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I'll never forget my experience in Japanese class. The prof, an unbelievable guy (spoke six languages, Aikido master, Chaplain at a correctional facility, not to mention University lecturer) kept trying to explain grammer to us using the formal terms. It also didn't help that, although he had lived in the west since the 60's, still spoke with a heavy Japanese accent. He kept telling us that this was the "bolitional" tense. None of us could make out his words, so he finally just wrote down "volitional" on the whiteboard. I understood at that point, but then when he started talking about the "gerund" form I lost the thread completely. No idea what he was talking about. That hurt my pride for a few days.....
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