だった and でした are conjugations of です, so you don’t need to repeat it. Where did you see it like that?
I meant that 寒い is for the weather, “it is cold”, not “I am cold”.
If you were physically cold, you’d use 冷たい.
Afaik.
Well, no. They’re ingredients at that point.
I feel が is replaced by など, you can see it in a lot of examples.
私は愚かな迷信など信じない。
昔は出版の自由などなかった。
私は散歩に行く気など無い。
費用のことなどかまわない。
与えるものなど何もない。
The English-translated book does initially use the term “positively inviting” for ましょう, but then expands on that to say while both are invitations, ませんか shows more consideration for what the listener might want.
PS: Positively is spelled wrong once.
Yeah, I didn’t use the English book, so I didn’t know.
I guess they use that because of the negative in ませんか and the fact that it’s more subdued than ましょう because of it.
Weeellll…
When applied to people, 寒い can mean まったく面白くない。 while 冷たい can mean 思いやりがない。冷淡である。よそよそしい。
Plus are we trying to say that they feel cold (i.e. because the weather is cold?). Because then there’s the whole issue with attributing subjective experiences to another person.
Honestly, if we’re just illustrating how the concept works, I reckon you’d be better off going for a more positive adjective.
So my example uses a place (US State) as the subject… Which would I use for that? 寒い or 冷たい？
I’m not sure I’d describe the state itself as either, though I might describe its weather or climate as 寒い.
冷たい means it’s cold to the touch - you can put your hand on it, and it feels cold.
So would the better sentence be ユタの天気は寒いです？
Ohhhhhh. We’re talking about Utah. Thought we were talking about some guy named Yuta.
I think I’d say 冬 rather than 天気, but we’re getting into personal preference territory now.
I knew this was gonna happen:
Lol, me too.
I thought, it’s usually ゆうた, but eh.
Using ユタ州 would help distinguish that it’s the US state and not somebody’s name or an Okinawan shaman, I think.
Alright, part 2.
Saw you didn’t fix an example in 9, お勉強.
I’d suggest going through my messages again.
These are new ones, so it’s fine.
Lesson 10 example for 2 furigana is out of place, and 佐藤 is さとう.
Lesson 11: quntifiers
10 things is とお.
1間 is not 1 hour.
１ヶ月 I’d recommend this for いっかげつ.
Lesson 12: you’re missing the " in the first box.
かったでした 
かったです 
Example 2 furigana なが
Lesson 13: extra i in ほしい in the box
Point 3 missing 行 kanji.
Explanation typo double how instead of with?
Also the question is implied, “I want to go to X, but… (I don’t know how to get there)”
おおさかじょう
I don’t know what you mean by connecting facts.
Instead of V(pre-masu) maybe write V-stem. Same with 6, since it’s not full ます form.
Is へに来ます because you can use both? Maybe separate them.
東京 とうきょう
Might be good to use the kanji for 旅行 and 来.
神戸 こうべ
友達に会いに行きます?
I don’t think every noun can go there, just things that can serve as a purpose. Like 勉強 and stuff like that.
Lesson 14: conjugations typo
Huh, percentages?
Group 3 also has 行きます.
I don’t understand your group 2 explanation.
Use more kanji, 買いましょうか、食べています.
ましょうか is not necessarily doing something for someone, it can just be “Shall we X?”
Point 5 typo, Objectively.
No examples for that one? I don’t remember what it is. においがする?
Instead of command, I’d say request.
Lesson 15: first example 本を読んでも
Gerund typo.
Also gerund is “eating” not “to be married”, that’s just a state, which ています also does.
I don’t understand situation の て-form + ています.
More later.
First of all, thank you x20 again. These notes are always really helpful and I look forward to your responses. I always think that you wont find many errors on the next batch (as I genuinely try and fix mistakes / am getting better at Japanese) but you always surprise me. Haha.
I made most of the changes, but I have not yet posted them, as I was unsure on a few of the points in your response.
Instead of V(pre-masu) maybe write V-stem. Same with 6, since it’s not full ます form.
I actually did not change this one, as I took exactly what was said in the book. I am inclined to agree with you on the change, bu I want to make sure I keep it standard across the book.
Might be good to use the kanji for 旅行 and 来.
For the life of me I could not find which part this was referring to
ましょうか is not necessarily doing something for someone, it can just be “Shall we X?”
This is described in lesson 6 - The lesson 6 card does not have “Shall we” written on this post, but will be there on the next upload of edits
No examples for that one? I don’t remember what it is. においがする?
Ill get an example added… This grammer point was confusing for me too
Also gerund is “eating” not “to be married”, that’s just a state, which ています also does.
This grammer point info came directly from my teacher… she said that in Japanese Married was used differently. She said that “I am married” in japanese would actually be something like “I am marrying” - (it obviously looks weird in english). But out of all the examples she gave me I thought that one was the most interesting and used it.
Lesson 13, second to last example. 
Ahhhh… Not sure how I missed that. 
Yes, but.
https://maggiesensei.com/2014/07/31/how-to-use-v＋ている-teiru-ています-teimasu/
彼は毎週土曜日に東京に行っている。
He goes is going to Tokyo every Saturday.
毎日、新聞を読んでいる。
Every day, I read I’m reading the newspaper.
マギー先生のサイトを知っていますか？
Do you know Are you knowing about Maggie Sensei’s site?
彼は太っている。
He is getting fat.
電気がついている。
The light is turning(?) on.
結婚しています would be I am marrying, but that’s just not how it works in English, as ています has a few different uses, so there’s no need (and really just makes it more confusing) to try to fit all of them as gerund rather than specifying how it can be used, imo.
It’s just a funny way to show the difference between the languages, not an explanation.
https://maggiesensei.com/2014/07/31/how-to-use-v＋ている-teiru-ています-teimasu/
Awesome resource. Thanks for helping me understand that better.
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