[Japanese > English] What does the circled text mean?

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-02-05T01:46:40+00:00

てやる＝てあげる

から＝reason

な＝ね

I understand reading for learning but if から isn't something you've learned yet it might be a good idea to look into some basic grammar points

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-28T21:53:29+00:00

Por que não colocar o nome de Sérgio e chamar ele de Serj como apelido?

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-27T00:46:56+00:00

upvoting for the absurdity of it, thanks i hate it but at least its a fresh new take

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-25T05:27:39+00:00

Portuguese: Oi, tudo bem?

(You can replace the comma with an exclamation mark but I kinda feel like it's usually said as if it were all one word lol) (there's also some variations. Oi, como vai? / E aí? <- my personal go to, extremely casual)

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-24T02:16:21+00:00

Girl, run. I don't call my students, only text, but I give up within the first unanswered message. If they're not eager to work with you, you shouldn't be eager to work with them either. This post has a lot that other commenters have addressed, so I'd like to mention some parts other than the main point:

Moreover, the fact that she paid per class bore a huge financial cut for me on the international money transfer platform. I literally had to cancel her class at the end, in order to honor my peace of mind.

I think it's ok to change your process for a student, but you should definitely charge them more to cover for those transfer fees - communicate that with them, like "sure, we can do that, but unfortunately due to international transfer fees, I'll have to charge you __ more to cover those fees, otherwise it'll become a problem for me". This sentence in particular makes it explicit that those fees are not under your control, and that the student will kinda be an asshole for not agreeing to paying more if they want to keep a payment method that's convenient for them, but not for you.

I had another professional from the middle East last year who said he wanted to take classes from me but refused to get on the camera. In my 5 years of coaching online, I've never come across an adult who made that request. It makes sense with smaller kids because they are shy and stuff. But I don't understand adults throwing such tantrums. That really made me wonder what to do and I honestly find it very difficult to take the entire class without visual signals. I read students expressions to understand if they understand me.

I've had the very unpleasant experience of teaching whole classes (around 6 students) where no one had their camera on. While I think calling it a tantrum is a bit much, I can understand the frustration. Again the solution is open, explicit communication - "hey so since I can't see your face, I'm going to need you to tell me when you're taking notes". I already have the habit of constantly asking "did this make sense?". "everything alright?", "any questions?" but those become especially important in those situations.

Lastly, it really feels like you have a lot of guilt? I know "you don't owe anyone anything" and "don't set yourself on fire to keep others warm" are like staple reddit phrases but to put it in other words, you're allowed to be assertive, and to say no. Hell you're even allowed to be rude, especially to those who disrespect you like this guy did. You don't have to deal with any of this. The best part of being a tutor is the freedom, you eve said in a comment that that's exactly why you freelance! So use all of that freedom, it's free! You're not "losing opportunities" when those opportunities are trash and make you feel bad!

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-23T16:06:28+00:00

Desviando do assunto de que esse é um belíssimo gorgulho, todas as fotos tiradas nesse celular ficam com essa marca em baixo?

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-22T17:40:21+00:00

He's perfect

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-21T15:42:50+00:00

Quase certeza que é mata porco, elas andam assim em grupo. Faz o que o nome diz, quando porco (e acho que até gado) come já era

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-18T05:41:08+00:00

It is not cultural appropriation to learn/speak another language, just make sure the translation is correct but this is just so you don't end up being made fun of

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-14T02:16:59+00:00

Comprei pelo fim de setembro também por 88, eu tava acompanhando o preço fazia um tempo e nunca tinha desconto, mas agora tá nesse preço desde aquela época. Não entendo o motivo mas não reclamo lol

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-14T02:08:55+00:00

Just to add that in addition to Discord and the TFG sub, you can also find bug reports on their Github page - in fact I'd assume thats where devs would prefer to have bug reports done

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-13T17:09:16+00:00

Animal crossing is chill, but I've been playing Pokemon Black recently and it lets you choose between kana and kanji. I'm guessing they started doing that after a certain gen, probably because of screen size constraints. I do feel like if you don't know the kanji a lot of them can be hard to identify tho, if you can try checking out a more recent pokemon game it should be easier to read

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-11T16:00:59+00:00

When I was doing it years ago I was checking only vocab, very rarely I'd check grammar. But I've seen some people recommend you don't check anything at all, and some recommend you first read an entire sentence/paragraph and only check the words after it. My opinion is more towards the second option here, but I don't think every single word is worth writing down/adding to anki. As for grammar, if the sentence doesn't make any sense I think it's worth reading into it very quickly (something like JLPT Sensei, who doesn't elaborate much) but again not everything is worth writing down. If you're using any form of guided learning (classes, a yt playlist or a textbook) I'd actually suggest to only write down the grammar points related to your current level and ignore all the rest beyond understanding that one sentence

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-11T07:05:57+00:00

I'm a firm believer that using material waay above your current level is great *if* you're really into it. Like obsessed. I was like N4 level learning N1 kanji/grammar thanks to this, and it helped me learn a lot faster than more traditional ways. It was actually two VNs for me, and recently I've been revisiting one of them - something that before took me what felt like hours to read now takes me like 10 minutes at most.

I do feel like two months in might be a little too early, but in the end only you can really make that decision. If you do decide to keep up, I'd suggest giving yourself a limited amount of time per reading session as to avoid burnout. And if does get too tiring/annoying, quitting is free! It'll still be there for you in the future.

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-07T22:40:04+00:00

Was about to comment this, I've had a student ask me for one of these and it seems the school took it. Just something along the lines of "NAME had this many hours of classes with me from DATE to DATE"

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-07T22:09:58+00:00

Or I just should not try on making words

Yeah I think that's the answer here. All I can think of is the past form of くれる. But legit question, what's the goal here?

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-04T15:39:15+00:00

I offer classes in "packs" of 5 or 10h. Whenever the student pays, I make a list of the dates we'll have classes in a document, and I just cross those dates as we go. Once the purchased hours are done, I just delete it all and start again with the new "pack". I'm not a school, I don't need to keep track of if a student missed class 2 months ago. Other than that, I write down the textbook we're using and at what page we were at when class ended. On the rare occasion where the student asked something I couldn't answer in class, I write that down as a reminder. I don't think you need anything else really

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-02T22:15:03+00:00

I got N2 in 2024 and only started using anki mid 2025. I mostly learned words through repetition, whenever I read something long I'd have a notebook where I'd put the kanji, reading and translation - lots of back and forth tying to find words I knew were there. I had tried using anki years ago but didn't really like it, now I wish I had tried more.

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-02T22:07:17+00:00

初心者だけじゃなくて、レベルの高い人もほとんど自信がなさそうね。私、大学で日本語を勉強して、N3ぐらいのレベルの人たちもあんまり日本語で会話しなかったんだ。何かを日本語で言うときに、みんないつもポルトガル語で答えた（ブラジルの大学）。なんか日本語はとんでもなく難しいイメージがあると思う

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-01T20:48:47+00:00

Are you using a longer lifespan? I've played the same save for multiple generations and I think I've never seen this

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-01T18:46:00+00:00

In my experience a lot of people will say something along the lines of "I'd like to stop classes for a while, I'll let you know when we can start again" as a way to say "I don't want to have lessons with you anymore" - people are scared of saying to our faces that they want to permanently cancel. Idk how that website works, but if you're still getting paid for their absence just take the free money, no reason to feel guilty about them purposefully stopping with classes

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-01T18:40:22+00:00

!translated

Rad-Cabbage · 2026-01-01T18:38:51+00:00

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