Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! “Look, it’s over there. No wait, I see it over here. Oh my goodness, they’re EVERYWHERE!” Do you have this conversation with people whenever you see some creepy, crawly insects in the house? You can sure lose your appetite in a hurry when you see bugs and such scurrying about. They’re fast, too, and they can hide in the most remarkably small places. Well, you can’t escape the bugs by going to Japan. And if you want help wrangling that critter into a corner, or better – out the door – you had better know how to tell someone ELSE where that nasty little thing is in Japanese! Because standing there with your mouth open screaming and pointing frantically all over the room isn’t getting you anywhere!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson is about this and that. Really, it’s about the words “this” and “that,” which in Japanese identify the location of an object relative to the speaker. Much as we say, “this here” and “that there.” 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! A casual conversation that lasts for more than an hour. A cup of tea in the Japanese teahouse and some good laughs. A stroll at dusk to her place. Telling each other what a nice time it was before saying, “Goodnight” in Japanese. It was all so promising, so nice. So you decide to ask her out. The words never come easy. Why is it so hard to ask someone out? You hem and haw, stutter a little, and say something that, in your own mind, sounds like a little kid. Not at all like the sophisticated, articulate person that you hoped to sound like. Her first excuse - no money - you deflect instantly. You are offering her the ticket of a lifetime for free! Then comes the killer, the unassailable excuse - she has, “Something else to do.” That’s funny…you could have sworn she just told you, “I am free next weekend” in Japanese. Hmmm…
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson is about “being.” Japanese, like many languages, has a complex grammar around the verb, “to be.” It may be complex, but it’s among the most commonly used verbs in Japanese. You’ll learn a good chunk of the verb, “to be” in this Japanese Newbie 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! Last time Michiko called Kenji, it turned out that he happened to be in a different time zone! We stopped in the middle of the conversation, but in this lesson we get into the other half.
Tune in to find out how Michiko handles the situation, and then stop by JapanesePod101.com to leave us a post! Today’s grammar point covers the verb of existence for animate and (usually) living things - iru.
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