Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you ask someone to go out with you, it’s often easier to do it in the form of a negative question. In other words, you’d say, “Why don’t we go on a date tomorrow?” It just seems to take some of the pressure off of you because you sound so casual and confident.
This newbie Japanese lesson exists to help you ask someone out using negative questions. You’ll master the formal negative form of verbs plus the question-marking particle ka to express invitation in a casually confident way. As a bonus, you’ll find a chart of English words along with their formal affirmatives and formal negatives.

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Adjectives are descriptive words that add color to language. Check out the difference between these two sentences: “The flower is red” and “The sweet smelling flower is a deep blood red.” Do you see how adding adjectives to your language can make it clearer and more striking?
This newbie Japanese lesson shows you the right way to add adjectives to your Japanese. As you can imagine, making your Japanese more descriptive is a major plus. From kantan (”easy”) to suteki (”great”, “gorgeous”), you’ll find some of the most commonly-used Japanese adjectives here. Don’t miss this fun and informative lesson!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When visiting Japan, you might have some difficulty getting around. The sights and sounds of the city may be confusing and not at all what you’re used to. That’s why being able to ask questions like, “Where is the nearest hospital?” and “What is the restaurant’s address?” is indispensible. It’s also really important that you can ask people for their phone numbers in a polite and direct way.
This newbie Japanese lesson is here to help you master the Japanese questions that will get you around the city. Use jūsho (”address”) and denwa bangō (”phone number”) to ask for important information in Japanese. You’ll also discover how to ask for directions to a number of locations, from the hospital to Starbucks Coffee. In addition to plenty of examples and practice sentences, you’ll also find a chart of Japanese words to the places you’ll want to find.

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