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In this episode I talk about before something happens and after something happens. Both before you a
Many things in Japanese are often temporal as they are physical, and we’re talking about how this pe
Today I talk more about formality and how men and women speak differently. Men tend to be less polit
Kanji can often be a detriment if learned early, which is why I’ve chosen to talk about it later in
I go more into the different forms of “But.” I talk about “Even though,” and various other words lik
Today we’re diving a little deeper into how we use formality and why we use Des, Dah, Mas, and the p
This is the last episode in the vector verb series. Today I go over some of the confusing things bet
Today we are talking about the last verb when it comes to the three major vector verbs, Morau. This
I talk about the word Kureru, which goes along with the word Agheru. I talk about going from party B
The first group of vector verbs where it comes from the speaker’s area of information to the listene
There are a number of different types of verbs in Japanese. Some are implied to have more than one m
I explain how to talk in this form by improving and increasing the level of diction. The difference
This particle indicates equal distribution of quantity. Like when passing out a piece of candy, you
Ah ih oo eh oh. I briefly explain the 5 bases or vowels in Japanese and when these are used.
Ni usually needs to go with a verb and is used for an emphasis as to what happens “when.” I talk abo
Today we are talking about time. There are various symbols and words to use for time, such as “Toki”
This is exclusively used with negative words. It’s like Bakari, but only used with words that have n
Dakeh is used to say things like “Only.” Bakari is more like “Nothing but.” I give examples of the d
In today's episode, John Sensei teaches us about demo. Demo means "however" or "but" in Japanese and
I talk about nominalizers, or anything that changes a part of speech into a noun. I explain where No
