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00-Meta/GEMINI.md

@@ -109,6 +109,18 @@ Always respond in Markdown. Use headings, lists, and bold text for clarity.
     5.  **Action (Hanzi):** If Hanzi is missing, it uses a web search with the Pinyin and/or translation to find the characters.
     6.  **Action:** The assistant updates the note file with the completed entries.
 
+- **[Memory/Workflow Name]:** Prepare New Language Note Workflow
+- **Value:** Streamlines the creation of new language class notes by automatically populating them with the previous week's homework or synopsis, ensuring continuity and reducing manual setup.
+- **Example Protocol:**
+    1.  **User Request:** "Prepare New [Language] Note" (implicitly or explicitly).
+    2.  **Action:** Determines the current date to name the new note (e.g., `[Language] Class_YYYY-MM-DD.md`).
+    3.  **Action:** Creates an empty new note file in `10-Input/Classes/`.
+    4.  **Action:** Checks for the existence of `10-Input/Classes/[Language]_Homework.md`. If it doesn't exist, it creates an empty one.
+    5.  **Action:** Reads the content from `00-Meta/Templates/[Language] Class Template.md`.
+    6.  **Action:** Reads the content from `10-Input/Classes/[Language]_Homework.md`.
+    7.  **Action:** Injects the homework content into the `# Last Weeks Homework` section of the template content.
+    8.  **Action:** Writes the combined content to the newly created `10-Input/Classes/[Language] Class_YYYY-MM-DD.md` file.
+
 - **[Memory/Workflow Name]:** [Brief Description of the Task]
 - **Value:** [Why this task is useful/complex to record]
 - **Example Protocol:** [Step-by-step instructions or key constraint used to achieve the desired outcome]

20-Knowledge/Synthesized-Japanese-Class-Notes.md

@@ -210,20 +210,37 @@ You can express potential without conjugating the verb into its unique form by u
     - **Note**: If apologizing for *not* doing something, use the negative て-form (なくて).
     - *Example*: パーティーへ行かなくて、すみませんでした (I'm sorry I couldn't go to the party.)
     - *Example*: 本をなくして、すみませんでした (I'm sorry for losing the book.)
-    - *Example*: 宿題を持って来なくて、すみませんでした (I'm sorry for not bringing the homework.)
+            - *Example: 宿題を持って来なくて、すみませんでした (I'm sorry for not bringing the homework.)*
     
-- **Trying To (〜てみる)** - 2025-11-20: To express the idea of trying something out, you conjugate a verb to its て-form and then append the verb みる. Since みる is a regular verb itself, it can be conjugated into other forms, allowing for flexible expressions.
-    - **Formula**: Verb (て-form) + みる
-    - **Conjugation Examples**:
-        - `〜みてもいいですか?` - Is it okay if I try...?
-        - `〜みたい` - I want to try...
-    - **Usage Examples**:
-        - *新しいレストランに行ってみます。* (I'll try going to a new restaurant.)
-        - *この服は着てみてもいいですか？* (Is it okay if I try on these clothes?)
-        - *この靴はサイズが合いますか？履いてみてもいいですか？* (Do these shoes fit my size? Can I try them on?)
-        - *この本は面白いですか？読んでみてもいいですか？* (Is this book interesting? May I try reading it?)
-        - *沖縄のがまを見てみたい。* (I want to try to see the caves in Okinawa.)
+    <div style="page-break-after: always;"></div>
+    - **Quoting Someone (Informal) (〜って言いました)** - 2025-11-25: A less formal equivalent of `〜と言います` for quoting others. It requires the verb preceding it to be in the plain (dictionary) form, not the -ます form. The latter part of the phrase (e.g., `言いました`) is often omitted in casual conversation.
+        - **Formula**: Plain Form + って言いました / って
+        - **Examples**:
+            - *A-sanが”明日は休む”って言いました* (A-san said, "I'm off tomorrow.")
+            - *A-sanが「会議は午後からだ」って* (A-san said, "The meeting is from the afternoon.")
+            - *A-sanが「資料を作って」って* (A-san said, "Make the materials.")
+            - *ニュースで「けいざいがよくなっている」って* (The news said, "The economy is improving.")
     
+    - **Conditional "If" (もし...だったら/たら)** - 2025-11-25: A common, less formal way to express "if" (less formal than `なら`).
+        - **Verb**: Conjugate the verb to its plain past tense (た-form) and add `ら`.
+            - *Example: もしたくさんお金が**あったら**、新しい車を買います。* (If I had a lot of money, I would buy a new car.)
+        - **Noun or な-Adjective**: Add `だったら`.
+            - *Example: **もし**明日はいい天気**だったら**、ビーチにいきます。* (If the weather is good tomorrow, I'll go to the beach.)
+        - **Negative Noun/な-Adj**: Conjugate the noun/adjective to the negative plain past `じゃなかった` and add `ら`.
+        - **い-Adjective**: Replace the final `い` with `かったら`.
+            - *Example: もし週末は**晴れだったら**、公園で遊びます。* (If it's sunny this weekend, we'll play at the park.)
+    
+    - **Trying To (〜てみる)** - 2025-11-20: To express the idea of trying something out, you conjugate a verb to its て-form and then append the verb みる. Since みる is a regular verb itself, it can be conjugated into other forms, allowing for flexible expressions.
+        - **Formula**: Verb (て-form) + みる
+        - **Conjugation Examples**:
+            - `〜みてもいいですか?` - Is it okay if I try...?
+            - `〜みたい` - I want to try...
+        - **Usage Examples**:
+            - *新しいレストランに行ってみます。* (I'll try going to a new restaurant.)
+            - *この服は着てみてもいいですか？* (Is it okay if I try on these clothes?)
+            - *この靴はサイズが合いますか？履いてみてもいいですか？* (Do these shoes fit my size? Can I try them on?)
+            - *この本は面白いですか？読んでみてもいいですか？* (Is this book interesting? May I try reading it?)
+            - *沖縄のがまを見てみたい。* (I want to try to see the caves in Okinawa.)
 - **Hearsay (〜そうです)** - 2025-11-20: This pattern is used to report information that you have heard from another source. It is appended to the plain (non-polite) form of verbs andい-adjectives. For な-adjectives and nouns, you must add だ before そうです.
     - **Formula**: Plain Form (Verb/Adjective) + そうです
     - **Formula (Noun/な-Adj)**: Noun/な-Adj + だ + そうです
@@ -243,6 +260,7 @@ You can express potential without conjugating the verb into its unique form by u
 - **Time & Frequency:** あさって (day after tomorrow), いちにちじゅう (all day), おととい (two days ago), こんど (next time), しょうがつ / しんねん (New Years), まいしゅう (every week), 将来 (しょうらい) - near future
 - **Food & Drink:** ごはん (rice/meal), しお (salt), すきやき (sukiyaki), やきにく (BBQ), やしょく (late night snack), 洋食 (ようしょく) - Western food
 - **Objects & Concepts:** いさん (heritage), えんぴつ (pencil), かばん (bag), くるま (car), けいたい (cell phone), しごと (work), しつもん (question), せいしょ (Bible), でんしゃ (train), りょこう (trip/travel), 洋食 (ようしょく) - Western food, 合格発表 (ごうかく はっぴょう) - pass exam announcement, 給料 (きゅうりょう) - salary, 実現 (じつげん) - achievement/realization, 公開講演 (こうかいこうえん) - public talk, 緊張 (きんちょう) - nervousness, 区域 (くいき) - Congregation Territory, 忍耐 (にんたい) - Patience (from God), 基地 (きち) - Military Base, 遅刻 (ちこく) - Delay, 宿題 (しゅくだい) - Homework, 教科書 (きょうかしょ) - Text Book, 日の出 (ひので) - Sunlight, 離島 (りとう) - Small islands off a big island, 天気予報 (てんきよほう) - Weather report, 嵐 (あらし) - Storm
+- **Natural Phenomena:** - 2025-11-25: 断水 (だんすい) - Water Main/Cut, 地震 (じしん) - Earthquake, 洗濯 (せんたく) - Laundry
 
 ### Verbs
 

41-Calls/Okinawa/Portuguese Man.md

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 Takaesu, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2242, Japan
 
+Aiko and I found a guy who barley spoke English, only spoke Portuguese, and a little bit of Japanese. Aiko gave a full presentation in Japanese, he said he was Christian. He said his family reads the bible in Portuguese every day. Aiko asked what is favorite scripture was, and he played a Christian song on Spotify. Return with Robbie