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[Hellkite]

Originally Posted by loveskyliemole

Hello,
It's Mayumi again.
Loooooooooong time no see!
おひさしぶりです！

I would like to ask you a question about kindergartens and schools in your countries.

In Japan, school year starts from April. (kindergartens,schools and universities too)
and we have an "entrance ceremony" everytime we join a new school.

Do you have such ceremony in your country? or just have a ceremony for graduation?

Many of my students go to the kindergarten from this April, and the other day we were talking about it with our teacher from USA, were told that there was no such ceremony in the USA, he said you can get into the kindergarten whenever you want....so I just wondered how about other countries?

I am looking forward to hearing from you again

Mayumi

Hi^^

well, in austria, we dont really have such a ceremony. most of the time for those who get their Matura (final certificate to enter an uni) make such a graduation festival in our small school´s church.
and just after a normal school year, not the last one, you get your certificate from the teacher and then just go home^^ and the first school day of every year, your head teacher comes and discusses with the whole class about organisation and so on.
schools start here at the beginning of september and end in june/ beginning of july. in between you have 2 terms, and the 2nd starts after 1 week holidays in february.

[loveskyliemole]

I see.

It's very interesting.

In Japan, "entering" is very difficult, so they celebrate it.
if you believe or not, "graduating" is not so difficult in Japan...
I know many college students kind of stop studying hard once they passed their exam to enter the college...

I was like that too.
I started studying properly after I went to Australia.

Anyway,
here is a website you can have a look
to see what Japanese people wear and care about the entrance ceremony...

http://www.atsugi.co.jp/styleupcafe/.../vol02.html#02

Originally Posted by Koir

There's more concentration on finishing a level of schooling than beginning it, so we have graduation ceremonies instead of entrance ceremonies. In my experience, the beginning of a school year or college term is a time of getting things organized and making sure everyone knows what is expected of them in terms of work effort and attendance. In a way, it *is* an entrance ceremony, but much more informal and group-oriented.

Though in the past, the college I attend did have what could be called a "formal" entrance ceremony. Its purpose was mainly to sort students into groups according to area of study, then further on to individual classes if a group was too large. It was rather awkward and more suited to a high school setting, in my opinion.

[loveskyliemole]

Interesting!

Thank you for your information about Austria.

Our school year starts from April and ends in March.
We have summer holidays (30-40days in July and August)
Winter holidays(10-14days in December and January)
Spring holidays (10-30days in March and April)

something like that

Originally Posted by Hellkite

Hi^^

well, in austria, we dont really have such a ceremony. most of the time for those who get their Matura (final certificate to enter an uni) make such a graduation festival in our small school´s church.
and just after a normal school year, not the last one, you get your certificate from the teacher and then just go home^^ and the first school day of every year, your head teacher comes and discusses with the whole class about organisation and so on.
schools start here at the beginning of september and end in june/ beginning of july. in between you have 2 terms, and the 2nd starts after 1 week holidays in february.

[Hellkite]

Originally Posted by loveskyliemole

Interesting!

Thank you for your information about Austria.

Our school year starts from April and ends in March.
We have summer holidays (30-40days in July and August)
Winter holidays(10-14days in December and January)
Spring holidays (10-30days in March and April)

something like that

Ah, thats quite interesting too, wow, even impresses me a little, similar though different to the system here^^hah
by the way, i forgot to tell you the spring and winter holidays ><;; hah

Winter holidays are the so called christmas holidays and are at the end of december till the beginning of january. (14 or 15 days)
and the spring holidays are mostly at the beginning of april, and also last for 7 to 10 days then

[loveskyliemole]

Hello everyone

Thank you for helping me everytime I come here.

I have a question, well actually some questions today
Can anyone help me?

1)
I will answer your questions.
I will answer to your questions.

Which one is right?

2)
I've been learning how to play the guiter since I was 10 years old.
I started learning how to play the guiter when I was 10 years old.

Do these sound OK to you?

3)this sound very very silly...
but one of my friends was wondering and asked me to
ask you guys for a help!

Her question was...

"how Do you call a "tissue" properly?"

She means

There usually are 2 pieces of very thin tissue paper, making a pair... I mean the regular tissue paper!...do you know what I mean? I am sorry I don't know how to explain this...

We learnt stuff like these...
a piece of paper
a pair of shoes

What about the tissue!?
Do you call it "a piece of tissue paper"?
or they are always come in 2 pieces actually, so
should we say a pair of 2 pieces of tissue paper?

I usually say "Can I have a tissue?" but she says it's not right.

I know this is very silly, but please help her (actually help ME! cos she keeps asking me if I get the answer)

Please leave your question about Japanese too,
I would like to help too


Have a good weekend

Mayumi

[MissMisa]

Originally Posted by loveskyliemole

Hello everyone

Thank you for helping me everytime I come here.

I have a question, well actually some questions today
Can anyone help me?

1)
I will answer your questions.
I will answer to your questions.

Which one is right?

2)
I've been learning how to play the guiter since I was 10 years old.
I started learning how to play the guiter when I was 10 years old.

Do these sound OK to you?

3)this sound very very silly...
but one of my friends was wondering and asked me to
ask you guys for a help!

Her question was...

"how Do you call a "tissue" properly?"

She means

There usually are 2 pieces of very thin tissue paper, making a pair... I mean the regular tissue paper!...do you know what I mean? I am sorry I don't know how to explain this...

We learnt stuff like these...
a piece of paper
a pair of shoes

What about the tissue!?
Do you call it "a piece of tissue paper"?
or they are always come in 2 pieces actually, so
should we say a pair of 2 pieces of tissue paper?

I usually say "Can I have a tissue?" but she says it's not right.

I know this is very silly, but please help her (actually help ME! cos she keeps asking me if I get the answer)

Please leave your question about Japanese too,
I would like to help too


Have a good weekend

Mayumi

Hello!

1) 'I will answer your questions.' This is right.

2) 'I've been learning how to play the guitar since I was 10 years old.' This is right, though it is 'guitar' and not 'guiter.'

3) 'Can I have a tissue please?' is right if you only want 1 tissue (remember to say please though!).

If you want more than that, you could say, 'Can I have some tissues please?'

If you want a specific number of tissues, you would say, 'Can I have 2 tissues please?' You can change the number to any other number.

(By the way, most people just say 'Can I have a tissue please?' and they know that you mean two tissues together, because that is counted as a whole usually. They do not mind how many layers one tissue has, if that makes sense.)

Hope that helps you! ^_^

[Koir]

Ooh, goodies! Questions!

Originally Posted by loveskyliemole

Hello everyone

Thank you for helping me everytime I come here.

I have a question, well actually some questions today
Can anyone help me?

1)
I will answer your questions.
I will answer to your questions.

Which one is right?

The first sentence is right.

2)
I've been learning how to play the guitar since I was 10 years old.
I started learning how to play the guitar when I was 10 years old.

Do these sound OK to you?

Both sound okay to me, as they both describe the same action (learning to play the guitar). They differ in where the speaker/writer wishes to place the emphasis in the statement.

The first statement emphasizes the length of time the speaker/writer has been learning to play the guitar. If the speaker is in his or her 30s the statement illustrates the length of time spent learning to play the guitar, in this case twenty years.

The second statement emphasizes the age at which the speaker/writer started to learn to play the guitar. As a result, less emphasis is placed on the length of time learning and more emphasis is placed on the starting age.

3)this sound very very silly...
but one of my friends was wondering and asked me to
ask you guys for a help!

Her question was...

"how Do you call a "tissue" properly?"

She means

There usually are 2 pieces of very thin tissue paper, making a pair... I mean the regular tissue paper!...do you know what I mean? I am sorry I don't know how to explain this...

We learnt stuff like these...
a piece of paper
a pair of shoes

What about the tissue!?
Do you call it "a piece of tissue paper"?
or they are always come in 2 pieces actually, so
should we say a pair of 2 pieces of tissue paper?

I usually say "Can I have a tissue?" but she says it's not right.

I know this is very silly, but please help her (actually help ME! cos she keeps asking me if I get the answer)

In this case, the way you ask is correct. "A tissue" is what is called in English grammar as a "collective noun". That means a singular form of the noun can represent a group of the same item.

Yes, one "tissue" is made up of two "layers" of tissue which can be easily pulled apart to form two single "tissues" but the usual form of the item is two (or more) layers pressed together to make one "tissue".

In natural English usage, a "tissue" is frequently referred to as a "Kleenex", which is an example of a name brand being used so often to describe the item that it replaces the "correct" English name of the item.

Have a good weekend

Mayumi

I shall try, Mayumi-san. Good to hear from you

[survivingonrice]

For the last question I'll put in my suggestion too(even though there is a lot here already....but still!)

don't say " a piece of tissue" or " a pair of tissue"<--this one is very wrong, though

just say "tissue" There is no counter for a tissue

[loveskyliemole]

Originally Posted by MissMisa

Hope that helps you! ^_^

Yes, Thank you very much!

When you have any question about Japanese, please let me help you

[loveskyliemole]

Originally Posted by survivingonrice

just say "tissue" There is no counter for a tissue

Thank you survivingonrice!
When you have any question about Japanese, please leave it here!