Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! While you’re at the mall in Japan, you spy a bunch of things that you want, but the price tags make you think twice about buying them. You decide that when your parents come to Japan, you’ll give them the opportunity to help you shop—you’re sure they’ll enjoy helping you, and you’ll benefit from their generosity. Hopefully they’ll go along with your plan! In this lesson, you will learn how to say that someone is going to do something for you in Japanese. Today, our conversation takes place between the emcee of a cooking show and a chef on televised cooking show. The speakers are talking to the audience; therefore, they are speaking in formal Japanese. We’ll also review how to use three Japanese helping verbs. 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! Everywhere you turn in Japan, someone has done something kind for you, whether it is teaching you a Japanese phrase or lending you something you needed. Now it’s your turn to give back—and to do so, you need to learn how to thank all of these doers of good deeds in Japanese. In this lesson, you will learn how to thank people for what they have done for you in Japanese. Our conversation takes place at home between an exchange student and his host family. When the student speaks with his host mother, he speaks formal Japanese; with his host brother, he speaks in informal Japanese. Today you’ll learn about various ways to thank someone 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! Your roommate says something to you in Japanese, but you weren’t listening. You ask your roommate in Japanese, “What did you just say?” Your roommate again says something in Japanese, but you tune it out halfway through. After a few minutes, your roommate comes into your bedroom and inquires in Japanese, “Did you hear what I just said?” You reply in Japanese, “Of course I did. You were complaining about work.” Your roommate responds in Japanese, “Yes, I was, but then I asked you to get the cookie sheet down from the shelf I can’t reach. I was going to make some treats for us. I guess you don’t want a treat.” You tell your roommate in Japanese, “Oh, no! I’ll get it down right now. I’m just so preoccupied with studying for this Japanese exam that it’s hard to concentrate on anything else!” Your roommate advises you in Japanese, “You know, if you paid more attention to what I said, you’d be practicing your listening comprehension skills at the same time!”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese JLPT lesson will show you how to prepare for the Listening Comprehension section of the Japanese Language Proficiency Exam. In particular, we’ll tell you what to expect on the first part of this section and give you plenty of Japanese practice questions. Of course, how well you listen to the Japanese is up to you! 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!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! The morning after the reunion, Iwao and Kaede decide to call Kinoshita to find out what happened to him after high school. The response is even more mysterious than they thought! We’ll take a look at te kure, a casual imperative used mostly by male speakers. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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