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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You are helping your friend, who doesn’t speak Japanese, through her tours of the various cities of Japan. Now you’re in Tokyo and helping her find her way by reading the Japanese signs, menus, and directions for her and recommending places for her to visit. Your friend likes to collect furniture, so you take her to a store that sells beautiful Japanese antiques. The store’s owner comes over to you and says in Japanese, “We have authentic Japanese antiques here for sale. Let me know if you need any help.” You tell the owner in Japanese, “Thank you, we will.” Your friend just nods at the owner. You browse for a while, and your friend finds a beautiful Japanese bowl she wants to buy. You call the owner over and tell him in Japanese, “She wants to buy this bowl.” He looks at her and starts negotiating with her in Japanese. Your friend looks to you helplessly, so you explain to the owner in Japanese, “She wants to learn Japanese, but she cannot speak the language very well yet. I’ll negotiate the sale on her behalf.”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Beginner lesson will show you how to describe the wishes of others in Japanese. We’ll also tell you what you should and should not say about another person’s feelings in Japanese so you can mind your manners! 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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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Ugh. First day at your new job, and your friend is working alongside you to help you practice those pesky Japanese counters. You ask your friend in Japanese, “How many of these pencils should there be?” You hear the answer, but it doesn’t sound right to you. “You call back, “How many pencils?” Once again, your Japanese friend answers, and once again you don’t understand. You studied your numbers all the way up to more than ten-thousand, and you went over the Japanese counters all night last night. You thought you knew them well. Your friend cannot have more pencils in inventory than ten-thousand. You’re beginning to have doubts as to your sanity. You know your Japanese well enough to ask in Japanese, “How many? That doesn’t sound right.” Why can’t she tell you how many pencils there are supposed to be…or why can’t you understand her?! “I can’t understand you,” you repeat in Japanese, completely frustrated. Excitedly, she replies in Japanese, “You are right! I was saying the Japanese counter wrong on purpose to test you! Your Japanese lessons are REALLY paying off!” Phew!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Basic Japanese video lesson introduces more Japanese counters. There are a couple of tricks to counting in Japanese. It’s easy: long, short or round, and flat. Add these Japanese counters a to your Japanese numbers and you’re on your way. You’ll be Japanese counting whiz. 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!
Learn intermediate Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today our Japanese saga continues as Ryūta heads to the office to ask for time off. Will he be able to go to Hokkaido? Today we’ll look at asking for permission in Japanese. Add yō ni and the to conditional to your grammar arsenal! Stop by the site to review and test yourself!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! The apartment in Japan is very much to your liking. All the little touches that are so clearly and endearingly Japanese make you very pleased with all the arrangements. Even your Japanese roommate is a terrific guy who is very considerate of your unfamiliarity with Japanese ways. Now, for the first time, the two of you are going grocery shopping. Time to make a list. He poses questions to you in Japanese. “Do you cook?” You answer in Japanese, “Some but I’m not familiar with Japanese cooking.” So he ask in Japanese, “What do you like to eat?” Pondering for a moment, you answer in Japanese, “Well, I like a lot of things. I like fish, and chicken, and pork, and beef, and duck, among other things.” Scribbling some notes on paper, he asks in Japanese, “How about vegetables?” Watching intently, you reply in Japanese, “Oh, I like a lot of vegetables, but I don’t’ like eggplant or rhubarb.” Looking confused, he asks in Japanese, “What’s rhubarb? I don’t think we have that here in Japan.” Laughing, you answer in Japanese, “Well, that’s okay because I don’t like it anyway!” He continues to ask you questions in Japanese, “What about daikon and wasabi and things like that?” You answer all of his questions in Japanese, “I like daikon and wasabi, but I don’t like cold soup.” “Cold soup!” he answers, “That sounds awful. Well, you don’t have to worry. In Japanese cooking, the soup is hot. Looks like you really lucked out in Japan,” he says, “The things you don’t like we don’t have.”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Particle lesson explains the ways you use Japanese particles to make lists. In Japanese, the particles you use to make the list tell your listener whether the list is complete or not. Isn’t that handy? 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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