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Ocha and Chat postponed.
すみません! Sumimasen I'm sorry! 今、妻とアデレードにいます。 Ima, tsuma to Aderēdo ni imasu. I’m in Adelaide with my wife. 明日、飛行機に乗ります。 Ashita, hikōki ni norimasu. I’ll be on a flight tomorrow. いいところです。 Ii tokoro desu. It’s a nice place. 最近、どこかいいところに行きましたか? Saikin, doko ka ii tokoro ni ikimashita ka? Have you visited somewhere nice recently? どこに行きましたか? Doko ni ikimashita ka? Where did you go?
Ocha and Chat postponed.
1 like • 4d
Saikin minami indo ni Ikimashita sensei
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Hyderabad ni ikimashita sensei
☕📖 Ocha & Chat — Prep Post
This Sunday, Eastern Australia time, in Ocha & Chat (Tea and Talk), we’ll practise using: past tense verbs past negative verbs We’ll also continue our Interactive Story to develop our Japanese understanding and practise speaking together 😊 🧠 Mini Lesson: Past Tense Verbs To say something happened in the past: ✅ Positive Past 〜ます → 〜ました Examples: 行きます → 行きました ikimasu → ikimashita go → went 食べます → 食べました tabemasu → tabemashita eat → ate 見ます → 見ました mimasu → mimashita watch → watched ❌ Past Negative Verbs To say something did NOT happen: 〜ます → 〜ませんでした Examples: 行きます → 行きませんでした ikimasu → ikimasen deshita did not go 食べます → 食べませんでした tabemasu → tabemasen deshita did not eat 話します → 話しませんでした hanashimasu → hanashimasen deshita did not speak 🗣️ Example Sentences 昨日、映画を見ました。 Kinō, eiga o mimashita. Yesterday, I watched a movie. 昨日、日本語を勉強しませんでした。 Kinō, Nihongo o benkyō shimasen deshita. Yesterday, I did not study Japanese. 📖 Interactive Story During the call, we’ll read and build a story together using: 〜ました 〜ませんでした We’ll decide: where the character went what they did what they DIDN’T do 👀 🫵 Before the Call Write one sentence: 昨日、___ました。 kinou, _____ ~mashita. 昨日、___ませんでした。 kinou, _____ ~masen deshita. Example: 昨日、本を読みました。 昨日、運動しませんでした。 Looking forward to chatting together ☕🇯🇵 Can you make it?
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☕📖 Ocha & Chat — Prep Post
1 like • May 15
@Joe Bennett Arigato gozaimashitha
Where do you want to go in Japan?
#JapaneseTopicTuesday 日本のどこに行きたいですか。 Nihin no doko ni ikitai desu ka? 私は富士山に行きたいです。 Watashi wa fujisan ni ikitai desu. I want to go to Mt Fuji! Comment in English or Japanese. I can help you translate your answer! Arigatou, 🙇‍♂️ Joe Sensei.
Where do you want to go in Japan?
1 like • May 8
tokyo ni ikitai desu
Ocha & Chat Prep & Shadowing Script + Audio
Focus: Verbs and Negative Verbs This week in Ocha & Chat, we will practise using simple Japanese verbs — and how to make them negative. Ocha & Chat is our weekly live call in which we talk about Japan, Japanese culture and practise speaking Japanese. It is on Sunday at 10 am Sydney time. Even if you can't make it, if you read this information and shadow with the audio, you will progress your Japanese greatly!! In Japanese, many polite verbs end in ます. For example: 食べますたべます tabemasu to eat 飲みますのみます nomimasu to drink 行きますいきます ikimasu to go To make these negative, we often change ます to ません. 食べます → 食べません tabemasu → tabemasen eat → do not eat 飲みます → 飲みません nomimasu → nomimasen drink → do not drink 行きます → 行きません ikimasu → ikimasen go → do not go Shadowing Script Try reading this out loud. Then listen, repeat, and copy the rhythm. Japanese こんにちは。私はケンです。毎日、水を飲みます。コーヒーも飲みます。でも、お酒は飲みません。 朝ごはんを食べます。パンを食べます。でも、魚は食べません。 学校に行きます。図書館にも行きます。でも、今日はスーパーに行きません。 テレビを見ます。YouTubeも見ます。でも、夜はあまり見ません。 日本語を勉強します。毎日、少し勉強します。でも、長い時間は勉強しません。 Romaji Konnichiwa. Watashi wa Ken desu. Mainichi, mizu o nomimasu. Koohii mo nomimasu. Demo, osake wa nomimasen. Asagohan o tabemasu. Pan o tabemasu. Demo, sakana wa tabemasen. Gakkou ni ikimasu. Toshokan ni mo ikimasu. Demo, kyou wa suupaa ni ikimasen. Terebi o mimasu. Youtube mo mimasu. Demo, yoru wa amari mimasen. Nihongo o benkyou shimasu. Mainichi, sukoshi benkyou shimasu. Demo, nagai jikan wa benkyou shimasen. English Hello.I’m Ken. Every day, I drink water. I also drink coffee. But I don’t drink alcohol. I eat breakfast. I eat bread. But I don’t eat fish. I go to school. I also go to the library. But today, I’m not going to the supermarket. I watch TV. I also watch YouTube. But at night, I don’t watch much. I study Japanese. Every day, I study a little. But I don’t study for a long time. Key Pattern Verbます = do something Verbません = do not do something Examples: 食べます — I eat 食べません — I don’t eat 飲みます — I drink 飲みません — I don’t drink 見ます — I watch / see 見ません — I don’t watch / see
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 Ocha & Chat Prep & Shadowing Script + Audio
1 like • May 8
mainichi go ji ni mizu o nomimasu.koyen e ikimasu. dokidoki juice o nomimasu
More common Japanese verbs 🇯🇵✍️
We’re building this step by step — and now you’re starting to unlock real everyday Japanese. This set focuses on daily actions, social verbs, and thinking/feeling: 🏠 Set 7 — Everyday Life 出ます — leave Demasu 買います — buy Kaimasu 使います — use Tsukaimasu 👥 Set 8 — Social 会います — meet Aimasu 待ちます — wait Machimasu 手伝います — help Tetsudaimasu 🧠❤️ Set 9 — Thinking / Feeling 思います — think Omoimasu 知ります — know Shirimasu 感じます — feel Kanjimasu That’s 27 essential verbs so far. At this point, you can already say things like: 友だちに会います。 I meet a friend. 日本語はおもしろいと思います。 I think Japanese is interesting. 毎日ペンを使います。 I use a pen every day. Small steps → real progress. 👉 Your turn: Write ONE sentence in Japanese using any of these verbs.
More common Japanese verbs 🇯🇵✍️
1 like • May 8
wow really nice. Easy way to remember
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