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Learn slang expressions for how to add emphasis
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INTRODUCTION |
James: Expressions for Adding Emphasis |
James: Hi everyone, and welcome back to JapanesePod101.com. I'm James. |
Risa: And I'm Risa! |
James: This is Must-Know Japanese Slang Words and Phrases, Season 1, Lesson 2. In this lesson, you'll learn expressions for adding emphasis. |
James: You will surely hear these expressions when you listen to young people's conversations. They are super popular expressions. |
SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
James: The expressions you will be learning in this lesson are: |
Risa: めっちゃ (metcha ) |
Risa: ガチ(で) (gachi(de)) |
Risa: マジ(で) (maji(de)) |
Risa: 超 (chō) |
James: Risa, what's our first expression? |
Risa: めっちゃ (metcha ) |
James: literally meaning "truly." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "quite, totally." |
Risa: [SLOW] めっちゃ [NORMAL] めっちゃ |
James: Listeners, please repeat. |
Risa: めっちゃ |
[pause - 5 sec.] |
James: Use this slang expression when you want to emphasize a word or statement. But it's sometimes used meaninglessly. There's another way to say it, |
Risa: めちゃめちゃ (mechamecha). |
James: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
Risa: [NORMAL] めっちゃ疲れた。 [SLOW] めっちゃ疲れた。 |
James: "I'm so tired." |
Risa: [NORMAL] めっちゃ疲れた。 |
James: Okay, what's the next expression? |
Risa: ガチ(で) (gachi(de)) |
James: literally meaning "a serious match." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "seriously, extremely." |
Risa: [SLOW] ガチ(で) [NORMAL] ガチ(で) |
James: Listeners, please repeat. |
Risa: ガチ(で) |
[pause - 5 sec.] |
James: Use this slang expression when you want to add reality or sincerity to a statement. It's used almost in the same way as |
Risa: マジ(で) (maji(de)), |
James: but strictly speaking, it indicates a greatness of degree of something or some state. Also, it's sometimes used meaninglessly. |
James: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
Risa: [NORMAL] あいつは、ガチで強い。 [SLOW] あいつは、ガチで強い。 |
James: "He is extremely strong." |
Risa: [NORMAL] あいつは、ガチで強い。 |
James: Okay, what's our next expression? |
Risa: マジ(で) (maji(de)) |
James: literally meaning "seriously." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "seriously, literally." |
Risa: [SLOW] マジ(で) [NORMAL] マジ(で) |
James: Listeners, please repeat. |
Risa: マジ(で) |
[pause - 5 sec.] |
James: Use this slang expression when you want to add reality or sincerity to a statement. It's used almost in the same way as |
Risa: ガチ(で) (gachi(de)), |
James: but if anything, it indicates a reliability of the matter. Also, it's sometimes used meaninglessly. |
James: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
Risa: [NORMAL] あいつは、マジで強い。 [SLOW] あいつは、マジで強い。 |
James: "He is literally strong." |
Risa: [NORMAL] あいつは、マジで強い。 |
James: Okay, what's the last expression? |
Risa: 超 (chō) |
James: literally meaning "super." When it's used as a slang expression, it means the same. |
Risa: [SLOW] 超 [NORMAL] 超 |
James: Listeners, please repeat. |
Risa: 超 |
[pause - 5 sec.] |
James: Use this slang expression when you want to emphasize a word or statement. But it's sometimes used meaninglessly. |
James: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
Risa: [NORMAL] この服、超かわいい~! [SLOW] この服、超かわいい~! |
James: "These clothes are super cute!" |
Risa: [NORMAL] この服、超かわいい~! |
QUIZ |
James: Okay listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the expressions you just learned? I will describe four situations, and you will choose the right expression to use in your reply. Are you ready? |
James: When you want to emphasize the degree of difficulty of the test, you use: |
[pause - 5 sec.] |
Risa: ガチ(で) |
James: "seriously, extremely" |
James: When you want to say that your place is quite far from here, you use: |
[pause - 5 sec.] |
Risa: めっちゃ |
James: "quite, totally" |
James: When you want to say that you are super hungry, you use: |
[pause - 5 sec.] |
Risa: 超 |
James: "super" |
James: When you want to emphasize that the movie is truly fun, you use: |
[pause - 5 sec.] |
Risa: マジ(で) |
James: "seriously, literally" |
Outro |
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James: There you have it; you have mastered four Japanese Slang Expressions! We have more vocab lists available at JapanesePod101.com so be sure to check them out. Thanks everyone, and see you next time! |
Risa: またね! |
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