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1. https://ibb.co/Xy047k9

   What does 上手い事話してくれれば mean?

2. Can someone help me transcribe this video? [https://youtu.be/MhaZfaW6aI4?t=671](https://youtu.be/MhaZfaW6aI4?t=671) from 11:11 to 11:37. I’m having trouble even distinguishing the words said

   Here is my best effort:

   11:11: 皆様としんぎゅうさんぼうごいっしゅ(?)いたしますが、皆様元気に行ってきますと。。。（laughter）下さるの楽しみにしております。

   11:19: こちらのにっせんき（I think the station name?）から約40分のほどバス走らせて参りまして、きゅうさいとけべってい(I think the name of the garden they’re going to)と向かって参ります。

   11:27: きゅうさいとけべっていまでの間高速道路しようとしますので皆様シートベルト着用したままでのほどくせきにご協力お願いいたします。

3. Hi, I’m a native Mandarin speaker and I’m having a very hard time distinguishing voiced and unvoiced consonants when they are in the middle of a word. For example I cannot hear the different between て and で if they are in the middle of a word (thus unaspirated). すでに sounds exactly like “すてに” if that was a word. The same happens to じ vs ち and か vs が (when it’s not pronounced as nga). For example, バカ VS バーガー if ignoring the length.

   Thank you in advance!

4. Hello all, I recently started learning Japanese and as an adult I realize true fluency is an incredibly difficult thing to achieve, but if I plan a trip to Japan in say 4-5 years I’d love to be at least moderately comfortable with every day reading and speaking. I recently got out of the military and I finished all the school I’m interested in doing while still in, so I have about 3/4 of my GI bill left and I wondered if anyone has any recommendations for online/remote courses that I could take that I could use my GI bill for? I know there’s an absolute trove of free or very affordable learning material out there but I thought maybe a formal course would help challenge me a little more to push myself.

   Looking forward to hearing some recommendations, thank you in advance to anyone who has any.