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Archive forDecember 11th, 2008

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Keep on practicing your Japanese and learning new things! You’ve learned how important the passive voice is to the Japanese language. Now, it’s time for you to master some very specific Japanese: putting a clause into the passive voice by modifying the sentence’s noun. It might sound confusing, but it’s really quite simple. In fact, I’ll bet you already speak this way all the time. If you’ve ever said something like, “The first edition books aren’t sold at the bookstore,” you are well on your way. In this lower intermediate Japanese lesson, discover how to form popular Japanese sentences where the modifying clause is in the passive voice. This sentence structure is used so much, it’s a necessary part of the Japanese language. After you read all of the great examples in this JapanesePod101.com lesson, you’ll be a natural!

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