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Learning Japanese: A Gateway into Culture

Series: Learning Japanese: A Gateway into Culture
4.5
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Episodes
36
Rating
TVPG
Year
2022
Language
English
Publisher
The Great Courses

About

Learn the Language of the "Land of the Rising Sun."

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Episodes

1 to 3 of 36

1. Welcome to Japanese! Saying Words You Know

35m

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Learn the five vowel and 15 consonant sounds of Japanese.

2. Meeting People; Pronouns; Hiragana Start

28m

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Learn how to introduce yourself in Japanese, explore pronouns, and start writing hiragana.

3. Question Words and Identifying Objects

21m

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Get an introduction to the basic interrogatives that will help you when you're in a new culture.

4. Telling Time; Polite Verbs; Kyoto

27m

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Learn to count to 99 and develop the vocabulary and sentence construction to speak about time.

5. Negatives; wa and o; Invitations; Harajuku

20m

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Learn to ask positive and negative questions, extend an invitation, and identify a direct object.

6. U Verbs; Directions and Getting Around Tokyo

33m

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Discover the U-verbs and the patterns used to change them into the polite form.

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Artists

The Great Coursesdirector
The Great Coursesproducer
Yuki Sasaki Caldwellactor