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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! A husband and wife are comparing their shibafu (lawn) to the neighbor’s. No matter how hard they try, they just can’t seem to keep up! We’ll take a look at using -te mo… -te mo construction to mean “no matter how much, no matter how hard” as well as several uses of shi.
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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Japanese is full of interesting proverbs. Today Miki tackles one of the famous, but very unique ones: “akinasu wa yome ni kuwasu na” (”don’t feed autumn eggplant to a bride”). There’s no equivalent in English, so you definitely don’t want to miss this cultural tidbit. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave Miki a post!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Nozomi returns to bring us our 5th and final Tsugaru-ben (Aomori-ben) Lesson. This week our characters are two Nihonzaru (Japanese Monkeys) who are talking about the weather. This week is a review, so we’re not introducing any new grammar, but we will throw out a few new words! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today we’ll take a look at two kotowaza, famous Japanese proverbs: neko ni koban and buta ni shinju. Takumi-kun tries to explain them to his mother, but something goes horribly wrong! Then we’ll explore how to use te mo to make dependent clauses translated as “even if” and “although.” Even if you listened to this lesson on your iPod, be sure to stop by JapanesePod101.com and leave us a post!
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Grammar: shi, te mo | Function: complaining about your neighbors | Topic: kotowaza, proverbs | Politeness Level: casual, Informal
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