jibunstudies:One of the questions I get asked the most often is “How do I make my Japanes

jibunstudies:

One of the questions I get asked the most often is “How do I make my Japanese more colloquial?” or “How do I sound more like a native?” There’s also a lot of discussion about “Textbook Japanese” versus Japanese you’ll hear while on the train, in line at the store, or out with friends.

This post is quite long and explanatory, so here is a list of what’s covered under the cut!

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Plain form
2. Dropping particles
3. です to だ
4. Sentence ending particle の
5. 〜ています → 〜ている → 〜てる
6. て form does not always equal command
7. じゃない & じゃん
8. と to って
9. さ
10. なんか
11. なんて

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