Comments on: Beginner Lesson #38 - Shopping with The Girls http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/ Learn Japanese with Daily Podcasts from Tokyo Whether you are Japan-bound or a seasoned speaker, our lessons offer something for everyone. We incorporate culture and current issues into each episode to give the most informative, both linguistically and culturally, podcasts possible. For those of you with just the plane ride to prepare, check our survival phrase series at Japanesepod101.com. One of these phrases just might turn your trip into the best one ever! Yoroshiku O-negai Shimasu! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:58:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: mayumi_k1114 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/#comment-424327 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:02:29 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/#comment-424327 Mihara-san, Thank you for pointing out the error. I fixed it. Sorry for any confusion caused. :dogeza: Mihara-san,

Thank you for pointing out the error. I fixed it.
Sorry for any confusion caused. :dogeza:

]]> by: Mihara http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/#comment-424192 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:17:53 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/#comment-424192 Hey, in the PDF, it says kai is red, but it should be akai, correct? Just a heads up. :) Hey, in the PDF, it says kai is red, but it should be akai, correct? Just a heads up. :)

]]> by: mazen http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/#comment-346421 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:12:04 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/#comment-346421 hi hi hi hi

]]> by: John C. Briggs http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/#comment-18011 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 20:33:17 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/#comment-18011 Piruさん、 Suki is a often translated as "like". So it looks like a verb. However, suki is an adjective. Perhaps "fondness" is a better way of thinking of it. Watashi wa JPOD101 ga suki desu. I have a fondness for JPOD101. In this case, the verb is "desu" or "is". And yes it looks like an i-adjective, but really it is a na-adjective as in "sukinamono" for a thing you like. Mono is thing. じゃ　また ジョン Piruさん、
Suki is a often translated as “like”. So it looks like a verb. However, suki is an adjective. Perhaps “fondness” is a better way of thinking of it.
Watashi wa JPOD101 ga suki desu.
I have a fondness for JPOD101.
In this case, the verb is “desu” or “is”.

And yes it looks like an i-adjective, but really it is a na-adjective as in “sukinamono” for a thing you like. Mono is thing.
じゃ　また
ジョン

]]> by: Piru http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/#comment-18006 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:34:49 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/#comment-18006 Hi everybody, Very nice lesson indeed. But I was wondering. Piitaa gave us 'suki' as na adjective. I thought 'suki' was a verb. To like. Apparently it's not, but shouldn't it be an 'i-adjective', coz it's not ending in 'ei'. Sorry if I missed something. I shall be very embarrassed and turn akai immediately. Hi everybody,

Very nice lesson indeed.

But I was wondering. Piitaa gave us ’suki’ as na adjective.

I thought ’suki’ was a verb. To like.
Apparently it’s not, but shouldn’t it be an ‘i-adjective’, coz it’s not ending in ‘ei’.

Sorry if I missed something. I shall be very embarrassed and turn akai immediately.

]]> by: DenDen http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/#comment-11255 Wed, 06 Sep 2006 23:02:19 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/#comment-11255 :mrgreen: Very funny lesson! :mrgreen:
Very funny lesson!

]]> by: matthew coy http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/#comment-5987 Sat, 17 Jun 2006 01:35:56 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/#comment-5987 Just found your home page its great, it looks like you folks do great service keep up the good work. Just found your home page its great, it looks like you folks do great service keep up the good work.

]]> by: Chip http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/#comment-4351 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:04:16 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/#comment-4351 Hi, I just started listening and realised that at this time, not many people will be reading this post cos it's already april. Just wanna say that Hatsumi has a very nice voice, it's so sweet!:smile: Hi,
I just started listening and realised that at this time, not many people will be reading this post cos it’s already april. Just wanna say that Hatsumi has a very nice voice, it’s so sweet! :smile:

]]> by: Tintin http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/#comment-2343 Sat, 18 Mar 2006 04:52:22 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/#comment-2343 FYI, ask a Japanese person what colour traffic lights are, and they'll answer, blue, yellow, red. Yes, the colour we associate with green traffic lights is considered a shade of blue in the Japanese colour scale. the reason is that midori is definitely a green green... but aoi has a larger spectrum. Which actually makes sense... green is just a yellow blue. FYI, ask a Japanese person what colour traffic lights are, and they’ll answer, blue, yellow, red.

Yes, the colour we associate with green traffic lights is considered a shade of blue in the Japanese colour scale.

the reason is that midori is definitely a green green… but aoi has a larger spectrum.

Which actually makes sense… green is just a yellow blue.

]]> by: Nathan http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/#comment-1111 Sat, 25 Feb 2006 06:14:49 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/22/beginner-lesson-38-shopping-with-the-girls/#comment-1111 Alastair-san, No problem! Being afraid to make mistakes can be a huge roadblock to learning. Getting out there, making them, and learning from them will get you so much further! I could probably use a bit of my own advice on that one :wink: がんばりましょう！ (Let's do our best!) Alastair-san,

No problem! Being afraid to make mistakes can be a huge roadblock to learning. Getting out there, making them, and learning from them will get you so much further! I could probably use a bit of my own advice on that one :wink:

がんばりましょう！ (Let’s do our best!)

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