Lesson 11: Compound sentences, kureru, ageru, more te-form uses

Time to test-drive our Japanese! Using what we've learned so far, we tackle some Japanese narrative and on the way learn about compound sentences, kureru and ageru, and more uses of the te-form

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LESSON 11- くれる、あげる || other て form uses
00:01- introduction

■■■■■■■■■ 1° sentence
~ある日 アリスは 川の そばに いた。
●00:47- reading the passage
00:55- the words 川、そば
01:19- ある as an adjective

■■■■■■■■■ 02:21- 2° sentence
~[おねえちゃんは] [つまらない 本を] [よんで いて] [あそんで くれなかった]
●02:38- reading the passage

(1/2)
02:49- お • ねえ •ちゃん
03:10- つまらない本

■■■■■■■■■■ 2° sentence (2/2)
|| 03:17- よむ ----> よんでいる----> よんでいて||
|| 03:31- why did we put it in the て form? ||

|| ●04:23- あそんで ||
|| 04:39- (+くれる) ||
|| 06:09- くれる x あげる ||
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06:41- あそんで くれなかった

●07:02- analysis of the whole sentence
07:39- the last verb determines the tense of the sentence

08:32- finishing

If it got kinda confusing and anyone has any suggestions I'm open to it and correct me if there are any mistakes:)

[derkatzenfuerst]

"actually I'm not quite fully functioning"
So sad to watch this in October 2021.
Fly safe Cure Dolly, wherever you are now!

[pckglel]

As Alice ventures deeper and deeper into wonderland, so too do the unsuspecting students into grammar land.

[lyingcat]

Darn it :( I got sad again when she said she wasn’t fully functional. I’ve been learning for less than a year and she has been my biggest influence. I miss her like a friend.

[Arc_Soma]

I know you probably cannot read this but if one of your dear loved ones is, I want to let them know, you cause so much benefit to this world, you will always be remembered, I loved you as a teacher, as the best Japanese teacher someone could ever have.

[mysticwysteria]

I saw this video as soon as you uploaded and I decided to go back and watch a lot of your older videos first. I finally came back to this one and watched it, I absolutely love the style! I cannot wait for the next lesson, teaching grammar directly as it is used in real text is so helpful and engaging for me. You're one of the best Japanese teachers I've ever found♥

[duytran-flwt]

I really love this approach. After reading the unlocking book, this video shows me how to put all that theory into practice. Thank you sensei.

[josephbradley]

So, I felt the need to tell you how much I am enjoying these lessons. I have taken two years of Japanese in college and several different types of classes and after watching your first 11 videos I understand more now then at any time. You speak the way I learn, logically. I feel you are teaching linguistics of Japanese and I totally get it now. I am very grateful for your style of teaching. I am also grateful for your stressing that we are here to learn to communicate, not to study. It makes my work more important.

[alfred]

Watched 11 videos in two days, a couple of them twice. I'm half way through N4, almost, so more advanced, but I've learned quite a bit.

[nicolascastaneda]

Great video. I really like this idea of recapping previous lessons with a phrase to be examined. I would love to see more of this content; extracts of actual books, articles, of even phrases from shows too. I think having a lesson and getting an example from the wild it's the best way to fixed right from the start. I would love if you could do something like "Japanese the Manga Way" in terms of breaking down actual content and going trough an specific grammar concept. Not for every lesson, but in a review manner after they accumulate (within the realm of what copyrights permits).

I actually don't think you're going too fast, I'm always eager for the next lesson. :-)

[plankcaller]

"actually i'm not quite fully functioning" :( rip sensei.

[srajanverma]

I had to say that you are a REAL ANGEL because you come everytime I need you the most! 5 months ago, I wanted to learn grammar in a logical and organised manner(because I knew it had logic but hidden), when I accidently stumbled upon your adjectives video!(the best accident of my life!) Now, after 9-10 lessons, I felt the need to immerse a little and learn grammar through stories, but none of the stories were in that manner to help me conquer new concepts and master the one I know from you.. Again, I needed you and was suprised to have lesson 11-12 in the exact way I wanted! And also about the long vowels patreon post!!
Truly an angel!!

[xHoneybreath]

Love this approach and finally あげる/くれる clicked for me. It's so much easier to think of it in terms of "giving up(wards)" and "giving down"! I can't believe I've never seen this pointed out somewhere else. I do think that this explanation might be more helpful to learners who have already learned about or heard of くれる and あげる. If this was the first time I heard of the two I might have been confused.

I also second the suggestion of another user that it would be nice to use examples from other media, like excerpts from manga or clips from TV shows or anime at some point. I don't know how much you can work with under current copyright laws, but there's another youtube channel that takes short clips from anime and analyzes the sentences of the scene. I'm not sure if this is fair use or just a case of the original copyright holders simply not caring enough to have it taken down, though.

[MJBold_]

Really like this type of lessons after having gone through some basics! It's certainly scary but being able to decipher actual real world sentences seems very satisfying!

[geniusssmit]

I think I need to add this playlist to my Anki deck

[abigfatturd]

"Actually I am not quite fully functioning" hahah Cure Dolly is the absolute best

[lkoll]

What wonderful teacher....Thank you...

[lynellewhite]

I love the story approach! I’m particularly fond of the Alice stories too, so that was lovely

[silviasacchetti]

Love your way of breaking down the logical structure of sentences. I used to use a similar approach when I was studying Latin a long time ago and it never failed me!

[alex_blue]

I have come to realize that くれる is not always literal. It can indicate an action that pleases us, even if the person did not undertake it specifically for our benefit.