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Archive for June, 2010  

Level: Particles

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You had a big fight with your son right before he went off to his Japanese school for the day. Now that you’re home from your job in Japan, you decide to make amends by making him his favorite dinner and some cookies for dessert. You knock on his door in your Japanese apartment, but much to your surprise, there is no answer. You knock again and start apologizing in Japanese, but again, there is no response. You cautiously open the door a crack and say in Japanese, “Hello? Anyone home? I’m so sorry for arguing this morning, so I decided to make you your favorite Japanese dish and also I’ll make some dessert.” Still nothing! You decide your son is playing hardball, so you open the door fully so you can address him in Japanese. He’s nowhere to be found! You mumble to yourself in Japanese, “This is worse than the time when we had a fight about him playing baseball instead of doing his homework!”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Particle lesson will teach you how to use the particle wa to show contrast. We’ll also show you how to use the Japanese particle mo, which means “also.” 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! From your living room, you hear your dog barking like crazy at someone walking by your Japanese townhouse. That can only mean one thing: someone is about to come to your door and try to sell you something in Japanese. As the person knocks, your dog starts to growl, so you go to try to rescue your Japanese visitor. You peer through the peephole, open the door just a crack, and ask the person in Japanese, “How can I help you?” The person says in Japanese, “I’d like to talk to you about a special offer. Do you have a minute?” You open the door a little further so the salesperson can see your dog and tell him in Japanese, “No, now is not a good time.” The salesperson persists and asks you in Japanese, “When would be a good time?” Before you can tell the person never to come back in Japanese, your dog starts to growl again. The salesperson tells your dog in Japanese, “Calm down, buddy. Heel!” As he continues to threaten the salesperson, you advise him in Japanese, “Sorry, my dog doesn’t understand Japanese. Thanks but no thanks!”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Lower Intermediate lesson will teach you how to use no da as opening remarks for another statement, such as a request, refusal, invitation, and so forth. You can also use this Japanese phrase to introduce a topic of conversation, and we’ll show you how in this lesson. 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! You ask your friend in Japanese, “What would you like to do this weekend?” Your friend responds in Japanese, “But it’s only Tuesday…I haven’t thought that far ahead yet.” You continue in Japanese, “Well, think about it now. Is there anything that you would like to do? Where would you like to go?” Your friend responds in Japanese, “I’m not sure. I’ll have to think about it.” Undeterred, you continue questioning in Japanese, “Well, do you have any plans for Friday or Saturday nights?” Your friend tells you in Japanese, “Not that I know of…” You ask your friend in Japanese, “Well, can you confirm that?” Your friend becomes agitated and asks you in Japanese, “Why are you cross-examining me? I told you I haven’t thought about it yet…I’ll let you know when I do…maybe tomorrow!” You mutter in Japanese, “I was just trying to plan a nice weekend for us…good grief! I’ll find something else to do and someone else to do it with!”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson will show you how to ask simple questions in Japanese. We’ll also show you how you can make these Japanese questions as polite as possible. Finally, we’ll teach you some relative time expressions 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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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re glad you’ve made so many friends in Japan. Your Japanese friends have been wonderful to you. But sometimes you don’t know how to keep up. Just this week, you heard your friends ask in Japanese, “When are we going out together?” and “When are you coming home with me to dinner?” and “When are you starting classes?” and “When can you go with me to visit the famous temple?” AND “When can we have lunch together?” You think you’re going to need a social secretary to keep track of all your appointments, luncheons, parties, dinners, trips, and the hundred other invitations you’ve received just this week in Japan! You’re beginning to wonder about another time. You’re beginning to wonder when you will have some time to yourself to sit and think or…study! When do you think that will be? One of your Japanese friends interrupts your reverie with another question. “You’re looking a bit worn around the edges,” he says in Japanese, “When are you going to get some sleep?” Laughing, you reply in Japanese, “I slept last week. When will I have time again?”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Basic Japanese video lesson moves from the important “where” of the previous lesson to the critical “when.” Time and place being the essentials of any good party, you must learn how to ask “When?” in Japanese, and this Japanese lesson will show you how. 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!