっているんですが。 EDIT: I understand that 〜たい is "to want." It is the rest I am having issues with. So ultimately, my questions are: 1) What is the rule for this conjugation so that I can apply it to other verbs? 2) How common is this form? 3)...is it right? I believe it probably is, but I just saw in one instance that the word 帽子 was used in place for 本、so I figured it's possible that this might be written incorrectly, too. But probably not. Thank you for your time!　ありがとうございます！