Comments on: Beginner Lesson #3 - Talking About Others

by: トーマス

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:39:08 +0000

僕はドイツ人です。彼はアメリカ人です。彼らは男性です。
彼女は日本人です。女性です。彼も日本人です。彼らは日本人です。
私たちは人間です。貴方たちも人間ですか。

by: Jakku

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:27:45 +0000

どもありがと！These lessons are すごい！　I have very little knowledge of kanji. I want to learn how to read signs in Japanese.

You rock。

by: Motoko

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:34:21 +0000

Shannon-san,
You can ask 何しているんですか。Nani shite iru n desu ka.
When it is to your close friends, you can say なにしてるの？, Nani shite ru no?
I hope this helps.

by: Shannon

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:01:41 +0000

how might one go about saying something like “What are you two doing?” or “What are you girls doing?” something like that?

by: Motoko

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:53:43 +0000

Mikayla-san,
JapanesePod101.comへようこそ！
I think Newbie Nihongo Dojo series is good for you.
You can also try Newbie Season4&5, which cover casual Japanese and an exchange student life in Japan.
Even if the grammar is easy for you, you can encounter new vocabularies.
Video series is good for leaning culture and letters, but the audio lessons are organized to learn the language.
I hope this helps

by: Mikayla

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:31:32 +0000

I am a high school student and i know a lot of japanese
FOr eg: わたしわなまえわみかえらです.
or: うまはちゃいろです。
Through i would like to learn more than this i already know my:
HIragana.
Animals.
I know how to introduce my self.
Colors.
Numbers.
Months.
Dates.
how to ask a question.
for eg:
the teacher is scary: せんせいはこわいです。
so i would like to learn more but don’t know what i would be in either: beginner intermediate or advanced please tell me and i would like to watch a video on learning not an audio.
PLease help me !!!!!!

by: Motoko

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:14:03 +0000

Natalee-san,
We rarely use “anata” as “you,” so we usually use the speakers’ name, instead.
ex) “(to you) Do you play tennis?”
Natalee-san wa tenisu o shimasu ka?
“(to professor) Do you like sushi?”
Sensei wa sushi ga suki desu ka?
I hope this helps.

by: Natalee

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:55:13 +0000

This podcast is really awesome and I’m finding it very useful.
I have one question though. I’ve heard from several people that saying “Anata wa” is incredibly rude. My friend’s Japanese professor said she would kick them out of class for using it. What do you say instead?

by: レイラ

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:55:21 +0000

Ohayo!

Thank you all so much for putting these lessons together and making them freely available. It’s been years since I studied any Japanese, and I’m very, very rusty - but I’m finding myself grinning ear-to-ear when I remember things, which makes the experience that much more rewarding. I’m finding the video clips as helpful as the audio, too; it’s nice to be able to see the characters.

- Reira (Layla)

by: Karin

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:12:34 +0000

His pronunciation is terrible (the american). im half japanese and picking up my language again but even i can pronounce better then him, it should be all japanese teaching

by: Jesse Perez

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:13:15 +0000

I love this website and resource! I have been taking Japanese classes for a few months now, which has been good - but the audio lessons kick the classes out of the water in certain respects…especially in regard to proper contextualizing, translation and letting you “soak in” the phrases. My Japanese teacher only speaks in Japanese and its very rare for her to use English words for reference, so I am never able to form mnemonics, which is a vital part of my learning style.

I have stopped classes for a while and will only use this resource up until I am satisfied I have reached a comfortable level of Japanese…. its a far greater use of my time with this resource!

Great work.

by: Kiki

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:40:17 +0000

Arigato gozimasu
♪( ´▽｀)

by: おう

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:31:38 +0000

私は王です。私達は中国人です。彼は一徳です。彼らは日本人です。彼女は夏子です。彼女らはオストラリア人です。貴方はピーターです。貴方達はアメリカ人です。

by: lechocolatier

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 04:04:14 +0000

私はアメリカで生まれました.母スイス人父エジプト人、スペインに住んでいました、じゃ私は出身どこですか　難しいね???: 知ってる　知ってる　私は世界人です。

by: Naomi

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:41:29 +0000

lechocolatier -san
はじめまして。よろしくお願いします。