Beginning Japanese Phrases 176:～ましょうか？shall I ?; shall we?
これで今日(きょう)の仕事(しごと)は終(お)わりにしましょうか？ With this | today | ‘s | task | as for | end |make | shall we Shall we end today’s task right here? View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-...
25 Jul 20241min
Beginning Japanese Phrases 175: ～はどうですか？(＃2) how is ~?
新(あたら)しい仕事場(しごとば)はどうですか。 New | workplace| as for | how is ? How do you like your new workplace? View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-175 View all episodes here: https://...
18 Jul 20241min
Beginning Japanese Phrases 174: ~はどうですか？(＃1) how about ~?
黒(くろ)のジャッケットが嫌(いや)なら黄色(きいろ)のジャッケットはどうですか？ black| of | jacket | subject marker |dislike | if | yellow | jacket | topic marker | how about If you don’t like the black jacket how about a yellow one? Vi...
11 Jul 20242min
Beginning Japanese Phrases 173: ～のが好き like doing ~; like to do ~
私(わたし)の母(はは)は、洗濯(せんたく)をするのが好(す)きだと言(い)います。 I | ‘s | mother | as for | laundry | direct object marker | do |like to | copula | quotation marker | say |copula My mother tells me that she likes doing lau...
27 Jun 20241min
Beginning Japanese Phrases 172: ∼のが下手be not good at ~; be bad at ~; be poor at ~
私(わたし)の弟(おとうと)は絵(え)を描(か)くのがとても下手(へた)です。 my| brother | as for | picture; drawing| direct object marker | draw | topic marker | very | is not good at My brother is terrible at drawing pictures. View...
20 Jun 20241min
Beginning Japanese Phrases 171:～か… ~ or … ; either ~ or …
今日(きょう)のランチは、カレーかうどんを食(た)べたい。 today| ‘s | lunch | as for | curry | or | udon | (direct object marker) | eat | want I feel like eating curry or udon for lunch today. View this episode here: https:/...
13 Jun 20241min
Beginning Japanese Phrases 170: まだ～していない haven’t done ~ yet
私(わたし)はまだあの映画(えいが)を見(み)ていません。 I | as for | yet | the | movie | direct object marker | haven’t seen I haven’t seen the movie yet. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-170...
6 Jun 20241min
Beginning Japanese Phrases 169: ∼のが好き to love to do ~/ like to do ~
私(わたし)の兄(あに)は登山(とざん)をするのが好(す)きです。 my| brother | as for | direct object | mountain climbing | loves My brother loves mountain climbing. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-...
30 Mai 20241min
