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SurvivalPhrases.com - Learn essential travel phrases, cultural insights and travel tips in 12 languages.Time to Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! It’s Monday again and that means it’s back to the Dōjō with ya! Today Shu-san finally gets the nerve to ask Mi Yeon-san out. Is love in the air? Where could this hot date be taking place? We’re introducing a really important grammar point today, states of being expressed by iru and aru. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! This is our first Sights & Sounds Lesson. We snapped photos from around Tokyo and based stories on them. There are 27 lessons in this series, so we hope you enjoy them! In today’s lesson we’re talking about one of Naomi’s favorite sweets, kurēpu. Our conversation takes place in Harajuku, one Tokyo’s many fashion hot spots. Our grammar point is using negative verb endings with ka to make friendly invitations in formal or informal Japanese. This lesson was recorded when Noami first joined us, so after listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave Naomi a post!

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today Higashi-san is trying to invite people out to do something with him tonight. Unfortunately, it seems like everyone is busy. We’ll learn how to invite people out by finding out if they’re available or not. We’ll also introduce 3 important particles, de (a location particle) and to (a conjunctive particle) and o (object marking particle). After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today we have a conversation between two colleagues. One guy says he came across 2 tickets to a Seiji Ozawa concert. The other guy is a big fan!! Typically, these tickets are really expensive and hard to get. We’ll learn how to invite people to do things using the polite -masen ka construction. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and leave us a post!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Two co-workers are planning a business lunch a supagetti-ya (spaghetti restaurant) during the busy Tokyo lunch hour. They discuss kinds of pasta before trying to get a seat at Ms. Okada’s favorite local restaurant. Let’s see if there’s room for them, then stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Grammar: aru, iru, states of being | Function: inviting, inviting people to do things | Topic: Beyonce, date, loser, music, R&B | Politeness Level: Polite
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