The sweet potato fries you told me about eating in Nagasaki sounded so delicious! Autumn is such a wonderful season because there are so many delicious foods to enjoy. It’s a lovely time of year, isn’t it? 🍠🍂
Your study of the て-form is also going very smoothly. I really admire your positive mindset—you used the time during the storm to study Japanese! That’s wonderful, Micha! 😊
Today's lesson
とんかつレシピ しお/salt こしょう/pepper あぶら/oil あげる/fry Why does Japanese use different verbs for “put”?
When you make tonkatsu, you might use several different verbs in Japanese:
For English speakers, this can be confusing because English often uses put in situations where Japanese uses different verbs.
For example, you can say:
Put the pork in the oil. → 肉を油に入れる
But you would not normally say:
Put salt and pepper on the pork.
It is understandable, but sprinkle salt and pepper on the pork is more natural.
Similarly:
Dip the pork in the batter. → にくに バッターを つける
Fry the pork in oil. → にくを あぶらで あげる
The important point
Japanese often has a specific verb for how you do the action.
ふる = sprinkle something つける = put something onto something / dip something in something 入れる = put something inside 揚げる = cook something in hot oil
English also has these specific verbs, but put is a very general and useful verb, so English speakers may feel that many Japanese verbs have the same basic meaning: “put something somewhere.”
So when you learn Japanese, don't try to translate every Japanese verb as put.
Instead, ask yourself:
“How am I moving or handling the object?”
That's often the key to choosing the right Japanese verb!
くるまのスモークをはったのですね。 Put a tinted film on the car は 「くるまにスモークをはります」 といいます。
sticker も 「はります」といいます。 つかってみてください
きょうのことばです -------------------- Window：まど Put a tinted film on the car：くるまにスモークをはります South：みなみ Bright：ひかり necessary：ひつよう Because 〜：〜からです、〜だからです --------------------------------- 「ないform」＋でください
Thank you for working so hard in today’s lesson! It was such a lovely and happy time learning together with your two adorable cats. Please leave the door open again next time! 😊
I also really enjoyed our conversation about the moon. I had never heard of “Moon Cheese” before! It’s famous in the U.S., isn’t it? Thank you for telling me about it! Today's lesson １にち ついたち ２にち ふつか ３にち みっか ４にち よっか ５にち いつか ６にち むいか ７にち なのか ８にち ようか ９にち ここのか １０にち とおか ２０にち はつか
Thank you for coming to today's lesson. Here are the phrases we learned today.
I like pumpkin. = (watashi wa) kabocha ga suki desu. I don't really like tomato = tomato ga anmari suki ja arimasen. ※suki ja nai = suki ja arimasen.<polite> I dislike tomato = tomato ga kirai desu. I hate tomato = tomato ga dai kirai desu.
well, next week I can't have the lesson as I told. so see you on 17th.
Thank you for coming to today’s lesson. You’re really studying a lot! I hope you continue enjoying your learning and keep building up your Japanese. Today we learned phrases for asking questions. I’ll send the slides by email, so please use them when you review.
