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Introduction to using adjectives in Japanese Part 2

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Introduction to using adjectives in Japanese Part 2 Last time Shiho introduced the “の”-particle and its basic uses in Japanese. For this lesson, we return to “い”- and “な”-adjectives and how to express them in the past tense. Table of Contents [Revision] [過去形: Adjectives in the past tense: “い”-Adjectives] [過去形: Adjectives in the past tense: […]

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Introduction to using adjectives in Japanese

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Introduction to using adjectives in Japanese Last time you learned how to use demonstrative pronouns in Japanese. This week Shiho explained about the different types of “形容詞” (adjectives) and how to use them in Japanese. Do you know the difference between “い”-adjectives and “な”-adjectives? If not, prepare to learn! Table of Contents [Adjectives in Japanese] […]

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How to use demonstrative pronouns in Japanese

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How to use demonstrative pronouns in Japanese Last time you learned how to tell the date and time in Japanese. For this video and article, we are leveling up to take a look at “指示詞” – demonstrative pronouns in Japanese. As in most languages, demonstrative pronouns are something you will use fairly often, so try […]

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How to read the clock and tell the date in Japanese

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How to read the clock and tell the date in Japanese Last time we looked and numerals in Japanese and learned how to count up to 10,000. In this lesson, we look at reading the clock and telling the date in Japanese – so you can practice putting those numerals you learned last time to […]

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How to count and use numbers and numerals in Japanese

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How to count and use numbers and numerals in Japanese Here are some questions for you: “今日は何月何日ですか? (What is today’s date?)” “今何時ですか? (What time is it right now?)” “あなたは何歳ですか? (How old are you?)”  Can you answer any of these questions in Japanese? If not, watch our video and read our article on “数字”, Japanese numbers […]

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How to introduce yourself in Japanese

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How to introduce yourself in Japanese (Easy to detailed self introduction) Whatever your reason for learning Japanese, you will probably end up in a lot of situations where you need to introduce yourself. Therefore, we have compiled a few sentence structures, some vocabulary and other important points you can use for your own self-introduction. Table […]