The most soul-crushing part of learning Japanese: you memorize 500 words and STILL can't catch a single line in a drama 😭 Textbooks don't teach contractions or real speed. Anyone else? 🙋
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@stayjpplan.bsky.socialThe most soul-crushing part of learning Japanese: you memorize 500 words and STILL can't catch a single line in a drama 😭 Textbooks don't teach contractions or real speed. Anyone else? 🙋
@bunpou.bsky.social～たことがある = have done / past life experience.
Not plain past た — it marks something as part of your experience history.
Short visual:
https://youtu.be/mMKhKT96oyI
Full lesson:
https://bunpou.jepang.org/en/lesson/0084/ta-koto-ga-aru
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@bunpou.bsky.socialまだ～ていません = have not done it yet.
Ongoing unfinished state — not ませんでした. Contrast まだ～ています (still doing).
Short visual:
https://youtu.be/897eUVVELEk
Full lesson:
https://bunpou.jepang.org/en/lesson/0083/mada-te-imasen
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@bunpou.bsky.social～たり～たりする = do things like X and Y.
Ta-form + り… + する; examples, not a strict sequence.
Short visual:
https://youtu.be/f1k4uUuYUqY
Full lesson:
https://bunpou.jepang.org/en/lesson/0082/tari-tari-suru
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@bunpou.bsky.social～まえに = before doing / ago.
Dictionary form before まえに; nouns take の; also works with time words.
Short visual:
https://youtu.be/JpsPIt7bjJA
Full lesson:
https://bunpou.jepang.org/en/lesson/0081/mae-ni
@stayjpplan.bsky.socialOne-minute grammar: transitive vs intransitive
・ドアが開く → the door opens (by itself)
・ドアを開ける → someone opens the door
Shortcut: が = intransitive, を = transitive. Learn them in pairs, never alone 🚪
@bunpou.bsky.social～たあとで = after doing A, then B.
A is completed before the next action; compare ～てから for a stronger “after” link.
Short visual:
https://youtu.be/6dlVpyUjB1Q
Full lesson:
https://bunpou.jepang.org/en/lesson/0080/ta-ato-de
@stayjpplan.bsky.social「大丈夫です」 is the most confusing phrase for learners. Clerk asks if you want a bag → it means 'no thanks'. A friend asks if you're okay → it means 'I'm fine'. Same phrase, opposite meanings, all context.
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@stayjpplan.bsky.socialThe train phrase that saves you: 「この電車、〇〇に止まりますか」 (does this train stop at 〇〇?). Express, rapid and local trains skip different stations — I've been carried very far past my stop 🚃😥
@bunpou.bsky.social～てから = after finishing A, then B. Also “ever since.”
宿題をしてから、遊びます. Stronger than plain ～て.
Short visual:
https://youtu.be/rm_S-buwX_8
Full lesson:
https://bunpou.jepang.org/en/lesson/0079/verb-te-kara
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@stayjpplan.bsky.socialOne-minute grammar: 〜んです
Adding it turns a flat statement into 'here's the reason' or 'tell me more':
・遅れました → I was late
・遅れたんです → (because something happened) I was late
Native speech is full of this 💬
@bunpou.bsky.social～て connects actions in order — do A, then B.
起きて、朝ごはんを食べます. Final verb sets tense/politeness.
Short visual:
https://youtu.be/4MPaRSCHsPM
Full lesson:
https://bunpou.jepang.org/en/lesson/0078/verb-te-sequence
