Today we take a gigantic step towards having a conversation, as we introduce how to ask questions. We follow this up with some important adjectives; and finally, we show you how to react to the avalanche of complements you should expect to receive just by coming to Japan. Don’t miss today’s lesson.
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17 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #4 - Me Too! And Asking Questions”
Nate says:
March 23rd, 2006 at 8:13 am
I’ve just started working my way through this program, and it is both excellent and totemo suteki. doumo arigato, sensei. However, and might be wrong (I just started doing hiragana this week), but I believe that in the notes, the hiragana for the first question (are you Japanese?) reads “anata HA nihon-jin desu ka?” instead of “anata WA nihon-jin desu ka?”. Just a minor note.
Thank you again for putting in so much work to provide such an excellent program.
Carlie says:
March 25th, 2006 at 10:09 pm
the particle ‘wa’ is written as ‘ha’. Why, I’m not sure, maybe someone can clear that up 
Joey says:
April 2nd, 2006 at 8:41 pm
For Carlie-san and Nate-san, i believe that the ‘wa’ sound is written with the hiragana ‘ha’ because it marks the subject. so if you see “anata wa” (written with the hiragana for ‘ha’) that means that the subject is anata (you). Any other time you see a ‘ha’ that isn’t used for marking a subject, i believe that you pronounce them as ‘ha’. Hope this helps. Yoroshiku!
abs says:
November 10th, 2006 at 10:51 pm
I’ve just started, and these lesson are fantastic!
I was wondering if there was a vocab section anywhere, we had some adjectives today (cold, busy etc) but is there anywhere to learn more (tired, hungry, excited, etc etc).
any ideas?
Jean-Michel says:
November 11th, 2006 at 12:08 am
You can try this link :
http://www.learn-japanese.info/adjectives.html
Welcome to JPod101!
Jean-Michel
Kurisutofa Kiruton says:
January 3rd, 2007 at 9:49 am
cool stuff I know how to introduce me self and now i know how to questions some on thanks for the valueabke stuff you guys do oh my american name is Christopher Kirton.
tampamatt says:
May 30th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Just a quick note to say how much I enjoy these lessons…I listen at work early all day long. Curiously when does one bow ? I know that must seem so simplistic (certainly to a newbie such as I) but yet upon seeing Kazanori (video #!) bow prior to speaking….I got to wondering what the protocol might be with this essential element of Japanese culture.
Again, doumo arigato many times over..I 
this podcast!
Tom says:
October 4th, 2008 at 6:07 am
This stuff is good but the guy annoys me how he says “Very Nice” after everything that is repeated.
Hiroko says:
October 6th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Tom san> Haha 
Listen to the latest ones and he doesn’t say “very nice” as much 
Now he says benkyo ni narimashita instead 
Nhisan says:
October 14th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Konbanwa everyone in japanesepod101! 
Ogenki desuka? I hope you’ve had a nice day.I just finished learning lesson 4. I like it alot .I think it is omoshiroi.When I listen to you guys talking, I feel like I’ve known you for a long time.I always feel that way when I talk to Nihonjin. Your voice is not samui,but very warm. I will try to study every lesson every morning although I am isogashii with school.Wish you guys a nice dream!Mata ne! 
Mayumi says:
October 16th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Nhisan-san,
Itsumo arigatou gozaimasu!! 
Thank you very much for your warm comments as always!
Ganbatte ne!!
Tommy says:
October 16th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
I have been studying Japanese for quite awhile, but not as seriously as I have wanted to. I just started with JapanesePod recently and have been very impressed with the quality of the lessons.
I just finished taking the Vocabulary Questions for Beginner Lesson 4 and was quite surprised to see kanji and words not covered — or at least I don’t think they were covered — in this or previous lessons. (For example: 反対)
In no way am I complaining. Quite the opposite! I think it’s great that the beginners lessons have components in them to stretch the skills of folks like me who are probably leaning towards intermediate. I appreciate the thought and design that goes into these lessons!
Best regards,
Tom
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Category: Beginner Lessons |
Grammar: ka, mo | Function: agreeing, asking questions, talking about other people | Topic: meeting people | Politeness Level: Polite
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