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25 Responses to “Intermediate Lesson #12 - Letter From Mel”
Friday at 6:30 pm
皆さん、 お待たせしました。 Intermediate Lessons are back for good. Sorry for the wait, but you can tell by today’s late publishing time that these take a bit of time to put together! Thank you for your understanding, and look forward to getting things back to normal! よろしくお願いします。
Friday at 11:15 pm
No probs! Thank you and have a lovely weekend
Friday at 11:19 pm
Mina-san!
This must explain how busy the team has been….they have gone back and updated the previous lessons. Thanks, guys!
I just found out that you can go to the Kanji Corner Archives and get kanji for your Kanji Bank in the Learning Center from past lessons.
Friday at 11:24 pm
yeah it’s Friday~~~
Friday at 11:27 pm
Take-san~~~~
Friday at 11:37 pm
Oh only a Intermediate Lesson
Well, well. I hope there will be a lesson in which english is spoken soon.
Friday at 11:47 pm
usagi-san, you have a great weekend, as well
Liz-san, yes, creating back content was a monster of a task that we’re still putting a few tweaks on, but we think it was worth it
Vicky-san, have a good weekend no matter what
JockZon, fear not! To the dismay of some, we only have one Intermediate lesson per week at this time. So you can look forward to some English tomorrow
Time to get my 10 minutes night’s sleep!
Night all!
Saturday at 12:51 am
I must say, job done! Must’ve taken the writers years (or at least 2 weeks) to think that one up!
You keep getting better and better!
Saturday at 3:44 am
I just want to say, before the board fills up, that I can’t wait to listen to this lesson - it’s been so long since an intermediate lesson! Alas, now, I think I shall go to bed, but I will listen first thing in the morning - what a way to wake up!
Saturday at 6:58 am
これは次の文化レーソンです:
日本の刑務所生活
Saturday at 1:24 pm
Wow, houdai is great! I’m gonna start using it all the time!!
食べ放題!!
(At the sushi bar!)
見放題!!
(At the movie theater!!)
眠り放題!!
(After finals week!!)
やったー!
凄いレッソンありがとうね!
Saturday at 5:14 pm
Really amazing! and as always very fun!
Saturday at 9:21 pm
このレッスンが今まで最もいいだった。役に立って知っていなかった言葉や表現があった。そんなことがいつもいいことだよね!
レッスンは長くてもいいよ!長ければ長いほどいいって!!短いにしないでください!
教えてありがとう
Saturday at 9:24 pm
These intermediate classes are great for beginners too. It’s fun to just sit back and enjoy the sound of the language with no expectations and very exciting when I realize I just understood something!
Sunday at 1:26 am
Jake-san, thanks for the post! The writers got a kick out of it.
Yes, this one was a project!
Robさん、hope you slept well and had a great morning.
Scottさん、I’m off to do some field research.
Will keep you posted.
Brody-san, that’s the spirit! Great post!
遊び放題 is my favorite.
Hugo-san! How have you been? Glad you liked today’s lesson.
Andrewさん、気に入ってくれてありがとうございます。
Janis-san, great to hear that you’re ears are getting adjusted! Great news.
Keep tuning in and keep posting!
Sunday at 6:33 pm
さすがだ学長とメル。 とても楽しいです今週のレッスンは。 皆あなた達がいないのをひどく寂しがっている。
ここが勉強し放題場所かな
よしがんばるぞ皆。
Tuesday at 8:13 am
監獄が楽しいって?じゃ、皆様。日本に行って、逮捕されていただきましょう!
。。。。
いや。よく考えて見れば、私はやっぱり遠慮しときます。
Wednesday at 5:41 pm
中級レソンがありがとうございます!面白かって、よく習いましたからです。
Thursday at 6:20 pm
One question about “rokudenashi”…
Peter says that it is related to “riku” meaning land and then says that “riku de nashi” means someone that is up and down and unpredictable….but the saying is “roku de nashi” not “riku de nashi”
How did the “riku” become “roku”?????
Wednesday at 11:56 am
is there a way to download the podcasts so that you can listen to them on the go?????
ja,
Friday at 8:52 pm
Tim:
http://gogen-allguide.com/ro/rokudenashi.html
The go-on 呉音 reading of “riku” is “roku”.
Monday at 12:41 pm
I agree with Mel - when I lived in Tokyo nobody wanted to speak to me in Japanese. (well… not literary “nobody”) Perhaps I should have gotten arrested
Monday at 1:52 pm
oli-san,
I think if you had met middle age or older women, they would have talked to you in Japanese!
Tuesday at 7:00 pm
Tuesday at 10:27 am
おもろいレスンや。
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