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Oct 2021
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*Bonus* Improvising for the first time o...

MEL
About this episode

No script for today's episode. Mel's improvising for it. You get to hear real Mel. She's talking about next week's episode.



She's using grammar points from Genki 1,2. Simple and Easy, but some of the sentences would be a little challenging because she combines different grammar points in a sentence,  which Japanese people do all the time.

You get to hear natural Japanese with Tokyo pitch accept

** Patreon ; patreon.com/Melu1142

Transcript, more formal ones/bonus episodes/informal ones are available the

** Italki ; https://teach.italki.com/teacher/3286072



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