Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing
Are you learning Japanese and looking for more opportunities to speak? This Podcast drill is exactly for you. Simply repeat after me - while you are commuting, cooking or even in your bed. The drill also includes plain style dialogue, which is an informal style spoken in daily life among friends and family, and also in Anime. Now more shadowing practices are available, too. Have a go and get fluent soon! --- Learning Nihongo is fun, ne. More drills and full transcripts/translations (on your smartphone! + PDF) are available on Patreon.
Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing
140 [✐1]when, with whom, where to
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
What's your plan for tomorrow?
[✐1. Adagio] いつ、だれと、どこに
“I’ll go shopping with George san tomorrow.”
[00:08]
Hello, everyone. How are you doing?
Today we will practice, “itsu(when)”, “dokoni (where to)”, and “dareto(with whom)”.
Repeat after me
[00:18]
1. go - ikimasu
2. went - ikimashita
3. today - kyou
4. tomorrow - ashita
5. the day after tomorrow - asatte
6. next week - raishuu
7. next month – raigetsu
8. next year - rainen
9. yesterday - kinou
10. the day before yesterday - ototoi
11. last week - senshuu
12. last month - sengetsu
13. last year - kyonen
14. a long time ago (in the past) - mukashi
(mukashi or zutto maeni)
[02:04]
Now, make a sentence as follows.
For example,
today
→ Today, I go.
Ready?
[02:15]
1. today
→ Today, I go.
2. tomorrow
→ Tomorrow, I will go.
3. the day after tomorrow
→ The day after tomorrow, I will go.
4. next week
→ Next week, I will go.
5. next month
→ Next month, I will go
6. next year
→ Next year, I will go
7. yesterday
→ Yesterday, I went.
8. the day before yesterday
→ The day before yesterday, I went.
9. last week
→ Last week, I went.
10. last month
→ Last month, I went.
11. last year
→ Last year, I went.
12. long time ago,
→ Long time ago, I went.
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「あした、ジョージさんと かいものに いきます」
[00:08]
みなさん、こんにちは。おげんきですか。きょうは、「いつ、どこに、だれと」を
れんしゅうします。
Repeat after me
[00:18]
1. go いきます
2. went いきました
3. today きょう
4. tomorrow あした
5. the day after tomorrow あさって
6. next week らいしゅう
7. next month らいげつ
8. next year らいねん
9. yesterday きのう
10. the day before yesterday おととい
11. last week せんしゅう
12. last month せんげつ
13. last year きょねん
14. a long time ago (in the past) むかし
(むかし or ずっとまえに)
[02:04]
では、つぎのようにぶんをつくりましょう。
たとえば、
きょう
→ きょう、いきます。
いいですか。
[02:15]
1. きょう
→ きょう、いきます。
2. あした
→ あした、いきます。
3. あさって
→ あさって、いきます。
4. らいしゅう
→ らいしゅう、いきます。
5. らいげつ
→ らいげつ、いきます。
6. らいねん
→ らいねん、いきます。
7. きのう
→ きのう、いきました。
8. おととい
→ おととい、いきました。
9. せんしゅう
→ せんしゅう、いきました。
10. せんげつ
→ せんげつ、いきました。
11. きょねん
→ きょねん、いきました。
12. むかし
→ むかし、いきました。
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Note: English translations might sound occasionally unnatural as English, as I try to preserve the structure and essence of the original Japanese.