Category: N4
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Introduction to Keigo Part 6: 美化語
みなさん、 こんにちは。 We have come to the last part of the Keigo family member, 美化語 (びかご). By beautifying nouns, it expresses politeness towards the other party. It is used in a lot of situations, regardless of the other party’s status. 日本語:上品な言葉づかいによって相手への敬意を表す。高める相手の有無を問わず幅広く使う。 By attaching 「お」 or 「ご」to the word, it becomes a 美化語。Take note that not…
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Introduction to Keigo Part 5: 丁重語
みなさん、おはようございます。 Today, we come to the “brother” of 謙譲語(けんじょうご)、the 丁重語(ていちょうご）。 We use this in a situation when there is no other party that we want to praise. By deprecating ourselves, we also express politeness. 日本語: 自分の動作をへりくだることで丁重な表現をする。高める相手がいない場合に使う。 Let’s also revise the difference between 謙譲語 (humble form) and 丁重語 (courteous form). Some words in 丁重語 （ていちょうご） いる ⇒ おる…
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Introduction to Keigo Part 4: 丁寧語
みなさん、 こんばんは。Next up, we have our 丁寧語 (ていねいご), one of the easiest of 敬語。 I guess most of us are familiar with ～です or ～ます. How about ございます or でございます？ Source: http://www.eurohope.com This is what we call 丁寧語 (ていねいご) / Polite form. It express the politeness towards the other party through the usage of polite words.…
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Introduction to Keigo Part 3: 謙譲語
更新: 2021年1月21日 みなさん、 こんばんは。 I will be sharing what is 謙譲語 tonight. What is 謙譲語 (けんじょうご)? 謙譲語(けんじょうご) is also known as humble form. It is used to lift up the other party’s status by deprecating speaker’s own action and to express the respect towards that person. 日本語: 自分の動作をへりくだることで相手を高めて、その人物に対しての敬意を表す。 In my table above, Level 1 refers to…
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Giving and Receiving 3 with いただきます
みなさん、 こんにちは。 I have fallen ill (burnout), but nonetheless, i still want to finish writing this set of posts. Today, i will cover いただきます。Let’s take a look the difference between いただきます and もらいます。 For those who have not read Part 2 of the series, i will repeat myself again. Level 2 refers to 目上の人（i.e superiors,…
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Giving and Receiving 2 (くださいます/さしあげます）N4
みなさん、 こんにちは。 To continue from i stopped yesterday. Today we will go 1 step further to explain くださいます and さしあげます。 Let’s take a look at the following table. In my table above, Level 2 refers to 目上の人（i.e superiors, seniors, teachers, etc). Level 1 refers to people who are in the same social status (i.e friends,…
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New Intermediate Class Starting
Hi all, We will be starting our Intermediate class someone around Jul. Students will be able to attend prep lessons for Intermediate from May onwards at $5/lesson. Below are the details for the lesson Date: end Jul/start Aug Time: 10-12pm Slots: 8 (2 slots left) Location: Waterloo Centre Fees: $330 for 10 lessons (total of…
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Identifying Verb Group
Hi all, One of the things about learning 国語 (Kokugo, the Japanese language which is learned by native Japanese) is that they have different ways of identifying their group 1, 2 and 3 verbs. If you are unsure if a verb is group 1 or 2, remove the る、ない、た、etc from the verb and add a…
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Differences between 自動詞 and 他動詞 (video)
Hi all, Created a new video on differences between 自動詞 and 他動詞. Hope you guys will enjoy the video and apologies for the many “OKs” in the video. Cheers, Can
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N4文法：意向形＋と思います vs ～つもりです
みなさん、 こんにちは。 今日は、「意向形＋思います」と「～つもりです」の違いを説明します。 まず、例文を見ていきましょう。 「日本へ行こうと思います」 I am thinking of going to Japan. 「日本へ行くつもりです」 I intend to go to Japan. 「日本へ行きます」 I am going to Japan. 可能性(かのうせい) からみると (if I see it from the level of possibility), パーセントで表示(ひょうじ)します。 「日本へ行こうと思います」 I am thinking of going to Japan. 60-70%可能性 (60-70% possibility of going) 「日本へ行くつもりです」 I intend to go…
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