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Archive for November 6th, 2008

Lower Intermediate Lesson #99 - S3 #17: Passive Voice Part 1 - Learn to Speak Polite Japanese

Level: Lower Intermediate Lessons (S3)

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Without even realizing it, you speak in the passive voice all the time. Instead of saying, “My mother yelled at me,” you might say, “I was yelled at by my mother.” The passive voice is even more common in Japanese. So, it’s a necessary part of speaking Japanese like a natural.

In this lower intermediate Japanese lesson, learn to form Japanese sentences in the passive voice by simply making the direct object the subject. Using simple charts, this Japanese lesson shows you how to switch word orders in common sentence patterns to form the passive voice. You’ll also discover the right times to speak this way and how the Japanese word reru fits in. The passive voice is an easy way to speak politely in Japanese, so this JapanesePod101.com lesson is one you don’t want to miss!

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Grammar: reru | Function: Passive | Topic: friends | Politeness Level: casual

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