Beginner Japanese Informal (Colloquial) Speech

Published 4/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280×720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 1.08 GB | Duration: 3h 20m
Learn how to speak “informal” Japanese and bring your Japanese to the next level!

Free Download What you’ll learn
You will be able to understand what Japanese "informal speech" is.
You will review "formal" speech".
You will be able to recognize the difference between "informal" speech "formal" speech.
You will learn the conjugation of basic verbs and adjectives and practice them.
You will be able to speak in both "formal" and "informal" Japanese.
You will learn a lot of useful INFORMAL fillers and chunks.
Requirements
Basic knowledge of Japanese might help, but if you can’t read basic Japanese characters that is fine because there are FURIGANA on every word.
You are interested in learning casual (informal) speech. Be careful, this course is not for a job interview!
Description
This is the beginner-level "informal speech" course. I put "romaji" to all the Japanese kana (letters), so if you are not 100% sure about your hiragana reading skills, do not worry. There are lectures of a basic informal speech guidance, and a lot of practice sessions of verb and adjective conjugation, and the lectures of useful chunks and fillers, some of them might not be taught in traditional language classes. *Why informal speech?There are basically two different modes of speaking in Japanese language. “Informal” = “colloquial”or "casual" , Japanese and “formal” = “polite” Japanese. English also has them, right? Imagine when you talk to your boss, your mode of speech is not the same as when you talk to your close friends, is it? There is a multiple layers of "politeness" in Japanese. If you are a native Japanese and do not know how to speak both of them, you will be in trouble because people might judge you as “rude” or “uneducated”, however, most of the time, non-native learners are supposed to learn the “formal” form of speaking Japanese, in other words, “polite” Japanese. But, let’s say when you are walking around Tokyo and hear what people are saying, or when you watch anime, you realize that few of them speak “formal” and “polite” Japanese with their friends and family. The conversation between native speakers is hard to pick up because the speaking mode is quite different. Native Japanese can switch the mode immediately and unconsciously by reading the room, however, it is difficult for non-Japanese. The only way to acquire them is to learn and practice! In this course, you will learn how to speak Japanese casually. What you are actually going to do is, to learn the conjugation of verbs and adjectives, and practice them a lot. Some people do not like to study grammar, but it is very important to understand the grammar to learn a new language because you can’t construct any sentences without any knowledge of grammar. You might be overwhelmed by the differences between "informal" and "formal" modes of speech, but gradually you will see "patterns". If you can understand "informal" Japanese speech, it could allow you to expand the horizon and have more access to the world of "authentic" Japanese language. Why not learn them?
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Introduction – What are the differences between English and Japanese?
Lecture 2 Is Japanese difficult to learn?
Lecture 3 Introduction – What are the types of speech in Japanese?
Section 2: Lesson 1 Basic informal speech vocabulary
Lecture 4 "I" わたし、あたし
Lecture 5 "I" わたし、ぼく、おれ
Lecture 6 "Yes", "No" はい、いいえ、うん、ううん
Lecture 7 "Yes", "No" がくせいさんですか？
Lecture 8 "Yes", "No" すずきさんですか？
Lecture 9 The use of the honorific title さん (san)
Lecture 10 The use of さん(san)、ちゃん(chan)、くん(kun)
Lecture 11 How to say "How are you?" "I am good." おげんきですか？
Lecture 12 Practice makes perfect – Review ① "Are you a student"?
Lecture 13 Practice makes perfect – Review ② "Are you Suzuki-san?"
Lecture 14 Practice makes perfect – Review ③ "How are you?"
Section 3: Lesson 2 Basic informal phrases.
Lecture 15 Good morning
Lecture 16 How to say "Thank you" & "You are welcome"?
Lecture 17 How to say "Thank you in advance" and "please"?
Lecture 18 How to say "I am sorry" and "Excuse me"?
Lecture 19 How to say "Good bye" and "See you again"?
Lecture 20 How to say "Farewell" and "Congratulations"?
Lecture 21 Review and Practice – Practice makes perfect ① Useful phrases in Lesson 2
Lecture 22 Review and Practice – Practice makes perfect ② Useful phrases in Lesson 2
Section 4: Lesson 3 Formal and informal question forms.
Lecture 23 How to ask "Are you Japanese?"
Lecture 24 How to ask "What time is it?" and "Are you alright?"
Lecture 25 How to ask "Are you alright?" and "What is this?"
Lecture 26 How to ask "What do you want?" and "Why"?
Lecture 27 How to ask "Where is the hotel?" and "Really?"
Lecture 28 Review and Practice – Practice makes perfect – Lesson 3
Section 5: Lesson 4 How to create informal speech. Learn U verb conjugation.
Lecture 29 U-verb conjugation – いく (iku) – "to go"
Lecture 30 How to say "Let’s go for a coffee"?
Lecture 31 How to say "I won’t go."?
Lecture 32 How to say "Did you go shopping?" (past tense)
Lecture 33 Review of いく (iku) conjugation
Lecture 34 U-verb conjugation – わかる (wakaru) – "to understand" Do you understand Japanese?
Lecture 35 How to say "I understand Japanese," and "I don’t understand Spanish."?
Lecture 36 How to say "Did you understand?", "Yes, I did." & "No I didn’t."
Lecture 37 Review of わかる (wakaru) conjugation
Lecture 38 Review and Practice – Practice makes perfect – Lesson 4 "Let’s go for a coffee."
Lecture 39 Review and Practice – Practice makes perfect – Lesson 4 "Did you go shopping?"
Lecture 40 Review and Practice – Practice makes perfect – Lesson 4 "Do/Did you understand?"
Section 6: Lesson 5 How to create informal speech? Learn study ru-verb conjugation!
Lecture 41 Ru-verb conjugation – たべる (taberu) – "to eat"
Lecture 42 How to say "Do you eat fish?", "Yes, I do." & "No, I don’t."
Lecture 43 How to say "Did you eat fish?", "Yes, I did." & "No, I didn’t."
Lecture 44 Review of たべる (taberu) conjugation
Lecture 45 Ru-verb conjugation – みる (miru) – "to watch/see" Do you often watch movies?
Lecture 46 How to say "Did you watch any movie?", "Yes, I did." & "No, I didn’t."?
Lecture 47 Review of みる (miru) conjugation
Lecture 48 Review and Practice – Practice makes perfect ① – Lesson 5 たべる(taberu)
Lecture 49 Review and Practice – Practice makes perfect ② – Lesson 5 みる (miru)
Section 7: Lesson 6 How to create informal speech? Learn IRREGULAR verb conjugation!
Lecture 50 Irregular verb conjugation – ある (aru) – "to be", "to exist" & "there is/are"
Lecture 51 How to say "Is there Wi-Fi?", "Yes, there is." & "No, there isn’t."
Lecture 52 How to say "Was there Wi-Fi?", "Yes, there was." & "No, there wasn’t."
Lecture 53 Review of ある (aru) conjugation
Lecture 54 Irregular verb conjugation – いる (iru) – "to be", "to exist" & "there is/are"
Lecture 55 How to say "Is Satoru there?", "Yes, he is here." & "No, he isn’t here."
Lecture 56 How to say "Was Satoru there?", "Yes, he was." & "No, he wasn’t."
Lecture 57 Review of いる (iru) & ある (aru) conjugation
Lecture 58 Review and Practice – Practice makes perfect ① – Lesson 6 ある (aru)
Lecture 59 Review and Practice – Practice makes perfect ② – Lesson 6 いる (iru)
Section 8: Lesson 7 How to create informal speech? Learn IRREGULAR verb conjugation! ②
Lecture 60 Irregular verb conjugation – くる (kuru) – "to come"
Lecture 61 How to say "Are they coming or not?", "Yes, they are." & "No, they are not."
Lecture 62 How to say "Did they come or not?", "Yes, they did." & "No, they didn’t.
Lecture 63 Review of くる (kuru) conjugation
Lecture 64 Irregular verb conjugation – する (suru) – "to do"
Lecture 65 How to say "Are you going to study Japanese?", "Yes, I will." & "No, I won’t."
Lecture 66 How to say "Did you study Japanese?", "Yes, I did." & "No, I didn’t."
Lecture 67 Review of する (suru)
Lecture 68 Review and Practice – Practice makes perfect – Lesson 7 くる (kuru) & する(suru)
Section 9: Lesson 8 How to create informal speech? Learn i-adjective conjugation!
Lecture 69 Japanese adjectives – how do they work?
Lecture 70 i-adjectives conjugation – かわいい (kawaii) -cute
Lecture 71 How to say "It is cute, isn’t it?" & "It isn’t cute, is it?"
Lecture 72 How to say "It was cute, wasn’t it?" & "It wasn’t cute, was it?"
Lecture 73 i-adjectives conjugation – おいしい (oishii) -cute
Lecture 74 How to say "It is delicious, isn’t it?" & "It isn’t delicious, is it?"
Lecture 75 How to say "It was delicious, wasn’t it?" & "It wasn’t delicious, was it?"
Lecture 76 Review and Practice – Practice makes perfect – Lesson 8 かわいいkawaii & おいしいoishii
Section 10: Lesson 9 Lesson 8 How to create informal speech? Learn n-adjective conjugation!
Lecture 77 Features of na-adjective
Lecture 78 na-adjectives conjugation – すきな (sukina) – pleasing (to like)
Lecture 79 How to say "I like." & "I don’t like."
Lecture 80 How to say "I liked." & "I didn’t like."
Lecture 81 na-adjectives conjugation – ひまな (himana) – free, available
Lecture 82 How to say "I have nothing to do." & "I am not available."
Lecture 83 How to say "I had nothing to do." & "I was not available."
Lecture 84 Review and Practice – Practice makes perfect – Lesson 9 すきな & ひまな ①
Lecture 85 Review and Practice – Practice makes perfect – Lesson 9 すきな & ひまな ②
Section 11: Lesson 10 (Good to know!) Japanese chunks for INFORMAL conversation
Lecture 86 Useful Informal chunks with u-verbs and ru-verbs
Lecture 87 Useful informal chunks with i-adjectives
Lecture 88 Useful informal chunks with na-adjectives
Section 12: Lesson 11 (Good to know!) INFORMAL filler words and short reponses
Lecture 89 Brief explanation of filler words and short responses
Lecture 90 Filler words and short reponses PRACTICE
Lecture 91 Thank you!
Section 13: Additional content – Japanese pitches – how to improve pronunciation?
Lecture 92 How to improve pronunciation? Learn Japanese pitches!
Section 14: Bonus Lecture
Lecture 93 Introducing my other courses
Beginner to advanced beginner of Japanese.,People who want to feel the "authentic" Japanese!

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