Self-Introduction Updates for the Second Time
Sep 13, 2017 19:58
Since the number of my entries, 1000, is a round figure, I rewrote my self-introduction a bit as follows. Note that there are many overlapping parts.
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Hi, I'm a teacher at a university in Tokyo, Japan. I'm engaged in some studies related to non-destructive inspection/diagnosis in X-ray CT imaging. On this Lang-8, I've written about a Japanese idiom, Japanese culture or a trivial matter every day. I hope these posts will be useful for foreigners who learn Japanese.
Please feel free to send a friend request. :)
[ Hobby ]
My hobbies are watching American dramas, solving math and programming problems and riding my road bike. I think that I've watched a lot of American dramas, for example, Friends, Dr. House, Numbers, Ugly Betty, Breaking Bad, Person of Interest, Suits, Lie to Me, FLASH, The Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist, Modern Family, and so on (sometimes UK dramas like SHERLOCK are included). If there is a drama that you can recommend, I want you to tell me.
[ Dream ]
My dream is to study in a university in the US and to become a professor of a university.
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Hi, I'm a teacher at a university in Tokyo, Japan. I'm engaged in some studies related to non-destructive inspection/diagnosis in X-ray CT imaging. On this Lang-8, I've written about a Japanese idiom, Japanese culture or a trivial matter every day. I hope these posts will be useful for foreigners who learn Japanese.
Please feel free to send a friend request. :)
[ Hobby ]
My hobbies are watching American dramas, solving math and programming problems and riding my road bike. I think that I've watched a lot of American dramas, for example, Friends, Dr. House, Numbers, Ugly Betty, Breaking Bad, Person of Interest, Suits, Lie to Me, FLASH, The Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist, Modern Family, and so on (sometimes UK dramas like SHERLOCK are included). If there is a drama that you can recommend, I want you to tell me.
[ Dream ]
My dream is to study in a university in the US and to become a professor of a university.
二度目の自己紹介の更新
1000回の節目なので、今日は私の自己紹介文を以下のように書き直しました。
（多くの部分が重複しております。）
1000回の節目なので、今日は私の自己紹介文を以下のように書き直しました。
（多くの部分が重複しております。）
No. 1 chibi-lang
- Since the number of my entries, 1000, is a round figure, I rewrote my self-introduction a bit as follows.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- Note that there are many overlapping parts.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- Hi, I'm a teacher at a university in Tokyo, Japan.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- I'm engaged in some studies related to non-destructive inspection/diagnosis in X-ray CT imaging.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- On this Lang-8, I've written about a Japanese idiom, Japanese culture or a trivial matter every day.
- On this Lang-8, I've written about a Japanese idiom, Japanese culture or a trivial matter every day.
- I hope these posts will be useful for foreigners who learn Japanese.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- Please feel free to send a friend request.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- My hobbies are watching American dramas, solving math and programming problems and riding my road bike.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- I think that I've watched a lot of American dramas, for example, Friends, Dr.
- I think that I've watched a lot of American dramas; for example, Friends, Dr.
- House, Numbers, Ugly Betty, Breaking Bad, Person of Interest, Suits, Lie to Me, FLASH, The Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist, Modern Family, and so on (sometimes UK dramas like SHERLOCK are included).
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- If there is a drama that you can recommend, I want you to tell me.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- My dream is to study in a university in the US and to become a professor of a university.
- My dream is to study in a university in the US and to become a professor at a university.
Toru
Thank you so much for correcting my post! :)
Thank you so much for correcting my post! :)
No. 2 Yukinekorin
- Self-Introduction Updates for the Second Time
- Self-Introduction (The Second Update)
- Since the number of my entries, 1000, is a round figure, I rewrote my self-introduction a bit as follows.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- Note that there are many overlapping parts.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- Hi, I'm a teacher at a university in Tokyo, Japan.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- I'm engaged in some studies related to non-destructive inspection/diagnosis in X-ray CT imaging.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- On this Lang-8, I've written about a Japanese idiom, Japanese culture or a trivial matter every day.
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On this Lang-8, I've written about a Japanese idioms, Japanese culture or something trivial matter every day.
Since what you are talking about here is what you usually write on Lang-8, in other words, generally, you do not need to put an "a" before them since the words are supposed to be generalized.
- I hope these posts will be useful for foreigners who learn Japanese.
- I hope these posts will be useful for foreigners who are learning Japanese.
- Please feel free to send a friend request.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- [ Hobby ]
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[ Hobby/Hobbies ]
Both are fine :)
- My hobbies are watching American dramas, solving math and programming problems and riding my road bike.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- If there is a drama that you can recommend, I want you to tell me.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
Hey Kanotown ^^ It's impressive that you've written so many entries already! Your posts do help me tremendously in learning about Japanese culture :D
Toru
Thank you so much for the corrections, Yukinekorin-san! (^^)
I'm doing my best! I'm glad if my posts could help you even a little :D
Thank you so much for the corrections, Yukinekorin-san! (^^)
I'm doing my best! I'm glad if my posts could help you even a little :D
No. 3 臭豆腐
- I think that I've watched a lot of American dramas, for example, Friends, Dr.
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I think that I've watched a lot of American TV sedrieamas, for example, Friends, Dr.
Most of the shows you've listed are comedies, not dramas.
"Drama" has many different meanings:
a dramatic TV program
a dramatic play
a dramatic movie
a dramatic real-life event, such as the election of Donald Trump as president, or the nuclear bomb testing in North Korea
Therefore, in your original sentence, "American dramas" could mean any of the above. To avoid confusion, I suggest you use "American TV series" or "American TV programs" instead of "dramas."
Toru
Thank you so much for the suggestion!
I understand well :)
Thank you so much for the suggestion!
I understand well :)
No. 4 David
- Since the number of my entries, 1000, is a round figure, I rewrote my self-introduction a bit as follows.
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Since the number of my entries, 1000, is a round figure, I rewrote my self-introduction a bit as follows.
Sentence is fine Just an observation.
Since you pointed out that 1000 is a round figure I call your current entry. 1001, a "bookends" figure. Since you seem to like numbers, 1001, in binary, is the same as 9 in base-10.
Does 9 happen to be significant too? 'o)
- Note that there are many overlapping parts.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- Hi, I'm a teacher at a university in Tokyo, Japan.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- I'm engaged in some studies related to non-destructive inspection/diagnosis in X-ray CT imaging.
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I'm engaged in some studies related to non-destructive inspection/diagnosis using X-ray CT imaging.
in x-ray --> using x-ray --> This makes the sentence clearer.
- On this Lang-8, I've written about a Japanese idiom, Japanese culture or a trivial matter every day.
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On (this - Yours makes perfect sense and is perfectly fine but it makes for a rather uncommon thought/expression. I actually like including "this." ) Lang-8, I've written about Japanese idioms, Japanese culture, and trivial everyday matters.
Yours is fine. Mine's just a different take....
Wait... that's not what you meant is it? How about this?
Every day I've written about a Japanese idiom, culture, or trivial matter.
But that's not exactly true is it, every day?
Every day I try to write about ....
- I hope these posts will be useful for foreigners who learn Japanese.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- Please feel free to send a friend request.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- My hobbies are watching American dramas, solving math and programming problems and riding my road bike.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- I think that I've watched a lot of American dramas, for example, Friends, Dr.
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I (like to) watch a lot of American dramas, for example, Friends, Dr.
You THINK that you've watched.... hmm?
- House, Numbers, Ugly Betty, Breaking Bad, Person of Interest, Suits, Lie to Me, FLASH, The Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist, Modern Family, and so on (sometimes UK dramas like SHERLOCK are included).
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House, Numbers, Ugly Betty, Breaking Bad, Person of Interest, Suits, Lie to Me, FLASH, The Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist, Modern Family, and so on (sometimes UK dramas like SHERLOCK are included).
It's fine... except you're missing Killjoys, Battlestar Galactica, Channel Zero, Dark Matter, Killjoys, Expanse, The Magicians, and Stranger Things (Netflix) just to mention a few. ;o)
- If there is a drama that you can recommend, I want you to tell me.
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If there is a drama that you can recommend, please tell me.
I want you to tell me --> please tell me: Yours is perfectly fine... but a bit rude. ;o)
I did. ;o)
- [ Dream ]
- [ Dream ]
- My dream is to study in a university in the US and to become a professor of a university.
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My dream is to study at a university in the US and to become a university professor.
study in a university --> study at a university: Yours is not wrong just a bit off.
become a professor of a university --> become a university professor: It seems that Japanese speakers tend to write like you have. It's not wrong but it takes an indirect path to express something.
I hope that makes sense.
Toru
Thank you so much always for correcting me! :)
> Since you pointed out that 1000 is a round figure I call your current entry. 1001, a "bookends" figure. Since you seem to like numbers, 1001, in binary, is the same as 9 in base-10. Does 9 happen to be significant too? 'o)
Oh, it's a really interesting viewpoint. Unfortunately, since 9 can be read as "ku" (苦 - suffering), it's often avoided in Japan, haha. Also, 4 is also avoided, because it can be read as "shi" (死 - death).
> Every day I've written about a Japanese idiom, culture, or trivial matter.
I think that this is fine.
I sometimes wrote in the middle of the night, and sometimes wrote early in the morning, and sometimes forgot to post, but I've written English sentences every day since 1000 days ago :)
> You THINK that you've watched.... hmm?
Sorry, it might be difficult to understand my thought from this sentence.
I used the verb "think" toward "a lot of."
That is, I wanted to say something like:
I think that the number of dramas/TV series I watched is large, but other people may not think so.
> It's fine... except you're missing Killjoys, Battlestar Galactica, Channel Zero, Dark Matter, Killjoys, Expanse, The Magicians, and Stranger Things (Netflix) just to mention a few. ;o)
Thank you for the recommendation!
I actually watched Stranger Things, but I've not watched the others yet. I could find "Killjoys" and "Expanse" on Netflix in Japan, I will watch them in the near future :)
> It seems that Japanese speakers tend to write like you have. It's not wrong but it takes an indirect path to express something.
You means that people should not aim for just a job title, don't you? If so, I also think so. My essential motivation is that I'd like to develop new technology that can help/save people as a researcher, and be happy by receiving compliments.
Thank you so much always for correcting me! :)
> Since you pointed out that 1000 is a round figure I call your current entry. 1001, a "bookends" figure. Since you seem to like numbers, 1001, in binary, is the same as 9 in base-10. Does 9 happen to be significant too? 'o)
Oh, it's a really interesting viewpoint. Unfortunately, since 9 can be read as "ku" (苦 - suffering), it's often avoided in Japan, haha. Also, 4 is also avoided, because it can be read as "shi" (死 - death).
> Every day I've written about a Japanese idiom, culture, or trivial matter.
I think that this is fine.
I sometimes wrote in the middle of the night, and sometimes wrote early in the morning, and sometimes forgot to post, but I've written English sentences every day since 1000 days ago :)
> You THINK that you've watched.... hmm?
Sorry, it might be difficult to understand my thought from this sentence.
I used the verb "think" toward "a lot of."
That is, I wanted to say something like:
I think that the number of dramas/TV series I watched is large, but other people may not think so.
> It's fine... except you're missing Killjoys, Battlestar Galactica, Channel Zero, Dark Matter, Killjoys, Expanse, The Magicians, and Stranger Things (Netflix) just to mention a few. ;o)
Thank you for the recommendation!
I actually watched Stranger Things, but I've not watched the others yet. I could find "Killjoys" and "Expanse" on Netflix in Japan, I will watch them in the near future :)
> It seems that Japanese speakers tend to write like you have. It's not wrong but it takes an indirect path to express something.
You means that people should not aim for just a job title, don't you? If so, I also think so. My essential motivation is that I'd like to develop new technology that can help/save people as a researcher, and be happy by receiving compliments.
chibi-lang
Oh, The Expanse and Stranger Things! Yes indeedy,.
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House, Numbers, Ugly Betty, Breaking Bad, Person of Interest, Suits, Lie to Me, FLASH, The Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist, Modern Family, and so on (sometimes UK dramas like SHERLOCK are included).
It's fine... except you're missing Killjoys, Battlestar Galactica, Channel Zero, Dark Matter, Killjoys, Expanse, The Magicians, and Stranger Things (Netflix) just to mention a few. ;o)