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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your young cousin is visiting from another part of Japan and wants to help you in the kitchen. You ask her politely in Japanese to be careful around the stove. As you put some cookies in the oven, you explain that many fires in Japan start in the kitchen. Just then, as if on cue, you hear a siren outside and a Japanese announcement about a fire.
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make an extra-formal request and how to use -te orimasu. Our Japanese conversation takes place in a residential area of Japan. Part is an announcement from fire patrol warning of hazards and a fire; the other part is between a father and his daughter. The announcement is in formal Japanese, while the father and daughter are speaking informal 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! It’s only been a week since you left your home in Japan for a business trip, but you’ve been missing your family ever since. In the airport, you decide to buy some souvenirs for your family members to show them that you’ve been thinking about them. After looking in several shops, however, you’ve only been able to find some tacky t-shirts. You can’t bring yourself to buy them. Maybe you’ll have better luck if you bring dinner home with you after you land in Japan. In this lesson, you will learn about the usage of dake, nomi, and kiri. Our Japanese conversation takes place at home between a father, mother, and their daughter. Since the speakers are family members, they will be speaking informal 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 like meeting new people, so you’re excited to join a new club now that you’ve started to adjust to your life in Japan. But when the leader tells everyone to introduce themselves in Japanese by sharing three interesting facts, you’re stumped. What would this diverse group of Japanese people find unique about you? Maybe you could make something up about your exciting life back home? After all, they wouldn’t know that you’re not a television star…
In this lesson, you will learn how to introduce yourself in Japanese. Our conversation takes place at a Japanese class in California. Three students are telling the class about themselves, including their nationality and occupation, in Japanese. Since they are speaking to the class, they are speaking formal 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 up early today—and it’s not because you’re excited to go to your Japanese class. You’re eagerly watching the weather on the Japanese television station. Your roommate hears the television and asks you why you’re up so early. You tell him in Japanese that you’re hoping class is canceled due to the weather. It happens back home, so you’re hoping it happens in Japan too!
In this lesson, you will learn how to make the passive form of a verb in Japanese. Our Japanese conversation takes place in a Japanese town. Part of it is an announcement in formal Japanese warning of a natural disaster. The other speakers are a Japanese father and daughter. Since they are related to each other, they will be speaking informal 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’ve fallen ill since you’ve been in Japan. You’ve spent most of the past week in bed, missing your Japanese classes. It’s one thing to miss school, but this weekend you’re missing a fun camping trip to another part of Japan with friends. Your Japanese host parents have tried everything to cheer you up, to no avail. Finally, they tell you it’s a good thing that you’re not feeling well, since the rainy weather would have ruined your trip. It’s better to be dry than wet! In this lesson, you will learn about the sentence expressions ni, sa, and wa. Our Japanese conversation takes place at home between a father, mother, and their son. Since the speakers are family members, they will be speaking informal 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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