Archive for February, 2008 
Learn Japanese on Your Own Terms at JapanesePod101.com! in today’s lesson, a patient is visiting the dentist because her tooth hurts. But this doctor has a slight hearing problem… (among other things). Well, at least his Japanese is good! And so are our grammar points. Today we’ll look at the negative stem plus -zaru wo enai and yō ga… mai ga. These constructions are kind of formal, so it should be good practice for those of you who are preparing for the JLPT. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Learn Japanese & Have Fun at JapanesePod101.com! Today is the exciting conclusion of our Wasabi Kunoichi series. Last week Wasabi-chan discovered her kōchō-sensei (highschool principal) was behind all the missing wasabi. But now that she learned his secret, he has to eliminate her. What will happen to poor Wasabi-chan? Tune in to find out! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Learn Japanese Dialects at JapanesePod101.com! It’s time for another lesson in the Niigata Dialect! Yuuki and Rie return with a brand new conversation which features a bit of a misunderstanding. See if you can figure it out before the explanation! We’ll take a look at more particles and some unique vocabulary. And of course, you can hear the lovely Rie say “awww yeah!” What more could you want from a Japanese Culture Class? After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! One of the most delicious foods in Japan is unagi (sometimes called freshwater eel in English). They begin their life in the sea and migrate to Japan to hang out in the rivers and lakes. In today’s two young unagi are discussing their plans after graduation. Our grammar point is using the -masu stem plus hajimeru/hajimaru and oeru/owaru to indicate starting and finishing actions, respectively. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! “What’s wrong, my friend? You look confused.” Your friend is staring at a large map and it has Japanese writing on it. “I am confused,” he says, although he’s mumbling his Japanese. “What’s got you confused?” you ask in Japanese. “I can’t figure out how to get from here to there. This map of Japan is too confusing. I actually think I’ve got it turned upside down…do I? It sure would help if I could tell north from south in Japanese!” Laughing, you assure him in Japanese, “It’s not upside down, but it is turned ninety degrees.” Frustrated, he replies in Japanese, “I can’t read the Japanese compass directions or the trail signs.” “What’s this all about?” you ask in Japanese, “What are you trying to do?” “The hiking trail we’re walking tomorrow is supposed to be great, but we have to use a compass and this map to find our way through the Japanese hiking trail, and the map is entirely in Japanese! We’re going to be lost in the Japanese wilderness!” Your friend tends to be overly dramatic at times. He just needs a little confidence and you can give it to him by helping him with the Japanese writing on the map. “No, you’re not going to be lost. Let’s start with the compass points. Do you even own a compass?” He shows you the one that came attached to key ring he got last week. This could be a problem. As you write “www.JapanesePod101.com” on a piece of paper and hand it to him, you tell him, “First, you’re going to need a real compass, not one of those trinkets that come in cereal boxes.”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson tells you where it is. When you’re traveling more than a few yards in Japan, you have to know how to get where you’re going, so you must know how to recognize and talk about the points of the compass in Japanese. This lesson will show you how to use the Japanese words for north, south, east, and west. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Japanese lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!
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