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[odysseyinink]

August Spread

I’m really looking forward to the last month of true summer! I fly to London on August 31 and begin my study abroad program so there is a lot to prepare for but also a lot to enjoy until then. Anticipation is part of the journey! Here’s to fresh strawberries, Hong Kong style boba, warm nights, binge watching Star Wars, and finishing the books that have been waiting for me to come back to them all year long. 🍓

[japanesewords]

別腹＊べつばら＊having room for dessert even if one is full

[calicostudies]

Grammar: ながら

To say you have performed two actions at the same time, you connect the two verbs with ながら, which follows after the first verb stem. The second verb can be paired with any form.

私は音楽を聞くながら日本語を勉強しました。 I listened to music while studying Japanese.

私は友達を話ながら猫が遊びました。 I talked to my friend while playing with the cat.

ながら can only be used to connect two actions performed by the same individual. It cannot describe an action performed while another person does something else.

[nijuusansai-deactivated20200125]

A while back I made a post here regarding ながら。You mentioned verb 1 stem ながら verb 2 (in any form), but in your examples, the first verb is in plain/dictionary form instead of stem form. 書きます would be the stem while 書く is dictionary form. In the example from my post, I used the る verb 「食べ」 which in hindsight doesn’t exemplify the idea of “verb stem” very well. Otherwise, the idea behind ながら is to put more stress on the second verb. Therefore your sentences would be more along the lines of “I studied Japanese while listening to music//while listening to music, I studied Japanese.”

This is a super fun grammar point to explore though and your post is helpful and to the point! がんばってねー

[calicostudies]

Grammar: ながら

To say you have performed two actions at the same time, you connect the two verbs with ながら, which follows after the first verb stem. The second verb can be paired with any form.

私は音楽を聞くながら日本語を勉強しました。 I listened to music while studying Japanese.

私は友達を話ながら猫が遊びました。 I talked to my friend while playing with the cat.

ながら can only be used to connect two actions performed by the same individual. It cannot describe an action performed while another person does something else.

[learnjp]

Treating Someone || ご馳走する Hey guys, I had a request to do a post about how to offer to treat someone in Japanese so we’re going to explore that today! Vocabulary・単語・たんご：

Bill・請求書・せいきゅうしょ

Check・会計・かいけい

Lunch・ランチ

Next time・次回・じかい

To pay・払う・はらう

This time・今回・こんかい

To treat・ご馳走する・ごちそうする

Examples・例・れい： 今日は私のおごりです。・きょうはわたしのおごりです。 It’s on me today. これ、私に払わせて。・これ、わたしにはらわせて。 Let me pay for this. 支払いは私ね。・しはらいはわたしね。 I’ll pay for it. 私がご馳走します。・わたしがごちそうします。 I will treat you. ランチをご馳走したいんだけど。・ランチをごちそうしたいんだけど。 I want to take you out for lunch. 会計は私が引き受けるね。・かいけいはわたしがひきうけるね。 I’ll get the check. 会計は私に任せて。・かいけいはわたしにまかせて。 I’ll take care of the check. 今回は私のおごりね。・こんかいはわたしのおごりね。 It’s my treat this time. 今回は私が払うので次回お願いします。・こんかいはわたしがはらうので、じかいおねがいします。 I’ll pay this time, so you can next time. 何飲みたい。一杯おごるよ。・なにのみたい？いっぱいおごるよ。 What do you want to drink? I’ll buy you one. And if someone treats you, you can say； 次回は私がおごりますね。・じかいはわたしがおごりますね。 Next time I will pay. 次回の支払いは私ね。・じかいのしはらいはわたしね。 I’ll get the check next time.

[slowpokestudies]

VERB CONJUGATION CHEAT SHEET

Verb conjugation is one thing I can’t seem to remember properly (especially causative and passive forms) and I really needed something that had all the rules in one place, so I made these :) If you have any questions or see any mistakes, please let me know!

[calicostudies]

Vocabulary List 1: keeponly1luv

a vocabulary list i created from reading reo and mabu’s twitter archive.

あるある・to know the feeling (slang) おやつ・snacks 水上バス・すいじょうバス・ferry 向かう・むかう・to move forward 見つける・みつける・to discover 観光客・かんこうきゃく・tourist 乗る・のる・to ride (car/train/bus) 晴れ・はれ・clear weather 大人しい・おとなしい・obediant 丸焼き・まるやき・roasted (meat) 監視・かんし・monitor 最近・さいきん・recently 巡回 ・じゅんかい・patrol 咲く・さく・to bloom ちゃんと・properly 自撮り・じどり・selfie 以外・いがい・other than だが but; however 食用・しょくよう・edible とりあえず ・for now フグ ・pufferfish 初・はつ・first 突然・とつぜん・suddenly/surprisingly なんか・something めちゃくちゃ・insanely/incredibly 悩んでいる・なやんでいる・worried 珈琲 ・コーヒー・coffee 注文する・ちゅうもんする・order 珍しい・めずらしい・rare; unusual 逃げる・にげる・to run away; to escape 自家製・じかせい・homemade 花粉症・かふんしょう・hay fever; allergies to pollen

[calicostudies]

Grammar: こちら、そちら、あちら、どちら

coloquial forms: こっち、そっち、あっち、どっち

こちら　this one/this side/this way/i, me そちら that one/this side/this way/you, y’all あちら that one/this side/this way/him, her, them どちら which one (out of the two)/which way/which side/which person (out of the two)

example sentences: 

「みかんはこっちから剥く派」this is how i peel a mikan 「こっち（に）来て！」come over here !