また、来週。

Jacekさん,
Thanks for your question! Usually these small differences in the way the kanji is written is due to different or stylized fonts. You might see slight differences in kanji due to this, so it’s good that you are recognizing the differences. When it comes to writing the kanji, it would be a good idea to find a book or website that shows you the step-by-step stroke order and just follow that

I’m new to Japanese101.com but I already really really like it:-) “Very very nice” to use Peter’s favourite expression:-)))

Have one question, however. It regards the kanji flashcards in the Learning Center. I have noticed some differences in the way some kanji characters are presented there to what is usually given in kanji dictionaries (say, Halpern). For example, the kanji for 様 (”sama”) in the flashcard is drawn in a way suggesting that the lower right part is similar to “mizu” (water), yet if you refer to Halpern’s stroke order diagram or the “how to write it” illustrations in the japanese.about.com, it turns out it is not, as the central stroke starts all the way up… And for “shou” in “shoukai” or “jikishoukai”, in Halpern’s dictionary the lower left part resembles rather “chii” from “chiisai” while in the flashcard it seems to be more of three individual “dot-type” strokes. Is it a difference resulting from a different font used in the flashcard or something? If so, what sort of font is that and how to avoid confusion? Anybody any ideas about that?

Thanks in advance! @Japanese101.com (and especially 勇樹さん) - keep up the great work you’re doing!
Jacek

I have a question for you. When politely introducing yourself you can add your company name plus “no”

If I am a student would it be okay to say
gakusei no Sutefanii to moshimasu?

If you can still be a chan at 40 there is (just) hope for me yet, even though my age plateaued at 29 some time ago!

Glad you liked the slang young Mr. Gallante.

as always- driving slowly

Nick

If you use it at the beginning like this:

なんて素敵（すてき）な人（ひと）ですね。

It means “What (other stuff goes here)!” So this sentence means, “What a wonderful person, aren’t they?”

What is the format of the word なんて. I have heard a sentence スキーなんて簡単ですよ

When it’s used like that, (thing)なんて, it means “something/things like (thing)”. So your example sentence would tranlsate to something like, “Something like skiing is easy.” It’s very colloquial. I *think* it’s short for 「なんということは」. Don’t quote me on that though. It’s used a lot to bring attention to what you’re talking about. I wrote this on another thread:

夏子（なつこ）さん、それはひどいですよ。ピーターさんのセリフを取（と）るなんて。

I would translate this, “Natsuko-san, that’s mean! Taking Peter-san’s line like that.”