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SurvivalPhrases.com - Learn essential travel phrases, cultural insights and travel tips in 12 languages.Start Learning Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Fabrizio and Fuyuka are visiting her jika (parents’ house) in Shizuoka. It’s deep in the countryside, so things are a little different than Tokyo. We’ll look at some common expressions that are heard when entering someone’s house for the first time. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Have Fun Learning Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! We’re continuing to take a look at asking and giving directions in Japanese. Yasumi has started his journey and is going to change trains at Ikebukuro station (one of the 3 busiest train stations in the world!). There are a lot of different types of trains, including local and express. So he’ll have to ask which is the right train to take. Our grammar point is nara, a conditional form of the copula. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! We’ve reached lesson 10 in the Dōjō! That means it’s time to review what we’ve learned. In today’s lesson, Shū accidentally gives Fabrizio’s precious umbrella to a customer and then troubles ensues! We’ll be covering everything from the affirmative and negative copula, to no and ka; from asking questions to making statements, and we’re even giving you a sneak peak at informal Japanese. It’s sounds like a lot, but these are basic building blocks! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! In today’s Nihongo Dōjō, the staff is going out to dinner. Everybody’s having a good time, but Fabrizio is worried about the food. We’ll learn the negative form of the copula, used for saying what things “are not.” Also, we’ll introduce kore, first of the ko-so-a-do demonstratives, used for pointing out location. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today we are proud to announce the beginning of our new linear Newbie Course. Our very own Naomi Sensei has crafted this lessons especially for the those who have no exposure to Japanese at all. If you’re ready to begin learning this amazing language, this is the place where it all starts, the JapanesePod101.com Nihongo Dōjō. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com to leave us a post!
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Grammar: copula, de (location particle), wa (topic marking particle) | Function: visiting someones house | Topic: animals, family, greetings, parents, visiting a house | Politeness Level: honorific, Polite
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