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- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXHXZ8Lf3do&t=9s ★ないform＋でください★ ないでください (naide kudasai). Meaning: please don’t do. This is used after a verb to request to the listener to not do something. You can remove the ください (kudasai), to just say ないで (naide), which is more casual. 心配しないでください shinpaishinaidekudasai (please don’t worry)...

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eVw4T67TDE&t=334s ★Rules for Changing dictionary-form to nai-form★ For this section you will learn how to change dictionary-form (Plain Present Affirmation) to nai-form (Plain Present Negative). The following are the rules for the 3 groups of Japanese verbs. Group 1 Verbs To change group 1 verbs from dictionary-form to nai-f...

Long hours, unpaid overtime, traditional working culture and hierarchical structures – these are some of the things that often come to mind when people think about working in Japan. In this episode I had my friend Taka-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=7Q_DBCdIVmk&t=265s ★て-form＋から★ から (kara) can be attached to the te-form of a verb in Japanese, becoming ~ てから (~te kara) .  This is similar to “ after doing (verb)…” しゅくだいをしてからテレビをみました。 shukudai o shite kara terebi o mimashita. (After doing my homework, I watched TV.) ごはんをたべてからいえに...

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpYYT23V2Qw&t=386s ★て-form、★ The te-form allows you to combine two verbs or more and express sequence of actions or states.　You can　consider the te-form in this context as “and” or “then.” 日曜日は友達に会って、映画を見て、レストランでビールを飲みました。 nichiyōbi wa tomodachi ni atte, eiga o mite, resutoran de bi-ru o n...

Kansai is the region in the southern center of the mainland (Honshuu) of Japan that includes prefectures; Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, Shiga and Wakayama Prefecture. The area is also called Kinki region, but when we talk about their dialect, we only say 関西弁（かんさいべん／Kansai Dialect）instead of Kinki dialect. In this episode I had my friend Shin-chan to talk about Kansai ben!  Check...

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9ZH6EcGzeY&t=32s ★て-form + います(te form+imasu)★ You can use the same conjugations when expressing repeated actions or resultant states with て-form + います(te form+imasu). These verbs describe an activity which happens in an instant, as opposed to "for a duration of time". Inevitably, it means, the action causes a chaま...

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9ZH6EcGzeY&t=32s ★Polite Form: (te-form verb) + もいいですか(mo ii desu ka)★ Meaning: You can do… ; You may do もいいですか (mo ii desu ka) is a polite way to ask permission.  It should always come after the te-form of a verb.  It is very similar to “Can I” or “May I” in English.   テレビをみてもいいですか Tel...

- Check my video for more details! -      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdeszo3Ix3w&list=PLY94j5ZZrtXbS8jlLmf-SUSIR2ytwV1SF&index=23&t=486s The te-form of action verb + "imasu (iru)" If the verb indicates an action that can continue once started "to be -ing", such as "tabemasu" or "hanashimasu", it has the meaning above.  Thus, "tabeteiru"=I am eating.  ...

- Check my video for more details! -    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdeszo3Ix3w&list=PLY94j5ZZrtXbS8jlLmf-SUSIR2ytwV1SF&index=23&t=486s - New words - ください (kudasai) is a way to request a favor in Japanese.  It is similar to “Please” in English.  When we use ください (kudasai), it is placed after the te-form of the verb.  It can also can also come after...

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31-dTOMmCK4&list=PLY94j5ZZrtXbS8jlLmf-SUSIR2ytwV1SF&index=22 - New words - The ~ te form is an important Japanese verb form to know. It does not indicate tense by itself, however, it combines with other verb forms to create other tenses. Additionally, it has many other unique usages, such as speaking in the present progre...

- New words - interrogative pronoun + (particle) + でも ( = demo): any ~ /whatever, whichever, whoever, where Noun + でも だれでも・Anyone なんでも・Anything どこでも・Anywhere いつでも・Anytime 1) わたしは　なんでも　たべます。(watashi wa nandemo tabemasu) = I eat anything/everything. 2) れいぞうこに　なんでも　ありますよ。(reizouko ni nandemo arimasuyo) = I have everything/many things in the ref...

- New words - verb stem + に行きます（にいきます） - go to do It is a very useful expression which means 'go (in order to) do (something)'. It is very commonly used with the stem of the verb. よく映画を見に行きます。 yoku eiga o mi ni ikimasu. I often go to the movies. 彼は毎日川に泳ぎに行きます。 kare wa mainichigawa ni oyogi ni ikimasu.  He goes swimming in the river every day. 私は日本に勉...

- New words - When you desire or want something (noun), the expression used is "欲しい" or "ほしい" (hoshii). Watashi wa kuruma ga hoshii desu. 私は車が欲しいです。 --- I want a car. Watashi wa sono hon ga hoshii desu. 私はその本が欲しいです。 --- I want that book. Watashi wa nihonjin no tomodachi ga hoshii desu. 私は日本人の友達が欲しいです。 --- I want a Japanese friend. Watashi wa kamera ga hos...

- New words - 【のなかで[A]がいちばん】 (no naka de [A] ga ichiban). Banana to ringo to orenji no naka de dore ga ichiban suki desu ka? Which do you like the best, banana, apple or orange? Basu to densha to shinkansen no naka de dore ga ichiban hayai desu ka? Which is the fastest, bus, train or shinkansen? kurasu no naka de dare ga ichiban uta ga jyouzu desu. Who is the best singer in the class. k...

- New words - To compare two items or activities, use the sentence pattern:  AよりB(の)はAdjです。(A yori B wa Adj desu.) AよりB(の)の方がAdjです。(A yori B no hō ga Adj desu.) If you want to say something is more fun, big, interesting, etc. than something else or if you want to say you like something more than something else, you should use this pattern. In this sentence pattern, B is emphas...

- New words - small object 1本　いっぽん　ippon 2本　にほん　nihon 3本　さんぼん　sambon 4本　よんほん　yonhon 5本　ごほん　gohon 6本　ろくほん　rokuhon,　ろっぽん　roppon 7本　ななほん　nanahon 8本　はちほん　hachihon,　はっぽん　happon 9本　きゅうほん　kyuuhon 10本 じゅっぽん　juppon 何本　なんぼん　nambon cup of .., glass of ... 1杯　いっぱい　ippai 2杯　にはい　nihai 3杯　さんばい　sambai 4杯...

- New words - They are similar to English expressions such as "a cup of ~", "a sheet of ~" and so on. There are a variety of counters, often based on the shape of the object. Counters are attached directly to a number (e.g. ni-hai, san-mai). Following the next couple of paragraphs, we have included counters for the following categories: objects, duration, animals, frequency, order, people and othe...

- New words - hitotsu-system 1. hitotsu 2. futatsu 3. mittsu 4. yottsu 5. itsutsu 6. muttsu 7. nanatsu 8. yattsu 9. kokonotsu 10. too There are two numerical systems in the Japanese language. The ichi, ni, san system, and the hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu system. The ichi-system is used with counters such as -ji which indicates the time. The hitotsu-system is used independently without counters. You ca...

- New words - doushite, nande, naze= why … kara = because =============================================== Check out my Youtube Channel! Wanna support me? ===============================================

- New words - amari = (not) so zenzen = (not) at all takusan = many sukoshi = a little, a few •eigo ga yoku wakarimasu : I understand English very well. •eigo ga sukoshi wakarimasu : I understand English a little. •eigo ga amari wakarimasen : I don't understand English so well. •okane ga takusan arimasu : I have a lots of money. •okane ga zenzen arimasen : I don't have any money. =================...

- New words - yoku = well zenzen = (not) at all takusan = many, much sukoshi = a little, a few •eigo ga yoku wakarimasu : I understand English very well. •eigo ga sukoshi wakarimasu : I understand English a little. •eigo ga amari wakarimasen : I don't understand English so well. •okane ga takusan arimasu : I have a lots of money. •okane ga zenzen arimasen : I don't have any money. ================...

- New words - arimasu = there is, have irimasu = there is, have netsu = fever atama = head onaka = stomach byouki = illness itai = pain, painful neko = cat inu = dog kazoku = family =============================================== Check out my Youtube Channel! Wanna support me? ===============================================

- New words - wakarimasu = understand irimasu = need hoshii = want dekimasu = can do arimasu = there is, have irimasu = there is, have suki = like kirai = dislike jyouzu = be good at heta = be poor at Kanji = Chinese character imi = meaning tsukaikata = how to use neko = cat inu = dog kazoku = family dansu = dance uta = song =============================================== Check out my Youtube Chan...

- New words - donokurai/donogurai = how much/how many/how big etc. ikura = how much (the price) -Example sentences- -Anatano uchi kara kaisha made donokurai kakarimasu ka? -Nihon wa donoguai ookii desu ka? =============================================== Check out my Youtube Channel! Wanna support me? ===============================================