Summary: Talking about Personality in Japanese<br> In this podcast, Ami Sensei and I teach you how to describe people’s personalities in natural Japanese. Listen to the full podcast and the dialog only audio underneath.<br> So we thought we would have look at how to discuss people’s personalities in this week’s podcast. However, instead of only teaching a list of phrases, we wanted to give some conversational examples of how you might talk about people’s characters.<br> Talking about people’s personalities in Japanese<br> In this podcast, Ami sensei and I talk about how to describe people’s personalities in Japanese and how to talk about your favorite “type” of person for dating and romance.<br> The first two dialogs show you how you can talk about people’s ideal boyfriend of girlfriend in terms of their personality.<br> Podcast Dialog 1.1<br> <br> <br> <br> A:<br> ねえ、どんな人がタイプなの？<br> Ne, donna hito ga taipu na no?<br> Hey, what kind of person are you into?<br> <br> <br> B:<br> そうだね。やっぱり優しくて、気が利いて、陽気な人かな。<br> Sō da ne. Yappari yasashikute, ki ga kiite, yōki na hito kana.<br> Let me see. Of course kind, thoughtful and outgoing.<br> <br> <br> A:<br> 本当？それだけ？<br> Hontō? Sore dake?<br> Really? That’s it?<br> <br> <br> B:<br> <a class="glossaryLink " style="font-family: Montserrat !important;font-style: normal !important;font-weight: 400 !important;line-height: 1.5 !important;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-color: initial;font-size: 14px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #557fae;text-decoration: none !important;border-style:dotted;" href="https://learnjapanesepod.com/glossary/%e3%81%88/" data-cmtooltip='<img class="aligncenter wp-image-2805" src="http://learnjapanesepod.com/wp-content/uploads/hiragana-e.gif" alt="hiragana-e" width="200" height="150" /><br /> <p style="text-align: center;">E</p>'>え</a>？どういう意味それ？<br> E? Dō iu imi sore?<br> Eh? What do you mean by that?<br> <br> <br> A:<br> 今までの彼氏みんなイケメンだったし、本当は面食いなんでしょう？<br> Ima made no kareshi ikemen datta shi, hontō wa menkui nan deshō?<br> All your boyfriends until now have been really good looking. You’re just into looks aren’t you?<br> <br> <br> B:<br> うるさいなぁ、もう！<br> Urusai na mō!<br> Oh shut up!<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Podcast Dialog 1.2<br> <br> <br> <br> A:<br> ねえ、どんな人がタイプなの？<br> Ne, donna hito ga taipu na no?<br> Hey, what kind of person are you into?<br> <br> <br> B:<br> そうだね。やっぱり優しくて、気が利いて、陽気な人かな。<br> Sō da ne. Yappari yasashikute, ki ga kiite, yōki na hito kana.<br> Let me see. Of course kind, thoughtful and outgoing.<br> <br> <br> A:<br> 本当？それだけ？<br> Hontō? Sore dake?<br> Really? That’s it?<br> <br> <br> B:<br> <a class="glossaryLink " style="font-family: Montserrat !important;font-style: normal !important;font-weight: 400 !important;line-height: 1.5 !important;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-color: initial;font-size: 14px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #557fae;text-decoration: none !important;border-style:dotted;" href="https://learnjapanesepod.com/glossary/%e3%81%88/" data-cmtooltip='<img class="aligncenter wp-image-2805" src="http://learnjapanesepod.com/wp-content/uploads/hiragana-e.gif" alt="hiragana-e" width="200" height="150" /><br /> <p style="text-align: center;">E</p>'>え</a>？どういう意味それ？<br> E? Dō iu imi sore?<br> Eh? What do you mean by that?<br> <br> <br> A:<br> 今までの彼女みんな美形だったじゃん、本当は見た目重視なんでしょう。<br> Ima made no kanojō minna bikkei datta shi, hontō wa menkui nan deshō?<br> All your girlfriends until now have been really good looking. You’re just into looks aren’t you?<br> <br>
