Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing
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Are you learning Japanese and looking for more opportunities to speak? This Podcast drill is exactly for you. Simply repeat after me while you are commuting, cooking, or even in your bed. The drill also includes plain style dialogue, which is an informal style spoken in daily life among friends and family, and also in Anime.
Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing
2d ago
[✐3. Moderato] [Potential Verb Form]: can be done. 〜 is possible
"Can be done online.”
[00:06]
Hello, everyone. We learn potential verb (form) today. Let’s start.
Repeat after me
[00:14]
[V-2 group/ru-verb]
1. eat > can be eaten
2. remember > can remember
3. sleep > can sleep
[V-1 group/u-verb]
4. learn > can learn
5. work > can work
6. lend > can lend
7. read > can read
8. get/take > can get/take
[V-3 group/(Irregular-suru+kuru)]
9. do > can do
10. come > can come
[01:17]
Let’s check. You say the potenti ..read more
Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing
1w ago
[✐1.Adagio] Existence of things and people
be (ありますarimasu) for inanimate objects, be (いますimasu) for animate objects
Subject maker[が] & theme particle[は]
★★★★★
“Clooney san is there!”
[00:06]
Hello, everyone. Let’s start.
Repeat after me
[00:11]
1. There is a pair of glasses here.
2. There is a park over there.
3. There is a café in front of the station.
4. There is a toilet on the 1st floor.
5. There is nothing in the refrigerator.
6. There is a cat in the room.
7. There is a dog in front of the house.
8. There is a friend in the lobby.
9.&nbs ..read more
Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing
2w ago
★ too much, to be in excess [Vます+すぎ]
[00:06]
Hello, everyone.
〜sugiru means too much, but it is now sometimes used in the meaning of “very” since several years ago. Examples are; “extremely beautiful announcer”, or”this Ramen is very delicious”.
Anyway, let’s start.
[00:25]
My friend, Sato san, always does things over the top. So I will tell him as follows.
[00:34]
eat > eat too much
→ Sato san, you eat too much.
[00:40]
Ready?
You can change the name to your friends’ name.
[00:45]
1. Drink > drink too much
→ (Sato san) you drink too much.
2. Sleep > sleep too much ..read more
Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing
3w ago
Say your opinion, what you think 〜とおもいます [Plain form/i-adj. /na-adj(だ) +とおもいます]
“What do you think?”
Hello, everyone. Let’s start.
Repeat after me[00:11]
1. I think it‘s good.
2. I think it’s bad/ I don’t think so.
3. I think so.
4. I think it’s not right / it’s different.
5. I think there is / they have.
6. I think there isn’t / they don’t have.
Repeat after me
[00:56]
1. Is this all right for the meeting’s material?
→ Yes, I think so.
2. Can I park my bicycle here?
→ I don’t’ think so.
3. Is this someone’s lost item?
→ I think so.
4.&nbs ..read more
Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing
3w ago
[00:07]
Hello, everyone. We are going to do an intensive training of “agemasu(to give)” and “moraimasu(to receive/get)” today.
[00:12]
It’s your friend’s birthday tomorrow. What are you going to give him/her?
Repeat after me
[00:17]
1. I give (him/her) a concert ticket.
2. I give (him/her) (a bottle of) wine.
3. I give (him/her) gloves.
4. I give (him/her) a manga.
5. I won’t give anything in particular.
[01:02]
Last week, your friend had a birthday. What did you give him/her?
Repeat after me
[01:08]
1. I gave (him/her) a perfume.
2. I gave ..read more
Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing
1M ago
BTW, do you know the typical Japanese expression when they come back home?
[00:06]
Hello, everyone. “〜te kimasu” implies “I willl return” after finish doing errand or something.
[00:14]
For example, “Super market de Shoyu wo katte kimasu” means; I go to a super market, buy a Shoyu, and then, I will come back.
Repeat after me[00:27]
1. I’ll check if the plane has already arrived (and come back).
2. I’m going to Okinawa for work next week (and return).
3. Karaage (deep fried chicken) of that convenience store is delicious. I’m going to buy it (and return).
4.  ..read more
Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing
1M ago
[✐3. Moderato :「おかねもないし、じかんもないし」]:「〜shi(し)」adds information to a statement implying that something is among others. In colloquial Japanese, you can make your point by ending the sentence with 「shi(し)」.
[00:07]
Hello everyone.
First, we practice “adj. + shi”.
Repeat after me
[00:15]
i-adjective
1. hot
2. many
3. old
4. cheap
5. heavy
na-adjective
6. quiet
7. cheerful/energetic
8. anxious/uneasy
9. free/vacant
10. dislike
Repeat after me
[01:14]
1. This restaurant is delicious and cheap so I recommend.
2. This hotel is ..read more
Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing
1M ago
[ if/conditional: jisho-form + と]
“If I go straight, what is there / what will I find/see ? "
[00:08]
Hello, everyone. Let’s start.
Repeat after me
[00:12]
Go [masu-form>jisho-form+”to”]
1. If you go this way, there is a traffic light.
2. If you go this way, you’ll come to a broad road.
3. If you go ahead, there is a Koban (police box).
4. If you go straight, there is a super market on the right.
5. If you go to the roof of that building, there is a beer garden.
[01:22]
Next comes “magarimasu(turn)”. Turn right is migi ni magarimasu. Turn left is hidari ..read more
Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing
2M ago
[Master numbers in daily life] --- Japanese currency ¥(円) is written “yen” In English, but actually it is pronounced “en”.
“Let’s go to 100 yen shop.”
[00:06]
Hello, everyone. Let’s start. We practice “numbers” today. Please repeat in Japanese as follows,
[00:13]
For example,
What time is it now? 2:00
→ say it in Japanese
Ready?
[00:20]
1. What time is it now? 10:00
2. What time is it now? 7:30
3. What time is it now? 4:40
4. What time is it now? Quarter past 1:00
5. What time is it now? 20 min. before 9:00.
6. What time is it now? Exactly 12:00
Repeat afte ..read more
Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing
2M ago
[✐(1),2]<greeting and a bit more, hobby, weather>
「 Let’s talk with me! 」
[00:06]
Everyone, good morning, good day(hello), good evening!
[00:11]
It’s a bit different today. Now answer as follows.
[00:18]
How do you do. I’m Yoko.
→ How do you do. I’m (your name).
[00:25]
1. How do you do. I’m Yoko.
→ How do you do. I’m (your name).
2. Where are you from?
→ I’m from (your country or city).
3. Nice to meet you.
→ Nice to meet you.
[00:50]
Actually “yoroshiku“ is a very convenient phrase and you might hear a lot in different situations. It could mean; “Nic ..read more