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Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing

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  • 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.
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  • 47[✐4] Try to think positively[habitual]

    47[✐4] Try to think positively[habitual]
    Jun 18 2024
    [✐4. Allegretto] make an effort to, try to [habitually]: [V-jisho, V-naiようにします]"I try to think positively [habitually].”[00:07]Hello everyone. What do you do every day? And what do you try to do every day (habitually)?[00:22]I try to have a proper breakfast every day, but sometimes I only drink coffee because I have no time.Repeat after me[00:33]1. I drink vegetable juice every day.→ I try to drink vegetable juice every day.[habitually]2. I jog every day.→ I try to jog every day.[habitually]3. I walk a lot every day.→ I try to walk a lot every day.[habitually]4. I don’t drink alcohol every day.→ I try not to drink alcohol every day.[habitually][02:08]Now, make a sentence as follows.For example,Whenever possible, sweet, not eat→ Whenever possible, I try not to eat sweets.Ready？[02:25]1. whenever possible, Japanese, think→Whenever possible, I try to think in Japanese.2. whenever possible, not smoke→ Whenever possible, I try not to smoke.3. whenever possible, early, go to bed→ Whenever possible, I try to go to bed early.4. as best I can, not catch a cold→ As best I can, I try not to catch a cold.5. as much as possible, at home, cook→ As much as possible, I try to cook at home.6. as much as possible, stairs, use→ As much as possible, I try to use the stairs.[04:55]Please reply the following sentence with, ““That’s better.” Here intonation is important. “Yeah, that’s better!” , OK?[05:05]For example,“I try to cook with my kids whenever possible.”→ “That’s good!”Ready?=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= 「ポジティブシンキングをするようにしています。」[00: 07]みなさん、こんにちは。みなさんが、まいにちすることはなんですか。 それから、まいにちするようにしていることはなんですか？What do you try to do every day habitually?[00:22]わたしは まいあさ、きちんと あさごはんを たべるようにしていますが、ときどき、じかんがなくてコーヒーだけです。Repeat after me[00:33]1. まいあさ、やさいジュースをのみます。→ まいあさ、やさいジュースをのむようにしています。[habitually]2. まいあさ、ジョギングをします。→ まいあさ、ジョギングをするようにしています。[habitually]3. まいにち、たくさんあるきます。→まいにち、たくさんあるくようにしています。[habitually]4. まいにち、おさけをのみません。→まいにち、おさけをのまないようにしています。[habitually][02:08]では、つぎのようにぶんをつくってください。たとえば、なるべく、あまいもの、たべない→なるべく、あまいものは たべないように しています。いいですか。[02:25]1. なるべく、にほんご、かんがえる→なるべく、にほんごで かんがえるように しています。2. なるべく、たばこをすわない→なるべく、たばこを すわないように しています。3. なるべく、はやく、ねる→なるべく、はやく ねるように しています。4. できるだけ、かぜ、ひかない→できるだけ、かぜをひかないようにしています。5. できるだけ、うちで、りょうりする→できるだけ、うちでりょうりするようにしています。6. できるだけ、かいだん、つかう→できるだけ、かいだんをつかうようにしています。[04:55]では、つぎのぶんをきいて、「そのほうがいいですね。」でこたえましょう。イントネーションがだいじですよ。「そのほうがいいですね」ですよ！[05:05]たとえば、｢なるべく こどもと いっしょに りょうりをするようにしているんです。」→ そのほうがいいですねぇ。いいですか。Support the Show.=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=Need more translation & transcript? Become a patron: More episodes with full translation and Japanese transcripts. Members-only podcast feed for your smartphone app. Japanese Swotter on PatreonNote: English translations might sound occasionally unnatural as English, as I try to preserve the structure and essence of the original Japanese.
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    8 mins
  • 46[✐1] Wont' you....? Let's.....

    46[✐1] Wont' you....? Let's.....
    Jun 18 2024

    [✐1.Adagio] Won’t you? 〜ませんか / Let’s 〜ましょう
    “Won’t you do together?”

    [00:07]

    Hello everyone. Won’t you do something with me?

    Repeat after me

    [00:13]

    1. Why don’t you go together?

    2. Why don’t you eat together?

    3. Why don’t you watch/see/look together?

    4. Why don’t you go back (home) together?

    5. Why don’t you learn Japanese together?

    Note: together = with me

    [01:00]

    Well then, this time more positively, you ask your friend to do something together. Let’s ask!

    Repeat after me

    [01:09]

    1. Let’s go together.

    2. Let’s eat together.

    3. Let’s watch/see/look together.

    4. Let’s go back (home) together.

    5. Let’s learn Japanese together.

    Note: together = with me

    Dialogue

    [01:57]

    Teacher: Then, everyone, let’s open page 258.

    Student: Which page is it? (Say)Slowly, please.

    Teacher: yep, yep… P. 258.

    Student: Thank you. The numbers are difficult.

    [02:17]

    Now, make a sentence as follows.

    For example,

    [02:20]

    · tomorrow, shopping, go / Won’t you?

    → Won’t you go shopping tomorrow?

    [02:31]

    · tomorrow, shopping, go / Let’s!

    → Let’s go shopping tomorrow.

    Ready?

    [02:40]

    1. from now, go drinking / Won’t you?

    → Won’t you go drinking from now?

    2. next time, together, drink / Let’s

    → Let’s drink together next time.

    3. a bit, take a break / Won’t you

    → Won’t you(we) take a break a bit?

    4. from tomorrow, go jogging / Let’s

    → Let’s go jogging from tomorrow.

    5. together, lunch, eat / Won’t you

    → Won’t you eat lunch together?

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    いっしょに しませんか」

    [00:07]

    みなさん、こんにちは。

    Won’t you do something with me?

    Repeat after me

    [00:13]

    1. いっしょに いきませんか。

    2. いっしょに たべませんか。

    3. いっしょに みませんか。

    4. いっしょに かえりませんか。

    5. いっしょに にほんごをならいませんか。

    Note: together = with me

    [01:00]

    Well then, this time more positively, you ask your friend to do something together. Let’s ask!

    Repeat after me

    [01:09]

    1. いっしょに いきましょう。

    2. いっしょに たべましょう。

    3. いっしょに みましょう。

    4. いっしょに かえりましょう。

    5. いっしょに にほんごをならいましょう。

    Note: together = with me

    Dialogue

    [01:57]

    せんせい: では、みなさん、258ページをひらきましょう。

    せいと : せんせい、なんページですか。ゆっくり おねがいします。

    せんせい: はいはい、258ページです。

    せいと : どうも。すうじは むずかしいです。

    [02:17]

    では、つぎのようにぶんをつくります。

    たとえば、

    [02:20]

    · あした、かいものに いきます / Won’t you?

    → あした かいものに いきませんか。

    [02:31]

    · あした、かいものに いきます / Let’s!

    → あした かいものに いきましょう。

    いいですか。

    [02:40]

    1. これから、のみにいきます / Won’t you?

    → これからのみにいきませんか。

    2. こんど、いっしょに、のみます / Let’s!

    → こんどいっしょにのみましょう。

    3. ちょっと、やすみます / Won’t you

    → ちょっとやすみませんか。

    4. あしたから、 ジョギングをします / Let’s!

    → あしたら ジョギングをしましょう。

    5. いっしょに、ランチをたべます/ Won’t you?

    → いっしょに ランチをたべませんか。

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    Note: English translations might sound occasionally unnatural as English, as I try to preserve the structure and essence of the original Japanese.

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    8 mins
  • 45[✐2]Plain style: Speak casually + no, yo, ne

    45[✐2]Plain style: Speak casually + no, yo, ne
    Jun 11 2024

    Plain style: Speak casually + のno, よyo, ねne

    “(That film?) I watched it! It was good!”

    [00:08]
    Hello everyone. We practice Plain Style today. Plain style is used when you talk to your family or friends, as you know. Plain style is very diverse and not easy to master, but today we’ll look at the part of it to get a feel for Plain Style.

    [00:31]
    First, learn the pattern of plain style with basic verbs. Jisho-form, nai-form, ta-form, nakatta-form are used in Plain Style.

    Repeat after me

    [00:44]

    Jisho(dictionary)-form

    masu-form > jisho-form

    1. go

    2. eat

    3. do

    4. come

    5. be (for inanimate objects)

    6. be (for animate objects)

    [01:21]

    ないForm

    masu-form > nai-form

    1. go

    2. eat

    3. do

    4. come

    5. be (for inanimate objects)

    6. be (for animate objects)

    [02:00]

    たForm

    masu-form > ta-form

    1. go

    2. eat

    3. do

    4. come

    5. be (for inanimate objects)

    6. be (for animate objects)

    [02:41]

    なかったForm

    masu-form > nakatta-form

    1. go

    2. eat

    3. do

    4. come

    5. be (for inanimate objects)

    6. be (for animate objects)

    [03:35]

    Repeat after me

    1. Do you drink alcohol?

    2. Are you going to the tomorrow’s concert?

    3. Yesterday, Suga san has come!

    4. Dad has already gone out.

    5. I didn’t swim in the sea this year.

    6. Have you been to Okinawa?

    7. Was Clooney san in the movie theatre?

    [04:50]

    Actually, we tend to add ending particle at the end of the sentence to emphasise, seek confirmation or soften the message, and so on. Without ending particles, it may sound a bit blunt or unfriendly, depending on the tone of your voice.

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    Note: English translations might sound occasionally unnatural as English, as I try to preserve the structure and essence of the original Japanese.

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