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SurvivalPhrases.com - Learn essential travel phrases, cultural insights and travel tips in 12 languages.Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Finally we made it to the exciting conclusion of “The Meet Up” series. Taro and Taro’s father and Kumi are all eating dinner together and it seems like things are starting to fall apart. We’ll be reviewing all three limitation particles; dake, shika, and bakari. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Have Fun and Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! It’s a week later and Kumi-chan is still waiting for Taro (lol). But when Taro arrives, Kumi finds out the identity of the kindly old security guard who’s been trying to cheer her up. This week’s grammar point is dake meaning “only.” After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! This week Kumi is still waiting for her (human) boyfriend, Taro. The friendly security guard tries to cheer her up, but maybe it’s too late. Our grammar point is bakari, used to mean “nothing but” or “only.” We’ll also cover a few adverbs of probability, very useful in spoken Japanese. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
It’s time to Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! In today’s story Kumi is waiting around for Taro (not that Taro - c’mon, it’s a popular name!). Since he’s late she befriends a kindly security guard and has a little chat. Our grammar point is how to use shika to express the idea of “nothing but” or “only.” In the following episodes we’ll compare this with a 2 other similar particles, dake and bakari. This is some important, but essential grammar that you can use right away! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Category: Beginner Lessons (S3) | 19 Comments »
Grammar: bakari, dake, shika | Function: comparing shika and dake and bakari, complaining | Topic: dinner, suki yaki | Politeness Level: casual
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