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Archive for November 28th, 2008

Upper Intermediate Lesson S2 #20 - Japanese Superstitions 3: Thanks to this Lesson, You’ll Speak Japanese like a Pro!

Level: Upper Intermediate Lessons (S2)

Take your Japanese to the next level, thanks to this lesson. In fact, you’ll learn to use the expression “thanks to…” in a number of situations. You can say, “Thanks to you, I got the day off” to genuinely express thanks. Or, you can say, “Thanks to you, I had to work late” to add some irony to your Japanese. As you can see, there are a whole lot of ways to use “thanks to…” in everyday speech. That’s why you need this upper intermediate Japanese lesson. With it, you’ll learn to use okage de (thanks to) both genuinely and ironically. Depending on the outcome of a situation, you need to know how to use it in both ways. You’ll also discover examples that will help you immediately integrate the expression into your Japanese. You will thank yourself for reading this JapanesePod101.com lesson!

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Grammar: okage de | Function: expressing thanks | Topic: superstition | Politeness Level: casual

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