In the 6th episode of my new Podcast about learning Japanese for beginners, I talk about the following topics:

• Introduction of the “de” particle
• A new question word, and a few more vocabulary words
• Another use for the “ga” particle
• An expression that is useful for daily life (to order a beer, or anything else…)

You can also hear this episode on Spotify here (along with all the previous episodes). 

I’m always open to feedback and requests for things to cover. You can email me at “selftaughtjapanese [at] gmail.com”.

In the 5th episode of my new Podcast about learning Japanese for beginners, I touch on the following topics:

• The negative verb tense (conjugation rules, usage, etc.)
• Another use of the “wa” particle
• A few new vocabulary words
• A greeting you can use in daily life

You can also hear this episode on Spotify here (along with the previous episodes). 

I’m always open to feedback and requests for things to cover. You can email me at “selftaughtjapanese [at] gmail.com”.

In the 4th episode of my new Podcast about learning Japanese, I touch on the following topics:

• The two verbs for existence (“aru” and “iru”)
• Introduction to the “ni” particle, and one common use of it
• Introduction to the “ga” particle
• A common greeting

You can also hear this episode on Spotify here (along with the previous episodes).

I’m always open to feedback and requests for things to cover. You can email me at “selftaughtjapanese [at] gmail.com”.

In the 3rd episode of my new Podcast about learning Japanese, I touch on the following topics:

• Introduction to first person pronouns
• Using the particle “yo”
• Vocabulary words related to drinks or drinking (“coffee”, etc.)
• Using people’s names in a sentence.
• A common greeting

You can also hear this episode on Spotify here (along with the previous episodes).

I’m always open to feedback and requests for things to cover. You can email me at “selftaughtjapanese [at] gmail.com”.

After getting a good response on Twitter to the first Episode of my new Podcast about learning Japanese grammar, I decided to record and produce the second episode. In this episode, I focus on:

• Basic Japanese word order
• Nouns and verbs in Japanese
• Dictionary tense
• A few simple vocabulary words
• Basic introduction to particles (and discussion of “wa” and “o” particles)
• Introduction of a common phrase you can use in everyday life

My goal is that after this episode, those who have little to no Japanese should be able to start making basic sentences.

I also added the podcast so that it is available on Spotify (after getting a request for this), which you can find here.

I am already planning the 3rd episode that will have a format similar to the 2nd, but I am always open to feedback for things I can change or add to the content.

Recently I was inspired to start a new podcast about teaching Japanese grammar, and this is the first episode. It’s targeted at beginning students but will also be helpful to intermediate ones as well. I’ll be talking about grammar fundamentals, and also introducing various words and expressions to help make complete sentences that are easy for anyone to understand.

In this first episode I will talk a bit about what inspired me, the importance of grammar, and what sorts of topics I will be covering.

I hope you enjoy it! Please let me know what you think as feedback will help me drive the podcast content.

Update: after getting request from a user I put this podcast on Spotify, you can see it here.