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How many kanji are in each chapter of Tobira?
The new teacher I’m trying wants to go through the genki series then tobira, but I find it difficult to learn kanji, the components and readings so don’t like to do much at a time. Genki has like 16 per chapter. I can do around 20 in two weeks fine. How many does Tobira have? I might switch to another teacher who doesn’t cover kanji if it contains too many kanji in one go for me.
Sometimes when I read and come across しまう, I understand that it adds a nuance of “unfortunate/undesirable” but it’s kinda hard to understand in some contexts. In the following sentence (an example sentence from とびら), I can’t quite understand the part that しまった adds:
日食を見っているうちに、どんどん空が暗くなってきて、ついに真っ暗になってしまった。
Can you say 個人たち? I mean yeah everyone can say it, but is it right?
English sentence: No, there isn’t a book store in my town.
=> いいえ、(私の町に本屋が/)ありません
Can anyone explain why the Ni particle is used in this case and not the de particle?
-My particle knowledge is pretty limited
Ni: Time and towards a goal
De: Where an activity takes place