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Archive for July, 2010  

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your spouse waltzes into the room and announces in Japanese, “I have something to tell you.” Your interest piqued, you respond in Japanese, “Is it a surprise?” Your spouse says in Japanese, “Yes! Can you guess what it is?” You respond in Japanese, “I have no idea! This is so unexpected. Maybe it’s a puppy? I’ve been wanting a puppy.” Your spouse replies in Japanese, “You have? But no, it’s not a puppy.” You tell your spouse in Japanese, “Maybe we can go looking for a puppy this weekend.” Your spouse says in Japanese, “Maybe. But now I’m going to tell you what we’re going. You’re coming with me on vacation!” You look crestfallen, so your spouse pleads with you in Japanese, “Don’t be upset. Come with me to Hawaii.” Your face lights up and you say in Japanese, “We’re going to Hawaii? I thought you were going to drag me to your parents’ house again…not that I don’t like your parents. But how about that puppy? Can we get one when we get back?” Your spouse says in Japanese, “Can’t you just be satisfied with something for a few minutes?” You tell your spouse in Japanese, “Well, you always tell me to be more ambitious!”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Beginner lesson will show you how to use the Japanese imperative tense. With this verb tense, you’ll be able to command someone to do something in Japanese. We’ll also show you how to soften the Japanese imperative to give advice, console, or encourage someone. 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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Level: Kantan Kana

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Welcome to JapanesePod101.com’s Kantan Kana. Japanese has three writing systems: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. In this series of twenty-five lessons, you will learn both Hiragana and Katakana, collectively known as Kana. Over twenty-five lessons, we will teach you Japanese Kana using simple steps, showing you the correct stroke order, helpful tricks for memorization, and proper usage in common Japanese words. If you want to get started reading and writing Japanese, this is THE place to start. You’ll learn Japanese in mere minutes with these audio and video lessons, so join us for Kantan Kana from JapanesePod101.com! Get ready to wow your friends, family, teachers, and colleagues with the Japanese you learn with us!

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! In our second Japanese lesson, we’ll move on to the second group of hiragana characters, か、き、く、け、and こ, and we’ll teach you a few words you can write with these characters. Are you ready to learn more Japanese characters and words? Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find other language-learning content, including other great Japanese videos like this one, audio podcasts, review materials, blogs, iPhone applications, and more Japanese learning resources. Leave us a message while you are there!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Apparently, in addition to Japanese beer, your Japanese girlfriend’s father is also a lover of udon and tempura. He stops at the udon shop most every week. So when you returned from your long walk up the stairs and lunch at the Japanese restaurant, he asked in Japanese, “Was the udon okay? Did you have the tempura, too?” STILL stuffed from the late lunch, you reply in Japanese, “No, I just ate my weight in udon.” Shocked, he replies in Japanese, “What do you mean you didn’t eat the tempura?! Oh, I guess you were just very hungry and starving…from what our daughter told us anyway. Some places are much better than others are. Since you didn’t eat any today, maybe you can get some next week.” Great! So now, the family thinks you’re a wimp. Nice. However, not able to imagine another day as mentally or physically exhausting as today (and trying to save face at the same time), you reply in Japanese, “The Japanese restaurant we ate at today was supposed to be very popular. The udon was very delicious. I wouldn’t mind going there again.” Your girlfriend’s father replies in Japanese, “That sounds fantastic! We’ll go tomorrow!” Oh, no…

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson continues the previous lesson about the Japanese polite past tense. We’ll also learn how to make the past tense of Japanese i-adjectives. 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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Level: Particles

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your son going missing is probably already the talk of your Japanese neighborhood, but at least you found him safe and sound. When you arrive at home, you tell him in Japanese, “You frightened us terribly! Don’t ever do that to us again.” Your son apologizes and says in Japanese, “I’m sorry, it won’t happen again. But now I’m wondering what you’re going to do to punish me.” You respond in Japanese, “Your father and I will talk that over tomorrow. For now, we’re just happy that you’re at home and safe.” Your son hugs you and tells you in Japanese, “Mom, I’m so sorry.” You tell him in Japanese, “I forgive you. Now go to your room and finish your homework for school tomorrow.”

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 particles that are more colloquial that those we covered in the last Japanese lesson. Specifically, you’ll use these Japanese particles to confirm agreement, soften statements and feelings, and issue negative imperatives. 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! When your roommate arrives home from the Japanese grocery store, you ask him in Japanese, “Why on earth have you bought so much food? That’s three times what we eat in a normal week!” He responds in Japanese, “Would you believe it if I told you I had a tapeworm?” You tell your roommate in Japanese, “That’s disgusting…do you? Is it catching?” Your roommate laughs and tells you in Japanese, “No, I’m just preparing my stomach.” You inquire in Japanese, “That sounds ominous…preparing it for what? Do I need to evacuate our apartment?” Your roommate explains in Japanese, “No…I think I’m going to enjoy an eating contest, and I need to stretch my stomach so I can fit in more food. Did you know that a Japanese person has won New York’s hot-dog eating contest the last few years?” You reply in Japanese, “No…that is disgusting. Enjoy your food. I’m going to hit the gym for both of us to make up for everything you’re about to eat.”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Lower Intermediate lesson will show you how to use two Japanese nominalizers that work magic in the Japanese language. Before you scoff at us, they really do: these little Japanese words can turn verbs, adjectives, and even whole Japanese sentences into Japanese nouns. Hocus pocus! 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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