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Do you want to learn Japanese? Study with me!

Hi, my name is Tsunami. I was born and raised in Japan and I’m a certified Japanese language instructor.

Through my tutoring experience I’ve found that it is difficult for people to speak "real" and "natural" Japanese, even if they can speak "textbook" Japanese.

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I want to encourage people to speak proper Japanese so that they can communicate with Japanese people. And hey, after all Japanable.com is a "communication" site, I will focus on speaking Japanese.

Here is what I am planning to do:

  • Present you with a useful expression along with an explanation and example
  • I will attach samples written with Japanese characters, which your email will be able to read if it supports HTML (if you don’t mind not seeing these Japanese characters, you can still read the rest of the newsletter with plain text email)
  • This is a weekly newsletter, I am thinking to send it every Sunday (this might change in the future or there might be the occasional delay, but I will try my best)

In the process of learning Japanese, of course grammar is important, but I am not planning to teach grammar lessons so much. So if you are looking for detailed grammar lessons, I am sorry that this newsletter is not for you.

My focus is to present you with a useful Japanese expression that Japanese people would use in their natural conversations.  In this way, you can gain one expression each week. Even though that seems to be a slow pace, it will give you the time to learn it well, use it and make it yours.

As you probably know, we don’t really use "textbook" Japanese in everyday speech. Language is alive and, fortunately or unfortunately, it keeps changing.  I will present you with today’s Japanese as we actually use it.

And also, if you have a specific question about Japanese expressions I can answer that and share it in the newsletter, so please feel free to email me.

I won’t make my newsletter "boring school work" or a "serious, serious learning course".
The concept of my lesson is "easy going" and "no pressure" so be relaxed and have fun. I will try to make each lesson such that you can read through it in a minute or two.

If you want to learn "alive" and "updated" Japanese and agree with my concept, please join me and let me help you with a bit of Japanese learning. If you have friends who are also eager to learn Japanese, please introduce this page to them!

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Tsunami's Japanese Lesson vol.1

Oct 17, 2004


Welcome to the latest edition of Tsunami's Japanese Lesson!
 
Table of Contents
  ■ Lesson vol.1
  ■ Editor's Comment


◆◇◆ Lesson vol.1 ◆◇◆

Saikin Samuku Narimashitane~

It has become chilly lately, hasn't it?



Behind the Scenes
 
saikin recently, lately
samukunaru grow cold, become chilly
mashita past tense of "masu"
ne~ prompting for agreement


When can you use it?

Most people talk about the weather when they don't know what to say to each other. It's a "safe" topic and also a great way to start talking to a person or a group when you want to break the ice. J


Tsunami's Hints
 
  ■ Make the last "ne~" a bit longer to make it sound friendly.
  ■ If you want to be casual or chat to younger people, you can say
    "Saikin Samuku Nattayone~" - it means the same thing.


◆◇◆ Editor's Comment ◆◇◆

Yeah! This is my first issue - thank you very much for subscribing to my lesson.
I am in Canada at the moment and I DO feel that it has become chilly lately, how about where you live?
Even though it will get colder and colder, let's keep warm by learning Japanese enthusiastically!

 
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