ๅใใ and ็ฅใ: understanding and knowing
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่กใ and ๆฅใ: going, coming and perspective
Choose a movement verb from the speakerโs viewpoint and practise talking about destinations and arrivals.
Read and practiseใใ and ใใ: choosing an existence verb
Learn when to use ใใ or ใใ for things, plants, people and animals, and practise describing where they are.
Read and practiseใใ and ใใฎ: this alone or before a noun
Choose between ใใ and ใใฎ when pointing to something near you, and practise using each in a natural sentence.
Read and practiseใฉใ and ใฉใกใ: where or which?
Distinguish the ordinary question word for where from the polite or choice-based uses of ใฉใกใ, with natural examples.
Read and practiseๅฅฝใ and ๆใใ: liking and loving in Japanese
Learn how everyday ๅฅฝใ and the stronger verb ๆใใ differ in grammar, tone and natural contexts.
Read and practiseๅคงใใ and ้ซใ: big, tall or expensive?
Distinguish overall size from height and price in Japanese with ๅคงใใ and ้ซใ, using examples and practice.
Read and practise่ฆใ and ่ใ: watching, listening and asking
Choose between the Japanese verbs for seeing and hearing, and discover how ่ใ also means asking someone.
Read and practise้ใใ and ้ใ: opening something or opening
Learn the transitive and intransitive opening verbs, their particles and the resulting open state in Japanese.
Read and practise้ใใ and ้ใพใ: closing something or closing
Learn the transitive and intransitive closing verbs, their particles and how to describe a closed state.
Read and practiseใใ and ใใ: doing things and register
Compare everyday ใใ with the neutral verb ใใ, and learn natural combinations, polite choices and the giving sense of ใใ.
Read and practiseไฝฟใ and ็จใใ: using things and formal wording
Choose between everyday ไฝฟใ and the more written-sounding ็จใใ, with examples of tools, methods and fixed expressions.
Read and practise่ใ and ๅฐใญใ: asking a question
Compare two ways to ask for information in Japanese, learn their particles and distinguish asking from visiting.
Read and practise่ฉฑใ and ่จใ: talking and saying
Learn how Japanese distinguishes talking with someone from saying particular words, using particles and quoted speech.
Read and practise่ฆใ and ่ฆใใ: looking and being visible
Distinguish looking at something from being able to see it, and practise the particles and potential form in natural Japanese.
Read and practise่ใ and ่ใใใ: listening and being audible
Learn when Japanese describes listening to a sound or its audibility, and compare ่ใใใ with the potential form ่ใใ.
Read and practiseไผใ and ่ฆใ: meeting someone or seeing them
Distinguish meeting a person from seeing someone or watching a film, and practise the particles ใซ and ใ in Japanese.
Read and practiseๆใค and ๅใ: holding, carrying and taking
Distinguish holding or carrying from taking something, and learn common Japanese expressions such as taking time off.
Read and practiseๅๅผทใใ and ๅญฆใถ: studying and learning
Compare the effort of studying with learning from teachers or experience, and practise natural uses of both Japanese verbs.
Read and practise้ซใ and ๅฎใ: price, height and opposites
Compare expensive and inexpensive prices in Japanese, then learn why the opposite of a high mountain is not ๅฎใ.
Read and practiseๆฉใ and ้ ใ: early, late and slow
Learn to describe early and late times or fast and slow movement in Japanese, including the spelling ้ใ for speed.
Read and practiseๆฉใ and ้ใ: early or fast
Learn when to write ๆฉใ for an early time and ้ใ for speed, with Japanese examples and practice.
Read and practiseWarmth and heat: ๆใใ, ๆธฉใใ and ็ฑใ
Learn when Japanese uses ๆใใ for warm weather, ๆธฉใใ for warm things, and ็ฑใ for heat you can feel.
Read and practiseๅคใใ and ๅคใใ: change something or change
Learn when to use ๅคใใ to change something and ๅคใใ for something that changes, with particles and examples.
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