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I meant “extra” like how the cool kids use it these days, like, my wave pool is cool and all, but Waterworld is like, Woah! Extra! Also, damn, that わ in 3 is killing me. Oops. Thanks for the edit! I’m at the point where I have been taught quite a bit, but cannot use it very well. Thanks for the opp…

You’re welcome! It was great practice for me too! [image] Chellykins: “extra” like how the cool kids use it these days :open_mouth:

[image] BobaGakusei: How do you decide between Verb+の and Verb+こと? こと is more general, non-concrete, non-specific, or something you don’t feel close to. の is the opposite. So, to use the example given in the grammar dictionary, 小説を書くことは難しいです = The general idea of writing a novel is difficult…

Thanks, that helps. In this particular case, I was asking about the general experience/feelings about swimming, so I think that would be 泳ぐこと. However, if I were to be describing someone swimming right now, that has a much greater element of specificity/proximity, so it sounds like 泳ぐの would be bet…

Aye. One could take a cue from Ena - page 128 final panel. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Chapter 13 Well, that was the fastest I’ve ever read a よつばと！chapter! I’m still using the word-list of course, but this was another easy chapter and I don’t think I’ve got any questions! But what brilliant fun! Especially that ! Wonderful! One thing I did notice … For a long time I gave up on WK…

That’s great to hear! It really feels like Japanese is one of those things where nothing makes sense until you reach a critical mass of phrases or words or grammar points and then something that’s just been a blur suddenly clicks and you can quickly make a lot of progress until the next gate. I’m g…

What does Fuuka’s shirt say on the title page? “Love Puck”? As in Greek/Shakespearean mythology Puck? That’d be パック, though, surely. marcusp: Well, that was the fastest I’ve ever read a よつばと！chapter! Probably because fully half the speech bubbles are just ギャー or variants on that theme. As …

I think it is ラブパワー “love power”

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