Counting to a trillion and above in Japanese
Introductory lesson for those who want to learn to count to ridiculously high numbers. I’ll be continuing on with this in future videos to learn how to count objects as well.
Category: grammar
世界で一番長生きの男性 — Article Read-through
Article from NHK Easy talking about the former Guinness World Record Holder for Oldest Living Man
Learning through input — Satorireader.com
A great website that helps you learn Japanese through short stories with hyperlinked vocabulary, grammar explanations and spaced interval repetition features built in – plus it’s (basically) free! I would also recommend the below video as it shows you the science behind the website.
24時間欠席連絡自動受付 (24 hour automated absence notification system) — NHK Easy Article Read-through
Article from NHK Easy talking about 24 hour automated absence notification system.
Hospital Opening Days —Article Read-through
Article from NHK Easy talking about a public policy issue: hospital opening times over extended holidays. We’ll be going through this article in detail. The description box on the youtube video has some links to materials for this video.
Why are fruit and veg shops called 八百屋 in Japanese?
I’ve always wanted to know why fruit and vegetable shops are called 八百屋, so let’s read through the Japanese wikipedia entry and find out why!
Primary School Japanese – How to help your child excel!
Is your child doing primary school Japanese? Are they struggling? Do you want to help but don’t know how? This video will run you through what they need to know. The idea is that you learn the basics, and then can help guide their study! Even if you have no…
Permissions – Asking if you can do something てもいい
Welcome to part 1 of a video series I’ll be doing on permissions. This video will look at the てもいい grammar which is used to ask if you can do something, or to tell someone it’s ok if they do something. This is aimed for JLPT N5 or N4 level…
Permissions – You can’t do that ~てはだめ
Welcome to part 2 of a video series I’ll be doing on permissions. This video will look at the てはだめ grammar which is used to say you cannot do something. This is aimed for JLPT N5 or N4 level or for high school Japanese.
Permissions – You must do that しないとならない, しなければならない, しなくてはならない
Another video in the ‘permissions’ series. Here we’ll be looking at しないとならない, しなければならない, しなくてはならない which are all used to talk about things that must be done. Update: I’ve done some reading that points out that using the と conditional with ならない is weird for this type of construction. I agree…
世界で一番長生きの男性 — Article Read-through
Article from NHK Easy talking about the former Guinness World Record Holder for Oldest Living Man
Learning through input — Satorireader.com
A great website that helps you learn Japanese through short stories with hyperlinked vocabulary, grammar explanations and spaced interval repetition features built in – plus it’s (basically) free! I would also recommend the below video as it shows you the science behind the website.
24時間欠席連絡自動受付 (24 hour automated absence notification system) — NHK Easy Article Read-through
Article from NHK Easy talking about 24 hour automated absence notification system.
Hospital Opening Days —Article Read-through
Article from NHK Easy talking about a public policy issue: hospital opening times over extended holidays. We’ll be going through this article in detail. The description box on the youtube video has some links to materials for this video.
Why are fruit and veg shops called 八百屋 in Japanese?
I’ve always wanted to know why fruit and vegetable shops are called 八百屋, so let’s read through the Japanese wikipedia entry and find out why!
Primary School Japanese – How to help your child excel!
Is your child doing primary school Japanese? Are they struggling? Do you want to help but don’t know how? This video will run you through what they need to know. The idea is that you learn the basics, and then can help guide their study! Even if you have no…
Permissions – Asking if you can do something てもいい
Welcome to part 1 of a video series I’ll be doing on permissions. This video will look at the てもいい grammar which is used to ask if you can do something, or to tell someone it’s ok if they do something. This is aimed for JLPT N5 or N4 level…
Permissions – You can’t do that ~てはだめ
Welcome to part 2 of a video series I’ll be doing on permissions. This video will look at the てはだめ grammar which is used to say you cannot do something. This is aimed for JLPT N5 or N4 level or for high school Japanese.
Permissions – You must do that しないとならない, しなければならない, しなくてはならない
Another video in the ‘permissions’ series. Here we’ll be looking at しないとならない, しなければならない, しなくてはならない which are all used to talk about things that must be done. Update: I’ve done some reading that points out that using the と conditional with ならない is weird for this type of construction. I agree…