Veteran language learner and author of 9 Japanese, and 4 Korean textbooks teaches Japanese and shares hints to improve your listening comprehension, and culture understanding of Japanese.
In this lesson Kanako sensei and I go through our second Sentence Pyramid focusing on JANAI.
Yukari and I ... well I lose control in this episode but we somehow get through the newest compound hiragana words.
My lovely Japanese wife joins us to talk about a new innovation in learning Japanese (hype!) called a "Sentence Pyramid" where we slowly ramp up the complexity of a sentence by making small changes.
In this episode I want to share with you how Japanese From Zero! text book series came into existence and talk about a devastating turn of events that happened today for our business.
We begin to learn some basic sentences while also learning some of the compound hiragana in this episode.
Many students ask about which order they should learn Japanese. This and some other issues will be tackled in this episode of "Secrets of Japanese!"
We will learn our first Japanese particle today to mark topics!
Let's learn a ton more important Japanese words!
In this episode we learn how to ask basic sentences and answer them in Japanese! We are lucky to have our special co-host, Kanako sensei, to help.
This is a re-upload due to initial issues with the episode. Today Kanako sensei is back and we are learning about the next three word groups. Soon we will know all of the hiragana!
In this episode we learn words that contain the "SMALL TSU" which is used to double a consonant sound.
In this episode we learn our VERY first grammar by learning the most basic and possibly most important Japanese grammar.
You won't want to miss this episode. Today I discuss the worst type of teacher that hopefully you can avoid when learning Japanese.
This is a bit longer than normal episodes but it's an important cleanup of the words that we have already learned. Make sure to check the resources page to get the updated information.
My voice is still out, but we have a great episode today from a video made in 2018 with my best friend Kathi where we discuss the 5 language hacks to help you learn a language faster.
My voice is completely shot, but let's discuss 4 important Japanese proverbs that have guided me throughout my life in many language and business endeavors.
In this lesson we introduce the first "Most Important Hiragana Words" List #1 that we will be very important when we begin introducing grammar in the next few lessons. Make sure using sign up for our email list at https://www.secretsofjapanese.com and check out the resources page https://www.secretsofjapanese.com/resources. How did you do on the quiz?
In this episode we talk about the next 2 sets of Hiragana and how to use ちいさい つ (small TSU). And then we discuss the differences between the two versions of ZU and JI.
Now that you have been learning Hiragana for a bit, let's talk about the first two practice sheets from the Secrets of Japanese Resource page.
In this episode of Secrets of Japanese we discuss the 5 most important things you should do when you are learning Japanese.
Learning Japanese is a huge task! You can make things easier by avoiding some big mistakes beginners commonly make in this episode.
Can't make Japanese friends, or find a Japanese teacher? This episode can help!
If you don't want to do something there are a million reasons why you won't. Let's eliminate some of the biggest ones in this episode of "Secrets of Japanese".
Let's build a great foundation so we can reach fluency in Japanese faster.
DESU is a COPULA! But who understands what that even means!
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