Learning Japanese Master Post #01.
Here’s a master post for the first 50 video lessons in the Learning Japanese video series, all view-able for free on YouTube! That’s right, each topic gets its own episode! All arranged in order and linked below. Check out all 200+ video lessons at the official YouTube channel here. And so, the journey of learning Japanese starts with lesson one, mastering Hiragana:
Intro to Japanese - The Hiragana Syllabary, Vowels, Pitch Accents, and More
First Person Pronouns, or, Ways to Say “I” in Japanese
Second-Person Pronouns, or, Ways to Say “You” in Japanese
Basic Phrases (How-to Greet, Thank, Introduce Yourself and More)
XはY(です/ではありません) as “X is/is not Y”, Noun Modification with の, も as “also”
Existential Verbs (Aru, Iru, Irassharu/ある、いる、いらっしゃる)
Locational Markers へ, に, で
The Particle に as an Object Marker and Indirect Object Marker
The Particle で as an Instrument Marker
ね and よ as Final Particles
Introduction to Verbs, Dictionary Form, ます-Form
VERBing Alone with 一人で (hitori de) and Together with と一緒に (to issho ni)
Expressing “From X to Y” (Time and Space) with から and まで
Pre-ます Form + ましょう as “Let’s VERB” or “Shall we VERB”
Polite Past Tense Form of Verbs (ました-Form)
How to say “I intend/plan to VERB” with VERB + つもりです
How-to say “Won’t you/Would you like to VERB?” with Pre-ます Form VERB + ませんか
X から Y as “because of CLAUSE X, CLAUSE Y”
How-to say “Why is that?” or “How come?” with どうして
Listing Nouns Indefinitely with NOUN X や NOUN Y など
もう as “already” and まだ as “yet”
Negative ない Form (Verb Conjugation)
How-to say “Go/come/return to do VERB” with Pre-ます Form VERB + に + (行く/来る/帰る)
How-to say “I can VERB” with Dictionary Form VERB + ことが出来る
Answering to Negative Yes-No Questions
Introduction to Adjectives (い-adjectives and な-adjectives)
Basic Introduction to the Particles は and が
X でYがある as “There is Y (an activity) in/at X”
Introduction to Adverbs - Common Degree Adverbs
The Particle が as “But/However”
X は(どう/いかが)ですか as “How is X?”
XはどんなYですか as “What kind of Y is X?”
Kochira (こちら)/Sochira (そちら)/Achira (あちら) as “this/that way”
Introduction to the て-Form (Verb Conjugation)
How-to Say “Please do VERB” (て-Form VERB + 下さい/下さいませんか)
How-to Say “am/is VERBing” (Ongoing Action) (て-Form VERB + いる)
The Particle まだ as “still”
How-to say “I like/love/hate Y” with X はY が(好き/嫌い)です
How-to Say “X is good/bad at Y” - XはYが(上手/下手/とくい)です)
How-to Request an Object with X を(下さい/くださいませんか)
た-Form VERB +ことがある as “have VERB-ed before”
かかる as “it costs X/it takes X time”
ぐらい and ごろ（に） as “about/approximately”
Comparing 2 Objects/Entities (XとYとでは、どちらの方がAですか)
Comparing 3 or More Objects/Entities (XとYとZとでは、Xが一番A)
Modifying Nouns with Clauses
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