Happy 日曜日【にちようび】 Sunday!
Yumi and I (Clay) had a busy week. Instead of showcasing a haiku or some tidbit of Japanese culture, I thought I'd go through the busyness of the last week. If you missed anything, grab a cup of coffee and let's dig in!
First, on Monday, we learned Japanese with Godzilla.
This lesson breaks down several somewhat famous lines from the original 1954 Godzilla movie.
Also on Monday, Yumi talked about The Phantom of the Opera! (Intermediates)
Listen as Yumi explains a similarity between musicals and modern anime.
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Shadowing with Yumi video on Katakana words Part 5
Yumi continued her beginning-level shadowing videos. Shadowing is a great way to not only pick up new words and grammatical patterns, but also to work on your pronunciation. Please like and comment on the video (if you like it).
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Anime/Manga TV/Movie breakdowns
I collected all our anime and manga breakdowns here and TV and movie breakdowns here - not very many yet, but I plan to make more if you find them useful
Katakana ソ so ン n and シ shi ツ tsu – How to tell them apart
On Wednesday, we released a video on how to (once and for all!) differentiate Katakana ソ so ン n and シ shi ツ tsu. If any of these katakana gives you trouble, check out the free lesson.
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Beginning Japanese Phrases: ～てもいいですか？
And then on Thursday, we released a new Beginning Japanese Phrases. #84 on using the grammatical pattern ～てもいいですか？
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Whew! We were busy last week. This coming week will be all about getting the next Makoto magazine ready for release. We'll explore a new (well, old) haiku by Natsume Souseki, an anime phrase from 四月は君のウソ (Your Lie in April), and learn all about ヤマハ - it's so much more than pianos!
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