⭐ 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.

Sato San always is nice and helps with pronunciation! We learned more hiragana today

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

Things I learned today. suffix: せつびご：ー￣￣：接尾語 一緒に出てくることが多い For talking about starting times and such, while in English it's often the case we say something starts "at" a time, in Japanese it's more common to say start "from" a time so more 何時から over 何時に 誰に聞けば、授業が何時から始まるのか分かる？ < 授業が何時から始まるのか is the internal question wrapped in the larger question of "who should I ask to know" smooth：スムーズだ < When asked "what is this word in Japanese", think about the word itself and not the context I'm trying to say it in. It's a な-adjective so スムーズだ, To say something like X is pretty much Y, I would use 「Xは、Yそのものみたい」 てきとう is a good way of expressing that someone is lazy or complacent あいだ is during the time stuff was done while あいだに implies specifically during the whole time

A great lesson today! We talked about different types of squash, fruit picking, and illegal clam picking. We then worked on the buddy とおりに with listening practice! いつも　ありがとうございました、サトさん！また金曜日‼︎