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!

Learn Spoken Japanese on Your Own Terms at JapanesePod101.com. Onigiri are delicious rice balls that make portable and healthy snacks. Princes are the sons of western kings. What do they have in common? We have absolutely no idea, but we have a great grammar point for you today plain non-past verb + koto ga aru. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learning Japanese Grammar at JapanesePod101.com! In today’s lesson we’ll be talking about describing people using the attributive particle ga. We’ll learn what kind of people the co-workers at Style You like and also about a well known Japanese superstition. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Start Learning Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Fabrizio and Fuyuka are still traveling around Matsuyama together. They’ve embarked on a long drive to Dōgo Onsen, a hot spring town in the country. After being in the car all day, their poor bodies are all worn out and sore. We’ll learn how to describe pain and express hunger in Japanese. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Start Learning Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Fabrizio and Fuyuka are driving through Shikoku discussing cars. As we all know, Fabrizio has expensive taste, so we’ll learn what kind of cars he loves and what kind of cars he thinks are dasai (lame). Our function is talking about likes and dislikes using suki and kirai. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Category: Beginner Lessons (S4) | 15 Comments »
Grammar: ga, koto, no, nominalizer | Function: talking about likes and dislikes, talking about things | Topic: golf | Politeness Level: Polite
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