Comments on: Beginner Lesson #6 - Merry Christmas

by: Mason

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:32:26 +0000

I love these japanese lessons. I’ll sit here looking at the website for hours. Doumo Arigatou Gozaimasu

by: 王凱

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:55:46 +0000

桜さんの娘の名前は紅葉です、
昨日、天皇誕生日。
明日はクリスマス日。
メリークリスマス、
私は表参道に行きます

また、ね

by: Kristina Ingham

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:14:21 +0000

紅葉 sound file is wrong.

by: Naomi

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:02:37 +0000

kiki-chan
Well…I’m afraid to inform you that we don’t say　「クリスマス　おめでとう」.
It’s western culture so we just borrow its original phrase and say メリークリスマス.
Even if you say クリスマス　おめでとう, people still understand your message though.

by: kiki-chan

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:25:39 +0000

i was always taught that “merry christmas” was クリスマスお目でと. Is that wrong or is there more than one way to say it?

by: Jessi

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:16:41 +0000

Gregさん,
Sakura is a good name, isn’t it! I like it too

by: Greg

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:14:59 +0000

amazingly every name around the world has a meaning behind it. I expecially like japanese names because they sound so much better than names from other countrys. For example my full name Gregory = Watchful, alert. Most last names like smith, taylor, etc. were their job pofessions. A smith was a black smith and a taylor was a cloths taylor. However Sakura by far is my faviorte name because the sakura tree is also my faviorte tree.

by: Allie

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:39:58 +0000

Thank you Hiroko-san.. That’s interesting. I think you are generous for sharing your knowledge about these stuffs.

by: Hiroko

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:43:57 +0000

Allie san> Yes it is. My name is Hiroko and my kanji means generous child but I’m not! Usually the names have the “wish” of one’s parents

by: Allie

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:00:09 +0000

I know someone with the name of “Kenta” which means “big/healthy” but they guy is not big/healthy. Is it common in Japanese to have names which meanings do not reflect on them?

by: Tommy

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:52:15 +0000

(Adding post so this will appear on managed posts list.)

I guess nobody saw my comment on the anomaly between the name Momiji and how it is pronounced (as こうよう) in the Vocabulary Flashcards.

by: Tommy

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:11:13 +0000

One final note:

On the Vocabulary Questions, regarding the question for “yasumi no hi,” I think it would be more effective if the answer stems were done in hiragana rather than kanji.

Also, for the question regarding クリスマスの挨拶, there is no answer choice which provides the correct one.

by: Tommy

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:00:01 +0000

I really can relate to i_broke_down’s question of December 22, above. When looking at the timetables for trains on many Japanese station-platforms, you’ll often see them divided into two sections: 平日 and 休日. On a few occasions, I have asked Japanese to help me read the combined version of “hira no hi” and “yasumi no hi.” (Hira, as in Hiratsuka no hira.)

So, thinking of this in a personal context, the quiz question not only makes sense to me, it brought back a nice memory!

Regards,
Tom

by: Tommy

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:49:28 +0000

It’s interesting that on the Vocabulary Flashcards for this lesson, the audio for the person’s name — 紅葉 , or Momiji — is pronounced as こうよう. I’ve heard kouyou used to call the changing leaves of the beautiful autumn in Japan, and the kanji for this certainly makes sense! (Crimson+leaves)

by: Carla

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:53:47 +0000

Merii Kurisumasu Mina

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 below site for a Portuguese translation of this lesson.
http://aprenderjapones.blogs.sapo.pt/2008/01/19/

Doomo Arigatoo

Mata ne