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Archive for April, 2007  

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! This girl has a pasokon (computer), a terebi (TV) and all the things normal little girls have. But there’s something else lurking in her room, and we’re gonna find out what they are!

In this newbie Japanese lesson, we’ll be reviewing the differences between iru and aru, which are used to say where things are, as well as the conjunction to used for listing things. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and let us know what’s in your room!

 

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! The senior year at Japanese universities is the toughest, especially for students who have to write a sotsuron. That’s short for sotsugyo rombun and means “senior thesis” and it’s definitely not a short paper. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave Miki a comment!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! The lovely Nozomi returns to teach us more about her famous Japanese dialect, Aomori-ben! This week, Sho-kun got another bad test score and Yuki has some sketchy advice for him. Let’s learn some new words in the Aomori Dialect, a unique side of Japanese Culture! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today we’ll take a look at two kotowaza, famous Japanese proverbs: neko ni koban and buta ni shinju. Takumi-kun tries to explain them to his mother, but something goes horribly wrong! Then we’ll explore how to use te mo to make dependent clauses translated as “even if” and “although.” Even if you listened to this lesson on your iPod, be sure to stop by JapanesePod101.com and leave us a post!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Two co-workers enjoyed their delicious mīto sōsu supageti (spaghetti bolognese, literally “meat sauce spaghetti”), but couldn’t finish it all! Of course, nobody wants to waste oishii pasta, so why not get a doggy bag and enjoy it later? We’ll review the verb iru, which is verb “to be” for animate nouns. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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