Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your grandson looks up at you with big eyes and asks in Japanese, “What’s a golden anniversary?” You reply in Japanese, “It means that you’ve been married to someone for a very long time. Fifty years, in fact!” Your grandson says in Japanese, “That is a long time. I’m only six years old!” You chuckle and say in Japanese, “I know. You have a long way to go before you get to fifty years.” Your grandson tells you in Japanese, “Nah, I’m going to stay young forever.” At that point, you put your grandson on your knee and say in Japanese, “Son, you have a lot to learn, and there’s nothing wrong with getting old. That’s why they call it a golden anniversary… if there were something bad about it, they’d call it something negative, like a coal anniversary.” Your grandson looks up at you with big eyes and asks in Japanese, “Grandpa, what’s coal?”
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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! The scary Japanese ninja men are back, and this time they’re chasing you with a vengeance. This time, you’re still wearing your bathrobe, but at least you grabbed your running shoes from your Japanese closet before you took off. You take a turn down a one-way Japanese alley, and suddenly you realize you’re stuck in a corner without any escape. You frantically look around you in all directions for a door or a window in the Japanese buildings surrounding the alley, but all you can see are the Japanese ninjas quickly converging on you. With nowhere to hide, you crouch into a ball and say in Japanese, “Please don’t hurt me. I don’t have any money. Please leave me alone!” The lead ninja responds in Japanese, “Lady, we don’t want to hurt you. We just wanted to bring you this red velvet cupcake, which you left behind at the store.” You respond in Japanese, “This doesn’t make any sense. But I do like red velvet cupcakes.” Suddenly, someone is shaking you, and you scream in Japanese, “I thought you said you were going to leave me alone!” A voice cuts through the fog in your head and says in Japanese, “I’m tired of you being late for work and making excuses, so I’m here to fetch you. I don’t have any cupcakes, but here’s a muffin. Now get up!”
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 form relative clauses in Japanese. You can use relative clauses to add information about Japanese nouns and adjectives to your sentences. 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! Some angry Japanese ninjas are chasing you through the streets of Japan. The ninjas are wearing all black with a Japanese flag emblazoned on their shirts. While the Japanese men look fierce, for some reason, you’re wearing your pink terrycloth night robe and fuzzy bunny slippers. Just as the ninjas are about to grab you, you wake up safe and sound in your Japanese hotel room. Pinching yourself to make sure you’re awake, you look at the alarm clock and realize you’re going to be late for your work appointment with your Japanese clients. That wouldn’t be so terrible, but you were already late earlier this week to meet the representatives of this very important Japanese account. In a panic, you call your office and tell your assistant in Japanese, “Hey, I’m running a few minutes late again today. I’ll be in there as soon as I can, but you’ll need to stall.” He asks you in Japanese, “Okay, boss, but what do you want me to say?” You instruct him in Japanese, “Tell them I wasn’t feeling well and had to stop by the doctor’s office on my way in, but that they are so important I wanted to come in anyway.” He replies in Japanese, “Okay, but what if they ask what it is you have?” You respond in Japanese, “Don’t tell them it’s anything contagious…just say it’s a “personal” issue, and that should take care of it. People don’t like to probe when you say that.” Your assistant says in Japanese, “I’m on it. Now get off the phone and get in here!”
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 tell someone how you’re feeling. You’ll also learn how to use Japanese particles to demonstrate that you’ve witnessed something unexpected. Perhaps your client will use that type of Japanese particle the day you actually show up on time for a meeting! 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! Your friend whispers to you in Japanese, “There she is. What can I say to her?” Your friend is nervous because you’re going to introduce him to a girl he has longed to meet ever since she joined the Japanese class that the two of you attend. You coach him in Japanese, “Just say, ‘Hello.’ Just let the conversation flow as it always does for you.” Your friend is very glib. He speaks several languages, but Japanese is not his first. He’s surprisingly tongue-tied around this girl. As she approaches, you smile and tell her in Japanese, “Hello, this is John. John, this is Nanami.” You understand a little of your friend’s condition. She is very pretty. She speaks in perfect Japanese, “Hello. I’m pleased to meet you.” You have to goad your friend a little, asking him in Japanese, “Is something wrong?” John manages to stammer a little bit of Japanese, “No. I’m all right. Hello, I’m pleased to meet you, too. Would you like to get a cup of tea?” You can see the color drain from your friend’s face as he waits for the answer that could send him over the edge. After what must be for him an agonizing pause, she answers in lilting Japanese, “That would be nice. Where can we go?” Your friend seems to melt right there on the pavement.
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Particle lesson explains more of the details of the Japanese particle ga. You’ll learn how to use this particle with objects of desire, objects of ability, objects of necessity, and more. Your Japanese skills will improve as much as your desire. 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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What do you like? Saying what you like and don’t like is critical to your survival in a foreign country. Japan is no different. But did you know that we can use the same grammatical pattern to express things that you are good at and bad at doing? It’s true. And it couldn’t be easier! Today we will learn the attributive use of the particle ga in Japanese. It sounds like a mouthful, but you’ll be surprised how useful it is. We’ll learn to express likes, dislikes and abilities. It’s a very important Japanese grammatical construction, so you don’t want to miss this Beginner Japanese lesson!

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