Today we coincidentally cover two totally unrelated topics: asking about age and counting to 100. Furthermore, we introduce another phrase that is guaranteed to impress your friends! You don’t want to miss today’s episode, so itune in!
Today’s location included in the comments.
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19 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #24 - Talking About Age”
japanesepod101.com says:
January 24th, 2006 at 3:21 am
Today’s location is Kobe・こうべ・神戸
World famous for Kobe beef, which are apparently fed beer and massaged to increase the quality of the beef. Still waiting to get to Kobe to try it!
Located in Hyogo Prefecture to the west of Osaka, was struck by a devastating earthquake in 1995.
For more please check out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe
or
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/神戸市
japanesepod101.com says:
January 24th, 2006 at 3:24 am
When talking about your age you say the number + sai・さい・歳. For example in the dialogue we used 29, which would be ni-jyuu-kyuu-sai・にじゅうきゅうさい・二十九歳.
Important!!! 2 exceptions! 1 year old and 20 years old.
1 year old – issai・いっさい・一歳
20 years old – hatachi・はたち・二十歳
iYensLoveit says:
January 24th, 2006 at 3:53 pm
what a masterpiece of work 
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chanun says:
January 24th, 2006 at 8:24 pm
so are you guys really 二十九歳 then? hontou ne? 
Anyways, this is just a thought but I was thinking maybe you guys should cover some main differences between ‘ne’ and ‘yo’. I think it’d be very omoshiroii!
arigatou gozaimasu minasan!
japanesepod101.com says:
January 25th, 2006 at 2:52 am
iYensLoveit-san! Thank you for the awesome posts! Anata wa saikou desu! Again it is awesome listeners like you that make Japanesepod101.com what it is! Thank you!! Please keep the great posts coming.
Chanun-san! Great to hear from you! In regards to your first question……日本語と英語わかりません .
As for you request, it’s a valid one. We’ll try to squeeze it in soon!
Please keep the posts coming.
こちらこそ、ありがとうございます！
Edmilton says:
January 25th, 2006 at 3:56 am
its fun learning it from you guys.. thank you very much for the knowledge
Sakura says:
January 26th, 2006 at 9:14 am
iYensLoveit-san, arigatou gozaimasu! The face with the headphone is very cute 
chanun-san, thank you for your suggestion. いつもありがとうございます。 Edmilton-san, thank you for the post and for listening. As Peter always says, we really are supported by your comments. Minasan, arigatou gozaimasu!
Lily says:
February 1st, 2006 at 2:06 pm
Mmm, sorry since everyone is so studious with the lesson while what I’d like to mention is Kobe beef! 
I haven’t had the chance to try Kobe beef in Kobe yet but I tasted it in California for the 1st time about 6 months ago! Wow, sugoi oyishi desu ne!!! The beef was very tender, juicy, and blast with flavor! The chef told me that it’s yummiest when it’s medium rare! I highly recommended it! *Caution* 
Of course, it was a bit on the pricey side.
Eric says:
January 24th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
What is the word that was introduced? It is not listed in the vocab list or PDF for the lesson. Thanks
Jonathan says:
June 25th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Again, excellent work! Otsukara sama desu!
You all joked about the age 29 and I wonder is this similar to how British/Western people say they’re 21 in jest so they don’t have to reveal their real age?
Gauri says:
June 28th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
Eric San The word is “aikawarazu” あいかわらず means as usual , as always , as before
jstn says:
November 10th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
I think 八歳 (hassai) should also be listed as an exception.
jstn says:
November 10th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Oops. also 十歳 （jussai) instead of juusai, i.e. jussai, san jussai, yon jussai etc.
palmist81 says:
June 21st, 2008 at 10:10 pm
MILLION DOLLARS QUESTION hahaha!!!!!!!!!
I want to be rich 
Sukoto757pc says:
June 27th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
They have the word ,”toshi” listed as part of the vocabulary words but I did not see or hear it in the lesson or grammer points.I was curious to know how it should be used to ask a question or make a statement about age.
Sukoto757pc says:
June 27th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
皆さん今日は、
あっ、ごめんなさい、私はどうも言いませんでした。はい、どうもありがとうございました。
スコット
gilin says:
July 27th, 2008 at 10:17 am
hahaha!!! i already know my age in japanese!!! hehehehe “juuyon” but on aug. 4 im turning to “juugo”!!! hahah is the spelling correct?
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Category: Beginner Lessons |
Grammar: counters | Function: talking about yourself | Topic: age | Politeness Level: Polite
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