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This is the 5th post in a series where I’m documenting how I’m teaching English to my student. Her first language is Japanese.

My student is getting better at “gonna” and “gotta” but another problem has come to light. She’s applying Japanese grammar to English when using “gonna”.

She’s leaving the verb “to be” out of future sentences that involve adjectives. For example, “She’s gonna happy” instead of “She’s gonna be happy”.

Anyone who has learnt Japanese will know that, there are times when Japanese adjectives function like verbs, and I guess this is the reason that Aika has been leaving the verb “to be” out.

My assignment for this week is to get Aika out of this habit!