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Today again we’re talkin’ brands! Don’t miss this episode as we give the coolest Japanese word we’ve heard in a long time! You don’t want to miss this one. Be sure to stop by JapanesePod101.com for the PDF notes, which include hiragana and kanji dialogues! Be sure to leave us a post. Today’s location included in the comments.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, January 26th, 2006 at 3:28 am and is filed under Beginner Season 1 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

26 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #26 - Talking Brands - This Belt, That Bag, and That Hat”

JapanesePod101.com says:

Today’s location is Sendai・せんだい・仙台 Located in Miyagi Prefecture・みやぎ−けん・宮城県 Famous throughout Japan for its Gyutan・ぎゅうたん・牛タン, otherwise known as cow tongue.

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Sakura says:

Yes! Sendai is well-known for delicious gyutan :grin: Also, Sendai is famous for colorful decorations they put up for tanabata-matsuri (star festival) in August.

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Gevorg-Chan says:

Hello !!
My name is Gevorg, I’m a 15 year old boy from Belgium ^^ !
I discovered this website 3 days ago, and since then, I listen to your lessons everyday ! I just wanted to say that I really really REALLY LOVE your lessons ! They’re always so funny and really cool ! I’ve never been bored ^^ ! Keep up the good work !!
I love you guys !

Regards,
Gevorg-Chan ^^.

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Steve says:

Hello.
I have just discovered your website. It is great, the best site I have come across to aid in the learning if Japanese.
I have been interested in japan and Japanese culture and language since I was 12 years old (it started when they showed the Japanese programe Monkey here in the UK in 1980…or there abouts)
I have downloaded all your podcasts and I like the relaxed and easy approach to what is a beautiful language.
Oh and by the way, I named my Daughter Sakura, she is 4 years old, but she loves Anpanman, and Tonari no Totoro. and she can repeat word for word ‘Totoro’ And, because of me, my wife as also become interested in Japan and wants for all to visit Japan as a family. I have started to teach her the Japanese I know. But I will be using your very good podcasts to help me…I hope you do not mind.
Keep up the great work.
Your new site member
Steve :-)

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Sakura says:

Gevorg-Chan-san, arigatou gozaimasu! Thank you for the really nice comment :razz: Ganbatte kudasai.

Steve-san, ありがとうございます。娘さんのお名前も「さくら」だなんて、とても親近感がわいてしまいます :razz: Please send my love to Sakura! 奥様の日本語の勉強、応援してます!

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Linda says:

I have a question about this lesson, but I must first say that I enjoy your podcasts so much! I discovered them late January and have been listening to you since! However, I wanted to start from the first lesson, so I have been trying to catch up like crazy, listening to several podcasts each day. I listen to them on my way to and from work, and since my commute is only 15 minutes, it works out perfect! Ok, now to my question…

What is the difference between kore, sore, are and kono, sono, and ano? They both seem to mean “this” and “that”, so are they interchangeable or are they used in different situation?

Thanks again!

P.S. I put a little plug about Japanesepod101 on my MSN Space and for a couple of days, had one of your lessons playing in the background. I hope that’s ok :)

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Jonas says:

Linda-san: kore, sore and are is like this and that in english. After these words, a particle, like “ha”, “ga”, “mo”, “wo” and “ni”. sore and are is mostly the same, meaning “that”, but are is used when the people talking to eachother know the subject at hand.

kono, sono and ano means the same as the abovementioned, but comes always(? ) in front of a noun or adjective.

Hope this helps

Jonas

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Tintin says:

kono, sono, ano are the possessive versions of kore, sore, are (this, that, that over there)

Note these two examples:
kore ha oishii desu. (this is delicious)
kono sushi ha oishii desu. (This sushi is delicious) (Think about sushi belonging to “this”)

If it helps, “ha” (pronounced wa) is the subject marker and you could probably replace it with “as for…”
kore ha oishii desu “As for this, it’s delicious”
kono sushi ha oishii desu”As for this sushi, it’s delicious”

“ha” does NOT mean IS, and so thinking this way may help.

So, “kono sushi” the “no” glues the words together.

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Floyd Goddard says:

As I indicated in my last email, last night, I am fairly new to the language and very new to this site. In order to start at the beginning, or anywhere from the beginning to the present I have to start at the current lesson page and work backwards to get to the lesson page that I am currently working on. Is there an easier way to get to the various lessons that I wish to review ? Please respond via my e-mail address. Thank you

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Vito says:

Hey guys,

Just wondering, but i thought that this, that and the other that were sole kole and ale…but in this ep they seem to have changed, could you possibly explain why this is please?

Sorry if there is some sort of veyr obvious reason, i’m not the best at languages…

Vito

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Vito says:

continued from before…

haha well im silly, please ignore my comment and excuse me while i walk away sadly slapping my own wrists for only skim-reading the other comments.

As consolation, please accept the fact that these excellent lessons will make me (the 15 year old) the only one in my family who knows even the most basic japanese (even though i cannot read a word of the stuff) when we go on holiday there this July. Wish me luck, and seeing as i am only up to this episode at the moment, and keep these episodes coming, as i plan to continue learning Japanese alongside Spanish (my GCSE language) even after I return from the coolest country i know =]

So, to top off my apology for my hastiness, please may i leave you with the fact you are all LEGENDS. that’s right, it’s a title that goes out to few, and you’ve earned it you awesome teachers-of-words.

Vito
(looking rather embarassed)

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Neko says:

i’m confused… :shock: :???:

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Daniel L says:

Neko-san,

It helps to know what is confusing you. Ask some questions and I’m certain that someone here will try to help.

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Gautham C. says:

I have a quick question!
When talking about something, when do you say des, des ne, and desho?

Its been bothering me for a while!

Anyway,
I have to thank Japanese Pod 101 staff for all your podcasts! It seriously lightens up my day. I have been interested in Japan and its culture and language for a long time and you guys gave me a way to pursue it. Thank you!

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JapanesePod101.com says:

thanks for the kind words!

the simple answer is

desu = it is
desu ne = it is (right?)
deshou = it might be (isn’t it?)

it’s a bit more complicated than that, but that’s a good place to start. keep listening and with exposure you’ll get down pat! :mrgreen:

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palmist81 says:

HELP: audio doesn’t work, it lasts only 26 seconds :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

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Robyn (robin) Miller says:

Hello! :mrgreen: I’m quite new to the difficult world of Japanese, but I find it really interesting. :kokoro: :nihon: I have three friends that are all half Japanese, so that makes 1 1/2 Japanese… That’s kind of odd… Oh well… Whatever I learn from the lesson I say to one friend (Jazz) and she’s so proud! :oops: :wink: Thank you sooo much!! I’m so excited to listen to each new lesson that I stay up waaaay passed when I’m suppossed to turn off the computer. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

Arigatou gozimasu! Sakura-sensei, Peta-sensei, to Kazunori-sensei arigatou!! :dogeza: Praise… praise…

P.S. I have sooo much trouble pronouncing ra re ri ro ru… I’m so used to rolling the ‘r’s, so I have to make it sound like ‘l’. It’s confusing!!! I like Japanese better though! Numbers are much easier to remember you know! :wink: ichi, ni, san, shi, go, roku, nana, hachi, ku, jyu… ect…

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Naomi says:

Robyn (robin) Miller-san

:kokoro: :nihon: Welcome to Japanesepod101.com. :nihon: :kokoro:
If you have trouble pronouncing “R” sounds, please wait for our Newbie lesson Season 4 Lesson 26 which is going to be published on 29th of December 2008!

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JKid says:

Robyn-san,

>> so I have to make it sound like ‘l’. It’s confusing!!!

Japanese actually pronounce the “r” as something very close to “l” anyway. So it is good that you are pronouncing it this way. :)

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kiki-chan says:

I’m still confused. Do I use “Ano” for something FARTHER than “sono”??:???::???::???::???:

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kiki-chan says:

typo…….. :???: :? ??::???::???:

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Mayumi says:

kiki-chan,

The main difference between “ano” and “sono” is like this…When you want to refer to something which is far from you, but near the person who you are talking to, you would use “sono.” On the other hand, when something is far from both of you and the person who you are speaking to, you would use “ano.” :wink:

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おう says:

いらっしゃいません
私は店員です。

このベルトはどのブラントですか。
そのベルトクチです。
あの帽子はどのブラントですか。
あの帽子はぷらとです。

ども

また明日ね。

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Danial! says:

:smile: I am Danial ( world saviour, for further identification in the future(1 year or so)) and I’ve seen this website thanks to a youtube video I watched. Your audios are great. I look forward to what more I can learn from this well made website.

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wael says:

what difference between dono, donna?
yamada san wa dono hito desuka.
yamada san wa donna hito desuka.

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Motoko says:

wael-san,
Dono means “which (+noun)” and donnna means “how” or “What..like”
So the first sentence means “Which person is Mr/Ms Yamada?” and the second one means “What is Mr/Ms. Yamada like?” or “What kind of person is Me/Ms. Yamada?”
Dictionaries will help you understand this sorts of questions :wink:

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