Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your roommate tells you in Japanese, “I’m going to the grocery store. Is there anything you need?” You respond in Japanese, “No, I’m going on a hunger strike. I’m not eating, so I don’t need you to buy anything for me.” Your roommate inquires in Japanese, “Oh really? What’s the cause you’re supporting this time?” You explain in Japanese, “A few of my friends and I are trying to raise awareness of the plight of starving children.” Your roommate asks in Japanese, “And you’re doing this by starving yourself?” You respond in Japanese, “Yes…I’m donating the equivalent of the meals I’m not eating to these children.” Your roommate says in Japanese, “Wouldn’t it be more practical to just write a check for the meals and still eat yourself? I’m not sure how this really raises awareness.” You think about it for a second and reply in Japanese, “Well, it’s the principle of the thing. But I am really hungry and it’s been less than a day. You might have a point!”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson will show you how to form the negative version of Class One Japanese verbs. We’ll also teach you some informal Japanese greetings and phrases. 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!

Review
|
Play
|
Popup
Dialog
|
Play
|
Popup
Premium Learning Center
Premium Lesson Checklist
Audio
|
Play
|
Popup
Lesson Notes
Kanji Close-Up
Lesson Notes Lite
Basic Lesson Checklist












This entry was posted on Monday, September 6th, 2010 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Newbie Season 5 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
11 Responses to “Newbie Lesson S5 #18 - Won’t You Get Hungry If You Don’t Eat in Japan?”
Monday at 6:30 pm
In this lesson, we learned the negative form of some verbs - now you can talk about what you are not going to do! Why don’t you tell us something you aren’t going to do in the comment section below?
Monday at 7:03 pm
Hi,
I’ve a question about certain kanas that were used. I posted this comment in Kantan Kana but didn’t got a reply.
I’ve always have this question in mind. Sometimes when I read Japanese books or text book, I came across づ in words such as つづく(to continue) and also sometimes ぢis used instead of じ。Can you please explain why sometimes these two different words are used? However, I also realized that usually じandつ are used.
And also, if we want to use negative for a negative, how do we go about doing it?
Eg, sometimes, when our parents punish us, they always ask us not to cry and our response may be “I cannot don’t cry”
So how do we say that in Japanese?
Karen
Tuesday at 2:39 am
It’s a holiday today, so…
仕事に行かない!
Tuesday at 6:51 am
You could make a volume bar in the lesson player.:)
Tuesday at 11:06 am
Karen-san
In modern Japanese the syllable ji and zu should be written in じ and ず as a general rule. However there are words traditionally written ぢ and づ. For those exceptions, you basically have to memorize one by one.The reason WHY they’re used is varies depending on the word. Here’s the general rules.
● It tends to appear in the sound succession
ex)ちぢむ つづく.
● When the word made up of two words and the latter word starts with ち or じ
ex) 竹筒(たけづつ) → たけ+つつ、 鼻血(はなぢ) →はな + ち
>>“I cannot don’t cry”
Is your question regarding “double negative”? To form double negative sentence, you need to know basic Japanese grammar and verb conjugation, but here’s the sentence pattern to say “Can’t not…”.
[ Naiform of a verb ] koto wa dekinai.
Nakanai koto wa dekinai.= I can’t not cry.]
I hope this helps.
Jason -san
いいですね。
Tuesday at 2:14 pm
Naomi Sensei, thank you very much.
わかりました。
JLPT N4はがんばります。
ありがとうございます。
Friday at 7:28 pm
Cant access this as well, it just says buffering
Thursday at 11:57 pm
yatta ! i managed to learn some japanese grammar ^^
arigato
Saturday at 12:34 pm
XD
I just go listening to words!
Saturday at 12:36 pm
:chainsaw:?
Tuesday at 4:58 am
やったー、お昼休みだ。
ケント、学食に行く。
行かない。
なんで。
サッカーするから。
ふーん、お腹空かないの。
後でパン買うよ。じゃあね。
じゃあね。
Leave a Reply