Video #19 - Basic Japanese #19: Basic Sentence Patterns 2: What’s this?

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! This is turning into a lot of fun. Your Japanese friends are trying to teach you how to cook Japanese foods. But you don’t trust your friends entirely. They like foods so spicy hot they make you perspire for hours. You have to ask more questions about this food. "What is that?" you ask in Japanese. Rolling their eyes, they tell you to relax. Still not convinced, you question again in Japanese, "What is that you're putting in now?" Laughing at your persistence and paranoia, they explain in Japanese, "Just a little dry Japanese horseradish…a special kind." Hmm… So you press on in Japanese, "So what's this going to be once it's done?" "Wasabi, relax, you're going to love it." your Japanese friends all say. You are not the patient type, asking again in Japanese, "What's that over there?" They explain, "That's the sashimi. It goes with the wasabi." If they could just tell you as you go you wouldn't have to keep asking questions! But…you ask again in Japanese, "What's sashimi?" Now they're giving each other looks as if to say, "Okay, who's going to tell him what 'sashimi' means in Japanese." One of them starts to talk, hesitates, and then mumbles something. "Well," he says, "Sashimi is slices of raw fish." "So how do we cook it?" you ask in Japanese. They're giving each other those looks again… Oh…you've just found a terrific appetite suppressant.Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Basic Japanese video lesson will teach you how to form questions in Japanese. With this new sentence pattern, you can become just like that three-year old nephew who's always asking, "What is this?" and "What is that?" But you can do it in Japanese. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Japanese lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!Download Lesson NotesDownload Kanji Close-UpDownload Lesson Notes LiteDownload Premium Learn...

Channel: iTunes Video Length: 2m 1s Date Found: Sat, May 15 2010 4:15 AM Category: Educational Date Produced: Fri, May 14 2010 5:30 AM View Count: 0