Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing
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.
Episodes
141 [✐4]Sound like a native speaker! 〜ppoi #shadowing
[✐4. Allegretto] N+っぽい : -ish, -like“Japanese-like! (sound like a Japnese!)”[00:07]Hello, everyone. How are you doing? If you are living in Japan, you might be hearing Japanese people saying “ppoi”.“Oh, really? It sounds a bit like a lie!”or,“My jacket is that reddish one.” etc.etc….We will practice “noun + ppoi” today.Repeat after me[00:33]1. whitish2. blackish3. reddish4. yellowish5. bluish6.
140 [✐1]when, with whom, where to
What's your plan for tomorrow? [✐1. Adagio] いつ、だれと、どこに“I’ll go shopping with George san tomorrow.”[00:08]Hello, everyone. How are you doing?Today we will practice, “itsu(when)”, “dokoni (where to)”, and “dareto(with whom)”.Repeat after me[00:18]1. go - ikimasu2. went - ikimashita3. today - kyou4. tomorrow - ashita5. the day after tomorrow - asatte6. next week - raishuu7. next month – raigets
139 [✐2,3] have to -shortened version
One way to practice speaking is mumbling to yourself. - why not saying "naito"?[✐2. Andante, 3 Moderato] 〜ないと“I have to go soon.”[00:07]Hello everyone. How are you doing?You are eating at the restaurant with your friends, having a good time. But it’s too late. You have to go home soon“.“kaeranakereba narimasen.”It’s long, isn’t it?Instead, you can say,[00:29]→ Sorosoro kaeranaito (I have
138 [✐5+]You are a newsreader! #shadowing
[✐5+] Practice with Japanese news“I will bring you news.”[00:07]Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Today we will practice using Japanese news. Try repeating and shadowing as if you were a newsreader. [00:25]News 1A kindergarten will start a service, by which (kindergarten) uniforms can be borrowed from April next year. It’s a service that costs 500 yen every month for uniforms, etc., which is abo
137 [✐1] Shop like a native! #roleplay
[✐1. Adagio] Useful expressions / roleplay“I’ll take this.”[00:07]Hello, everyone. How are you doing?Let’s go to a shop and ask if they have something you are looking for. You can ask usingありますか。For example, you are looking for Yukata, then, “Yukata arimasuka?”. Easy, or?Repeat after me[00:28]1. Do you have (=sell) Yukata?2. Do you have Manga?3. Do you have a battery charger?(juudenki = batter
136 [✐3,4] Get information + roleplay
Let’s ask your friends if they know good hotels, good restaurants or café with good view etc.[✐3.Moderato, 4.Allegretto] どこか〜ところ、なにか〜もの、だれか〜ひと“Do you know any good hotels?”[00:08]Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Let’s ask your friends if they know good hotels, good restaurants or café with good view etc.Repeat after me[00:22]1. Do you know any good hotels?2. Do you know any cheap hotels?3. Do
135 [✐4,5]Could you...? + Roleplay
[4.Allegretto, 5.Allegro]〜てくれませんか、〜ていただけませんかToday's drill includes Japanese used in the office.“Could you wait here?”[00:07]Hello everyone. How are you doing? Today’s topic is 〜shitekuremasenka (could you〜). It’s politer than “〜tekudasai”.Repeat after me[00:19]1. Could your write here?2. Could you read this?3. Could you make a copy?4. Could you start over again?5. Could you buy me one for me?
134 [✐3] Yes? No?
[✐3]When yes not yes is. はい/うん、いいえ/ううん“Yes? No?”[00:07]Hello everyone. How are you doing? Still many people are confused with “Yes” and “No” in Japanese. Sometimes “Yes” can mean “No,” depending on the context, and vice versa.[00:21]We start with quiz. Firstly, please listen to the example.Example:Hanako san, don’t you go to the party?Hanako: Iie … I dare not to write No.→ Hanako san is;a) going
133 [✐2]You can pay by card.+ Shadowing
[✐2. Andante] permitted/allowed to do something 〜ことができます“You can pay by card.”[00:07]Hello, everyone. How are you doing? We will practice “〜kotoga dekimasu” today.The sentence structure we will practice today is used to mean ”you are allowed or able to do something”. Firstly, repeat the sentences.Repeat after me[00:26]1. eat → can eat2. do → can do3. smoke → can smoke4. park a car can park a car5.
