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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you come out of your bedroom to get take a short study break, you find your roommate lounging on the couch watching Japanese variety shows. You tell your roommate in Japanese, “I am so sick of studying while you relax that I could throw my Japanese books out the window!” Your roommate tells you in Japanese, “Please don’t…if you do that, then we’ll lose our lease!” You respond in Japanese, “I just don’t know what else to do…I am at the end of my rope!” Your roommate tells you in Japanese, “Well, if you want to relax like me, then you need to study for this Japanese exam the same way I am with these amazing online lessons from JapanesePod101.com!”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese JLPT lesson will tell you about the fourth and fifth parts of the grammar and reading comprehension section on the Japanese proficiency exam. We’ll teach you how to use the conditional in Japanese to give instructions or directions, and we’ll also show you how to form and use embedded questions in Japanese. 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! Mystical things have always fascinated you, even though you don’t put much stock in what your Magic 8 ball tells you that your fortune will be. So now that you’re in Japan, you’re surprised to find that lots of Japanese people are interested in tarot card reading and fortune telling. Your friend tells you in Japanese, “Let’s go and have our fortunes told tomorrow at the Japanese market.” You look at her skeptically and say in Japanese, “Are you serious? That seems like a waste of money.” Your roommate puts her hands to her head, appears to concentrate very hard, and says in Japanese, “I predict that you will come with me…and that you will meet someone special while we are there!” You laugh and tell her in Japanese, “You’re off your rocker.” She says in Japanese, “Well, come with me anyway and I’ll buy you lunch.” Now we’re talking!

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Lower Intermediate lesson will review how to use three very important Japanese conjunctions that we touched on in earlier Japanese lessons. With these Japanese conjunctions, you can set up conditional statements, make requests, and issue orders, among many other things. You won’t want to miss this review of these critical Japanese words! 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! Click…click…click. You can’t sleep in your Japanese hotel bed. Something’s just not right…maybe the Japanese don’t like their pillows fluffed as much as you do. You’re not sure what’s going on with your sleep patterns since you’ve been in Japan, but since you can’t sleep, you’re watching late-night Japanese television. On one channel, the weatherman predicts in Japanese, “If you’re outside tomorrow, you better take an umbrella. We have a ninety percent chance of rain.” Click! You land on a news channel, where the news anchor reports in Japanese, “If the United States President doesn’t take swift action, the stock market will continue to suffer.” Click! What’s this? It looks like a Japanese infomercial…you decide to tune in to see whether you can get a deal!

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Lower Intermediate lesson will review how to use the Japanese conditional structures involving to and tara. We’ll tell you when you should use one or the other of these Japanese structures and the restrictions on one of these Japanese words. So get ready to make a deal and review these important Japanese grammar points! 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. If this, then that. Sounds confusing, but it’s a big part of all languages. Can you tell someone the consequences of their actions in Japanese? Can you tell your friend, “If you don’t want to, then you don’t have to”? Few things in life are certain. Learn the Japanese that allows you to describe what will happen as a result of an “if.”

In this lower intermediate Japanese lesson, delve into the all-important tara (if) Japanese conjunction. Discover Japanese sentence patterns that allow you to talk about what will happen if a certain thing takes place. If you want to master Japanese, then you need to read this lesson!

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Have Fun Learning Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Yasumi is still trying to get to Hajime’s house, but the windy streets of Kawagoe aren’t so navigable for poor Yasumi. We’ll continue looking at conditional phrases for our grammar point. This week it’s the -tara conditional. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!