Learn Japanese on Your Own Terms at JapanesePod101.com! A group of elementary school students want to make a time capsule to remember the end of the century. Our grammar point is -te oku, which is used to describe actions doing in preparation of a later action. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese on Your Own Terms at JapanesePod101.com! Ao and Ichiban are interrupting the Onigiri Prince’s date to get an autograph. Will the succeed? Our grammar point is koto ga dekiru which is used to express ability (can do something). After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese on Your Own Terms at JapanesePod101.com! We return to our story about the famous pop idol, the Onigiri Prince. He’s out for a stroll with his lady friend, when 2 adoring fans spot him and ask for an autograph. Our grammar point is using plain past verb + koto ga aru. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Spoken Japanese on Your Own Terms at JapanesePod101.com. Onigiri are delicious rice balls that make portable and healthy snacks. Princes are the sons of western kings. What do they have in common? We have absolutely no idea, but we have a great grammar point for you today plain non-past verb + koto ga aru. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese on Your Own Terms at JapanesePod101.com! Today is the exciting conclusion of our 3 part restaurant series. So far our customer has special ordered his food (not common in Japan) and didn’t receive exactly what he was expecting. He complained and sent the food back. Today we’ll find out what’s up with his order. We’ll look at a fantastic grammar point that will help you express yourself in a more natural manner. We’ll look at using hodo (to the extent that), you really don’t want to miss this one. Besides, the dude eats a momonga. What could be more entertaining than that? After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Category: Beginner Lessons (S3) | 11 Comments »
Grammar: oku | Function: talking about time capsules | Topic: doing things in advance, time, time capsule | Politeness Level: casual
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