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Back to SearchBeginning Japanese Phrases #213: 〜たいです (want to do something)
Episode 213
Today's podcast covers:
〜たいです — want to do something
This grammar pattern is attached to the stem of a verb to express the speaker's desire to do som…
11 hours ago
Beginning Japanese Phrases #212: 〜てもいいですか (May I)
Episode 212
Today's podcast covers:
〜てもいいですか — May I...? Is it okay if I...?
This pattern is used to ask for permission to do something. It is formed by attachin…
1 week ago
Beginning Japanese Phrases #211: です
Today's podcast covers:
です — is, am, are (polite copula)
This is a polite copula used at the end of sentences to link a subject to a noun or adjectiv…
2 weeks ago
Beginning Japanese Phrases #210: 〜たり 〜たりする (doing things like A and B, alternating or listing multiple actions)
Episode 210
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〜たり 〜たりする — doing things like A and B, alternating or listing multiple actions
This grammar pattern is used to list multiple …
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Beginning Japanese Phrases #209: 〜から (because, since, from)
Episode 209
Today's podcast covers:
〜から — because, since, from
The particle attaches to the end of a verb, adjective, or noun phrase to indicate a reason or caus…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Beginning Japanese Phrases #208: 〜てはいけません (You must not do, it is forbidden to do (prohibition))
Episode 208
Today's podcast covers:
〜てはいけません — You must not do, it is forbidden to do (prohibition)
The pattern is formed by attaching it to the te-form of a ver…
1 month ago
Beginning Japanese Phrases #207: こう (like this, in this way, thus)
Episode 207
Today's podcast covers:
こう — like this, in this way, thus
This is a demonstrative adverb used to describe the manner of doing something, referring to…
1 month, 1 week ago
Beginning Japanese Phrases #206: てみたい (want to try doing something)
Episode 206
Today's podcast covers:
てみたい — want to try doing something
This grammar pattern combines the verb with mitai, which expresses the desire to try doing…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Beginning Japanese Phrases #205: ～てしまう (to end up doing, to completely do, to do something regrettably)
Episode 205
Today's podcast covers:
～てしまう — to end up doing, to completely do, to do something regrettably
This grammar pattern attaches to verbs and expresses e…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Beginning Japanese Phrases #204: ので (because, since, so)
Episode 204
Today's podcast covers:
ので — because, since, so
ので is a conjunction used to express cause or reason. It connects two clauses where the first clause e…
2 months ago