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Learn Japanese with Masa sensei!

This is the Japanese Grammar Complete Beginner Course that will teach you Japanese Grammar from the scratch. If you would liket to be abe to construct your own sentence by yourself, use Japanese for daily conversation, be independent and able to communicate with the Japanese people, this is the best course for you! I will also be talking about the topics that my Patreon supporters requested, as well as some topics about Japanese culture. Check out my Youtube Channel

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00:09:05

Episode 91 - How to say "because" (" te form" for...

Learn Japanese with Masa sensei! ·

2022/04/17

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSlVGhZFq-g&t=330s ========================================================== Verb てform / Verb なくていadjective くて/ いadjective なくて 1.) The former and the latter clauses have the time relation. Ex) the former occurs first and then the latter. みなさんに会（あ）えて、うれしいです。 I'm glad to meet you all. 手紙（てがみ）を読（よ）んで、安心（あんしん）しました。 I read the letter and was relieved. 今朝（けさ）は寒（さむ）くて、起（お）きられませんでした。 It was so cold this morning that I couldn't

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00:07:23

Episode 90 - How to say like; sort of; similar to;...

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2022/04/13

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEoN_Sf4ZGg&t=2s ========================================================== 【Noun + みたいです】 Verb +みたいですいAdjective +みたいですなAdjective +みたいです Noun + みたいです It means like; sort of; similar to; resembling. ”-mitai" is used to describe what can be inferred from the appearance of things or circumstances. 彼（かれ）は先生（せんせい）みたいです。 He looks like a teacher. 彼（かれ）は少（すこ）し疲（つか）れてるみたいです。 He looks a little

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00:10:41

Episode 89 - How to use -shi (when there are two or...

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2022/04/10

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V4wcsJX0SE&t=374s ========================================================== Verb +し、いAdjective +し、なAdjective +だし、 1. When you want to mention not just one, but two or more reasons, you can use し in place of から. し usually follows a predicate in the short form. In present tense sentences, だ appears with な-adjectives and nouns, but not with い-adjectives. おなかがすいたし、のどがかわいたし、なにかたべたいです。 Because I'm hungry and thirsty, I need to

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00:10:30

Episode 88 - How to mention some representative...

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2022/04/06

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6PQBQ6fX7o ========================================================== Verb +た form+ り Verb +なかった+ りいAdjective +た form+ りいAdjective +なかった+ りなAdjective +だった+ りなAdjective +ではなかった+ り 1. It is used to mention some representative (actions or situations) out of many. Usually two actions or situations are mentioned in parallel, but there are cases in which three or only one are mentioned. 日曜日（にちようび）は掃除（そうじ）をしたり、料理（りょうり）をしたりします。 On

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00:06:39

Episode 87 - How to say "to do B while doing A" (nagara)

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2022/04/03

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkEBh7O46ZE ========================================================== ながら (nagara) is used to show simultaneous actions. [A]ながら[B] (to do B while doing A) It can be used to express 2 things happening at the exact same moment, or more broad. “I watch TV while I eat” (exact time) “I work full time while going to school” (more broad) Take a ます masu for verb Remove the ます masu form verb Add ながら nagara You can then add the next verb

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00:06:43

Episode 86 - How say " I decided to..." (Noun+ni...

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2022/03/31

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guu8CgJI54Q ========================================================== Noun+にします Verb Dic + ことにします Verb Nai + ことにします It describes decision, determination or choice to do something. It can be used to express one’s resolve towards something. Q: 飲み物は何にしますか。 A: ビールにします。 Q: コーヒーにしますか？紅茶（こうちゃ）にしますか？ A: じゃあ、コーヒーにします。 Q: ミーティングは何時からにしますか。 A:

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00:10:55

Episode 85 - How use - ndesu / - nodesu (asking...

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2022/03/28

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CZI3NveTys&t=578s ========================================================== のです／んです 1. Question 2. Reason 3. Emphasize 4. Interpretation 5. Request ★1. Question★ It is used to ask questions. だれ、なに、どこ、いつ、どうして etc. + の／んです。どこへ行（い）くんですか？どうして遅（おく）れたんですか？何（なに）をしているんですか？ ★2. Reason★ It is used to express reasons. It is used when the speaker is going to do something and the speaker explains the situations which are not

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00:07:29

Episode 84 - How do men and women say "do this!!" (te...

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2022/03/22

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4tXuGwviHU&t=216s ========================================================== 食べてください食べろ。食べなさい。お金を貸してください。お金を貸せ。お金を貸しなさい。「それをしないでくれ」「すぐに来てくれ」 There is "te kure" as a man's word, and the negative expression is "nai de kure". Both are often used as men's words to family and friends, and are also used together with "yo". We also hear this expression in animes. "Ne" cannot be added. This expression is close to an

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00:05:07

Episode 83 - How do mother or teacher tell kids to...

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2022/03/18

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4tXuGwviHU&t=216s ========================================================== なさい (nasai). Meaning: do this (soft/firm command). “nasai” is the polite command form in Japanese and is used in a variety of formal situations. You can use “nasai” when you are giving an order to someone younger or of lower status than yourself. It is used in combination with a Verb’s stem form and can only be used with a positive Verb. 食べます →

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00:05:39

Episode 82 - How to say "don't do this!!"...

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2022/03/13

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa_mpxJVzzE&t=537s ========================================================== prohibitive form : dictionary form + na To command someone not to do something in Japanese is very easy. Simply add な after the plain form of a verb. For example, いく (iku) becomes いくな (ikuna - don't go), いう (iu) becomes いうな (iu na - don't talk), たべる (taberu) becomes たべるな (taberu na - don't eat), する (suru) becomes するな (suru na - don't do), くる (kuru)

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00:06:21

Episode 81 - How to say "do this!!" (imperative form)

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2022/03/11

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa_mpxJVzzE&t=537s ========================================================== At the moment the only way we have to give an order is to ask politely for someone to do something. 電話してください。 Please call me. If we want to add force to these requests we need to use the imperative. For Group 1 Verbs, For exampleよみます (yomimasu), before ます is み (mi). If you change it to e-sound, it becomes め (me). So よみます (yomimasu) becomes よめ (yome)

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00:11:11

How Japanese people see fortune-telling and signs of...

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2022/03/07

Have you seen a tea stalk floating vertically in your teacup when you have Japanese green tea? When you see it, you will have a good day. Because it is believed to be a lucky sign. In this episode I had my friend Chee to talk about fortune-telling and signs of good luck in Japan! Fortune teller 占い師 (uranaishi) Fortune-telling 占い (uranai) Palm reading 手相 (tesou) To have someone read your fortune 運勢をみてもらう (unsei o mite morau) To have someone read your palm 手相を見てもらう(tesou o mite morau) Fortune 運勢

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00:08:38

Episode 80 - How to say "I plan to..., I intend...

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2022/03/02

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaB7oOC5ius&t=531s ========================================================== つもりです(tsumori desu): to Intend to Do Verb + つもりだ The function is to express what you intend to do. One important point here is that the decision should have been made a while ago. Therefore, you cannot use this for decisions made on the spot. お酒をやめるつもりです。 osake o yameru tsumori desu I intend to quit drinking. 明日は家にいるつもりです。 ashita wa ie ni iru

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00:12:56

Episode 79 - How to say "let's do..." (volitional form)

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2022/02/27

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaB7oOC5ius&t=531s ========================================================== a. If the verb is a Group 2 Verb, simply remove the final “masu” syllable and replace it with “you:” 食べます → 食べよう (Tabemasu → Tabeyou) b. If the verb is an Group 1, its final vowe" imasu" must be changed to “ou,” which means its final syllable must be replaced (for example, if the verb in question is “Yomimasu ” change it to “yomou”. 読みます → 読もう

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00:08:06

Episode 78 - How to say "the more... the more"...

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2022/02/25

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prEl2-55DAA&t=1s ========================================================== ba - hodo (~ ば-ほど) has meaning "the more... the more". Verb-ばconditional + (same) Verb + ほどいadj-ばconditional + (same) いadj + ほどなadj + なら + (same)なadj + なほど飲みます ➝ 飲めば nomimasu ➝ nomeba 食べます ➝ 食べれば tabemasu ➝ tabereba します ➝ すれば shimasu ➝ sureba きます ➝ くれば kimasu ➝ kureba 面白い ➝ 面白ければ omoshiroi ➝ omoshirokereba interesting ➝ If it’s interesting 美味しい ➝

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00:10:24

Episode 77 - How to use Conditional Forms (tara, to,...

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2022/02/23

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVxs9n2yUyY ========================================================== …と: Constant Results and Actual Conditions The function is to express constant results. The conjugation is just to attach the plain (dictionary) form to と. When you use nouns and na-adjectives, you need to attach だ like 春だと. By constant results, we mean that it’s an unchanged fact, when you do A, aways B happens. You can use this for natural phenomenons,

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00:08:50

Episode 76 - Conditional form nara (how to say if, when)

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2022/02/20

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSRZr3gvCj0&t=582s ========================================================== Conditional form なら The function is to respond to someone in a given context. Regarding the other conditional words, you can set a context by yourself. However, you can use …なら only when given a context. Tanaka-san ga iku nara, watashi mo ikimasu With the above example, Tanaka-san first said “I will go to the drinking session,” and then you respond

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Episode 75 - Conditional form ba (how to say if, when)

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2022/02/12

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSRZr3gvCj0&t=582s ========================================================== The ba form attached to the end of an adjective creates an “If…then…” sentence. Sentences that use the ba form are less colloquial than the other conditional form tara (which we won’t cover in this lesson). The main clause (i.e. the first half of a sentence) can be a desire, hope, command, suggestion, or statement of one’s will. In order to conjugate

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00:05:39

Episode 74 - Giving and receiving expressions (te...

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2022/02/11

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8bK9zF97bY&t=777s ========================================================== 「あげます」 is the Japanese word for "to give" seen from the speaker's point of view. You must use this verb when you are giving something or doing something for someone else. 私は友達にプレゼントをあげます。 - I gave present to friend. 車を買ってあげます。 - I'll give you the favor of buying a car. 私は友達にいいことを教えてあげました。 - I taught something good to my friend. (looking at it from

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00:07:53

Episode 73 - How to use "potential form" (How to say...

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2022/02/05

- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fczada6WxZU ========================================================== ~ことができます (Koto Ga Dekimasu): Formal Potential Form With Verbs If you want to use the potential form with verbs, one way is to use the present tense form of the verb followed by ことができる. This phrase directly translates to “be able to do ~ing,” where the “ing” is the verb being used. Take a look at the following example sentence for a more in-depth

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