Masa Sensei

Learn Japanese with Masa sensei!

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This is the Japanese Grammar Complete Beginner Course that will teach you Japanese Grammar from the scratch. If you would liket to be abe to construct your own sentence by yourself, use Japanese for daily conversation, be independent and able to communicate with the Japanese people, this is the best course for you! I will also be talking about the topics that my Patreon supporters requested, as well as some topics about Japanese culture. Check out my Youtube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/c/MasaSensei/videosWanna support me?https://www.patreon.com/maasasensei

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Episode 119 - How to say "it is about to, it is going to" (stem form + そうです) 30.10.2022 8:21

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Episode 118 - How to say "it seems that..." (plain form + ようです) 23.10.2022 9:12

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Episode 117 - How to say "I heard that..." and "it seems that..." (plain form + らしいです) 16.10.2022 10:19

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Episode 116 - How to say "I heard that..." to express rumours and hearsay (plain form + そうです) 09.10.2022 8:51

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Episode 115 - How to indicate the purpose of use (plain form + のに) 01.10.2022 9:49

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Episode 114 - nominalized の to replace "thing", "place", "time", "reason", "human" etc. 25.09.2022 11:05

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taBEfXlcRw4&t=608s ========================================================== 「の」＝人、場所、時、理由、ものの often gets used for things that have no physical presence, such as an event, idea, fact, or thought. This is similar to the meanings of the Japanese noun 事, which is actually considered a nominalizer as well. So...

Episode 113 - How to nominalized adjectives and how make a sentence with verb of perception ("no") 18.09.2022 11:42

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taBEfXlcRw4&t=608s ========================================================== 【い/なAdjective/Noun + の】  If it is a な adjective and noun, it will be accompanied by な+の    私は寒（さむ）いのが嫌（きら）いです。 I hate being cold. 日本（にほん）が安全（あんぜん）なのは有名（ゆうめい）です。 It is well known...

Episode 112 - How to nominalized verbs("no" and "koto") 04.09.2022 14:05

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taBEfXlcRw4&t=608s ========================================================== の and こと Nominalized Verbs 【Verb dictionary form + こと】    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...

Episode 111 - How to say "try and do..." (te form + mimasu) 28.08.2022 10:27

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_1KtaoPANM&t=273s ========================================================== 【てForm＋みます】 It indicates to try to do something for some purpose. When you attempt to do something casually just to see what will happen or just to see what it’s like. We also use it when you are trying to do something that should produce cer...

Episode 110 - How to say somebody goes somewhere and returns to the original place (te form + kimasu) 14.08.2022 7:19

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02eAYekaewA&t=197s ========================================================== 【てForm＋きます】 It is used when somebody goes to some place to so something and returns to the original place. ＜いま、いえにいます＞「わたしはたまごをかってきます」かいます＋きます１．スーパーへいきます２．たまごをかいます３．いえにかえりま...

Episode 109 - How to use "chatta/chau" and "jyatta/jyau" (completion of an action, feeling of regret) 31.07.2022 10:15

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hchBC1pvy4w&t=231s ========================================================== 【て+しまいます】 (1) It expresses completion of an action, emphasizing that the action in continuation has completed. (2) It expresses feeling of regret, or the feeling that "I am in trouble/regretting". This is the more casual version, which inste...

Episode 108 - How to use "te + shimaimasu (completion of an action, feeling of regret) 24.07.2022 9:58

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrmhQcKJYUI ========================================================== 【て+しまいます】    (1) It expresses completion of an action, emphasizing that the action in continuation has completed.    私（わたし）はこの本（ほん）を全部（ぜんぶ）読（よ）みました。私（わたし）はこの本（ほん）を全部（ぜんぶ）読（よ）...

Episode 107 - How to use "te + arimasu (the remainder of the result of some previous action) 17.07.2022 11:09

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abymM4Jf9A0&t=288s ========================================================== 【て+あります   】 It indicats the present situation which is the remainder of the result of some previous action.  With てあります you use transitive verbs and not instrastive.      田中さんが一時間前、窓をあけま...

Episode 106 - How to use "te + okimasu (to do something in advance, to leave as it is) 10.07.2022 12:45

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60w0p34rb1I&t=187s ========================================================== 【てForm　+　おきます】   ①To complete a necessary action before certain time. To finish an action beforehand.    出かける前に朝ごはんを食べておきます。 Dekakeru mae ni asa gohan wo tabete okimasu. I will eat breakfast in advance befo...

Episode 105 - How to use "no" at the end of the sentence 03.07.2022 13:06

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0adlJzl2qnQ&t=317s ========================================================== 【～の？、～の】   "These are the contracted form of …のですか／んですか。のですか／んですか is used for : 1. Question  2. Interpretation 3. Reason  4. Emphasize 5. Request It is used to ask questions to the familiars or children. Ra...

Episode 104 - How to say “whether or not~” ( Verb-plain+ ka douka) 26.06.2022 11:00

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odqk1pATJmg&t=372s ========================================================== There are cases in which we cannot answer in either way, and for this, the form of …かどうか… is used.  かどうか functions in a very similar way to the English phrase 'whether or not', with the key difference that in English, clause A / B would...

Episode 103 - How to make indirect interrogative sentences ( Interrogative worf + plain form + か ) 19.06.2022 9:45

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odqk1pATJmg&t=372s ========================================================== ◆Indirect interrogative sentences◆    Interrogative word　+ Verb/い adj (plain form)　+ か Interrogative word　+ な adj / Noun+ではない、だった、ではなかった　+ か 1. 彼（かれ）はいつ来（き）ますか？ 2. それを教（おし）えてください。彼（...

Episode 102 - Transitive and Intransitive Verb 15.06.2022 9:50

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxVjhLxElf8&t=244s ========================================================== Transitive Verb : A verb that takes a direct object Intransitive Verb : A verb that does not take a direct object Transitive Verbs: 飲む To Drink 読む To Read 食べる To Eat 買う To Buy 作る To Make Intransitive Verbs: 行く To Go 働く To Work 生きる...

Episode 101 - How to use passive forms (Passive Sentence of Intransitive Verbs) 12.06.2022 11:16

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxVjhLxElf8&t=244s ========================================================== In Japanese, the passive voice also is used when the speaker wants to inject the sentence with emotion.  For example, Japanese speakers often use the passive voice in situations where they want to convey a sense that they are a “victim”.  ...

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Episode 100 - How to use passive forms (Passive sentence of "Part of a human body or personal possessions") 05.06.2022 10:13

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i-FsQBpaxs&t=216s ========================================================== ◆Passive sentence of "Part of a human body or personal possessions"◆     When you express about a part of a human body, the subject of the passive sentence is わたし. For example, 彼（かれ）は私（わたし）の足（あし）を踏（ふ）みました...

Episode 99 - How to make passive forms 18.05.2022 9:25

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i-FsQBpaxs&t=216s ========================================================== Japanese language makes far more use of passive language and passive verbs than English? The passive voice in Japanese is used for various reasons.  One reason is that both the Japanese language and Japanese culture are very indirect – as a res...

Episode 98 - How to express change in ability or possibility and habitual action (dictionary form+ "you ni narimasu" , nai form+ "you ni narimasu") 15.05.2022 10:21

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jTrFadn8sw&t=302s ========================================================== By combining ように (you ni) with なる (naru), you can express the change of state of situation. ◆Verb Potential form + ようになります◆ It means "came to be able to". It illustrates that the situation of being unable to do something changes to that...

Episode 97 - How to say "Please try to do...", "Please make sure to..." (dictionary form+ "youni shitekudasai" , nai form+ "youni shitekudasai") 11.05.2022 7:49

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk6if7BfCjc&t=412s ========================================================== Dic form + ようにしてください Nai form + ようにしてください It is an expression of request like てform+ください、ないform+でくださいようにしてください implies "please make effors/please keep in mind" Requests to repeat the action habitually. 毎朝（...

Learn Japanese Conversation - Collaboration with TCJ 東京中央日本語学院 - interview with Nakamura sensei 08.05.2022 9:24

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp7qaCJU3GI ========================================================== This is a collaboration video with TCJ 東京中央日本語学院!! For more details, please visit their website from this link! https://bit.ly/3JcFOVq TCJ is an industry leading Japanese language school located in Shinjuku, the heart of Tokyo. TCJ is one of the large...