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Japanese not enough? Try another one of our 8 languages and get 50% off the subscription! Learn Japanese on Your Own Terms at JapanesePod101.com! We’re going on a date tonight! First it’s to the cafe to talk about Murakami Haruki books, then we’ll fast forward to next weekend for a samurai movie. Our grammar point is nara, used to offset topics and is a great way to make a suggestion to that special someone! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

Have Fun Learning Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! We’re continuing to take a look at asking and giving directions in Japanese. Yasumi has started his journey and is going to change trains at Ikebukuro station (one of the 3 busiest train stations in the world!). There are a lot of different types of trains, including local and express. So he’ll have to ask which is the right train to take. Our grammar point is nara, a conditional form of the copula. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Shiho & Mizuho return with part 2 of their conversation. This week, Shiho offers some questionable advice for her friend’s love troubles. In the lesson, we will be lesson we will be review mitai (looks like) and the tara conditional as well as tsumori da which is used to show intent. There’s a lot in here, so you don’t want to miss out . After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Japan and the cell phone : a match made in…? The Japanese love affair with the mobile phone has trickled down to elementary school children and the little boy in today’s lesson is no different. But let’s find out what he plans to do with it! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Shiho’s best friend, Mizuho, is depressed because of serious love problems. It turns out Mizuho’s boyfriend has been reading her cell phone messages when she’s in the bath! We’ll take a look at using mitai to say ‘looks like,’ ’seems like,’ ‘i think that’ to find out what’s going on. After the drama, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Category: Lower Intermediate Lessons (S2) | 12 Comments »
Grammar: nara | Function: suggestions, talking about likes and dislikes, talking about things | Topic: date, dating, Mibugishiden, movies. Roppongi, Murakami Haruki, nampa | Politeness Level: casual
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