⭐ 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.

1/27/2026 Things I learned today: ねる：寝る：ー￣ to lie down to go to bed to sleep around to sleep ねむる：眠る to sleep I need to stop mixing up 寝る with 眠る because the first can mean various different things like to go to bed, got to sleep, sleep with (in a raunchy manner), but 眠る can only mean to sleep as in the action gain きょうは、サーバーの　しゅうりの　ことで　じかんが　なくて、しゅくだいが　 できなかったです。 I need to make more simple sentences like this instead of trying to include くしゃみが　(でそうに　なりました。/でるかなって　おもいました。) < Much more natural and correct than くしゃみをすると思いました。 　I got→NEVERくれる／あげる, will always be もらう For making coffee it's most common to say いれる and not つくる I heard music is 音楽が聞こえた, NOT 音楽をきく, THAT MEANS TO LISTEN TO MUSIC If it's a sentence like "whether it was coming from my pc" パソコンからでているか　suffices. かどうか in this case would be wrong becauase it implies whether or not but that's not included in this.

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

This lesson I learned: あたたまる：This verb is just for people/living things、instead use あたたかくなる うちにいる: To stay at home、こもる is more shut oneself in or stay locked in いえ：[generic term]：家 うち：home; family home; houses of one’s close peop 登場する：This is to show up, but with great fanfare/preparation

A great lesson today! We talked about different dialects, different ways of pronouncing ん、and different food! We then went over the タ buddy ことがある and ない! いつも　ありがとうございました、サトさん！また金曜日‼︎