Everyday Japanese: Real Conversation (L3)

By the end

What you'll build

• Build Japanese sentences with the verb last and the particles correct
• Use は, が, を, に, で, と and も and know what each does
• Conjugate polite verbs — present, past, negative, past negative
• Use the て-form to link actions, make requests and describe ongoing states
• Handle both i-adjectives and na-adjectives correctly
• Soften, hedge and refuse the way Japanese speakers do

Curriculum

What's inside

3 modules · 15 lessons

1. 01

   Particles and Word Order

   3 lessons
   • The Verb Goes Last, the Particles Do the Work
   • Building Sentencessentence builder
   • Which Particle?fill blank
2. 02

   Verbs, Tenses and the て-form

   5 lessons
   • The Polite Verb Forms
   • The て-form Unlocks Half the Language
   • Verbs and Adjectivesfill blank
   • Listening: Ordinary Talklistening lab
   • Building with the て-formsentence builder
3. 03

   Softening and Keeping It Going

   7 lessons
   • How Japanese Softens Everything
   • Listening: A Soft Refusallistening lab
   • Speaking Lab: Your Weekend and a Refusalspeaking lab
   • Word Power: Conversation Connectorsword power
   • Final Check: Everyday Japanesequiz
   • + 2 more lessons

The shape of it

How this course works