- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leQakJuVYu8&t=293s ========================================================== Dic form + ようにします Nai form + ようにします ‘to try to..’ ‘to make sure to..’ 明日早く起きるようにする。 ashita hayaku okiru you ni suru. I'll try to wake up early tomorrow. 明日から仕事に行く前に毎日ランニングをするようにします。 ashita kara shigoto ni iku mae ni mainichi raningu o suru you ni shimasu. From tomorrow I'm going to try to go running before work every day. 都合が悪くなったら、連絡するようにします。 tsu...
May 03, 2022•9 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leQakJuVYu8&t=293s ========================================================== Verb (dictionary form) ように Verb (ない form) ように Potential form ように In order to/..so that../..to be able to… This particular grammar point expresses aims by describing what you or the speaker will do in order for your aim or goal to happen. To construct a sentence using this premise, we would need to follow a simple sentence pattern that can be found...
May 01, 2022•12 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AgluuBl2I4&t=343s ========================================================== Verb + Plain Form + ため（に） いAdjective + Plain Form + ため（に） な Adjective + なため（に） Noun + のため（に） ため（に）indicates causes and reasons, is often used when a certain cause brings a bad result. (Verb / い-Adjective) informal + ため(に) E.g. 話（はな）すために E.g. 高（たか）いために な-Adjective Stem + [な / だった] + ため(に) E.g. 静（しず）かなために Noun + [の / だった] + ため(に) E.g. 先生（せんせい）のために D...
Apr 27, 2022•9 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXjWeAi_Wrg&t=7s ========================================================== As the use of ので (node) softens the view of the speaker and sounds more polite, it's often used when you are gently expressing a reason, when asking for permission or when making an excuse. たべるので Taberu Node Because I will eat たべないので Tabenai Node Because I don't eat たべたので Tabeta Node Because I ate たべたいので Tabetai Node Because I want to eat In english...
Apr 24, 2022•11 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSlVGhZFq-g&t=330s ========================================================== なadjective で/ なadjective ではなくて Noun で/Noun ではなくて 部屋（へや）が静（しず）かで、よく寝（ね）ることができました。 部屋（へや）が静（しず）かで、よく寝（ね）られました。 The room was quiet and I was able to sleep well. 部屋（へや）が静（しず）かでなくて、よく寝（ね）ることができませんでした。 The room was not quiet and I was not able to sleep well. この問題（もんだい）は複雑（ふくざつ）で、よくわかりません。 This problem is complicated and I'm not sure. 彼女（かのじょ）はとてもきれいで、びっ...
Apr 20, 2022•10 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSlVGhZFq-g&t=330s ========================================================== Verb てform / Verb なくて いadjective くて/ いadjective なくて 1.) The former and the latter clauses have the time relation. Ex) the former occurs first and then the latter. みなさんに会（あ）えて、うれしいです。 I'm glad to meet you all. 手紙（てがみ）を読（よ）んで、安心（あんしん）しました。 I read the letter and was relieved. 今朝（けさ）は寒（さむ）くて、起（お）きられませんでした。 It was so cold this morning that I couldn't g...
Apr 17, 2022•9 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEoN_Sf4ZGg&t=2s ========================================================== 【Noun + みたいです】 Verb +みたいです いAdjective +みたいです なAdjective +みたいです Noun + みたいです It means like; sort of; similar to; resembling. ”-mitai" is used to describe what can be inferred from the appearance of things or circumstances. 彼（かれ）は先生（せんせい）みたいです。 He looks like a teacher. 彼（かれ）は少（すこ）し疲（つか）れてるみたいです。 He looks a little tired. あの人（ひと）は、日本語（にほんご）がペラペラで、本当の日本人...
Apr 13, 2022•7 min•Ep. 90
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V4wcsJX0SE&t=374s ========================================================== Verb +し、 いAdjective +し、 なAdjective +だし、 1. When you want to mention not just one, but two or more reasons, you can use し in place of から. し usually follows a predicate in the short form. In present tense sentences, だ appears with な-adjectives and nouns, but not with い-adjectives. おなかがすいたし、のどがかわいたし、なにかたべたいです。 Because I'm hungry and thirsty, I need t...
Apr 10, 2022•11 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6PQBQ6fX7o ========================================================== Verb +た form+ り Verb +なかった+ り いAdjective +た form+ り いAdjective +なかった+ り なAdjective +だった+ り なAdjective +ではなかった+ り 1. It is used to mention some representative (actions or situations) out of many. Usually two actions or situations are mentioned in parallel, but there are cases in which three or only one are mentioned. 日曜日（にちようび）は掃除（そうじ）をしたり、料理（りょうり）をしたりします。 On...
Apr 06, 2022•11 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkEBh7O46ZE ========================================================== ながら (nagara) is used to show simultaneous actions. [A]ながら[B] (to do B while doing A) It can be used to express 2 things happening at the exact same moment, or more broad. “I watch TV while I eat” (exact time) “I work full time while going to school” (more broad) Take a ます masu for verb Remove the ます masu form verb Add ながら nagara You can then add the next ver...
Apr 03, 2022•7 min•Ep. 87
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guu8CgJI54Q ========================================================== Noun+にします Verb Dic + ことにします Verb Nai + ことにします It describes decision, determination or choice to do something. It can be used to express one’s resolve towards something. Q: 飲み物は何にしますか。 A: ビールにします。 Q: コーヒーにしますか？紅茶（こうちゃ）にしますか？ A: じゃあ、コーヒーにします。 Q: ミーティングは何時からにしますか。 A: 9時からにしましょう。 これから毎日（まいにち）運動（うんどう）をすることにしました。 これから毎日（まいにち）テレビを見（み）ないことにしました。 来年（らいねん）日本（にほん）に留学（り...
Mar 31, 2022•7 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CZI3NveTys&t=578s ========================================================== のです／んです 1. Question 2. Reason 3. Emphasize 4. Interpretation 5. Request ★1. Question★ It is used to ask questions. だれ、なに、どこ、いつ、 どうして etc. + の／んです。 どこへ行（い）くんですか？ どうして遅（おく）れたんですか？ 何（なに）をしているんですか？ ★2. Reason★ It is used to express reasons. It is used when the speaker is going to do something and the speaker explains the situations which are not expre...
Mar 28, 2022•11 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4tXuGwviHU&t=216s ========================================================== 食べてください 食べろ。 食べなさい。 お金を貸してください。 お金を貸せ。 お金を貸しなさい。 「それをしないでくれ」 「すぐに来てくれ」 There is "te kure" as a man's word, and the negative expression is "nai de kure". Both are often used as men's words to family and friends, and are also used together with "yo". We also hear this expression in animes. "Ne" cannot be added. This expression is close to an "instru...
Mar 22, 2022•7 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4tXuGwviHU&t=216s ========================================================== なさい (nasai). Meaning: do this (soft/firm command). “nasai” is the polite command form in Japanese and is used in a variety of formal situations. You can use “nasai” when you are giving an order to someone younger or of lower status than yourself. It is used in combination with a Verb’s stem form and can only be used with a positive Verb. 食べます → 食べ...
Mar 18, 2022•5 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa_mpxJVzzE&t=537s ========================================================== prohibitive form : dictionary form + na To command someone not to do something in Japanese is very easy. Simply add な after the plain form of a verb. For example, いく (iku) becomes いくな (ikuna - don't go), いう (iu) becomes いうな (iu na - don't talk), たべる (taberu) becomes たべるな (taberu na - don't eat), する (suru) becomes するな (suru na - don't do), くる (kuru...
Mar 13, 2022•6 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa_mpxJVzzE&t=537s ========================================================== At the moment the only way we have to give an order is to ask politely for someone to do something. 電話してください。 Please call me. If we want to add force to these requests we need to use the imperative. For Group 1 Verbs, For exampleよみます (yomimasu), before ます is み (mi). If you change it to e-sound, it becomes め (me). So よみます (yomimasu) becomes よめ (yom...
Mar 11, 2022•6 min•Ep. 81
Have you seen a tea stalk floating vertically in your teacup when you have Japanese green tea? When you see it, you will have a good day. Because it is believed to be a lucky sign. In this episode I had my friend Chee to talk about fortune-telling and signs of good luck in Japan! Fortune teller 占い師 (uranaishi) Fortune-telling 占い (uranai) Palm reading 手相 (tesou) To have someone read your fortune 運勢をみてもらう (unsei o mite morau) To have someone read your palm 手相を見てもらう(tesou o mite morau) Fortune 運勢 (...
Mar 07, 2022•11 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaB7oOC5ius&t=531s ========================================================== つもりです(tsumori desu): to Intend to Do Verb + つもりだ The function is to express what you intend to do. One important point here is that the decision should have been made a while ago. Therefore, you cannot use this for decisions made on the spot. お酒をやめるつもりです。 osake o yameru tsumori desu I intend to quit drinking. 明日は家にいるつもり です。 ashita wa ie ni iru tsu...
Mar 02, 2022•9 min•Ep. 80
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaB7oOC5ius&t=531s ========================================================== a. If the verb is a Group 2 Verb, simply remove the final “masu” syllable and replace it with “you:” 食べます → 食べよう (Tabemasu → Tabeyou) b. If the verb is an Group 1, its final vowe" imasu" must be changed to “ou,” which means its final syllable must be replaced (for example, if the verb in question is “Yomimasu ” change it to “yomou”. 読みます → 読もう (Yo...
Feb 27, 2022•13 min•Ep. 79
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prEl2-55DAA&t=1s ========================================================== ba - hodo (~ ば-ほど) has meaning "the more... the more". Verb-ばconditional + (same) Verb + ほど いadj-ばconditional + (same) いadj + ほど なadj + なら + (same)なadj + なほど 飲みます ➝ 飲めば nomimasu ➝ nomeba 食べます ➝ 食べれば tabemasu ➝ tabereba します ➝ すれば shimasu ➝ sureba きます ➝ くれば kimasu ➝ kureba 面白い ➝ 面白ければ omoshiroi ➝ omoshirokereba interesting ➝ If it’s interesting 美味しい ➝...
Feb 25, 2022•8 min•Ep. 78
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVxs9n2yUyY ========================================================== …と: Constant Results and Actual Conditions The function is to express constant results. The conjugation is just to attach the plain (dictionary) form to と. When you use nouns and na-adjectives, you need to attach だ like 春だと. By constant results, we mean that it’s an unchanged fact, when you do A, aways B happens. You can use this for natural phenomenons, hab...
Feb 23, 2022•10 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSRZr3gvCj0&t=582s ========================================================== Conditional form なら The function is to respond to someone in a given context. Regarding the other conditional words, you can set a context by yourself. However, you can use …なら only when given a context. Tanaka-san ga iku nara, watashi mo ikimasu With the above example, Tanaka-san first said “I will go to the drinking session,” and then you respon...
Feb 20, 2022•9 min•Ep. 76
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSRZr3gvCj0&t=582s ========================================================== The ba form attached to the end of an adjective creates an “If…then…” sentence. Sentences that use the ba form are less colloquial than the other conditional form tara (which we won’t cover in this lesson). The main clause (i.e. the first half of a sentence) can be a desire, hope, command, suggestion, or statement of one’s will. In order to conjug...
Feb 12, 2022•8 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8bK9zF97bY&t=777s ========================================================== 「あげます」 is the Japanese word for "to give" seen from the speaker's point of view. You must use this verb when you are giving something or doing something for someone else. 私は友達にプレゼントをあげます。 - I gave present to friend. 車を買ってあげます。 - I'll give you the favor of buying a car. 私は友達にいいことを教えてあげました。 - I taught something good to my friend. (looking at it from...
Feb 11, 2022•6 min•Ep. 74
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fczada6WxZU ========================================================== ~ことができます (Koto Ga Dekimasu): Formal Potential Form With Verbs If you want to use the potential form with verbs, one way is to use the present tense form of the verb followed by ことができる. This phrase directly translates to “be able to do ~ing,” where the “ing” is the verb being used. Take a look at the following example sentence for a more in-depth explanation....
Feb 05, 2022•8 min•Ep. 73
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4hn-p3v5ig&t=385s ========================================================== いくら～ても (ikura~temo) no matter how Verb (て-form) も、 い-Adj (～い) くても、 な-Adj でも、 Noun でも、 いくら頑張ってもよくならない。 Ikura ganbattemo yoku naranai. No matter how hard I try, it doesn't go well. いくら遅くても五時までに着きたい。 Ikura osokutemo go ji made ni tsukitai. I want to arrive there by five at the latest. いくら安くても、買いたくない。 Ikura yasukute mo, kaitakunai. I don’t want to buy...
Feb 02, 2022•9 min•Ep. 71
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9M9mUaHl8M&t=298s ========================================================== ても (temo) Sentence is used to indicate a reverse condition. It's used when an action which is expected to be taken or an event which is expected to happen naturally under the given circumstances does not materialize or a thing turns out in a way opposite to a socially accepted idea. Verb (て-form) も、 い-Adj (～い) くても、 な-Adj でも、 Noun でも、 If you contin...
Jan 30, 2022•8 min
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI1HjXsOCuw&t=9s ========================================================== 〜たら is a conjugation pattern which expresses a causal relationship. The action or state expressed by the sentence which precedes 〜たら is the condition of the event or situation expressed by the rest of the sentence. Depending on the context, it is interpreted differently—as time sequences like "when" and "after," or conditions like "if." Verb 食べます → ...
Jan 26, 2022•10 min•Ep. 70
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mjGvlTKr2s ========================================================== koto can be used as a nominalizer. When “koto” is placed after a verb or a verb phrase, “koto” can turn that verb/verb phrase into what is essentially a long, multi-word noun. For example: 本を読みます hon o yomimasu means “[someone] reads/will read books.” But, 本を読む事 hon o yomu koto means “the idea/act of [someone] reading books.” ことKoto quite simply adds “ING” t...
Jan 23, 2022•9 min•Ep. 69
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQklHSjvnbs ========================================================== A relative clause is a clause that is used to modify a noun or a noun phrase. In English, a clause must contain a subject and a predicate at a minimum in order to be grammatical, but a Japanese clause only requires a predicate. Forming the relative clause - step by step: 1 In your mind, change the verb in 私は本をかいました to the plain form, かった The verbs in relat...
Jan 16, 2022•8 min•Ep. 68
