Learn Japanese (Jlpt N5 Level)

You will learn all the Japanese you need to pass the N5 JLPT test (Kanji, Vocab, Grammar, and more!)

What you'll learn

Be able to read and write all Hiragana and Katakana characters

Be able to recognise and understand 100 Kanji characters

Be able to understand and use all N5 level grammar

Be able to understand and use all N5 level required vocabulary

Requirements

No pre-requisites. This course will be taught with zero-assumed knowledge. Any knowledge you have will be beneficial, of course, but not essential to understanding this course.

Description

This course will help you pass the JLPT N5 test. We will cover everything from absolute beginner level. We will:Learn Hiragana and Katakana charactersLearn the basic Japanese grammar and move from basic sentences, into longer multi-clause sentenceLearn about Japanese culture and ways of lifeFocus not just on passing the N5 test but also on the creation of sentences and production of language to ensure you become a well rounded Japanese learner.If you're interested, please try watching the few free lessons I've provided in the sidebar and see if this course works for you. Every learner learns in a different way and I hope that my experiences learning Japanese transition into an effective course in learning this beautiful language.  As a non-native Japanese speaker, I believe my experience learning the language solo, and then at a university, will help you learn Japanese in a friendly, non-intrusive manner. I will try and guide you to the best tools on the web, and instil a way of learning into learners on this course. Japanese is a difficult language to learn, and there is no easy way. But if you want to learn Japanese, this course is undoubtedly the one for you.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 How to use Anki

Lecture 3 How to use HouHou

Section 2: Writing Systems 1- Hiragana

Lecture 4 The 3 Japanese Writing Systems

Lecture 5 Hiragana 1

Lecture 6 Hiragana 2

Lecture 7 Hiragana 3

Lecture 8 Hiragana 4

Lecture 9 How to use a Japanese IME/Keyboard

Lecture 10 Hiragana 5

Lecture 11 Alternative Hiragana Learning Tools

Section 3: Writing Systems 2- Katakana

Lecture 12 Katakana 1

Lecture 13 Katakana 2

Lecture 14 Katakana 3

Lecture 15 Katakana 4

Lecture 16 Katakana 5

Section 4: The Basic Noun Sentence

Lecture 17 Formality in Japan and in Japanese

Lecture 18 Vocabulary 1

Lecture 19 The Basic Noun Sentence 1 (Plain Form)

Lecture 20 The Basic Noun Sentence 2 (Plain Negative Form)

Lecture 21 The Basic Noun Sentence 3 (Plain Past Form)

Lecture 22 The Basic Noun Sentence 4 (Plain Past-Negative Form)

Lecture 23 The Basic Noun Sentence 5 (Polite Form)

Lecture 24 The Basic Noun Sentence 6 (Polite Negative Form)

Lecture 25 The Basic Noun Sentence 7 (Polite Past Tense)

Lecture 26 The Basic Noun Sentence 8 (Polite Past Negative Form)

Section 5: Kanji and Vocabulary

Lecture 27 Kanji 1

Lecture 28 Vocabulary 2

Section 6: Adding to the Basic Noun Sentence

Lecture 29 The もParticle：Editing the Basic Noun Sentence １

Lecture 30 これ、それ、あれ Editing the Basic Noun Sentence 2

Lecture 31 The のParticle: Editing the Basic Noun Sentence 3

Section 7: Adjectives and the Basic Adjectival Sentence

Lecture 32 Vocabulary 3: いAdjectives

Lecture 33 The basic いAdjective Sentence 1 (Plain Form)

Lecture 34 The Basic いAdjective Sentence 2

Lecture 35 The Basic いAdjective Sentence 3

Lecture 36 The Basic いAdjective Sentence 4

Lecture 37 The Basic いAdjective Sentence 5

Section 8: なAdjectives (Adjective type 2)

Lecture 38 Vocabulary 4: なAdjectives

Lecture 39 The Basic な Adjective Sentence 1

Lecture 40 The Basic なAdjective Sentence 2

Section 9: How to Count

Lecture 41 Kanji 2: Numbers

Lecture 42 How to count 1

Lecture 43 How to count 2

Section 10: Questions and Lists

Lecture 44 Asking questions with the か particle

Lecture 45 How to list with と ＆ や

Section 11: Kanji and Vocabulary… Again!

Lecture 46 Kanji 3

Lecture 47 Vocabulary 5: Verbs

Section 12: Verbs!

Lecture 48 Verbs 1 Godan Verbs and the を Particle

Lecture 49 Verbs 1.2 Godan Verbs Part 2

Lecture 50 Verbs 1.3 Godan Verbs Part 3

Lecture 51 Verbs 2 Ichidan Verbs

Lecture 52 Verbs 3 する Verbs

Lecture 53 The が Particle

Section 13: States of being, and location

Lecture 54 States of being- いる ＆ ある

Lecture 55 Here, there and over there

Lecture 56 Vocabulary 6: Verbs 2

Lecture 57 The locative でParticle

Lecture 58 The locative に Particle

Section 14: Connective Grammar

Lecture 59 Kanji 4

Lecture 60 The か Particle as 'or'

Lecture 61 The と Particle as 'with'

Lecture 62 Counters 2

Lecture 63 But (けど、が）

Lecture 64 Because （ので、から）

Lecture 65 Vocabulary 7

Section 15: JLPT Midterm Test

Lecture 66 How the JLPT works

Lecture 67 Production Test

Section 16: Wants

Lecture 68 Culture 1- Japanese Food

Lecture 69 Want- たい ＆ ほしい

Section 17: Super Useful Skills!

Lecture 70 How to nominalise verbs!

Lecture 71 How to write… Self Introductions

Lecture 72 でしょう・だろう

Lecture 73 Sentence Ending Particles

Section 18: More words!

Lecture 74 Kanji 5

Lecture 75 Vocabulary 8

Lecture 76 Culture 2: Japanese Religions

Section 19: て Form

Lecture 77 て　Form Verbs

Lecture 78 て Form Nouns & Adjectives

Lecture 79 Vocabulary 9

Section 20: Grammar to make your sentences longer!

Lecture 80 で （With)

Lecture 81 んです・のです

Lecture 82 から（From)

Lecture 83 と・って Quotations

Lecture 84 Only (だけ・しか）

Section 21: Expanding に Grammar points

Lecture 85 Kanji 6

Lecture 86 Verb に行く

Lecture 87 にする

Lecture 88 になる

Lecture 89 ために・つもり

Section 22: Vocab 10

Lecture 90 Vocabulary 10

Section 23: て Form Grammar

Lecture 91 てから

Lecture 92 てもいい

Section 24: Small grammar points

Lecture 93 もう　VS　まだ

Lecture 94 たり　～たりする

Lecture 95 Kanji 7

Section 25: Sentence modifiers

Lecture 96 Adverbial Modifiers and Onomatopoeia

Lecture 97 前に（まえに）

Lecture 98 くらい

Section 26: Better to do, and advice

Lecture 99 より And のほうが

Lecture 100 Noun まで（Until)　Verb(まで） Until Something Happens

Lecture 101 すぎる

Lecture 102 ＿＿のなかで、＿＿がいちばん・・・

Lecture 103 Vocabulary 11

Section 27: Requests

Lecture 104 ませんか、てください、ないでください

Lecture 105 しよう・ましょう

Lecture 106 Vocabulary 12

Section 28: Connections and musts

Lecture 107 Useful Conjunctions

Lecture 108 てはいけない

Lecture 109 Kanji 8

Lecture 110 なくてはいけない・なくてはならない・なくちゃ

Lecture 111 How to find reading material

Lecture 112 なにか・だれか

Section 29: Expanding your grammar

Lecture 113 たことがある

Lecture 114 あげる・くれる・もらう

Section 30: Final Vocabulary

Lecture 115 Vocabulary 13

Section 31: Final Practice Tests

Lecture 116 Talking about final tests

Beginner level Japanese learners who wish to pass the N5 exam.