すきな/きらいな Posted by Ginny on Feb 10, 2010
For today’s lesson we’ll learn how to express our likes and dislikes. First let’s take a look at this sentence: わたしはいぬがすきです (わたし = I. は = topic marking particle. いぬ = dogs. が = subject marking particle. すきです = like.) In English, this sentence would mean, “I like dogs”. これはわたしのすきないぬです (これ = this. は = topic…
Donburi Posted by Ginny on Feb 7, 2010
A どんぶり is a rice bowl dish consisting of some meat, vegetables and rice. There are different varieties of どんぶり. Let’s take a look at some of them: どんぶり is an eel rice dish. First the eel is filleted, boned an dipped in sweet soy sauce. Then the eel is broiled over the grill. Depending…
Answers to the Word of the Day Posted by Ginny on Feb 4, 2010
1 – アレルギ (allergy) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=10-12-2009 2 – エンタメ (entertainment) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=10-14-2009 3 – ゲットする (to get) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=10-15-2009 4 – 敵 (enemy) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=10-16-2009 5 – みかた (ally) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=10-17-2009 6 – 美しい (beautiful) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=11-06-2009 7 – どうそうかい (class reunion) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=10-20-2009 8 – そつぎょうせい (graduate) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=10-21-2009 9 – そっくり (similar in appearance) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=10-26-2009 10 – たいしょくする (to retire) https://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=10-27-2009…
Word of the Day Posted by Ginny on Feb 1, 2010
1 – アレルギ 2 – エンタメ 3 – ゲットする 4 – 敵 5 – みかた 6 – 美しい 7 – どうそうかい 8 – そつぎょうせい 9 – そっくり 10 – たいしょくする 11 – 雪かき 12 – そうじする 13 – だめ 14 – 乾燥する 15 – おいしい 16 – 便利
Winter Festivals Posted by Ginny on Jan 31, 2010
Who said that you have to stay inside for the winter? Just because it’s cold doesn’t mean it has to be boring! Around late January and February, winter festivals are all the rage in Japan. You’ve probably heard of the famous Sapporo Snow Festival, but did you know that there were other winter festivals in Japan? Every region has…
Informal Forms of Verbs Posted by Ginny on Jan 28, 2010
Here are some examples of the casual form for RU verbs in the present tense affirmative and negative: おきる (to get up) : affirmative – おきる. Negative – おきない ねる (to sleep) : affirmative – ねる. Negative – ねない みる (to see) : affirmative – みる. Negative – みない Did you notice that the casual…
Informal Forms of い and な Adjectives Posted by Ginny on Jan 25, 2010
So far we looked at the polite forms of the い and な adjectives. Today we’ll look at the casual forms of い and な adjectives, but only in the present tense. The present tense polite affirmative of an い adjective : すずしいいです (cool) The present tense casual affirmative of an い adjective : すずしいい (cool) To…