Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your friend’s parents have set out a beautiful smorgasbord of Japanese food before you, but no one is eating yet. The food smells so good…maybe no one will notice if you just take a small bite? However, if someone sees you, you may never be invited to your friend’s house again! Maybe if your hosts hear your stomach growling from hunger, they’ll take pity on you and let you eat.
In this lesson, you will learn how to describe others’ feelings using -garu, and you’ll also learn set Japanese phrases to use when visiting someone’s home. The conversation in this Japanese lesson takes place between young children and also between parents, so the speakers use both informal and formal Japanese as they converse at home. 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! When your roommate finishes work on Friday night, she comes home to your Japanese apartment and flops down on the couch. She asks you in Japanese, “What do you want to do tonight? We could see a movie or go to dinner.” You respond in Japanese, “Well, we could go to the gym first, then pick up some takeout, come back here, and watch a movie.” Your roommate responds in Japanese, “That’s awfully ambitious for a Friday night!” You reply in Japanese, “And it’s cost-effective. I want to save money for a new car, so every penny counts!” Your roommate says in Japanese, “You’re always thinking ahead. I wish I were more like that, but all I want to do is spend, spend, spend.” You sigh and say in Japanese, “Yeah, but I wish I had as nice a wardrobe as you. That’s another reason to stay in…until I lose a couple pounds, I don’t have anything fun to wear to go out!”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Particle lesson will review the usage of the Japanese particles ka and mo. We’ll even throw in a few new ways to use these Japanese particles in suggestions and questions-for free! See, our Japanese lessons even help you stay within your budget! 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! You’re amidst a big pile of Japanese paper when your roommate walks in. She asks you in Japanese, “What are you doing with all that clutter?” Defiantly, you say in Japanese, “It’s not clutter. This is my new project for our apartment.” Your roommate responds in Japanese, “Oh really? You’ve got another project? What are you working on now?” You reply in Japanese, “I’m making some origami to hang on our wall. I can’t decide whether to make cranes or something else, though. She says in Japanese, “I vote for something else…like maybe nothing!” You respond in Japanese, “That’s not very nice.” She defensively replies in Japanese, “Well, I just know the last project didn’t turn out so well. I don’t care, so long as you clean up the mess. Remember that we are having a bunch of our Japanese friends over in an hour for drinks!” You had totally forgotten, but you decide to play it cool and say in Japanese, “Oh, of course. I’ll be done in half an hour, and then I’ll clean it up.” Looking around you at the paper on the floor, you better start cleaning now. You haven’t even finished one of the ten cranes you were planning to fold tonight!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Particle lesson will teach you even more ways to use the Japanese particles no and to. For instance, we’ll show you how to use these Japanese particles as quotation markers and as pronouns. You’ll have no choice but to sound well-educated when you use these Japanese particles! 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! Well, you survived the first minute without making a fool of yourself with either bad manners or bad Japanese. Just take it one minute at a time and you’ll get through this. At least you remembered your Japanese manners and brought a gift for your girlfriend’s family. Now you must remember how to say it properly in Japanese, “It’s nothing, but I hope you like it.” Okay, they didn’t look at you in horror or burst out laughing, so maybe you said that right. The Japanese lessons must be working. “Thank you very much.” Looks like you got over the first hurdle. At least her mother doesn’t hate you. Her father asks AGAIN in Japanese, “How about a beer?” Why is her father pushing beer? Maybe that’s just his way. Better accept the offer. Hey, it is good beer. You reply in Japanese, “Thanks, it’s really good beer.” That’s two down and four Japanese family members to go… Her mother and her father seem to have taken a shine to you, now for the grandmother and siblings. Now what friendly Japanese phrases do you use on them? Any one of them could make your life miserable this weekend. You’ve got to get on their good sides…
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson is about Japanese family relationships. You will learn how to correctly use the Japanese words for mother, father, sister, brother, and others. It’s very important to know how to address people correctly 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! You know how it goes. You find a really nice girl, she speaks Japanese, and eventually she wants you to meet her family in Japan. This time it’s worse though. You have to go to her home for the weekend to meet the family so you won’t be able to exit gracefully after a couple of hours. You’re stuck for the entire weekend. Well, it’s now or never…you are already at her parents’ door. Boy, everyone’s here - mother, father, siblings, grandparents. Your girlfriend’s mother greets you politely in Japanese, “Nice to meet you. Come on in. Well, she sure picked a tall, good-looking one this time.” You know, that kind of talk from a girlfriend’s mother feels a little weird, especially the very first time you meet. Here comes her father…he grabs your hand firmly (looking you up and down) and asks in Japanese, “Hi. Want a drink? How about a fresh, cold beer?” Well, at least her father isn’t acting rough like something out of the movies, trying to scare you. Uh-oh, siblings. Those can be trouble. No telling what they’ll say. They take turns telling you in Japanese, “You must be the boyfriend. We hope you’re quieter and cooler than the last one. Maybe you’ll be nicer and last longer. Or not.” You hope her father has a good supply of beer. This could be a long weekend…
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson is about combining Japanese adjectives. The rules can be tricky; the Japanese adjectives must match in special ways. But with this Japanese adjective lesson, you’ll be ready for that weekend meeting the family. 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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