Category: Self Study
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Self study Japanese Lesson 1: Self Introduction (The Humble Way)
Dear all who are reading this blog and have no experience in Japanese, but you are able to read Hiragana characters. I’ll like to share with you how to self study Japanese. In lesson 1, I’ll be sharing how can we do a self introduction in a humble manner. (^_^) This is how it goes.…
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Buying things (Part 3)
Dear all, This is a repost. Continuation from Part 2, today i will share more about buying things. Sometimes if you buy medicine, electronics, the person at the counter will ask you if you have a loyalty card or something. It’s always good to make a loyalty card if you plan to always buy electronics…
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Buying things (Part 1)
Good morning, This is a repost of what i did few years ago. I would like to share with you all how to buy things in Japanese. —————— すみません. (Su-mi-ma-sen/ Excuse Me) これ/それ/あれ を ___________ ください (kore / sore/ are o ________kudasai ) Give me _________ of this/that/ that thing over that (far from you and the…
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Asking for Directions
Hi all, This is a previous repost that i did a few years ago. ————————– すみません. (Su-mi-ma-sen/ Excuse me) 道に迷いました。 (mi-chi ni ma-yo-i-ma-shita / I am lost) / Optional to say ______(Place that you wish to go) まで どうやって 行きますか。 (_________(Place that you wish to go) ma-de dou-yatte i-ki-masu ka / How do i get to _______) Example:…
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How to introduce yourself in Japanese
Hi all, This is a revisit of the post that i did a few years ago. ——————————————————————- In lesson 1, i’ll be sharing how can we do a self introduction in a humble manner. (^_^) This is how it goes. はじめまして (Ha-ji-me-ma-shi-te / How do you do?) ＿＿＿＿＿(your name) と申します (__________ to mou-shi-masu / I…
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Free learning space to revise/learn Japanese
Dear all, I have collaborated with a classroom provider to provide a self-study room for you all to self study starting October 3rd. Time: 7.00pm-830pm, every Wed Location: Waterloo Centre Classroom rental: Free for the 1st 5 who contact me. Subsequent members: $3/per person/per session If you would like to come and meet up with…
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Self study Japanese Lesson 9: Verbs 2
Dear all, In lesson 9, we are going further into verbs. As mentioned in lesson 7, there are generally 2 types of verbs, transitive (他動詞/たどうし/ta-dou-shi) and intransitive verbs (自動詞/じどうし/ji-dou-shi). As many of you may know, transitive verbs take in a object and intransitive verbs don’t take in an object. The general structure is like this.…
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Self study Japanese Lesson 8: Telling time /Trains Part 2
Dear all, Lesson 8 is on telling time and trains part 2. Sometimes you might wonder, how to ask the train station which platform to take your next train. Below is a good example. ============================================================================================= Station Master: こんにちは (kon-ni-chi-wa/Good day) You: __________(place that you want to go)へ いきたいですが、何番線ですか。 (__________(place that you want to go) e i-ki-tai-desu-ga,…
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Self study Japanese Lesson 7: Verbs
Dear all, Lesson 7 is about verbs. There are generally 2 types of verbs, transitive (他動詞/たどうし/ta-dou-shi) and intransitive verbs (自動詞/じどうし/ji-dou-shi). As many of you may know, transitive verbs take in a object and intransitive verbs don’t take in an object. The general structure is like this. Person wa Object o Verb E.g HKさん は いちご を たべます。 HK san…
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Self study Japanese Lesson 6: Telling time /Trains Part 1
Dear all, Lesson 6 is on telling time and trains part 1. I-ma nan-ji desu ka? (いま、なんじですか?) What time is it now? Nan-ji （なんじ) here refers to what time, so you can have something like this Tsu-gi no den-sha wa nan-ji desu ka (次の電車は なんじ ですか） What time does the next train comes? (What time is the…
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