Japanese Is Possible - Lesson 01

... make learning Japanese fun ● Finding things you can do - easily - to speed up the process ● Finding the best way for you learn4 MYTHS about Japanese: 1. " ;Japanese is hard" ... that Japanese is not "hard" or "complex", but "different". It's true that it is very different from English or Spanish. However, the grammar, spelling, e...

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... is it full?" The class nods in unison. He smiles. He then slowly pours water into the jug until a water glass is finally empty."The lesson here," he says, " ;is that there is ... learning Japanese. I can guide you, but I can't force you to learn.Next week - Japanese pronunciationOther areas will be discussed as well, so don't miss it! Copyright © 2...

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... There is no accent in Japanese, meaning there is no emphasis on a particular part of a word. English and Spanish have accents, Japanese does not .Japanese does have pitch inflections, and this is ... grasp where to raise the pitch of your voice is from listening to Japanese speech and repeating it. For practice in this area:● Listen to Japanese music ● Watch subtitled (or Jap...

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... pattern that is easy to follow!English - Japanese- -- -- - -- - -- - -- - -- -is - desuare - desuwas - deshitawere - deshitawill be - desuLearning new vocabulary!You will begin learning many Japanese words. ... - how manyNouns:ai - loveheya - roomhon - bookhito - personinu - dogkami - godneko - cat Verbs:aruku - to walkhana...

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... similarly.-U, -TSU, -RU-MU, -NU, -BU-KU-GU-SUYou can see that godan verbs may also end in -ru. This means that you have to learn whether any particular verb with -iru or -eru at the end is ichidan ... replace it with -tta:matsu -- > mattahashiru -- > hashittatoru -- > tottakau -- > kattaVerbs with -mu, -nu or bu conjugate by removing the ending and adding -nda:yomu...

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... dinnerboushi - hatdensha - trainkami - hair (the same as the word for god)konpyuutaa - computerkoto - thing (abstract)kumo - cloudmise - storemono - thing (concrete)otoko - manonna - womanokaasan - motherotousan ... - longoishii - tasty, delicioustakai - expensivetooi - fartsumetai - cold yasui - inexpensiveAdverbs:itsumo -...

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... enemy)temee - you (one step above kisama - still extremely rude!) Nouns bakemono - monsterobake - ghostsakana - fishchi - bloodningen - human Adjectives amai - sweet, naiveatarashii - newfurui - oldhidoi ... we go any further is the way to express nationality. In English, we use suffixes like -ish, -ese, -an and sometimes it's completely irregula...

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... WordsNounsasa - morningchikara - powerjibun - yourself/oneselfkage - shadowki - energy, spiritkokoro - heartkotae - answerminna - everyonemakoto - truthpasokon - computertsukue - deskAdjectiveshitsuyou - ... necessarymuri - hopeless, impossiblesaigo - last, the endookii - bigchiisai - smallVerbsnoru - to ridetekagen suru -...

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... you[Misc] kanarazu - without a doubt[Misc] kesshite - never[Misc] kudasai - please[Misc] kure - please (informal)[Misc] nante - a thing such as[Noun] ai - love[Noun] ame - rain[Noun] asa - morning[Noun] ... tsumetai - cold[Adj] warui - bad[Adv] itsumo - always[Adv] yukkuri - slowly, leisurely[Int] dare - who[Int] doko - where[Int] ikutsu...

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... next lesson. Let's look at some examples of forming the -te form:Dictionary form -& gt; Past -& gt; -te formkau -& gt; katta -& gt; katte (to buy)kaku -& gt; kaita -& gt; kaite (to write)isogu -& gt; ... write)isogu -& gt; isoida -& gt; isoide (to hurry)kasu -& gt; kashita -& gt; kashite (to lend)utsu -& gt; utta -& gt; utte (to strike)shinu -&...

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