⭐ 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.

A great lesson today! We talked about world news, flooring, and artisans! We then worked more on the タ buddy ばかりだ with listening and translating practice! いつも　ありがとうございました、サトさん！また金曜日‼︎

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

We covered a fair bit in this useful lesson! ようと思う is to signifying that you're thinking about doing something but more colloquiolly you're "gonna do" something ひま　and じゆう are な-adjectives and as such when modifying nouns should have な after them. They are not nouns except for 自由 which makes a different meaning when stuck before a noun without な。 じかんがあいません -> time didn't match, couldn't schedule right したがる someone else wanting to do something, I need to review this one more becuase I thought it was a more intuited thing that you're not certain of but it can be used to say that someone does want something and you know this definitively and in the case of saying that you know because they told you then you can use 伝言 to convey this fact いすに　すわる -> sit on a chair いすの　うえに　すわる -> sit on a chair but emphasized to mean that you're not doing it in the traditional manner

even though I overslept sato-san and I had a really productive lesson for writing business emails! it was really useful