Hi everyone, welcome to our one point lesson! Today we would like to introduce adjectives and their forms to express your feelings precisely. You might have learned some adjectives at our school or other places, but I have personally found that many students are struggling to remember the forms; present, present negative, past and […]
Group Lesson programme consists of 4 terms a year. Each Term runs for 10 weeks with one 2 hour lesson per week (20 hours per term). Term fees are $400 per term plus a textbook fee of $35 for new students. Elementary Group Lesson – Term 1 Day: Wednesday Time: 18:00-20:00 Week1 JAN 18th Week2 […]
Our Group Lesson program consists of 4 terms a year. Each Term runs for 10 weeks with one 2 hour lesson per week (20 hours per term). Term fees are $400 per term plus a textbook fee of $35 for new students. Lower Intermediate Group Lesson – Term 1 Day: Thursday Time: 18:00-20:00 Week1 JAN […]
Happy New Year! Welcome to our one point lesson. We would like to introduce you to how to use ～っぱなし(~ppanashi) which means “leave it as it is.” Expressions combining the stem of a verb + ppanashi (from the verb hanasu – to release) are used to mean something that is left “as is” without […]
Hi everyone, welcome to our one point lesson. It’s our last blog update this year, so we would like to share the information of how to write new year’s greetings in Japanese. To begin with, we don’t generally celebrate Christmas in Japan and it’s not a public holiday either. But we definitely enjoy the […]
Hi everyone, welcome to our one point lesson. We would like to explain a grammar point about time words before and after a noun. Noun の まえに (no maeni) means Before noun, and Noun の あとで (no atode) means After noun まえ(mae) might be already familiar for you as the word for the position “in front of”. […]
Hi there, welcome to our one point lesson. It’s been so hot and dry in Canberra. We hope everyone is enjoying the hot weather! We would like to explain a grammar point; the difference between 見られる and 見える, 聞ける and 聞こえる. If you have already studied Japanese potential verbs, you know 見られる is the regular […]
Hi everyone, welcome to our one point lesson. We would like to introduce some onomatopoeia today. They are very useful and so much fun so you should check them out! There are hundreds of onomatopoeic expressions, so we have picked out three of them that are commonly used and easy to remember for you. ・ぴかぴか (pika pika) […]
Hi there, welcome to our one point lesson. We would like to introduce you to some words in Japanese that have the same reading but different meaning. For example: 紙 (かみ) kami “paper” 髪 (かみ) kami “hair” These two Kanji are different, but are spelled and pronounced the same. You have to figure out […]
Hi there, welcome to our one point lesson. We will be adding a new post every Saturday, so please check them out! Today we would like to share some Kanji. Are you a beginner? That’s okay, this is not very difficult. 日(にち) nichi Japan 豪(ごう) gou Australia See? Only one Kanji for each country. In conversation, we […]