日本語の勉強について話そう！

Well both forms are made by taking the る、む or す etc. and replacing it with ら、ま or さ etc. 

Passive form: add れる

Causitive form: add せる

For example:

「作る」

Passive: 作られる

Causitive: 作らせる

「返す」

Passive: 返される

Taking requests for today’s lessons. I have no idea what to talk about so I really want to just make lessons centered around what people want to know. I also want to incorporate some Japanese talking into the video as well, so I dunno if I should teach in Japanese or if I should use English and keep separate videos for talking in Japanese. I basically have no ideas for the direction of this series and would really like to just open it up for the audience to dictate where it goes.

As fas as I can say,

にとって means 「for」

に対して means 「compared to」

For example,

私にとって日本語が難しいです 「Japanese is hard for me」

英語に対して日本語が難しいです「Compared to English, Japanese is hard」

I too at first thought it was a ‘beautiful’ language, but the way people speak it here is anything but. It’s like showing someone Shakespeare and saying “English is such a beautiful language!”. It’s all about context, you know?

You’ll definitely survive, it’s just a matter of how ‘in tune’ with the language you are and how much time you’re willing to devote to it. If you don’t study every day and use your skills every day, you will lose them very quickly. 

着陸「ちゃくりく」- landing

制作「せいさく」- work/production

話し合う「はなしあう」- to discuss

辛抱「しんぼう」- patience/endurance

浮かぶ「うかぶ」- to float/to rise/to come to mind

裂く「さく」- to tear

余る「あまる」- to be in excess/to remain

支える「ささえる」- to support

故障「こしょう」- breakdown/failure

認める「みとめる」- to recognise/to appreciate

民主主義「みんしゅしゅぎ」- democracy

絶望「ぜつぼう」- hopelessness/despair

権利「けんり」- right/privilege

吸収「きゅうしゅう」- absorption

純粋「じゅんすい」- pure/genuine

不当「ふとう」- undeserved/unfair

次々「つぎつぎ」- one by one

ようやく - finally/at last

故郷「ふるさと」- hometown/birthplace

誓う「ちかう」- to swear/to vow

方角「ほうがく」- direction/compass point

優秀「ゆうしゅう」- superiority/excellence

発明品「はつめいひん」- invention

I figured I might post yesterday’s new vocabulary that I learned, and if I can keep this up every day it might serve as a decent review. And, because I want to share the joy of studying Japanese, I’ll post my new words here for you guys as well!

気味「きみ」sensation/feeling

等しい「ひとしい」like/similar/equivalent

欠点「けってん」fault/defect/flaw