Wednesday, February 22, 2012

貴方の恋人になりたいのです

This song by 阿部真央 contains many たい(I want to ...) expressions.

貴方の恋人になりたいのです (I want to be your girlfriend)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS90aE8_dUQ

Friday, February 3, 2012

Poetry reading in Japanese

This video is a poetry reading of 谷川俊太郎(たにかわしゅんたろう, my favorite Japanese poet) performed by 佐藤浩市(さとうこういち)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7QU3AL6TDQ
The poem contains many "short form + と + いうこと" phrases. と is a quote maker. いうこと is a "short form plus noun" format.
For example, 生きているということ means the fact I am alive.