- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDyv7ohagcs&t=47s Verb (Dictionary-form) と、 Sentence 2 い-Adj (～い) と、 Sentence 2 な-Adj だ と、 Sentence 2 Noun だ と、 Sentence 2 Verb (ない-form) と、 Sentence 2 い-Adj (～い) くない と、 Sentence 2 な-Adj でない と、 Sentence 2 Noun でない と、 Sentence 2 と (to) sentence expresses Sentence 2 inevitably as a result of Sentence 1. It means whenever the condition in Sentence 1 is set, result in Sentence 2 will always happen. Therefore expressions used in...
Jan 16, 2022•11 min•Ep. 67
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fhhp6L5voA 時 【とき】(toki) means " when; at this time ". とき (toki) connects two sentences and expresses the time when the state or action described in the main sentence takes place. Verb dict-form とき(toki) Verb ない-form とき(toki) Verb た-form とき(toki) い-adjective とき(toki) な-adjective + な とき(na toki) Noun + の とき(no toki) 私はテレビを見るときコーヒを飲みます。 Watashiwa terebi wo miru toki kohi wo nomimasu. When I watch TV, I drink a coffee. わからないとき、先生に...
Jan 09, 2022•11 min•Ep. 66
Like many countries,the coronavirus is the topic on everyone’s. In this episode I had my friend Aska-san to talk about current COVID-19 situation in Japan! コロナウイルスと戦うために、みんなで頑張りましょう!! コロナウイルスとたたかうために、みんなでがんばりましょう!! korona wirusu to tatakau tame ni, minna de ganbarimashou! 戦う(たたかう) tatakau : to fight 〜ために tameni : in order to みんな minnna : everyone 頑張る(がんばる) ganbaru : to hang in there In order to fight against the Coronavirus, let's hang in there together!! ========================================...
Jan 03, 2022•9 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU7HCywOMTM&t=164s Using deshou (でしょう) at the end of a sentence means that something will probably happen or that it seems like it will happen. The level of certainty in that “might” is probably around 80-90% This means that the probability of accuracy is a more than a kamoshiremasen sentence. でしょう (deshou) is commonly used when we talk about the weather in Japanese. verbs { 食べる / 食べた } でしょう。 { taberu / tabeta } deshou. (so...
Jan 02, 2022•7 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU7HCywOMTM&t=164s In English, this word means “perhaps” or “might.” You can use it with verbs, adjectives, or nouns. Verb in plain form (present or past tense) + かもしれません (kamoshiremasen) I-Adjective in plan form (present or past tense) + かもしれません (kamoshiremasen) Na-adjectives in plain form (without na) (present or past tense) + かもしれません (kamoshiremasen) Noun + かもしれません (kamoshiremasen) The level of certainty in that “might” ...
Dec 30, 2021•9 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Io9VkhF7Q&t=254s 言います is used to report or quote speech, the particle と is placed before 言います。 ～と言う (to iu) is the form you use to directly or indirectly quote what someone has said. と is a quotation marker that can also be used with other verbs like 聞く (to hear)、伝える (to convey)、思う (to think), etc. 言う means to say. Plain form + to iimasu (he) says that... (people) says that... 彼は明日学校に行くと言いました。 kare wa ashita gakkou ni iku...
Dec 28, 2021•9 min•Ep. 63
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDs87u2ihmo&t=550s “I think” in Japanese using 〜と思います (~to omoimasu). The subject of the sentence (the speaker) is often omitted. In other words, you don’t need to say “I” think, because it is obvious from the context. In the case that the subject is not “I” you must use 〜と思っています (to omotteimasu) instead of 〜と思います (~to omoimasu) because it is expressing what another person (might be) thinking. 明日は休みです (ashita wa yasumi desu...
Dec 21, 2021•10 min•Ep. 62
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb8OEL0ciWQ&t=15s 【い Adjective】 Present Affirmative: い-Adjective {～い} Present Negative: い-Adjective {～い} くない Past Affirmative: い-Adjective {～い} かった Past Negative: い-Adjective {～い} くなかった ながい (nagai) なが くない (nagakunai) なが かった (nagakatta) なが くなかった (nagakunakatta) いい (ii) 良くない (yokunai) 良かった (yokatta) 良くなかった (yokunakatta) 【な Adjective】 Present Affirmative: な-Adjective だ Present Negative: な-Adjective ではない Past Affirmative: な-Adj...
Dec 08, 2021•9 min•Ep. 61
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Dec 03, 2021•10 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LEBMxCRJt4 ★verb (ta-form) +あとで(ato de)★ あとで (ato de)means “after doing”. To express that something happens after something else, we should use the past (ta-form) of a verb followed by あとで (ato de). 昼ごはんの後で友達とお茶を飲みました。 I drank tea with my friends after having lunch. Hirugohan no ato de tomodachi to ocha o nomimashita. 授業の後で映画に行きませんか？ Won’t you go to the movies with me after class is over? jugyou no ato de eiga ni ikimasen ka. ...
Nov 27, 2021•7 min•Ep. 59
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ6Gcj0CrhY&t=444s ★verb (ta-form) + ほうがいい(hou ga ii)★ it would be better to (do), you had better (do) “it is better (for you) to do…” is a sentence-final expression that can be used to give advice. It implies that if you do not follow the advice, danger or a problem will result. It refers to something very specific. 運動したほうがいいです！ Undou shita hou ga ii desu! Why don’t you exercise (It’s better to exercise)! When giving advic...
Nov 25, 2021•7 min•Ep. 58
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tk__BIRstw&t=12s ★verb (ta-form) + ことがあります (koto ga arimasu)★ To talk about a past experience, we can use the past form a verb (also known as ta-form) followed by ことがあります (koto ga arimasu). This is a way to express that you “have done something before”. verb (ta-form) + ことがあります (koto ga arimasu) 日本の映画を見たことがあります。 nihon no eiga o mita koto ga arimasu (I have been watched Japanese movie) ことがある (koto ga aru) is extremely usefu...
Nov 20, 2021•7 min•Ep. 57
Even fluent speakers of standard Japanese scratch their heads a little when they come to Hokkaido and hear phrases they have never encountered before in their lives, like namara and shitakke. These words are part of the main dialect spoken in Hokkaido, known as Hokkaido-ben. In this episode I had my friend Nori-chan to talk about Hokaido ben! Check out my Youtube Channel! www.youtube.com/c/MasaSensei/videos Wanna support me? www.patreon.com/maasasensei...
Nov 14, 2021•8 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmhji2HdzVE&t=182s ★"Ta Form"★ When you conjugate verbs into the ta-form, you can utilize the conjugation rule of the te-form. Just like the te-form ends with て, the ta-form works the same as the te-form, but ends with た. Let’s check the conjugation rule. au 会う → atta 会った tatsu 立つ → tatta 立った waru 割る → watta 割った utsusu 写す → utsushita 写した kaku 書く → kaita 書いた oyogu 泳ぐ → oyoida 泳いだ shinu 死ぬ → shinda 死んだ manabu 学ぶ → mananda 学んだ...
Nov 14, 2021•5 min•Ep. 56
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fisUab1JTSE&t=68s ★"Dictionary Form" + mae ni★ まえに (mae ni) means “before” and “in front of”. To express that something happens before something else, we should use the dictionary form of a verb followed by まえに (mae ni) Verbs: Verb (Dictionary Form) + まえに (mae ni) Nouns: Noun + の + まえに (mae ni) Speak 話す (hanasu) 話します Write 書く (kaku) 書きます Swim 泳ぐ (oyogu) 泳ぎます Read 読む (yomu) 読みます Play 遊ぶ (asobu) 遊びます Rise 立つ (OKtsu) 立ちます Die ...
Nov 07, 2021•8 min•Ep. 55
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fekfO6R07mA&t=211s ★Verb Plain Form + koto ga dekimasu★ This means you have to add plain form of verb before the “koto ga dekimasu” form. In Japanese language, it is possible to express ability and possibility with こと が できます (koto ga dekimasu) form. こと が できます (koto ga dekimasu) is polite form of こと が できる (koto ga dekiru). When you want to say your ability or possibility to do something, you can express it using こと が できます (k...
Nov 03, 2021•8 min•Ep. 54
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYYDWdv2VWI Verbs る-form in Japanese are divided into 3 groups Group 1: Verbs ending in う あう あいます To meet いく いきます To go およぐ およぎます To swim おす おします To push あそぶ あそびます To play のむ のみます To drink まつ まちます To wait うる うります To sell Group 2: Verbs ending in る Verbs that end in る but are preceded by /a/, /u/, /i/ or /o/ sounds belong to group 1 verbs. Example: おわる (owaru): to finish, つくる(tsukuru) : to create; きる (kiru): to cut, etc. Verbs t...
Nov 02, 2021•6 min•Ep. 53
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3YaNhJQzGA&t=44s ★なくてもいいです nakute mo ii desu★ It’s fine not to do something (do not have to do) Meaning: don’t have to; there’s no need to あなたは掃除しなくていいです。 Anata wa souji shinakute ī desu. You don’t have to clean up. あなたはこの本を借りなくていいです。 Anata wa kono hon o karinakutemo ii desu. You don’t have to borrow this book. これは書かなくてもいいですか。 Kore wa kakanakutemo ii desu ka. Is it all right if I don’t write this? 急いでしなくてもよかったです。 Isoide sh...
Oct 31, 2021•7 min•Ep. 52
What is it like to be a university student in Japan? In this episode I had my friend Jeffrey-san to talk about what it's like to work in Japan as a foreigner. Check out my Youtube Channel! www.youtube.com/c/MasaSensei/videos Wanna support me? www.patreon.com/maasasensei
Oct 23, 2021•11 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd63qJSl6ko&t=498s ★ないform なければなりません／なければいけません／ないといけません★ ・Verb (ない-form ない) ければなりません Verb (nai-form nai) nakereba narimasen You have to do ~/You must do ~ ・nakereba ikemasen (~なければいけません) ・nai to ikemasen (~ないといけません) 早くおきなければいけません。 hayaku okinakereba ikemasen You have to get up early. 学校へ行かなければいけません。 gakkou e ikanakereba ikemasen You have to go to school. 宿題をしなければいけません。 shukudai wo shinakereba ikemasen You have to do homewor...
Oct 16, 2021•9 min•Ep. 51
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXHXZ8Lf3do&t=9s ★ないform＋でください★ ないでください (naide kudasai). Meaning: please don’t do. This is used after a verb to request to the listener to not do something. You can remove the ください (kudasai), to just say ないで (naide), which is more casual. 心配しないでください shinpaishinaidekudasai (please don’t worry) 話さないでください hanasanaidekudasai (please don't speak) 遊ばないでください asobanaidekudasai (please don't play) 写真を撮らないでください。 shashin o toranaide k...
Oct 14, 2021•8 min•Ep. 50
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eVw4T67TDE&t=334s ★Rules for Changing dictionary-form to nai-form★ For this section you will learn how to change dictionary-form (Plain Present Affirmation) to nai-form (Plain Present Negative). The following are the rules for the 3 groups of Japanese verbs. Group 1 Verbs To change group 1 verbs from dictionary-form to nai-form, change the u-sound to a-sound in the last word. After that append ない (nai) to the changed words...
Oct 09, 2021•7 min•Ep. 49
Long hours, unpaid overtime, traditional working culture and hierarchical structures – these are some of the things that often come to mind when people think about working in Japan. In this episode I had my friend Taka-san to talk about what it's like to work in Japan as a foreigner. Check out my Youtube Channel! www.youtube.com/c/MasaSensei/videos Wanna support me? www.patreon.com/maasasensei...
Oct 03, 2021•17 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q_DBCdIVmk&t=265s ★て-form＋から★ から (kara) can be attached to the te-form of a verb in Japanese, becoming ~ てから (~te kara) . This is similar to “ after doing (verb)…” しゅくだいをしてからテレビをみました。 shukudai o shite kara terebi o mimashita. (After doing my homework, I watched TV.) ごはんをたべてからいえにかえりました。 gohan o tabete kara ie ni kaermashita. (After eating, return home.) うちにかえってからケーキをたべましょう uchi ni kaette kara keeki o tabemashou Let’s eat th...
Sep 29, 2021•5 min•Ep. 48
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpYYT23V2Qw&t=386s ★て-form、★ The te-form allows you to combine two verbs or more and express sequence of actions or states. You can consider the te-form in this context as “and” or “then.” 日曜日は友達に会って、映画を見て、レストランでビールを飲みました。 nichiyōbi wa tomodachi ni atte, eiga o mite, resutoran de bi-ru o nomimashita. On Sunday I met my friends, watched a movie and drank beer at a restaurant. 明日は日本語の勉強をして、学校でバレーボールをします。 ashita wa nihongo no ...
Sep 10, 2021•9 min•Ep. 47
Kansai is the region in the southern center of the mainland (Honshuu) of Japan that includes prefectures; Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, Shiga and Wakayama Prefecture. The area is also called Kinki region, but when we talk about their dialect, we only say 関西弁（かんさいべん／Kansai Dialect）instead of Kinki dialect. In this episode I had my friend Shin-chan to talk about Kansai ben! Check out my Youtube Channel! www.youtube.com/c/MasaSensei/videos Wanna support me? www.patreon.com/maasasensei...
Sep 05, 2021•19 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9ZH6EcGzeY&t=32s ★て-form + います(te form+imasu)★ You can use the same conjugations when expressing repeated actions or resultant states with て-form + います(te form+imasu). These verbs describe an activity which happens in an instant, as opposed to "for a duration of time". Inevitably, it means, the action causes a chaますnge in the status of someone, something or the situation after it. We will cal these verbs ecpressing actions...
Aug 28, 2021•9 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9ZH6EcGzeY&t=32s ★Polite Form: (te-form verb) + もいいですか(mo ii desu ka)★ Meaning: You can do… ; You may do もいいですか (mo ii desu ka) is a polite way to ask permission. It should always come after the te-form of a verb. It is very similar to “Can I” or “May I” in English. テレビをみてもいいですか Telebi wo mite mo ii desu ka (Can I watch television?) このほんをよんでもいいですか kono hon o yonde mo ii desu ka (Can I read this book?) チョコレートを食べてもいいですか chok...
Aug 21, 2021•7 min•Ep. 45
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdeszo3Ix3w&list=PLY94j5ZZrtXbS8jlLmf-SUSIR2ytwV1SF&index=23&t=486s The te-form of action verb + "imasu (iru)" If the verb indicates an action that can continue once started "to be -ing", such as "tabemasu" or "hanashimasu", it has the meaning above. Thus, "tabeteiru"=I am eating. Other verbs of this kind are "nomimasu, arukimasu, hashirimasu, utaimasu, oyogimasu, kakimasu, mimasu, tsukaimasu, tsukurimasu, yasumimas...
Aug 11, 2021•7 min•Ep. 44
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdeszo3Ix3w&list=PLY94j5ZZrtXbS8jlLmf-SUSIR2ytwV1SF&index=23&t=486s - New words - ください (kudasai) is a way to request a favor in Japanese. It is similar to “Please” in English. When we use ください (kudasai), it is placed after the te-form of the verb. It can also can also come after a noun: to go -- ikimasu -- itte kudasai (Please go) to come -- kimasu -- kite kudasai (Please come) to return -- kaerimasu -- kaette kudas...
Aug 04, 2021•9 min•Ep. 43
