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December 18th, 2007 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today’s lesson features a highly motivated student (maybe a little too motivated). He’s asking his teacher for some advice. So we’ll learn how to use shita hō ga ii to give advice and suggestion. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

Voice Actors: Yuki, Yoshikai | Hosts:
Category: Beginner Lessons (S2) | 21 Comments »
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November 27th, 2007 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today we continue our story with our young couple begging for permission to marry. Last week things didn’t go so well for them. Hopefully they’ll have better luck this time! We’re continuing our look at the causative and we’ll also cover using -nakereba nai or -nakereba ikenai to express necessity. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Ushijima, Yuki, Take | Hosts:
Category: Beginner Lessons (S2) | 27 Comments »
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October 11th, 2007 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! In today’s lesson we have a very majime student who wants to take extra classes in the summer, but it seems the teacher has other plans! Our grammar point is dōshitemo, which is used in extreme situations (positive or negative). We’ll also look at a few constructions for expressing necessity. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Take, Ushijima | Hosts:
Category: Lower Intermediate Lessons | 23 Comments »
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September 7th, 2007 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Agnes’s first project is turning out to be a monster. She’s been working until the last train. The client is always changing the details. And today… we’ll she’s still doing everything herself. Today we’ll look at more situational business Japanese. Although our grammar point is nakereba naranai, a particularly nuanced way of describing necessity. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Sakura, Jun | Hosts:
Category: Intermediate Lessons | 20 Comments »
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