Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing
Are you learning Japanese and looking for more opportunities to speak? This Podcast drill is exactly for you. Simply repeat after me - while you are commuting, cooking or even in your bed. The drill also includes plain style dialogue, which is an informal style spoken in daily life among friends and family, and also in Anime. Now more shadowing practices are available, too. Have a go and get fluent soon! --- Learning Nihongo is fun, ne. More drills and full transcripts/translations (on your smartphone! + PDF) are available on Patreon.
Episodes
[✐1.Adagio] Demonstrative expressions これ、それ、あれ、どれ“Where? There! ”
[00:07]
Hello, everyone. Today, we will do “koko, soko, asoko,doko” => kosoado!
ここ: here (near the speaker)
そこ: there (near the listener, or somewhere between not far from both speaker and listener)
あそこ: over there (far from both speaker and listener)
Repeat after me
[00:17]
1. The pen is here.
2. The pen is there.
3. The pen is over there.
4. Where is the pen?
5. Kat...
[✐2. Andante, 3. Moderato] te- & ta-forms
“After the water comes to a boil, add the ramen noodles.”
[00:09]
Hello, everyone. First, we start by checking the te- and ta-forms. After the masu-form, say the te- and ta-forms.
[00:20]
For example,
go [masu-form] > [te-form], [ta-form]
OK?
[00:27]
1. buy [masu-form] > [te-form], [ta-form]
2. wait [masu-form] > [te-form], [ta-form]
3. use [masu-form] > [te-form], [ta-f...
[✐4. Allegretto, 5. Allegro] wakuwaku, sabishii, shock, iraira....
“Ah, shock!”
[00:07]
Hello everyone.
We will practice a bit differently today. First, listen to the sentence twice and you repeat. And then, you will do shadowing.
[00:20]
For example,
It’s fun to be able to speak Japanese more than before.
♫
It’s fun to be able to speak Japanese more than before.
♪→ You repeat
[shadowing]
It’s fun to be able to speak Japanese more than before...
[✐1. Adagio]
“It remained online due to corona.”
[00:08]
Hello, everyone. We will practice adverbs first.
Repeat after me
[00:14]
1. often drink
2. be sure to/certainly/without fail drink
3. sometimes drink
4. occasionally/once in a while drink
5. not drink much
6. not drink at all
[01:09]
Now make a sentence as follows.
For example,
What do you drink in the morning?
/ always, coffee
→ I always drink coffee.
Ready?
[01:24]
1. What do you drin...
[✐3. Moderato] Give more reponses! Back-channel feedback
“Lucky you!”
Hello, everyone. Let’s start right away. First, please answer with “Well, I don’t know”.
[00:15]
1. Is this smartphone John san’s?
→ Well, I don’t know.
2. Do you know if John san will come to the drinking party tomorrow?
→ Hmm, I don’t know.
[00:37]
Next, it’s about Japanese manners. Please answer with “Really? I didn’t know it.”
[00:47]
1. You shouldn’t stick your cho...
[✐2. Andnate] Master basic verbs 4]
“Can I go by foot? = Is it within walking distance?”
[00:07]
Hello, everyone. Today, we will practice words used when you go out.
[00:13]
Oops, we’ve got lost already...
Repeat after me
[00:19]
1. Excuse me, where is the station?
2. Where is the nearest station from here?
3. Is the station this way/direction?
- kocchi no hou = this way/direction
4. Is there a convenience store around here?
5. I’m ...
[✐4. Allegretto] Upgrade your Japanese - humble and beautiful!
お+V(I,II)ます+します、ご+N/V(III)+します [謙譲語 Humble]
“I will call you later.”
[00:08]
Hello everyone. Today, we will practice the refined expressions which are useful in business situation. I also recommend you to use them when you talk to superiors or people you meet for the first time.
Note: Kenjougo is a humble way of speaking, when you speak to someone of a higher position of pow...
[✐1. Adagio, 2.Andante] Onomatopoeia
“Every day, I’m totally tired.”
[00:07]
Hello everyone. We will practice onomatopoeia* today. The conversation will become more fun.
*Onomatopoeia = A word that expresses various states and movements with sound, including a sensory expression, although the sound is not actually heard.
Even the same onomatopoeia has different meanings depending on the context; e.g. “peko peko” could mean 1) “very hu...
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