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Written by Adriano on 2025-01-20 at 11:48

Would you say “if you want to learn Japanese, please study slowly and often.” like this?

日本語を学びたいなら、ゆっくり頻繁に勉強してください。

I’m especially interested in the use of ゆっくり, 頻繁に and whether the suggestion would be better made with something other than ~てください.

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Written by Adriano on 2025-01-20 at 12:03

The app I study in, Busuu, asks every now and then to submit an exercise for other users of the app to correct. It's one of its purported draws: native speakers helping you improve.

Problem is, at least for me, I want to say stuff I don't yet know how to say, either because I don't have the vocabulary or because I don't know the grammar. In the above, I knew about "manabu" for "to learn", but not the exact conjugation in the way I wanted it [...]

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Written by Adriano on 2025-01-20 at 12:05

I also didn't know the words yukkuri (slowly) or "hinpan" (frequently) .

What I do is write the sentence I want to say in Spanish or English, then try translating it as best I can, then use Google Translate for help (that's where I got the rest of the sentence from), trying to avoid stuff that I know I'm "underleveled" for.

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Written by Adriano on 2025-01-20 at 12:07

I also double check with other resources if I don't get something about the google translation, because I don't trust it that much, either.

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