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SurvivalPhrases.com - Learn essential travel phrases, cultural insights and travel tips in 12 languages.Learning Japanese is Fun at JapanesePod101.com! In today’s conversation, Ai-chan and Yuki-chan are shopping in Ameyokocho. Yuki bought a crêpe and is enjoying its tasty goodness and Ai-chan wants a piece of the action. Our grammar point is using the causative with the meaning of “to let someone do something.” Next time you want to eat your friend’s food, this will come in very handy. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today is part 2 of of our series about getting children interested in reading books. This is a pretty important lesson as we’ll be looking at some really difficult grammar, namely the causative and causative passive. These tenses are used to show when we coerce someone to do something or are made to do something. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn to Read Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! As all parents know, getting children interested in reading is no easy task. The problem is compounded if the parents themselves aren’t big readers. Today a father is listening a teacher explain how to get children excited about reading books. We’ll look at a few expressions using ki. Our grammar point is using dake with the meaning of “as much as you like.” After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Last week things were looking up for our young couple. The girl’s very strict father looked like he was about to say yes. But today he’s got a few questions for his future son-in-law. We’ll continue looking at causatives this week. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Learning CenterLearn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today we continue our story with our young couple begging for permission to marry. Last week things didn’t go so well for them. Hopefully they’ll have better luck this time! We’re continuing our look at the causative and we’ll also cover using -nakereba nai or -nakereba ikenai to express necessity. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Grammar: causative, no da | Function: asking for food | Topic: Ameyokocho, crepes, food | Politeness Level: casual, Informal
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