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Key points of やさしい にほんご that can be easily understood by foreigners/外国人に伝わりやすい「やさしい日本語」のポイント

A qualified Japanese language teacher introduces the key points of やさしい にほんご, simple Japanese for foreigners. 有資格の日本語教師が外国人向けの簡単な日本語「やさしい日本語」のポイントを紹介します。
GENKI 1 Lessons

Use the Short form and the verb おもう to express your thoughts!

Learn how to express your thoughts using ~とおもいます. There are exercises and detailed grammar explanations not found in the textbook. Lots of practice together!
GENKI 1 Lessons

Use the Short form present tense for casual conversation with friends and family!

Practise casual conversation using the Short form present tense. Full of practical expressions, recommended for those who find the contents of textbooks insufficient.
GENKI 1 Lessons

Learn to conjugate the present tense of Short forms, a casual expression commonly used in anime and manga!

Study the present tense conjugations of verbs, adjectives and nouns in the Short forms. Check out our easy-to-follow conjugation charts!
GENKI 1 Lessons

Counting people and summary of Lesson 7

After a little practice in counting people, we will summarise Lesson 7. We'll review each grammar point to make sure you've mastered Lesson 7 perfectly!
Australia

Australia is a colourful and unique bird paradise/オーストラリアはカラフルでユニークな野鳥の楽園

As a resident of Australia, I would like to introduce you to some of Australia's familiar birds that I have seen here. オーストラリア在住の筆者がオーストラリアの身近な野鳥について紹介します。
GENKI 1 Lessons

Combine verbs with いく, くる and かえる to express what you’re going there to do!

Learn how to express what you are going somewhere to do using the verb stem and verbs いく and くる, かえる. Plenty of supplementary explanations from the textbook!
GENKI 1 Lessons

Connect your sentences with て forms of adjectives and nouns!

Learn about adjectives and noun て forms and how to use them to join two sentences. There are also plenty of supplementary explanations in the textbook.
GENKI 1 Lessons

~ています and ‘T は B が A です’ to describe a person’s clothing and appearance!

Study how to describe a person's appearance by using the verbs かぶる, かける, きる, はく and する and the sentence pattern TはBがAです to describe physical characteristics.
GENKI 1 Lessons

Use the て form of verbs and the verb いる to express the status of yourself and your family!

Learn how to express your own and your family's status using the sentence pattern of (て form) います, which expresses the persistence of the result of a change.