One thing I wish I had realised earlier is that school and exams are not really that great a measure of your ability in a subject. In the end, tests and exams are an imperfect way to test people. You can be amazing at a subject or area but do…
Grammar lesson involving ておく てある. These are used to talk about future preparation or completed and prepared actions.
Article from NHK Easy talking about 24 hour automated absence notification system.
A playlist of videos going through the kanji that are likely to come up in Year 12 Japanese exams. It’s definitely not a comprehensive list but at a minimum you want to know all of these kanji.
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…
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.
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…
Part of a series of videos on permissions, this video focuses onしてくださいしないでください