The Manga Sensei Challenge

The Manga Sensei Challenge

Learn basic Japanese in 30 days. How would you feel if you could do legit basic conversation in Japanese in just 30 days? No hitches, no 'pay now to access pt. 2' garbage, no poorly built Youtube videos. We legit just want to help you get a foundation in Japanese. Everything after this is just icing on the cake. Imagine who you could talk to, what you could read, and how you would feel being able to do what so few people actually succeed, because "Japanese is world's most difficult language for native English speakers" BS. We break Japanese down in a way that if you can do basic math, and have a 6th grade reading level you can learn Japanese. You can do it on your own time, at your own pace, and we won't be grading you. The only question is: Are you up to it? Check out everything at manga-sensei.com/30days

Episodes

May 7, 2018 4 mins
Congrats to everyone finishing up today. Let’s finish strong. You've trained for this. Let's go.

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Congrats you now have a base in Japanese and can start killing the language that has so long tortured you with its pretty symbols and funky grammar. Today we go into a real grammar point. Using the tools you have can you ING with us?

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Today we dive into a very interesting topic. Why the bases are there and what they meet by themselves. Heads up we will be going over this more in depth on our weekly Facebook Livestream. So if you aren’t quite getting it here, check us out over there.

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Today is the last day of particles on this year's challenge. Today we answer some questions too about yesterday's challenge and put things in perspective.

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This may be the one episode that you actually check out the website for.

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Today we talk about the Kodoaso the thing that gives direction to your Japanese, identifies important things and just about every other vague thing that I could say, Check it out.

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May 3, 2018 4 mins
Changing Adjectives into Adverbs and stacking adjective all in under five minutes. I know don't be too impressed.

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These adjectives are super easy to understand. Just put the Adjective + な + noun and there you go! magic Adjective Japanese fun that can make your life just that much easier.

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Still hitting that 30 day challenge? Today we are rocking Adjectives because we know you are prolly sick of particles by now. Today we discuss what an adjective is, how to use it, how II adjectives work and I make some poor jokes.

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Today we break down two particles in less than 5 minutes, just because we are amazing like that. Don't worry, you got this.

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oday We dive deeper into how particles work, highlighting the different uses of で. This episode is great to listen to anytime to rehash some awesome things that make Japanese unique and simpler than you expected.

For more info on De and the 30 day challenge check out out website at: manga-sensei.com/30days

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April 28, 2018 4 mins
How close have you been paying attention? We've talked about this before but now we are going to blow your mind with this uberly useful particle.
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April 27, 2018 4 mins
Time and space are things we may never understand, much less be able to talk about in a another language. Good thing the Japanese particle に, makes thins a lot easier.

Today we talk about how and how not to use this time marking particles, give some major tips, and make some more epic Japanese-y goodness.

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April 26, 2018 4 mins
Today we take a little bit of a break with all the complicated meanings of Japanese particles and go over something to make your Japanese just one step better. That is the simple particle も.

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April 25, 2018 4 mins
Location of action... De.

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April 25, 2018 4 mins
Direct objects and the use of 'を' the other 'o'.

Today we break down how to pronounce these two particles, what it means and start making some more complicated sentences. We also go over some cool rules that make Japanese a little more structured for those who need rules to be better speakers of the world's best language.
(For those of you who think Chinese or some other inferior language is better than Japanese I dare you to prove ...
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April 23, 2018 4 mins
When using particles, as opposed to English articles (the, if, by & and) Japanese has particles that express different meanings entirely. Today we talk about the meaning of に in giving direction and location.

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April 22, 2018 4 mins
Today we jump back to particles. Particularly the use of the question particle 'ka' or か.

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his episode is to clear some things up about Iru and Aru two verbs that on the outset seem to mean the same thing.

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Tricky verbs are not super common, but there are three that you should watch out for. This episode we go over some tricky verb and talk talk about how to conjugate them.

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April 19, 2018 4 mins
One of the best things about Japanese is this wonderful square.

Today John Sensei talks about something called the quadrant. It is a wonderful little thing that helps put verb tenses in order.
check it out at: https://www.manga-sensei.com/single-post/2017/08/19/The-QUADRANT

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