Hi. Good idea speaking about geographical names. What about killing three birds at a time by teaching names? Osaka, Suzuki, Hiroshima, Tanaka… are written like that in many western languages and it always was a bit disheartening to “discover” that one has to learn all those names again. Any help to do it is always welcome (by the way, we kill two birds too in Spain but we do it with a gun. I wonder what´s the origin of that saying and why it is used worldwide)
Take care

I noticed that there were two lesson 21’s, is this supposed to be lesson 22?
Thank-you guys for another great lesson today!

Great show as always minasan

We have that saying too in Thai language. It’s basically one bulltet, two birds.

Hello! I just thought I would drop a note saying how great I think your podcasts are. I’ve been to Japan a few times before, and after a few years of not having to sutdy for trips I really wanted to brush up on my Japanese, perhaps study it for a while and learn to speak it better. Since I drive two hours everyday I figured it would be beneficial to listen in the car to some Japanese CDs or something. I must say, listening to your podcasts is so productive while I’m driving. I’m picking up so much already.

On thing I noticed… this might sound a little strange, but the conversations in English on the podcasts carry a Japanese rhythm! I thought that was very interesting.

Hey thanks for the great podcast!!! I really like the way you explain the casual more natural way of speaking which you hear everyday. Its so hard to find a text book which explains the finer points of an informal conversation. Youve already cleared up lots of minor troubles and misunderstandings I had. I also realised that I had been mispronouncing words too!! So thanks again, your podcasts are really helpful.

Just found the new transcripts for the last few lessons, theyre excellent!

To expand on Joey’s comment. The pdf for lesson 22 is labeled as lesson 21 in the header.

Keep up the great work.
Minty.

dont stop what youre doin- i love your podcasts. i wish my college lectures were this fun

Hello, I’ve got a small question: is there some general word in Japanese for brother/sister which would not indicate their age compared with that of the speaker’s?

hi all

i gotta say this but sakura-san, you have really a lovely voice

watashi ga dai seki des

polo

poloさん、

＞＞watashi ga dai seki des

be careful how you pronounce that, SEKI means cough… “atashi wa dai-seki desu sounds something like “i’m a big cough.” lol.
i think you mean, watashi wa daisuki desu.

Kimikoさん、

thanks for joining! i’m sure we’re all having more fun! this language gets a bad rep for being difficult… it’s just not true!

both of you guys and everyone else, check out the whole site we’ve got loads of helpful stuff in the learning center, and the recent lessons are getting really good again!

marky

Piculum-san,
If you’re still there, lol, a way to say “I can’t speak Japanese real well” would be “Nihong go wa amari umaku hana semasen”

A big arigato to JapanesePod101 who helped me with that!!

Hope that helps!!!
Ashurii

Oh, and also, if you want to be very polite put a “Watashi wa” in front.