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SurvivalPhrases.com - Learn essential travel phrases, cultural insights and travel tips in 12 languages.Learn the Japanese Language at JapanesePod101.com! Today is the conclusion of Kinoshita’s shopping saga. The shop clerk has been pretty aggressive, so let’s see if he can make the sale! In our grammar point we’ll learn how to make superlatives in Japanese. Also we’ll study how to use the adjective jozu (skillful, savvy) in a few idiomatic set phrases and much, much more. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! This week we return to take a look at Kinoshita’s little adventure in the electronics department store. Today the salesman is suggesting many items for him and trying very hard to close the deal. Will he make the sale this week or not? We’ll take a look at the very useful construction ~tara dō desu ka and its honorific cousin ~tara ikaga deshō ka for making suggestions. Even better than that will get into some other honorific phrases that will really blow away your Japanese friends. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Welcome to Beginner Season 3!! We thought it might be nice to kick things off with an old familiar favorite. Most of you should remember Kinoshita who went shopping for clothes in Season 2. Well, he’s back and needs to buy a new AC adaptor. Also he’s going to be using his Point Card for some extra value! Our grammar point is nado, which is roughly equivalent to the English word et cetera, but with a specialized nuance. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Category: Beginner Lessons (S3) | 15 Comments »
Grammar: conditional, no naka de, superlatives, to | Function: buying computer accessories, using a point card | Topic: computers, point cards, shopping | Politeness Level: casual, formal, honorific, Polite
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