Japan-easy — Season 1, Episode 21: Formal and casual ways of talking
15 min • 2 seasons, 48 episodes
Episode synopsis
Today we'll learn about the polite and casual ways of speaking. First, let's look about the verb for "do" as in "to do something". In this case "shimasu" is polite and "suru" is the casual form. Now let's watch the video and focus on how these words are used.
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More episodes from Season 1
- E1Basic sentences: A is B (Part 1)
- E2Basic sentences: A is B (Part 2)
- E3Talking about ownership
- E4Expressing your impressions or feelings
- E5Words like this, that, and it
- E6Past sentences (Part 1)
- E7Past sentences (Part 2)
- E8Negative sentences
- E9Talking about action (Part 1)
- E10Talking about action (Part 2)
- E11Talking about action (Part 3)
- E12Asking if something is A or B