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S02E06 - Performative Adjectives and 系
How to Japanese Podcast
English - June 06, 2021 21:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsLanguage Learning Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Adjectives in Japanese are not always what they appear to be! I think part of this is because they function as what I call "performative adjectives." One of my sixth-grade students helped me finally understand what かわいそう meant. And in Japanese I discuss 系 and how it helped me explain myself.
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