Comments on: Beginner Lesson #5 - Who are You? http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/ Learn Japanese with Daily Podcasts from Tokyo Whether you are Japan-bound or a seasoned speaker, our lessons offer something for everyone. We incorporate culture and current issues into each episode to give the most informative, both linguistically and culturally, podcasts possible. For those of you with just the plane ride to prepare, check our survival phrase series at Japanesepod101.com. One of these phrases just might turn your trip into the best one ever! Yoroshiku O-negai Shimasu! Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:12:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Tommy http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/#comment-391358 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:56:52 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/#comment-391358 On the Kanji Close-Up for this lesson, there are two footnotes -- one for family name and one for female given name. It might be nice to put some parentheses after these two notes and put the kanji for them and the hiragana readings. I suspect that we visitors to Japan will see these characters on immigration forms, hotels, and other places. Also the lesson (if any) in which these characters will apper. Just a thought... Tom On the Kanji Close-Up for this lesson, there are two footnotes — one for family name and one for female given name. It might be nice to put some parentheses after these two notes and put the kanji for them and the hiragana readings. I suspect that we visitors to Japan will see these characters on immigration forms, hotels, and other places. Also the lesson (if any) in which these characters will apper.

Just a thought…
Tom

]]> by: Carla http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/#comment-375497 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:26:56 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/#comment-375497 maxiewawa-san Maibe its the portuguese word obrigado that comes from japanese word arigatoo lol, I dunno, that is why I said "I sometimes read and heard that arigatou MAY come from the portuguese Obrigado" They kind of have similar pronounce and same meaning, but pan i know it really comes from portuguese word pan, like tempura (tempero, tempora) and tabako (tabaco) do also. You can see here more japanese words take came from portuguese words http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_words_of_Portuguese_origin At the ends of this article they say the same thing that you did about arigatou maxiewawa-san

Maibe its the portuguese word obrigado that comes from japanese word arigatoo lol, I dunno, that is why I said “I sometimes read and heard that arigatou MAY come from the portuguese Obrigado” They kind of have similar pronounce and same meaning, but pan i know it really comes from portuguese word pan, like tempura (tempero, tempora) and tabako (tabaco) do also. You can see here more japanese words take came from portuguese words http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_words_of_Portuguese_origin
At the ends of this article they say the same thing that you did about arigatou

]]> by: maxiewawa http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/#comment-375433 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:50:11 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/#comment-375433 Carla, I said that to a Japanese friend and he laughed at me! Apparently the Japanese have been saying ありがとう for long before Portuguese contact. The way Japanese uses ありがとう reveals this: we can conjugate ありがとう into ありがたい (and other forms, although they aren't used much), but other loan words (from ANY language) are NEVER conjugated in any way. I also heard that パン came from Portuguese pão. And to anyone who hasn't heard Portuguese spoken, they do sound similar. 'pão' almost has an 'n' on it. Carla, I said that to a Japanese friend and he laughed at me! Apparently the Japanese have been saying ありがとう for long before Portuguese contact.

The way Japanese uses ありがとう reveals this: we can conjugate ありがとう into ありがたい (and other forms, although they aren’t used much), but other loan words (from ANY language) are NEVER conjugated in any way.

I also heard that パン came from Portuguese pão. And to anyone who hasn’t heard Portuguese spoken, they do sound similar. ‘pão’ almost has an ‘n’ on it.

]]> by: Malika http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/#comment-374999 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:11:24 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/#comment-374999 Ohayou gozaimas. Domo arigatou Hiroko-san. Ohayou gozaimas.
Domo arigatou Hiroko-san.

]]> by: Carla http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/#comment-374798 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:16:35 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/#comment-374798 Ohayo Hiroko-san I sometimes read and heard that arigatou may come from the portuguese Obrigado like pan (bread) comes from pão. The pronounce is similar and the meaning is the same. I don't have much time free to keep learning japanese and don't have anyone to practice with and help me, but this site is from far the best one I found in internet to learn japanese. Arigatou gozaimasu mina-san Jaa ne Ohayo Hiroko-san

I sometimes read and heard that arigatou may come from the portuguese Obrigado like pan (bread) comes from pão. The pronounce is similar and the meaning is the same.
I don’t have much time free to keep learning japanese and don’t have anyone to practice with and help me, but this site is from far the best one I found in internet to learn japanese.

Arigatou gozaimasu mina-san

Jaa ne

]]> by: Hiroko http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/#comment-374792 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:55:19 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/#comment-374792 Carla san> Obligato and Arigato sound kinda similar :lol: Gerard san> arigatou gozaimasu :dogeza: tanoshinde kudasai! Please enjoy learning Japanese with us! Jane san> Please try our Forum with the comment! There are many many talented people from different background and I'm sure you will find the answer there :wink: Malika san> My guess is that some Japanese say Ohayo (go)zaimasu so fast that you miss the (go) part. Some sounds like Haizaimasu, cutting the front "O" and "yo"part sounds like "i"..... does that make sense? :mrgreen: Carla san> Obligato and Arigato sound kinda similar :lol:

Gerard san> arigatou gozaimasu :dogeza: tanoshinde kudasai! Please enjoy learning Japanese with us!

Jane san> Please try our Forum with the comment! There are many many talented people from different background and I’m sure you will find the answer there :wink:

Malika san> My guess is that some Japanese say Ohayo (go)zaimasu so fast that you miss the (go) part. Some sounds like Haizaimasu, cutting the front “O” and “yo”part sounds like “i”….. does that make sense? :mrgreen:

]]> by: Malika http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/#comment-374743 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:22:15 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/#comment-374743 Ohayou what does ohayou zaimas means? Ohayou what does ohayou zaimas means?

]]> by: Jane http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/#comment-307642 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:35:25 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/#comment-307642 konichiwa sensei, Jane desu. watashi wa nihon no kougi futsubun wo sagashite imasu. watashi wa furansujin desu ga, kougi no eiko wa muzukashii narimasu. Pita san wa doko ni jane san ga kono kougi wo tabun mistukemasu ka. Arigatô gozaimasu, sensei. kiseisutte kudasai. just to be sure, hi teacher, i'm jane and i'm french that's why i'm searching french lessons of japanese. it's becoming hard to learn in an other language that nmy own. please correct my attempt. i thank you very much for these lessons. konichiwa sensei, Jane desu.
watashi wa nihon no kougi futsubun wo sagashite imasu. watashi wa furansujin desu ga, kougi no eiko wa muzukashii narimasu.
Pita san wa doko ni jane san ga kono kougi wo tabun mistukemasu ka.
Arigatô gozaimasu, sensei.
kiseisutte kudasai.
just to be sure, hi teacher, i’m jane and i’m french that’s why i’m searching french lessons of japanese. it’s becoming hard to learn in an other language that nmy own.
please correct my attempt.
i thank you very much for these lessons.

]]> by: Gerard http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/#comment-280325 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:28:19 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/#comment-280325 Kon'ichiwa. Watashi wa Dwarika Gerard desu. Watashi mo Amerika jin desu. Great lessons. Thank you. You speak great English Sakura. Kon’ichiwa. Watashi wa Dwarika Gerard desu. Watashi mo Amerika jin desu. Great lessons. Thank you. You speak great English Sakura.

]]> by: Carla http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/#comment-243219 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:12:21 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/23/beginner-lesson-6-who-are-you/#comment-243219 Hajimemashite. Watashi wa Porutogaru jin desu and I am enjoying so much hearing and learning japanese with japanesepod101 lessons that I made a blog where you can read what is said in the lessons with the meaning in portuguese. Anyone interested in Portuguese, visit the above site for a Portuguese translation of this lesson. http://aprenderjapones.blogs.sapo.pt/2008/01/17/ Doomo Arigatoo :cool: Mata ne Hajimemashite. Watashi wa Porutogaru jin desu and I am enjoying so much hearing and learning japanese with japanesepod101 lessons that I made a blog where you can read what is said in the lessons with the meaning in portuguese.

Anyone interested in Portuguese, visit the above site for a Portuguese translation of this lesson.
http://aprenderjapones.blogs.sapo.pt/2008/01/17/

Doomo Arigatoo :cool:

Mata ne

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