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Nov 2023
4m 8s

ともだち

MEL
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Mel talks about ともだち. Is it easy to make friends for you?Let's find out what she has to say.

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 there!

** Italki 

https://teach.italki.com/teacher/3286072

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