Types of Events

日本語会話の集まり
Japanese Conversation Socials

日本語で話しましょう!

These meetups are for intermediate Japanese speakers and above. Everyone is welcome to speak in Japanese here.

読書会
Reading Group

JLPTのレベルはN2以上です。伝記とか、御伽話とか伝統芸能なこととか、いろいろな種類の作文を読んでいます。

日本語勉強会
Japanese Study Groups

If you feel as if you're not ready yet for Japanese Conversation or want to continue building upon what you've learned, we have Japanese study groups whose members study Genki I, Genki II, or Tobira together or read together.

クイズボウル
Quiz Bowls

初めは、このクイズボウルはオンラインでコロナウイルスのアクティビティー、お金の寄付のパーティーや日本語の挑戦などでした。今は、楽しくなってきている集まりです。

 

Latest News

2024年 1月 3日

  • Next Sunday the N5 Japanese Study Group will work on the Listening Comprehension exercises of Lesson 10 in the Genki I workbook.
  • N3の月曜日の勉強会は「上級へのとびら」という教科書で第一課の文法の勉強が終わったので、読み物を始めました。
  • N3の木曜日の勉強会は「とびら」の第9課を勉強し始めました。
  • N2以上の読書会はこの作文、、を読み上げています。
  • 最後の日本語会話の集まりでクイズボウルの参加者は賞品を選びました。
 
 

て form

Update: May 17, 2022 Correction. There are て-forms for adjectives, too, but this post addresses verbs only.

One of the stumbling blocks I had to learning Japanese was learning the て form of verbs. I guess I thought that if I just kept going that I'd eventually learn it. How wrong I was.

Learning て form is kind of like memorizing multiplication tables. You don't have to memorize them but it sure cuts down on a lot of time and work if you do.

Latest Roundup: June 26 2020

We accomplished a lot this past month! We finished Genki I and Marugoto A2B1. お疲れさまでした!

Yesterday we continued to work on Marugoto's B1, Chapter 1, 「始めての人と」。The conversations are spoken faster in the recordings and the quantity of new words introduced has increased. I already have 132 new words in my Anki deck and we haven't even finished the chapter yet (!!).

Tomorrow we'll work on Chapter 14 of Genki II. New grammar includes the use of ほしい、〜かもしれません、and あげる / くれる / もらう。楽しみにしています!^ー^

じゃあ、また!

Writing Practice #1: Genki II, Marugoto B1-1, and Virtual Meetings

最近、私はもっと日本語で書いてみたかったです。このジが送りました.

原本:

皆さん、こんにちは、

最近げんきの本の1とまるごとの本のA2B1を終わりました。お疲れさまでした! 、今週げんきの本の2とまるごとの本の中級1を始めます。楽しみにしています。

ディスコードのビデオのチャットを続いています。またコロナルがありていますね。残念ですけど体に気をつけています。

日本語の勉強して楽しんでください。じゃあ、またね!

マリキタ

Latest Roundup: May 12 2020

We've finished seven weeks of online meetups now. New people have joined and members we haven't seen for awhile have returned. 久しぶり!It's nice to see you all back! (I've been rather horrible at taking screenshots lately so I don't have many to post but I'm working on getting better.)

1. Learn Hiragana, 2. Learn Hiragana

"1. Learn hiragana, 2. Learn hiragana." I actually said this in a Saturday meetup. Why? Because someone who's brand new to the Japanese language joined the group and kept asking all around for books, tv shows and what not to learn Japanese when two of us had already posted separately - without knowing the other was going to post it, too - the . So I said, "1. Learn hiragana, 2.

Latest Roundup: Mar 24 2020

We've been meeting in Discord now for over a week. We have had not only our usual Japanese conversation and Japanese conversation practice but we've also streamed a movie and a game of Yakuza. ^ー^

Meeting in Discord has had some good surprises. Children of members have made guest appearances and now we get to see Emily's Shiori and Kris' Balto and cat every week, too!

Covid-19

Hi, everyone,

As the WHO has declared that covid-19 is a global pandemic, we're asking people to stay home if you’re having any symptoms even if you don’t think you have covid-19.

Currently, we’re asking everyone to observe recommended methods to keep from spreading any illness:

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The Genki Beginner Series has begun!

Yesterday was the first day of our brand new Genki Beginner Series. エミリーさん、ドミニクさん、カリーどさん、アンディさん、クリスさん、来てくれてありがとうございました!お疲れ様でした!

We started with Chapter 1 - yup! we forgot there was a Chapter 0 of Greetings at first - アンディさんとエミリーさん、教えてくれてありがとうございました -, read the dialogue, went through some of the speaking exercises and forged on to "complete" Chapter 2 and Chapter 0.

Latest Roundup: Mar 8 2020

  • At the Monday Edina site, we continue to follow Sean's lead.
  • In the Thursday Minnetonka group, we've been playing カルタ. 来週カルタのカードを作ります。
  • In the Saturday Saint Paul meetup, we finished Chapters 0, 1, and 2 last Saturday and will be covering Chapters 3 and 4 on Sunday, March 15. Please note the change of date.

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