Donna + noun = what type [noun] Donna + sushi = What type of sushi _______ ga suki desu I like [so and so] Donna + sushi ga suki desuka? Tamago sushi ga sushi desu. What type of sushi do you like? I like egg sushi
Mina san, konnichiwa. Lesson 1 otsukaresama! Thanks to all Japanese lovers who showed up last night. We had a full house! Subarashii desu ( = amazing)
Counting down to the new Surviving Japan course. Dokidoki Wakuwaku~
あたらしいクラスがスタートします。ドキドキです。 Atarashii kurasu ga suta-to shimasu. Dokidoki desu. atarashii = new kurasu = class suta-to shimasu = to start Dokidoki = heart pumping sound = nervous/excited
Really easy to “make new verbs” in Japanese べんきょう benkyo (study) + shimasu = to study うんてん unten (drive) + shimasu = to drive かじ kaji (housework) + shimasu = to do house work せんたく sentaku (laundry) + shimasu = to do laundry さんぽ sanpo (walk) + shimasu = to take a walk そうじ sooji (cleaning) + shimasu = […]
There are 3 groups of verbs. Group 1 verbs: (when in plain form) that end in “u” column such as u, ku, su, mu, nu and etc. These verbs require one extra step when changed to masu (polite) form. We cut off the last hiragana and then add a new hiragana in the “i” column […]
なに、だれ、いつ、どこ are marked by particle が because the speaker is asking for new information なにがいいですか？ nani ga ii desuka? What is good? ( = what do you want?) だれがいいですか？ dare ga ii desuka? Who is good? ( = who do you want?) いつがいいですか？ itsu ga ii desuka? When is good? ( = when do you want?) どこがいいですか？doko […]
Kyo city ni ikimasu. Why there is no wa behind kyo? Answer is really simple because kyo (today) is not the subject I go to city today “I” is the subject. Therefore, wa needs to go behind “I”. The sentence can be written: Watashi wa kyo city ni ikimasu. However, in real […]
「 」~ という to iu called ~ 「 」 「Birdnest」といういざかや = 「Birdnest」to iu izakaya = Izakaya called 「Birdnest」 「Birdnest」といういざかやがすきです。[Birdnest] to iu izakaya ga suki desu. I like an izakaya called 「Birdnest」 Yakitori, here I come~
なんか難しい。。。Nihon 「ni」 ikimasu and Nihon 「e」 ikimasu, both particles can be used interchangeably after the destination that you are going. However, if you want to be exact, 「ni」is used when the destination is clear and 「e」is used when destination is vague. For example Minami e ikimasu (I go south). Conbini ni ikimasu (I go to convenience store) […]