Monthly Archives: May 2009

Genkier, Lesson 1, Grammar Note 3

In this lesson, we learn about how to use the の particle. This is also the first episode to feature a musical spotlight, with music clips from Kyoto musician Suematsu Yoshimitsu. Enjoy!

Posted in podcasts | 2 Comments

Genkier, Lesson 1, Grammar Note 2

In this episode, we learn how to ask and answer questions in Japanese. We also get a quick peek at formality in Japanese, and the use of the honorific prefixes “o-” and “go-”.

Posted in podcasts | 3 Comments

iTunes store not accepting new podcast listings?

It looks like possibly the latest iTunes upgrade has borked submission of new podcasts to the iTunes directory, which is the stuff of which serious suckage is made… Here’s hoping that it get fixed quick…
Edit [22:37, 18 May 2009]: yeah, it was an iTunes problem, but it’s fixed now. I was able to submit both [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

Genkier, Lesson 1, Grammar Note 1 (MP3)

This is the same as the Lesson 1, Grammar Note 1 enhanced file, but in MP3 format for older iPods that can’t display video. If possible, I recommend that you use the “enhanced” version, rather than this one–the added video should be beneficial. This file may be helpful for review at times when you can’t watch [...]

Posted in podcasts | Tagged | Leave a comment

Genkier, Lesson 1, Grammar Note 1 (enhanced)

In this first grammar note, Tony discusses the word です and the particle は. Other topics include the importance of context in Japanese, the “nouny thing”, and sentence templates.
Genkier, Lesson 1, Grammar Note 1

Posted in podcasts | Tagged | 9 Comments

First post

Greetings, all. I’ve created this blog mainly as an easy way to create a feed for the “Genkier” podcasts, but will try to also use it as a meta-infosource related to tonysensei.com and other activities related to Japanese teaching and learning. I would really love to get some feedback on the podcasts, as this my [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment