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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! “Well, this is it!” you tell your Japanese friends. “What’s this?” they ask you in Japanese. You’ve been working carefully at the Namiki company on a project, and it’s finally done. “This is the best pen made! I helped design it as part of a project at Namiki.” you tell them. “What did you do over there?” they asked in Japanese. “I was working on a project to help design the colors for their new line of fountain pen inks,” you explain in Japanese, “and it was really interesting…and sometimes really messy. Did you know this Japanese fountain pen and ink is one of the best in the world?” Proudly explaining further, you continue in Japanese, “Look, this is a Namiki fountain pen, and so is that one in Jamie’s pocket. But look at the color of ink in this one.” You write with your pen on a fresh sheet of fine white paper, and your Japanese friends are all agog. “Wow, look at that color. Where did you get ink like that?” they exclaim in Japanese! This is one of the colors we made during the project,” you say, “Let’s go to that Japanese cafe over there. I have more to show you.”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Basic Japanese video lesson explains a very common and fundamental pattern of basic Japanese sentences. We will show you how to form the basic Japanese sentence structure, “this/that/that over there is ___.” With this pattern and a few words, you will be able to make all kinds of useful and valuable sentences in Japanese. 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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40 Responses to “Basic Japanese #18 - Basic Sentence Patterns”
at 6:30 pm
Mina-san,
Let’s try to make a sample sentence with this basic sentence structure you learned in this lesson!
at 8:08 pm
This is a brilliant lesson!!
これは すばらしい レッスン です!!
It would be great if you could incude some of the other voice actors in future lessons! おねがいします!
at 10:17 pm
Ha ha very funny at the end:))))Another good lesson >.
at 2:28 am
Sadly I was a little disappointed by this lesson. The lesson is titled, “Basic Sentence Patterns,” not “A Basic Sentence Pattern.” I was hoping to see a variety of common sentence patterns, rather than one used over and over and over again.
Not saying it’s bad. I just wanted to see more.
at 5:43 am
それは面白くて楽しかったです。ありがとうございました。
at 9:02 am
Great lesson - I take it “oni wa oni desu”
at 9:06 am
Hiroko is beautiful as Ami Tokito or Minase Yashiro!!
at 9:00 pm
LOL! The ending had me cracking up!
Awesome lesson guys! Love these visual lessons so much! :grin
at 6:07 pm
Now I know why my grand-daughter’s face changes from happy to scared when she hears the word “oni”!!!!
at 1:54 pm
Mina-san,
Thank you for your nice comments! Glad to know that you enjoyed this lesson, especially the end.
at 8:39 pm
ゆいち先生は若いです。
裕子先生はかわいいです。
これはいいウェブサイトです。
at 3:02 am
I love the styling of the graphics on these lessons! Is that Kozuka font? It looks very similar to that font, which I used on my handouts/quizzes when I taught a beginner course at work. I love the way it looks…both the 日本語 and ローマ字. Keep up the good work, guys!
よろしくお願いします。
at 8:23 pm
at 9:25 am
Spideyさん,
ありがとうございます♪
Joshさん,
Thank you! We’re glad that you like the graphics and that they’re easy to read
Kayla Sanさん,
I’m also a visual learner, so I understand where you are coming from! Thank you for your nice comments
at 3:46 am
Kore wa empitsu desu!
Are wa uisukii desu.
Sore wa shimbun desu.
Pencil, whisky and newspaper, if I remember correctly. Which I usually don’t, lol.
at 2:44 am
I love the lesson so much. It is so fun to learn Japanese now, no longer boring and dry.
at 9:07 pm
今日はありがとうございました
at 7:33 am
I actually screamed and turned away in terror at the end.
I’m so embarrased.
at 8:22 pm
Another fun lesson, thank you
at 7:07 am
Great video. The only thing is that I’m still confused on when to use Kore.
at 2:38 pm
LOL
at 4:05 pm
Arigato guzaimasu,it was a great lesson.
P.S:If I want to say this is a website…Ishould say kore,right?
at 8:59 pm
Arigato Guzaimasu , watachi wa charaf desu yoruchku ^^ it was funny video i realy like it ^^
at 12:19 am
Sono chokorēto wa kawaiidesu! Ehhhhhh!!!!!!
at 10:27 am
Are wa funny desu!!!
at 2:50 pm
kore wa interesting desu…
i don’t know the japanese term for interesting though…
can somebody tell me the japanese term for it…
arigatou gozaimasu…
at 9:33 am
megumi-san,
Kon’nichiwa.
“Interesting” is Omoshiroi in Japanese.
So it would be Kore wa omoshiroi desu.
You can search words on “search lessons&Dictionary” on the right top.
at 7:09 pm
motoko-san,
kon’nichiwa
arigatou gozaimasu.
i didn’t know there’s a search lessons and dictionary thing there. thanks a lot.
kono website wa omoshiroi desu.
arigatou gozaimasu.
at 11:05 am
これははなです。
それはくるまです。
あれはぎんこです。
THX4 the lesson! (^_^)
at 1:21 pm
これはかみがです。
それはえんぴつ四ほんです。
あれは本八まいです。
Is that right?
ありがとうごやいます!! :)
at 12:34 am
are wa oni desu! that was unexpected LOL
at 3:50 pm
megumi-san,
Thank you!
Glad you found our lessons “omoshiroi”
Andreas-san,
Very good!!
Just one little thing: “bank” in Japanese is ぎんこう
Sarina-san,
Wow, even with numbers! Well done
Maybe the first sentence is これはかみです。?
We count books with “さつ(satsu)”.
So, 本は、8さつ(はっさつ) です。
Jordan-san,
Run, run!!
Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com
at 2:12 am
This lesson was awesome as always!
I loved the part of the monster
I think i’m learning a lot and having fun at the same time
ありがとうございます
at 2:08 pm
Hello Ricardo Jorge,
Yes, that was a small surprise in the end
It’s really great to know that you are enjoying our lessons. We hope you learn a lot with us
If you have any questions, we’re here to help you!
Cheers,
Neha
Team JapanesePod101.com
at 12:29 pm
Hi, I love the video lessons. I was looking at the pdf notes and noticed the spelling for senbei was wrong on the first page. I just wanted to let you know.
at 1:34 pm
Cheryl-san,
Thank you very much!! We really appreciate your feedback!
Hope you’ll continue enjoying our lessons!
Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com
at 7:47 am
Really enjoy the scenarios; hope to see more!
And it’s nice to have someone else besides Hiroko-sensei,
not saying I don’t like her, it’s just more of a diverse kind of
learning than with only 1 person.
Thanks again,
A
at 8:23 pm
A-san,
Thank you! Glad you liked our lesson!
And, I understand completely what you mean! It’s always better if you have chances to listen to more people than just one, so that you can actually understand Japanese from anyone (not just some specific person’s Japanese).
Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com
at 7:49 am
haha! He’s so calm about the oni, and she’s “AH! It’s a monster!” I found it funny how they reacted. You guys are great teachers!
at 4:01 pm
Kita-san,
Thank you!!
I might run if I see “oni”, instead of saying “ah! it’s a moster”
Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com