Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re watching the Japanese soccer team on television, and the Japanese players are sprinting up and down the field, but they can’t score. The goalie is just too good. With just one minute left in the first half, the referee calls a foul and awards the Japanese team a direct kick. With fifteen yards to the goal, this might be the Japanese team’s best shot. You and your friends perch on the edge of your seats, willing the Japanese player to score. His shot ricochets off the wall of Korean players, but a Japanese player picks up the rebound and flicks it to his Japanese teammate. Your friend says in Japanese, “He’s five feet away. He better get this one in!” At that very moment, he scores, and your Japanese friends go wild. Now that it’s halftime, they want to keep the excitement going, so your friend changes the channel to the Japanese version of a price-guessing game show. Your friends call out in Japanese, “Seven hundred,” “Five hundred,” and “One thousand.” The retail price of the Japanese item was only three hundred yen, so your friends all lose. Let’s hope the Japanese soccer team doesn’t follow suit in the second half!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Particle lesson will review three more important Japanese particles: e, ni, and de. We’ll give you some extra ways you can use the Japanese particle de, and as a special parting gift, you’ll also receive a lesson about a new way to construct Japanese sentences using particles. Even if your team loses, you’ll never walk away from a Japanese lesson empty-handed! 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! When your roommate gets home from work in Japan, she calls out in Japanese, “Hey, buddy, are you home?” From the couch in front of your video games, you reply in Japanese, “Mmmm, barely. I’m pretty tired.” As chipper as ever, she says in Japanese, “You know, it’s your week to take out the trash and recycling. Today is the day. Are you going to take care of it?” You respond in Japanese, “Yes, I’ll get to it, but right now I’m busy.” She comes over to the couch, inspects the pile of junk food around you, and notices that you are playing a Japanese video game. She tells you in Japanese, “You can shoot the aliens later. Right now, you need to take out the trash!” You reply in Japanese, “Gee, I didn’t know I had another mom…” Seeing the glare on her face, you wonder whether you’ve taken it too far. You say in Japanese, “I didn’t mean to be snappish; I’m just cranky because I’m so tired.” But it’s too late…your roommate has already stomped off and slammed the door to her room, muttering “Excuses, excuses!” in Japanese.
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Particle lesson will teach you how to use particles to make excuses for your behavior (or perhaps for your failure to behave!). 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! Try though you might, you simply cannot find anything in your Japanese kitchen! You wonder whether your spouse deliberately hides things from you to make your job of preparing a Japanese dinner harder. You call out to her in Japanese and ask, “Honey, these kitchen drawers are an absolute mess. I can’t find anything I need to make a Japanese meal in here!” Your spouse responds in Japanese, “Seriously, everything is in order. You just don’t understand my order for things. What are you looking for?” You reply in Japanese, “Well, I need a special knife to clean the fish for this dish.” Within five seconds, your spouse opens the proper drawer (which you already looked in) and pulls out the knife you’ve been looking for. You look at your spouse with wonder and say in Japanese, “Thanks, dear. How did you do that?”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Particle lesson will teach you the particles that explain that something is a means of doing something. We’ll also teach you how to say in Japanese that an item or ingredient is a part of something else. You’ll definitely want to be a part of the Japanese learning in this lesson! 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 a good sign. Your Japanese boss has invited you to a celebration for his mother’s eightieth birthday. You’ll need all of your Japanese lessons for this event for several reasons, not the least of which is that his mother speaks only Japanese. Small problem, he gave you directions to the Japanese restaurant where the event is being held, but you’re having trouble finding the place. Calling him on his cell phone, you ask, in Japanese, “Boss, I’m having a little trouble finding the restaurant. Can you help me?” His Japanese answer comes quickly, “It’s not easy to find. Where are you at right now?” You look around and answer in Japanese, “I’m at a parking lot across the street from the hotel.” He answers in Japanese, “Well, you’re very close. Do you see the tea house on the corner?” Scanning the street, you answer again in Japanese, “Not really, Boss. I don’t see the tea house on this street.” He asks in Japanese, “Do you see a small sign on a building in front of you showing a cup of coffee?” You look around again, spot the sign, and answer in Japanese, Yes! A coffee house!” He tells you in Japanese, “Oh, okay, I know where you are. Stay right there and I’ll send someone to show you the way.” You answer in your most polite Japanese, “Thank you, Boss, that’s very kind.” “Not at all, we’re glad you could come on such short notice.”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Particle lesson explains the Japanese particles of location. In this Japanese particle lesson, you will learn the particles corresponding to “in,” “on,” and “at.” 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 another essential part of living in Japan, getting from place to place. We go so many more places and more often than our ancestors did. Can you imagine trying to get from place to place in Japan without knowing the language? Sounds tough, doesn’t it? Getting around in Japan does not have to be difficult if you know the right Japanese words to get you moving!! Are you going to travel principally by car, taxi, train, or even by foot in Japan? You’ll be ready to negotiate any method of Japanese transportation. So enjoy the Japanese nightlife and seeing the sights with your friends, but don’t stay out too late, or you may find yourself without Japanese transportation to get you home. The trains don’t run all night long…
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson gives you essential Japanese words and phrases of time and transportation to let you navigate around Japan and Japanese cities with ease. You’ll learn about Japanese trains, taxis, subways, and a lot of the phrases of transportation and time. 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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