Comments on: Beginner Lesson #15 - Can you Guess Where I am From? http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/ 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! Thu, 17 May 2012 00:50:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: アニカ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-604301 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:29:41 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-604301 :grin::grin::grin::grin::grin::grin::grin::grin: YAYYYYY I am from India!!! Oh I mean..........私もインドからね！クール！我々は、とても共通して、Rahulに多くを持っている！しかし... ...私は、ボンベイからではない.... :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: YAYYYYY I am from India!!! Oh I mean……….私もインドからね！クール！我々は、とても共通して、Rahulに多くを持っている！しかし… …私は、ボンベイからではない….

]]> by: おう http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-603676 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:45:36 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-603676 私は王です。私は横浜出身です。野球はとても好きです。相撲も大好きです。 刺身は物凄いです。 また明日ね。 私は王です。私は横浜出身です。野球はとても好きです。相撲も大好きです。
刺身は物凄いです。

また明日ね。

]]> by: Jessi http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-595861 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:41:57 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-595861 hayden bondさん, きました is the polite way to say "came". hayden bondさん,

きました is the polite way to say “came”.

]]> by: hayden bond http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-594682 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:40:12 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-594682 きました は 何 です か what is kimashita ? i cant find a direct translation きました は 何 です か

what is kimashita ? i cant find a direct translation

]]> by: Jessi http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-532833 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:19:37 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-532833 Jenniferさん, Thank you for pointing that out!! :dogeza: The questions and answers have been fixed :cool: Jenniferさん,
Thank you for pointing that out!! :dogeza: The questions and answers have been fixed :cool:

]]> by: Jennifer http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-532692 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:58:02 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-532692 Great lesson! I was taking the content quiz and question #1 asked where Kelly was from. The choices were France, Italy, and Japan. She's from Canada...I picked France just to pick something (thinking maybe there's a Vancouver in France? you know us geographically challenged Americans) and the quiz told me that she was indeed from Canada. However that wasn't an option...:???: Great lesson!

I was taking the content quiz and question #1 asked where Kelly was from. The choices were France, Italy, and Japan. She’s from Canada…I picked France just to pick something (thinking maybe there’s a Vancouver in France? you know us geographically challenged Americans) and the quiz told me that she was indeed from Canada. However that wasn’t an option…:???:

]]> by: Mayumi http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-527186 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:11:28 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-527186 jesse-san, ka in amerika is カ which is "katakana" and ka in "kara" is か which is "hiragana." In Japanese there are two kinds of kana. Both of them are syllabic scripts, but the "katakana" is used for foreign origin words such as "amerika" which comes from "America." Our recent lesson, All About #2 "Japanese Writing System" is just for you! :wink: Please check it out! http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/07/13/all-about-2-learn-the-japanese-writing-system/ jesse-san,

ka in amerika is カ which is “katakana” and ka in “kara” is か which is “hiragana.”
In Japanese there are two kinds of kana. Both of them are syllabic scripts, but the “katakana” is used for foreign origin words such as “amerika” which comes from “America.” Our recent lesson, All About #2 “Japanese Writing System” is just for you! :wink: Please check it out!

http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/07/13/all-about-2-learn-the-japanese-writing-system/

]]> by: jesse http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-527175 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:35:10 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-527175 i am somewhat confused right now i am trying to master all the kanji and kana as well as the language itself right now but i dont understand something about the kana. In this section the kana for the sound Ka in the word amerika is different than the kana in Kara. can someone tell my why please thank you very much i am somewhat confused right now i am trying to master all the kanji and kana as well as the language itself right now but i dont understand something about the kana. In this section the kana for the sound Ka in the word amerika is different than the kana in Kara. can someone tell my why please thank you very much

]]> by: pinoyid0l http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-473280 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:39:29 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-473280 I don't know where my knowledge fits! so here I'll start with beginners lessons. Greatest way to learn while playing games. :lol: I don’t know where my knowledge fits! so here I’ll start with beginners lessons. Greatest way to learn while playing games. :lol:

]]> by: jojijoji http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-468122 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:42:02 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-468122 why did they use the katakana word サーモン、instead of the Japanese word さけ（鮭）for salmon? why did they use the katakana word サーモン、instead of the Japanese word さけ（鮭）for salmon?

]]> by: Stephanie http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-394112 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:10:06 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-394112 Oh also, this was a very good game. I like it. Oh also, this was a very good game. I like it.

]]> by: Stephanie http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-394110 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:07:23 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-394110 Hahaha! I wish I would have known about this before. I was talking to my friend Yuyo on Skype the other day. I thought I heard CRICKETS on his side of the mic. I looked it up in my dictionary and asked, but I asked if he had "kuriketto". :oops: "Nani?? Kuriketto? Wakaranain..." :lol: Poor guy. But when we figured it out, it was so funny. :mrgreen: You guys simply rock! :kokoro::kokoro::kokoro: I love this website. It's so helpful and you guys are too funny. Thanks so much for this experience. -Steph Hahaha! I wish I would have known about this before. I was talking to my friend Yuyo on Skype the other day. I thought I heard CRICKETS on his side of the mic. I looked it up in my dictionary and asked, but I asked if he had “kuriketto”. :oops:

“Nani?? Kuriketto? Wakaranain…” :lol: Poor guy. But when we figured it out, it was so funny. :mrgreen:

You guys simply rock! :kokoro: :kokoro: :kokoro: I love this website. It’s so helpful and you guys are too funny. Thanks so much for this experience.

-Steph

]]> by: Tommy http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-392497 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:12:22 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-392497 I am going through the Beginner's lessons and, at this point, I am starting to become confused at the list of kanji associated with the lesson, via the flashcards. For example, one of the kanji given is 聡. I can't find anywhere in the lesson, or the ones before it, where it is used. Moreover, it does not appear to be 常用漢字 (jouyou kanji, or regular-use), so its introduction in a beginners lesson is doubly confusing. Can anyone help me understand this? I am going through the Beginner’s lessons and, at this point, I am starting to become confused at the list of kanji associated with the lesson, via the flashcards. For example, one of the kanji given is 聡. I can’t find anywhere in the lesson, or the ones before it, where it is used. Moreover, it does not appear to be 常用漢字 (jouyou kanji, or regular-use), so its introduction in a beginners lesson is doubly confusing.

Can anyone help me understand this?

]]> by: Jack http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-269681 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:23:04 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-269681 "What WAS probably dropped is the particle “no” - “Nihon no shusshin desu.”" That makes perfect sense. Thanks a lot! “What WAS probably dropped is the particle “no” - “Nihon no shusshin desu.””

That makes perfect sense. Thanks a lot!

]]> by: Sasquatchua http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-269670 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:53:40 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/06/beginner-lesson-15-can-you-guess-where-i-am-from/#comment-269670 Perhaps someone else can say whether "Nihon wa shusshin desu" is right or not... I'm reading it again and now I'm on the fence. Perhaps someone else can say whether “Nihon wa shusshin desu” is right or not… I’m reading it again and now I’m on the fence.

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