Japanese Beginner Audio
Japanese Beginner Phrases Podcast 1
Phrases covered:
何か食べたいです。 nanika tabetai desu. I’d like something to eat.
何か飲みたいです。 nanika nomitai desu. I’d like something to drink.
The focus is on the ーたい which adds the meaning of ‘want.’
食べる -> 食べ -> 食べたい
飲む -> 飲み -> 飲みたい
Vocabulary:
Learn each word well before moving on to the next lesson
何か nanika - something
食べる taberu - to eat
食べたい tabetai - want to eat
飲む nomu - to drink
飲みたい nomitai - want to drink
です desu - copula (connects the words together often like our to be verb)
それじゃまたね！ sore ja mata ne - See you again!
Japanese Beginner Phrases Podcast 2
Building upon the first podcast, this episode covers adding a か ka at the end to change a statement into a question.
何か食べたいです。 I want something to eat.
nanika tabetai desu.
[Note: the 'I' is assumed, but it just as easily be 'you' in the right context.]
To make that into a question, just add か
何か食べたいですか？ Would you like something to eat?
nanika tabetai desu ka
[Notice I didn't say 'Would I like something to eat?' since it is obvious 'you' would be more appropriate]
何か飲みたいです。 I want something to drink.
nanika nomitai desu.
何か飲みたいですか？ Would you like something to drink
nanika nomitai desu ka?
Japanese Beginner Phrases Podcast 3
Beginning Japanese Conversational Phrases #3: Drinks
Reviewed Phrases:
何か飲みたいです。 nanika nomitai desu. I’d like something to drink.
何か食べたいです。 nanika tabetai desu. I’d like something to eat.
The focus is on the ーたい which adds the meaning of ‘want.’
食べる -> 食べ -> 食べたい
飲む -> 飲み -> 飲みたい
Then add a か ka to make it a question.
何か食べたいですか？ nanika tabetai desu ka? Would you like something to eat?
何か飲みたいですか？ nanika nomitai desu ka? Would you like something to drink?
Now let's answer the question for drinks.
何か飲みたいですか？ nanika nomitai desu ka? Would you like something to drink?
はい、何か飲みたいです。 hai, nanika nomitai desu. Yes, I would you like something to drink.
Vocabulary:
Here are a few common drink names.
コーヒー ko-hi- Coffee
牛乳 gyuunyuu milk
コーラ ko-ra Cola
お茶 ocha tea
ビール bi-ru beer
ワイン wain wine
水 mizu water
ジュース ju-su juice
水が飲みたいです。 mizu ga nomitai desu. I would like to drink water.
お茶が飲みたいです。 ocha ga nomitai desu. I would like to drink tea.
コーヒーが飲みたいです。 ko-hi- ga nomitai desu. I would like to drink coffee.
Next podcast will continue with foods.
それじゃまたね！ sore ja mata ne - See you again!
Japanese Beginner Phrases Podcast 4
Beginning Japanese Conversational Phrases #4: Food
Reviewed Phrases:
何か食べたいですか。 nanika tabetai desu ka. Would you like something to eat?
はい、何か食べたいです。 hai nanika tabetai desu. Yes, I’d like something to eat.
Vocabulary:
Here are a few common food names.
ハンバーガー hanba-ga- Hamburger
ピザ piza Pizza
スパゲッティー supagetti Spaghetti
パン pan Bread
カレーライス kare-raisu Curry and Rice
フライドポテト furaido poteto French Fries
お菓子 okashi Snack
ピザが食べたいです。 piza ga tabetai desu. I want to eat pizza.
スパゲッティー が食べたいです。 supagetti- ga tabetai desu. I want to eat spaghetti.
ハンバーガーが食べたいです。 hanba-ga- ga tabetai desu. I want to eat a hamburger.
それじゃまたね！ sore ja mata ne - See you again!
Japanese Beginner Phrases Podcast 5
Beginning Japanese Conversational Phrases #5: Food and I Like
Today's podcast will review a few food names and then we'll learn a new sentence construction. First listen and repeat after each food name.
ハンバーガー hanba-ga- Hamburger
ピザ piza Pizza
スパゲッティー supagetti Spaghetti
パン pan Bread
カレーライス kare-raisu Curry and Rice
フライドポテト furaido poteto French Fries
お菓子 okashi Snack
Last time we learned how to say, I want to eat pizza:
ピザが食べたいです。 piza ga tabetai desu. I want to eat pizza.
Here's how you say, I like pizza.
ピザが好きです。 piza ga suki desu.
Just replace が食べたい with が好きです。
ピザが好きです。
I like hamburgers.
ハンバーガーが好きです。 hanba-ga- ga suki desu.
I like spaghetti.
スパゲッティーが好きです。 supagetti- ga suki desu.
I like bread.
パンが好きです。 pan ga suki desu.
I like Curry and Rice.
カレーライスが好きです。 kure-raisu ga suki desu.
I like french fries.
フライドポテトが好きです。 furaido poteto ga suki desu.
I like snacks.
お菓子が好きです。 okashi ga suki desu.
それじゃまたね！ sore ja mata ne - See you again!