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    This section contains lots of useful grammar notes which will help you improve your Japanese substantially. If you have further queries on grammar, feel free to ask us and we will try our best to answer them =)

    Order of A Sentence

    December 10, 2015

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    Tomoki Moriyama

    Read the following sentences and observe the differences:

    1)「バスで友達とAng Mo Kio に行きます」(By bus with my friend I go to Ang Mo Kio)

    2)「友達とバスでAng Mo Kio に行きます」(With my friend by bus I go to Ang Mo Kio)

    3)「Ang Mo Kioに友達とバスで行きます」(To Ang Mo Kio with my friend by bus I go)

     

    Which sentence is corre...

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    「じ」 or 「ぢ」? 「ず」 or 「づ」?

    December 1, 2015

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    Tomoki Moriyama

    When you learned hiragana, did you think about the difference between 「じ」 and 「ぢ」, and between 「ず」 and 「づ」, as each pair of hiragana has the same pronunciation?

     

    The pronunciation of 「じ」 and 「ぢ」 is ’zi’ in modern Japanese ("gee" in English pronunciation). But in the past「ぢ」was pr...

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    「が」or 「の」in sub clause?

    November 26, 2015

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    Tomoki Moriyama

     Read the following sentences

    ◯ 1)これは先生が飲んだヤクルトです。

    ◯ 2)これは先生の飲んだヤクルトです。

    ☓  3)これは先生の朝 飲んだヤクルトです。

     

    In intermediate level, you learn how a sentence modifies a noun. When a sentence modifies a noun, plain form is used. Point b below shows the sentence that is modifying the noun. To modify ヤク...

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    「は」vs「が」- What's the difference?

    November 9, 2015

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    Tomoki Moriyama

    Please read and consider the difference between the two sentences below.

    1) Rapunzel さんはかみが長いです。

    2) Rapunzelさんのかみは長いです。

     

    When you learned sentence 1 (~は~がadjectiveです)in basic level, you might have wondered the difference between sentence 1 and 2. 

     

    In sentence 1, the topic is ‘Rapunzel さ...

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    Is 「を」pronounced as 'o' or 'wo'?

    July 26, 2015

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    Tomoki Moriyama

    When you were learning hiragana , did you think that why「を」is pronounced as 'o' (same as  「お」) instead of 'wo'?

     

    Actually, the old pronounciation of 「を 」was 'wo', but in modern Japanese, it's pronounced as 'o' (without the sound of 'w' infront).

     

    「を」is widely used to mar...

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    Why「こんにちは」instead of 「こんにちわ」?

    June 28, 2015

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    Tomoki Moriyama

    Today I recieved a question from my student in the Beginner Course.

     

    She asked me why, in my email, did I write "konnichiwa' (hello) as「こんにちは」instead  of 「こんにちわ」. 

    This is a good question.

     

    I taught my students  in my first lesson that to say 'A=B ' in Japanese, it's 'A wa B desu...

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    When to use 「~んです」

    June 27, 2015

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    Tomoki Moriyama

    Q: In what kind of situation can I use 「~んです」?

     

    A: You have learned 「~んです」, but you still might not have a deep understanding of the expression. Please consider the differences between the 2 sentences below.

     

    1) 寒いです。

    2) 寒いんです。

     

    1) is used when you are just describing the...

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    「あなたが好きです」と「あなたのことが好きです」の違い (For advanced level learners)

    June 11, 2015

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    Tomoki Moriyama

     

    Advanced level の学生にこの違いを聞かれました。とてもいい質問です。
    「あなたが好きです」はとても直接的な言い方です。英語の’ I like you ‘と同じです。
    しかし「あなたのことが好きです」は、あなたの「性格、仕事、様子、考え方など全部」が好きという意味です。
    だから「あなたのことが好き」とあなたに言ってくれる人は、あなたのことをよく分かってくれるいい人だと思いますよ:)

     

    難しい?そうですね。愛は難しいですね。

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    Effective Speaking Training: Speech Shadowing

    June 9, 2015

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    Tomoki Moriyama

    What’s most unique practice way of my lesson is 'Speech shadowing’.

     

    Shadowing is an advanced learning technique where you listen to a speech recording in Japanese, and then speak it aloud at the same time as the native speaker. I adopted the method one year ago and I have seen great...

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    18 Japanese words that mean "I"

    June 5, 2015

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    Tomoki Moriyama

    In Japanese , there are countless words to mean 'I'. Each word has a different nuance. Normally we use 「わたし」. But in very informal or casual situation, we use different words. And there are many words used just by women, men, king, ninja etc...

     

    By your textbook, you le...

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