these lessons are really helping, but please make the numbering on the downloaded file, the blog files, and the pdf’s all the same.

thanks again, keep it up!!

Amandaさん、
In Japanese, a lot is implied. A complete sentence might
Anata wa kyou genki desu ka
How are you today?
Watashi wa kyou genki desu.
Today I am good.
But this can be shortened to
Genki? (rising intonation)
How are you today?
Genki. (flat intonation)
Today I am good.
Everything is implied.
Hope this helps.
John

Yes, that would be grammatically sound, although you would definitely sound extremely enthusiastic!

drop the 私は (watashi wa), to sound natural.
日本語はあまり上手く話せません is OK. it means “I can’t speak Japanese well.”

I use zekkouchou all the time here in Okinawa, people are really amazed! Thanks for the great lessons!

Kyle Hanson-san, palmist81-san

Thank you for listening to and enjoying our lessons!

Maichan-san,

おかげさまで comes first. So, you can say おかげさまで、げんきです, or おかげさまで、ぜっこうちょうです。 Also, you can say just おかげさまで which implies that you are good.

I was wondering if anyone could clarify the use of SUGOKU over SUGOI. I’ve heard statements that alternately use both, like; “sugoku / sugoi oishii.” Is there a rule that dictates which form of the word to use? And if you could also explain what dropping the “I” and adding “ku” does, that would be…well, sugoi!
Arigato

Thanks for your reply JKid! I guess what I was more curious about was how both forms of the word Sugoku can be used. Meaning; If I can say ’sugoi oishii,’ but I could also say ’sugoku oishii, and they both mean the same thing, then’ what rule determines which form of the word that I use? Ugh, I probably should have paid better attention in elementary school grammar class. Hope my question makes sense.
Aaron

Aaron, from what I’ve seen, “Sugoi” is an exception to the grammatical rule… To make “sugoi” into an adverb, you don’t change the “~i” to “~ku”. (And we can think of “oishii” as a verb for the purposes of this explanation.)

I’m listening to EnglishPod101.com right now, Hiroko-sensei (remember her!) just said “sugoi yaseta” when describing someone who has lost their love handles. (”Love Handles” was last week’s phrase of the week!)

I used to pick up on people’s misuse of “sugoi” (instead of “sugoku”) but I’ve stopped now. Think of it as an exception to remember; there is not “sugoku” in Japanese, only “sugoi”.

But now that I think of it, I’m sure that I’ve heard “sugoku” sometimes.

Aaron-san,
Half right! It is further expanding on adding information to delicious. Being more descriptive. Very similar to what you said though.