58-Daily Japanese Expression -Do I look fat in this cake?

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58-Daily Japanese Expression -Do I look fat in this cake? 58-One Japanese Expression a Day 2012年1月26日 (JapaneseforMorons) ----- I've been asked about female speech. Click this link for a great lesson on just that topic! http://tinyurl.com/2cdwzyh ----- Thanks always, Tomoko! Song made for this channel by the very talented: http://youtube.com/MrErikLundgren Check him out! ----- Our language blog is awesome! Seriously! http://maggiesensei.com ------------ NOTES! -------------------- The vocabulary: -------------------- これ kore = this を wo = indicates what the verb will act on (usually follows the subject) 食べる taberu = eat と to = if (follows any verb) 太る futoru = to get fat かな kana = I wonder if -------------------- The complete expression: これを食べると太るかな。 Kore wo taberu to futoru kana. = Literally: If I eat this, will I get fat, I wonder. But conversationally it's more like, "I wonder if this is fattening?" ---------------------- A Japanese copula (です), or word used to grammatically link a subject and predicate. See "Copula (linguistics)#Japanese" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copula_(linguistics)#Japanese か ka = added to DESU it turns a sentence into a question ---------------------- What is the difference between GA and WA? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_particles#wa_and_ga ------------------- Check out our awesome language blog: http://maggiesensei.com ---------------------- My facebook. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gimmeabreakman/299475321600 My other channels: http://youtube.com/gimmeabreakman http://youtube.com/victorintheworld http://youtube.com/gimmeabonedog http://youtube.com/japanesefoodchannel http://youtube.com/partnerisland http://youtube.com/actionteacher Twitter: http://twitter.com/maggiesensei http://twitter.com/gimmeabreakman http://twitter.com/japanese4morons --------------------- Song is "Flakeman Blues" made especially for this channel by Youtuber, MrErikLundgren. I took the photograph myself. I own all the commercial, distribution, and material rights to everything in this video. --------------------- "learn Japanese" "learn Japanese free" "learn Japanese now" "free Japanese lessons" "must know Japanese expressions" "Basic Japanese expressions" "daily expressions" Japanese Lessons gimmeaflakeman J4M Japaneseformorons victor tomoko gimmeabreakman "Free Content" Tokyo "practical Japanese" Funny School Face Teacher Student Education Students Teachers Tutorial