バタバタ – 忙しい

When you’re soooo busy you’re all over the place バタバタしてる.

今日は朝からバタバタしていて、お昼を食べる時間がなかった。

Using バタバタ feels a lot more visual than just saying 忙しい.

nihongoseito:

meowbrown:

下手 と 苦手

They both means not good at something. My teacher mentioned the easy way to use it is 苦手 sounds more polite to use it when you talk about other people.

a similar distinction applies to 上手 and 得意 as well! 上手 is most appropriate for talking about others, while 得意 is more typical when talking about yourself, your family, or otherwise your in-group.

(side note: 苦手 can also be used to describe things you yourself don’t like or aren’t good at tolerating. for example, カフェインは苦手です = “i can’t handle caffeine”!)

Thanks for adding to this! I’m finding it useful too!

ようと思う ➡️ つもり ➡️ 予定

Showing a desire to do something, from least sure to sure that you will do.

A scenario I’m imagining:

Someone asks me if I’m going to a social gathering.

1. 行こうと思う I think I’ll go. (but I might not go as well)
2. 行くつもりだ I intend to go. (stronger than 1, but if something else pops up that is more important, I might not go)
3. 行く予定だ I plan to go. (I’d probably already put it on my Calendar, to make sure I don’t forget to attend)

下手 と 苦手

They both means not good at something. My teacher mentioned the easy way to use it is 苦手 sounds more polite to use it when you talk about other people.

100 posts!

I’ve never posted so many posts on a social media before, tumblr has been a good friend to my language notes 🥳

前に、SNSでそんなに投稿したことがありませんでした。嬉しいです！

Saya tidak pernah menulis banyak di sosial media dulu.

ために can be used in two ways

I mostly see present tense used with ために and got interested what if I put other tenses?

日本語の先生になるために、毎日日本語を勉強します。
I study Japanese every day in order to become a Japanese teacher.

日本語の先生になれなかったために、とてもがっかりしました。
Because I could not become a Japanese teacher, I was very disappointed.

And then I kinda realized that there are two usages of ために

• In order to
• Because (stating the cause)

ついでに

I don’t remember learning this for N3.

The scenario I wanted to use this was, I went back to my university and while at it, I also met up with a senpai from my lab.

先週、大学のパソコンを試すために、大学に帰った。ついでに、同じラボの先輩と会った。

Reference

JLPT N3 Grammar: ついでに (tsuide ni) – Learn Japanese | JLPT Sensei

meowbrown:

てもらう and てほしい timeline

While talking about てもらう, my teacher asked me what’s the difference between てほしい 🤔

I was mentioning that てほしい sounds demanding if you’re asking someone to do something for you. If it’s asking someone for a favor and I’d use てもらう. This feels more like てほしい vs. てもらいたい instead.

We talked more on the aspect of “timeline of events happening”.

Basics

• てほしい – Expresses my wish/desire
• てもらう – Focuses on me “receiving” the favor

Timeline of events

1. Nothing has happened yet, it’s only me hoping in my head
   お母さんに今日の夕ご飯を作ってほしい。
2. Asking mom for the favor
   お母さん、今日の夕ご飯を作ってもらえますか？
3. After mom agrees, I tell my brother that mom will be making dinner
   お母さんに今日の夕ご飯を作ってもらいます。

Notes

If still would like someone to do something with てほしい, usually people will add んですが to make it softer

レポートを確認してほしいんですが…

Today during class I made the mistake of saying:

We want to go home and used 帰って欲しい

But this actually will mean “I want someone else to go home,” so looking back at my notes て欲しい is used to express a desire for someone other than the speaker to perform an action.

Remembering things is harrrd 😭

Japanese Anki Shared Decks

https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks?search=japanese

Felt like I might be searching for this link in the future although I’m not using it right now…

meowbrown:

ほど to the degree of

Another sentence structure that I often get the order wrong.

母ほど綺麗じゃない。

Notes to help me remember:

1. First look at the second part of the sentence: 綺麗じゃない Not pretty. Then ask myself: to what degree am I not pretty?
2. Answer with the first part: I’m not pretty to the degree of my mom.

Another example:

バカな私にもわかるほどこの宿題は易しいです。

1. The homework is easy. To what degree is it easy?
2. Even as stupid as me I can understand.

The second part is the part I want to convey, and the first part is for adding details of to what degree.

Another example sentence I used to struggle with but can understand well now!

彼の話は想像できないほど面白い。
His story is unimaginably interesting.

1. His story is interesting.
2. (to the degree that) You can’t imagine.