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Maplopo Schoolhouse—Japanese language learning with literature translators, Doc & Reiko of Maplopo. by Maplopo
In this episode:From the first paragraph of Osamu Dazai's 水仙 (Daffodil). Here, we walk you through a loose summary of Dazai's initial paragraph.Cohorts are under way! Sign up now, or get on the waiting list at: https://maplopo.com/schoolhouse/What's Maplopo Schoolhouse?Well..., it's us walking you through our translated works so you can l ... See more
0:16 So, welcome to the first paragraph of Dazai's Suisen... "Daffodil." 0:25 Now, in this part of the lesson I won't really deal at all with the Japanese, I'll just tell you 0:30 in English what this paragraph is about and what subsequent paragraphs are about. So, in this 0:37 first part of the lesson what we'll do is I'll just describe to you what Dazai 0:41 is talking about in the story. 0:44 So, I won't mess with any Japanese or anything like that... it'll just be 0:48 what each paragraph is about in English. No Japanese right now. So, relax. 0:53 (In) the first paragraph, Dazai introduces us to what he's going to be talking about... right? 0:59 So, he says, this title... he tells us... rather, the title of a novel that he's read. 1:05 He says: "I've read this book
Maplopo Schoolhouse—Japanese language learning with literature translators, Doc & Reiko of Maplopo. by Maplopo