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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When your roommate gets home from work in Japan, she calls out in Japanese, “Hey, buddy, are you home?” From the couch in front of your video games, you reply in Japanese, “Mmmm, barely. I’m pretty tired.” As chipper as ever, she says in Japanese, “You know, it’s your week to take out the trash and recycling. Today is the day. Are you going to take care of it?” You respond in Japanese, “Yes, I’ll get to it, but right now I’m busy.” She comes over to the couch, inspects the pile of junk food around you, and notices that you are playing a Japanese video game. She tells you in Japanese, “You can shoot the aliens later. Right now, you need to take out the trash!” You reply in Japanese, “Gee, I didn’t know I had another mom…” Seeing the glare on her face, you wonder whether you’ve taken it too far. You say in Japanese, “I didn’t mean to be snappish; I’m just cranky because I’m so tired.” But it’s too late…your roommate has already stomped off and slammed the door to her room, muttering “Excuses, excuses!” in Japanese.

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 to make excuses for your behavior (or perhaps for your failure to behave!). 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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12 Responses to “Particles #18 - What’s Your Excuse?! And it Had Better Begin with Japanese Particles De, Kara, and Node!”

JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san,

Have you ever made a mistake like forgetting something important like a test!?

Let us know your reasons for doing something (or not doing something!) using the grammar we covered in this lesson☆★

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Jason says:

忙しかったから、今日あまり勉強しなかったんです。でも、少なくとも帰りながら車の中でJapanesepod101のレッスンを聞きました。

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Naomi says:

Jason-san
すごい!! :shock:

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Wai Huan says:

日本語能力試験の登録はもう終わってしまいましたので、来年を待たなければなりません。 :mrgreen:

では、また!

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spidey says:

Can these examples be understood?
働くからお金がありまあす。
お金をたまたから家を買いました。
ゆうこさんはかわいいからキスした。

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Naomi says:

Wai Huan-san
残念ですね。 :wink:
spidey-san
Great sentences. However there are minor mistakes. :wink:
ありまあす →あります
たまた→たまった (たまる is an intransitive verb so お金 should be marked by が)

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Spidey says:

ありがとう! Naomi 先生 !

働くからお金があります。

お金がたまったから家を買いました。

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Naomi says:

Spidey -san
:wink: いい例文ですね!

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Duygu says:

Hello,
I have a question about “node”.
Instead of “テストをはじめますので・・・” could we say
“テストをはじめるので・・・” ?
And if we can what is the difference?

Thank you.

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Jessi says:

Duyguさん,
The verb はじめます is in the masu-form, so the phrase テストをはじめますので sounds a bit more polite :smile:

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Beth says:

These particle lessons are amazing. My ability to understand Japanese and construct sentences has been noticeably improving since I started listening. Thank you for making them!!

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Ivonne C. Goodman says:

How do you say “Its all Good,” in this sentence..Ase na node keboku no sanboino juuki denki ga aru. Demo, Yori Tobeti no! Watashi wa motoosui Kyo o oyogi ikimuasu. (I am sweating because the desert’s tripple digit weather. But its all good! I am going swimming later today!)

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