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- 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...

- 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 o...

- 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 i...

- 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.” Bu...

- 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 claus...

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDyv7ohagcs&t=47s Verb (Dictionary-form) と、 Sentence 2 い-Adj (～い) と、 Sentence 2 な-Adj だ と、 Sentence 2 Noun だ と、 Sentence 2 Verb (ない-form) と、 Sentence 2 い-Adj (～い) くない と、 Sentence 2 な-Adj でない と、 Sentence 2 Noun でない と、 Sentence 2 と (to) sentence expresses Sentence 2 inevitably as a result o...

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fhhp6L5voA 時 【とき】(toki) means " when; at this time ". とき (toki) connects two sentences and expresses the time when the state or action described in the main sentence takes place. Verb dict-form とき(toki) Verb ない-form とき(toki) Verb た-form とき(toki) い-adjective とき(toki) な-adjective + な とき(na toki) Noun + の と...

Like many countries,the coronavirus is the topic on everyone’s. In this episode I had my friend Aska-san to talk about current COVID-19 situation in Japan! コロナウイルスと戦うために、みんなで頑張りましょう!! コロナウイルスとたたかうために、みんなでがんばりましょう!! korona wirusu to tatakau tame ni, minna de ganbarimashou! 戦う(たたかう) tatakau : to fight 〜ために tameni : in order to みんな min...

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU7HCywOMTM&t=164s Using deshou (でしょう) at the end of a sentence means that something will probably happen or that it seems like it will happen. The level of certainty in that “might” is probably around 80-90%  This means that the probability of accuracy is a more than a kamoshiremasen sentence. でしょう (deshou) is c...

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU7HCywOMTM&t=164s In English, this word means “perhaps” or “might.” You can use it with verbs, adjectives, or nouns. Verb in plain form (present or past tense) + かもしれません (kamoshiremasen) I-Adjective in plan form (present or past tense) + かもしれません (kamoshiremasen) Na-adjectives in plain form (without na) (present...

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Io9VkhF7Q&t=254s 言います is used to report or quote speech, the particle と is placed before 言います。 ～と言う (to iu) is the form you use to directly or indirectly quote what someone has said. と is a quotation marker that can also be used with other verbs like 聞く (to hear)、伝える (to convey)、思う (to think), etc....

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDs87u2ihmo&t=550s “I think” in Japanese using 〜と思います (~to omoimasu). The subject of the sentence (the speaker) is often omitted. In other words, you don’t need to say “I” think, because it is obvious from the context. In the case that the subject is not “I” you must use 〜と思っています (to omotteimasu) instead of 〜と...

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb8OEL0ciWQ&t=15s 【い Adjective】 Present Affirmative: い-Adjective {～い} Present Negative: い-Adjective {～い} くない Past Affirmative: い-Adjective {～い} かった Past Negative: い-Adjective {～い} くなかった ながい (nagai) なが くない (nagakunai) なが かった (nagakatta) なが くなかった (nagakunakatta) いい (ii) 良くない (...

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- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LEBMxCRJt4 ★verb (ta-form) +あとで(ato de)★ あとで (ato de)means “after doing”.  To express that something happens after something else, we should use the past (ta-form) of a verb followed by あとで (ato de).   昼ごはんの後で友達とお茶を飲みました。 I drank tea with my friends after having lunch. Hirugohan no ato de to...

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ6Gcj0CrhY&t=444s ★verb (ta-form) + ほうがいい(hou ga ii)★  it would be better to (do), you had better (do) “it is better (for you) to do…” is a sentence-final expression that can be used to give advice. It implies that if you do not follow the advice, danger or a problem will result. It refers to something very specifi...

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tk__BIRstw&t=12s ★verb (ta-form) + ことがあります (koto ga arimasu)★ To talk about a past experience, we can use the past form a verb (also known as ta-form) followed by ことがあります (koto ga arimasu).  This is a way to express that you “have done something before”.   verb (ta-form) + ことがあります (koto ga arim...

Even fluent speakers of standard Japanese scratch their heads a little when they come to Hokkaido and hear phrases they have never encountered before in their lives, like namara and shitakke. These words are part of the main dialect spoken in Hokkaido, known as Hokkaido-ben. In this episode I had my friend Nori-chan to talk about Hokaido ben! Check out my Youtube Channel! www.youtube.com/c/MasaSen...

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmhji2HdzVE&t=182s   ★"Ta Form"★ When you conjugate verbs into the ta-form, you can utilize the conjugation rule of the te-form. Just like the te-form ends with て, the ta-form works the same as the te-form, but ends with た. Let’s check the conjugation rule. au 会う　→　atta 会った tatsu 立つ　→　tatta 立った waru...

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fisUab1JTSE&t=68s  ★"Dictionary Form" + mae ni★ まえに (mae ni) means “before” and “in front of”.  To express that something happens before something else, we should use the dictionary form of a verb followed by まえに (mae ni) Verbs: Verb (Dictionary Form) + まえに (mae ni) Nouns: Noun + の + まえに (mae ni) Speak...

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fekfO6R07mA&t=211s ★Verb Plain Form + koto ga dekimasu★ This means you have to add plain form of verb before the “koto ga dekimasu” form. In Japanese language, it is possible to express ability and possibility with こと が できます (koto ga dekimasu) form. こと が できます (koto ga dekimasu) is polite form of こと が できる (...

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYYDWdv2VWI Verbs る-form in Japanese are divided into 3 groups Group 1: Verbs ending in う あう あいます To meet いく いきます To go およぐ およぎます To swim おす おします To push あそぶ あそびます To play のむ のみます To drink まつ まちます To wait うる うります To sell Group 2: Verbs ending in る Verbs that end in る but are...

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3YaNhJQzGA&t=44s ★なくてもいいです　nakute mo ii desu★  It’s fine not to do something (do not have to do) Meaning: don’t have to; there’s no need to あなたは掃除しなくていいです。 Anata wa souji shinakute ī desu. You don’t have to clean up. あなたはこの本を借りなくていいです。 Anata wa kono hon o karinakutemo ii desu. Y...

What is it like to be a university student in Japan? In this episode I had my friend Jeffrey-san to talk about what it's like to work in Japan as a foreigner. Check out my Youtube Channel! www.youtube.com/c/MasaSensei/videos Wanna support me? www.patreon.com/maasasensei

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd63qJSl6ko&t=498s ★ないform　なければなりません／なければいけません／ないといけません★ ・Verb (ない-form ない) ければなりません Verb (nai-form nai) nakereba narimasen You have to do ~/You must do ~ ・nakereba ikemasen (~なければいけません) ・nai to ikemasen (~ないといけません) 早くおきなければいけません。 hayaku okinakereba...