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Japanese Alexa Commands: Arekusa, Speak Nihongo!

by clay | Nov 7, 2018 | Vocabulary | 0 Comments

Alexa! Speak Japanese. Did you know you can set your Alexa device to answer in Japanese? Same thing with Siri and other AI assistants. While I am certain these commands work for other devices, let's look at Alexa specifically. SETTING UP ALEXA IN JAPANESE If you have...

Beginner Japanese Sentences: Asking Questions

by clay | Nov 2, 2018 | Beginning Japanese Phrases & Lessons, Blog, Japanese Sentences | 0 Comments

何か食べたいです。　I want something to eat – nanika tabetai desu. Note: the ‘I’ is assumed, but it just as easily be ‘you’ in the right context. To make that into a question, just add か. 何か食べたいですか？ Would you like something to eat? – nanika tabetai desu ka

Countries and Language Names in Japanese

by clay | Nov 1, 2018 | Blog | 0 Comments

In English we say "Japanese" and "Spanish," but not "Germanese" or "Americanish." In Japanese, saying language names is, in some ways, easier. Just add a 語 go after the country mainly associated with the language. [youtube...

I Want to… I Really Do, But How Do I Say I Want to in Japanese?

by clay | Nov 1, 2018 | Blog | 0 Comments

Adding ~tai adds the “want to” meaning. This is formed by finding the ~masu form and adding ~tai. For example: To eat → to want to eat: 食べる　→　食べます　→　食べ＋たい　→　食べたい taberu　→　tabemasu　→　tabe+tai　 →　 tabetai

Japanese Conversational Interjections 相槌 aizuchi

by clay | Oct 30, 2018 | Japanese, Vocabulary | 0 Comments

Aizuchi to show Attention.In English, we might say, “Oh, really?” or “Is that so?” or “Uh huh” to show the speaker we are interested and understanding what he or she is saying.