Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Keep up the awesome work with this Japanese lesson. And, learn to tell people what you think. You’ll be able to say any type of phrase that begins with “I think” or “I don’t think.” Even use the past tense to start sentences with “I thought.”

This important beginner Japanese lesson will open up a whole new world of Japanese phrases for you. Master Omou to say “I think” and “I don’t think.” You’ll be able to share your thoughts in the casual and polite forms after practicing with all the sample sentences in this JapanesePod101.com lesson. And, as a bonus, you’ll find a number of vocabulary words to include in your Japanese conversations.

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Your daughter chose the wrong guy. So what do you do? Ask a trusted friend if he has an available son, right? Well, that’s exactly what’s happening now. If you haven’t been following this story so far, now is definitely the time to tune in. Of course, you’re here to learn Japanese, so we’re going to study an important grammar point. We’ll learn how to say what you don’t want. So today’s grammar point is the negative form of ~tai, which is ~takunai. This is essential Japanese grammar for JLPT level 4.

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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Last week things were looking up for our young couple. The girl’s very strict father looked like he was about to say yes. But today he’s got a few questions for his future son-in-law. We’ll continue looking at causatives this week. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today we continue our story with our young couple begging for permission to marry. Last week things didn’t go so well for them. Hopefully they’ll have better luck this time! We’re continuing our look at the causative and we’ll also cover using -nakereba nai or -nakereba ikenai to express necessity. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! In Japanese society, meeting a girlfriend’s father for the first time can be a harrowing experience, especially in a traditional family. In today’s dialog we have a young couple who is asking dad’s permission to marry and this particular otōsan is a really scarey guy! This is part of a 3 part series looking at the causative. Sit back, and enjoy - this is bound to be a rollercoaster of a series. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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