Keiko, the Japanese teacher at the Modern Language School, tells us about this week’s class: We have explored a new verb inflection form, which needs the object marker WO(を). えいがをみます eiga wo mimasu: to watch a movie こうちゃをのみます koucha wo nomimasu: to … Read More
Here is the Modern Language School entry for Keiko’s class on the 14th of February: By using one of the verbs below, you can describe your actions in a more detailed way in terms of tense and time. okimasu (to … Read More
Keiko tells me this is what happened in Japanese class this week at the Modern Language School: This week we have learned additional grammar constructs. Hon WA tsukue no ue NI arimasu. The book is on the table. This structure is used to convey a … Read More
Here is Keiko’s message about the 29th of January Japanese class at the Modern Language School: This week we learnt a new grammatical structure. Existence of people and things : —NI—GA IMASU/ARIMASU. A related example: Onsen NI saru GA imasu. … Read More
Here is what Keiko told us about this week’s Japanese class: While using new grammar constuction, we have explored things about what a traditional Japanese hotel looks like. If you are going to travel in Japan, I would recommend you … Read More
The Japanese class at the Modern Language School started again on 9th January. Here is what Keiko says about it: Now we know about a lot of Japanese New Year’s customs. The Japanese calculate years according to imperial eras, and … Read More
Keiko’s weekly message: Yesterday we learnt about Japanese new year celebrations. They are very different from their European counterparts: all the celebrations start around New Year’s Eve, which is a heritage from Chinese – the Japanese New Year is a … Read More
Here is what Keiko wanted to share about her Japanese class of the 6th of Novemberat the Modern Language School, in Meltham near Huddersfield: We have started to learn Japanese verbs. Also, we now know the secret of the elements … Read More
Here is Keiko’s weekly news about the Japanese class at the Modern Language School: We continued learning about how to do shopping. We engaged in learning about the exciting theme of quantifiers in Japanese – that is, we learnt about … Read More
This is what Keiko said about this week’s Japanese class at the Modern Language School in Meltham Mills: We have learnt how to do shopping in Japanese. Students also had an opportunity to see real Japanese yen notes, and now … Read More
