Diary - Today, I had my Japanese lesson.

[Maybo]

This is an entry from my diary. Please check it and correct any mistakes.

Today, I had my Japanese lesson. I started to learn new words and how to form a sentence. Five years ago, I tried to learn Japanese but I stuck in alphabets and am busy with my work, so I gave up. This time, I found myself did better. Before learning this new language, I'd never thought that there is a word order such as Subject+Object+Verb. Therefore, I did some research on other languages and found that there is even OVS and OSV sentence patterns. I can't imagine my brain can function that way of speaking.

 

[tedmc]

This is an entry from my diary. Please check it and correct any mistakes.

Today, I had my Japanese lesson. I started to learn new words and how to form a sentence. Five years ago, I tried to learn Japanese but I was stuck in at alphabets. and am I was busy with my work then, so I gave up. This time, I found myself did doing better. Before learning this new language, I'd never have thought that there is a word order such as like Subject+Object+Verb. Therefore, I did some research on the same in other languages and found that there is are even OVS and OSV sentence patterns. I can't imagine my brain can function coping with that way of speaking.

 

[Maybo]

Why should I use “I would never have thought” and not “I had never thought”?

 

[tedmc]

Why should I use “I would never have thought” and not “I had never thought”?

You are right; what you have written using the past perfect tense is fine. "Would never have thought" is about looking at things on hindsight.

 

[Tarheel]

I would say:

This time I did better.

You can use English to talk about Japanese. Wow!