When introducing yourself in a foreign language it is very easy to become rigid and overly structured when it comes to introducing yourself. Today's podcast is all about making yourself sound more fluent and fluid, and improving your conversational skills.

Self-introductions. The first thing we ever really learn in Japanese, that it becomes something wrote and kinda corny sounding if we are not careful. Which is why John-Sensei takes this opportunity to say his in English and prepare your for tomorrow where we help you sound a lot more natural when introducing yourself in Japanese.

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This is taken from our livestream on how to start learning Japanese Kanji.

ざるを得ない (zaru wo enai) expresses that even though something is undesirable you have no choice but to do it. ざるを得ない is more of a written or formal style and isn’t commonly used in informal speech. It usually correlates with the English “no choice but to”, “nothing to do but”, “can’t help but ”, and “have to”. The more common informal form is しかない.
[verb BI ざるを得ない]

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に違いない (ni chigainai) is a phrase that is derived from the verb 違う (chigau), “to be different” or “to vary.” 違いない is a negative form of 違う that means the opposite, to be “sure,” “unmistaken,” or “certain.” に違いない at the end of the sentence conveys the feeling of the English “certainly,” “definitely,” and “surely.

[verb] やる (yaru) can be considered another way to say する. The main difference is やる is used exclusively for physical action . Another difference is that する can take the word directly in front of it without the を (like 勉強する), but やる always needs the を. やる can pop up in English as just plain old “do”, but also as “play” or even “send”.

One of the other ways やる is used is similar to [ageru] and [kureru] to give. やる is used when someone gives something to someone or allows someone to do something who is below them in social status or rank. Similar to the English “to give” or “to allow”.


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にする (ni suru) is used to indicate that something has decided upon something. This can work with nouns and nominalized (words and phrases that have been converted into a noun) phrases. However, it is important to note that this grammar point can only be used when the thing that is being decided upon is under the subject or speaker’s control.

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I will show you!! *angryface* Have you ever wanted to show someone that you can really do something? I will show you in this episode exactly how to say that and make your Japanese just that much better. Believe it!

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