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
[✐3. Moderato] Implying a sense of gratitude for receiving actions [Vte ・くれます]
“Maybe he/she will (kindly) take me to the moon!?”
[00:08]
Hello, how are you doing?
When someone do something for you, we, Japanese, prefer to add the nuance of gratitude by saying “~てくれます”(kindly do … for me).
[00:20]
Please change the word into “~てくれます”
[00:26]
For example,
make
→ (kindly) make (for me)
Ready?
[00:32]
1. write
→ (kindly) write
2. explain
→ (kindly) ...
[✐1. Adagio] Particlesてにをが with basic verbs
“Get on the bus, get off the bus”
[00:09]
Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Let’s start!
[00:14]
What kind of verbs would fit? Please predict which verb comes after the sound ♪, and then repeat the sentence.
[00:27]
1. I go to work.
2. I go (back) home.
3. My friend comes.
4. I read the newspaper.
5. I write a letter.
6. I watch Youtube.
7. I listen to Podcast.
8. I call.
9. I eat a breakfast.
10. I ...
[✐4. Allegretto] Vて(で)...
“I failed the exam, and I’m disappointed.”
[00:07]
Hello everyone. How are you doing? Let’s keep it up this week, too.
First of all, please answer in past tense as follows.
For example,
How was the TV drama yesterday?
/ amusing/interesting/entertaining/funny
→ It was amusing.
Ready?
[00:26]
1. How was the BBQ last weekend?
/ fun
→ It was fun
2. It rained heavily yesterday, but I guess you had no problem on the way ho...
[✐3.Moderato] Volitional Form
“I’m thinking of telling the truth.”
[00:08]
Hi everyone, good morning, good day, good evening. Today, we will learn the volitional form. Let’s start from the basics.
Repeat after me
[00:21]
1. go: masu form → volitional form
2. sit
3. drink
4. call, invite
5. go back, go home
6. meet
7. eat
8. see, watch, look
9. do
10. come
[01:32]
Now, make a sentence as follows.
For example,
Let’s buy a personal computer in Akihabar...
[✐2. Andante] 〜ですから…
“It’s a secret, so don’t tell anyone!”
[00:08]
Hello, everyone. First, let’s practice how to refuse softly using “〜wa chotto”.
[00:18]
For example,
car, can you lend me your car
→ (Lending you my) car is a bit inconvenient.
= I don’t want to lend my car.
Ready?
[00:25]
1. Let‘s go home by taxi.
→ (Going home by) Taxi is a bit inconvenient. = I don’t want take taxi.
2. Let’s go by bus.
→ (Going by) Bus is a bit inconvenient.
3...
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