Learn Japanese: Arimasu vs Imasu & Star Trek's Data | EP 36

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Learn Japanese with Michael Allen CPA and Michelle MaliZaki on Nihongo to English! This episode tackles the Genki grammar behind あります and います — the existence verbs for non-living vs. living things — plus location words like migi, hidari, and tonari. Along the way: a snack-fueled tangent through goldfish crackers, imo kenpi, and a rice cracker shaped like a persimmon seed; the fun fact that cats sense temperature through their nose, not their tongue; a Star Trek: The Next Generation debate over whether Data the android should be aru or iru (homework assignment: check the Japanese dub of "Measure of a Man" and report back); and Michael's upcoming birthday bash, complete with a Goat vs. Fish livestream and a bass jam session. Theme Jingle by Michelle MaliZaki. New episodes every 2nd, 12th & 22nd.

マイケル　アレン CPAとみしえる まりザきと一緒に日本語を学ぼう！今回はGenkiの文法「あります」と「います」(無生物と生き物の存在動詞)、そして右・左・隣などの場所を表す言葉を学びます。おやつトークも盛りだくさんで、ゴールドフィッシュクラッカーや芋けんぴ、柿の種の形をしたおせんべいが登場。猫は舌ではなく鼻で温度を感じるという豆知識や、スタートレックのアンドロイド、データは「ある」なのか「いる」なのかを巡る白熱討論(日本語吹替版「人間の資格」を確認する宿題付き)、そしてマイケルの誕生日パーティー(ゴート・バーサス・フィッシュのライブ配信とベース(?)演奏付き)の話題も。テーマジングル by みしえる　まりザき。毎月2日・12日・22日配信。

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