Comments on: Hands http://howtojapanese.blogsome.com/2009/04/03/hands/ How to "Get Used to" Japanese Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:49:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Daniel http://howtojapanese.blogsome.com/2009/04/03/hands/#comment-169 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:42:15 +0100 http://howtojapanese.blogsome.com/2009/04/03/hands/#comment-169 <i>even getting the past tense down was enough to excise the “waving over the shoulder to indicate yesterday” from my handcabulary.</i> That's a really, really good point! Funny how "behind me" is universal for "yesterday." even getting the past tense down was enough to excise the “waving over the shoulder to indicate yesterday” from my handcabulary.

That’s a really, really good point! Funny how “behind me” is universal for “yesterday.”

]]> by: David http://howtojapanese.blogsome.com/2009/04/03/hands/#comment-168 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 06:36:25 +0100 http://howtojapanese.blogsome.com/2009/04/03/hands/#comment-168 Dude, you're sooooo right. I cannot avoid to notice when i move my hands, and my friends instead of looking at my eyes, look at my (charade) hands. Keep under control. Ok, i'll do my best ;) Dude, you’re sooooo right. I cannot avoid to notice when i move my hands, and my friends instead of looking at my eyes, look at my (charade) hands.

Keep under control. Ok, i’ll do my best ;)

]]> by: Thomas http://howtojapanese.blogsome.com/2009/04/03/hands/#comment-167 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:46:01 +0100 http://howtojapanese.blogsome.com/2009/04/03/hands/#comment-167 Oh, so true. Not that I've mastered the passive tense by any means-- but even getting the <i>past</i> tense down was enough to excise the "waving over the shoulder to indicate yesterday" from my handcabulary. Oh, so true. Not that I’ve mastered the passive tense by any means– but even getting the past tense down was enough to excise the “waving over the shoulder to indicate yesterday” from my handcabulary.

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