Comments on: Beginner Lesson #19 - Moshi, Moshi! You got a Call!!

by: palmist81

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:27:40 +0000

SUGOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

by: Carla

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:46:59 +0000

Konnichiwa

Anyone interested in Portuguese, visit this site for a Portuguese translation of this lesson.

http://aprenderjapones.blogs.sapo.pt/2008/02/07/

Doomo Arigatoo

by: SkyDiver

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:59:27 +0000

Btw the way I also think that JapanesePod101 needs to add this to the PDF, since it’s quite a big mistake. Even textbooks tell you the same thing.

by: SkyDiver

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:57:01 +0000

I think this is one of the few times where Sakura-San is actually wrong, because even if you are the one receiving the call, you can still say moshimoshi. Most Japanese people will tell you the same.

by: Kennerz

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:45:00 +0000

Brett if you are still there lol! Yes you can use moshi moshi when you pick up the phone no matter what! It’s just not very common! Not that this is any use to you now!

by: Brett

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:20:11 +0000

I’m a bit confused by the use of moshi moshi. In the lesson it’s stated a few times that moshi moshi is only used by the person making the call but I’ve seen numerous examples in Japanese movies where people pick up a ringing phone and say ‘moshi moshi’. So is it okay to use it this way? Does it depend on the situation?

by: marichi

Sun, 03 Dec 2006 10:35:21 +0000

when Peter gives sakura a call,he doesn`t tell who he is..is it not usual to tell who you are too?even if you are friends..:???:that was just something i realized in the lesson notes and how would it sound if Peter would tell his name after sakura?
well,anyway-thank you so much for this!it`s really great!
arigato gosaimasu!~^-^~

by: Laura

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 03:45:10 +0000

Thanks, that makes sense. I hadn’t heard of -tai until you answered, but since then I’ve been hearing it all the time. This really helps it stick.

by: Jonas

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 01:47:35 +0000

Laura-san:

What you probably want to say is
“denwa wa tsukaitai desu kedo”
directly translated, it would mean something like “i want to use the phone but…” but it is used as an open question, so a better translation would be “Could I use your phone please?”

Since japanese people love indirectness, so the “-tai desu kedo” is a very normal pattern for asking for permission in a sort of indirect sort of way (if you drop the “kedo”, the sentence becomes kind of a statement, just stating that you want to use a phone, and doesn’t have the question nuance to it)

Jonas

by: Laura

Sun, 02 Apr 2006 20:02:07 +0000

Can anyone explain a bit more about how “(desu) kedo …” is used? I read somewhere that you can use “kedo …” to ask for something indirectly.

“Denwa wa suki tsukaimasu kedo ….” (gomen. watashi no Nihongo wa kawaisou ;;)
“I would like to use the phone, but ….”
rather than
“Can I use your phone?”

Is that right? What are the nuances?

Laura