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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! If you had just one minute to get to know someone, what kind of questions would you ask? Join Fujisawa-san for a session of speed dating! Today continues a series of lessons covering comparatives, so don’t miss this one!



This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 24th, 2006 at 6:30 pm 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.

19 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #74 - Speed Dating”

JapanesePod101.com says:

皆さん、today’s location is Yohanesuburugu・ヨハネスブルグ :grin: Hello to all of our listeners in South Africa.

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Naz says:

hello, am i the first today?

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Nicole says:

Haha! Fujisawa-san was so funny! :lol:
Natsuko-san, you are truly a great actress! :smile:

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Naz says:

Fujiwasa San has very high standard! I suppose with such speed dating, you’d need to get straight to the point :lol:

Yoshi-san, I’ve learnt a good word from you 勘弁しなさい。 :grin: very useful for those busy bodies (hint, hint :wink: just kidding Peter san)

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Peter says:

Nicole-san, I agree! Natsuko-san is some actress! :grin: Today was great!

Naz-san, yes, very good expression indeed, but 勘弁してください。 :wink:  You have to be a bit careful as し-なさい(do something) is a bit bossy . してください (please do something) is much more polite. :grin:

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Naz says:

Good point Peter san. :oops: 教えてくれてありがとう。

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Thomas says:

:grin:
konnichi ha minasama.
I was nearly to give up learning japanese, because i learn by my own.
Finally I found this Webside. I bought a mp3-player and now I hear your Audio. SUPAA desu.
you all doing your job very well

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RobGillon says:

Hey everyone, I just have a question which was brought up by yesterday’s lesson (when we were told the word for formal Japanese).

I had always wondered how to ask “Do you mind if I switch to informal Japanese” but it always came out really awkwardly, usually with describing dictionary form and “ですよりだを使ってもいいですか… ええと… いいか”

I’m sure there must be a much better way of asking - can anyone help me?

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Bob1 says:

TobGillon-san,

Japanese tend to be indirect. and in my eighteen years plus living in Japan, the closest any question ever came to this was whether I wished to be addressed by my first or last name. Conversely, I have been admonished by another professor that I should bone up on my keigo (polite language).

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Bob1 says:

The speed-dating dialog was inspired. Like all good caricature, it dug up a gem of truth and then proceeded to exaggerate. And it was a great vehicle for teaching comparatives.

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Tim says:

While it is a common thing to say that Japanese are indirect the opposite is also true in certain situations. Japanese people are very direct when discussing physical attributes.

If somebody is fat they will outright say to that person “hey you are really fat aren’t you?” If someone has a big nose they will come right out and say it. While saying stuff like this in most European/North American culture would be considered rude it is fair game in Japan.

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Peter says:

Thomasさん、great to have you with us! よろしくお願いします!Please keep the posts coming! :grin:

Robさん、apologies for the late reply. Hmmm….depends on the situation. Can you elaborate a bit more?
For example, when I first came to Japan, everytime I made a phone call I would say, ”すみません。普通の日本語お願いします。” Probably not the best choice, but then they would speak to me in informal Japanese. However, this was acceptable as I was a customer and not proficient at the language.
If you meet someone, depending on many variables it may or may not be acceptable to use informal Japanese.
For example, when I meet a new person if they are older than me I may never stop using polite Japanese with them, but a lot depends on the personality of the person I meet. But ultimately, it is kind of their decision if they want me to speak polite or informal Japanese. When I meet someone younger then me, they will tend to use polite Japanese toward me until I say something along the lines of “you don’t have to use polite Japanese with me.”
Was this helpful?

Bobさん、give a little more time, and we’ll start in on the Keigo. :wink: As for the dialogue, I particulary loved this one. Natsuko really brought it to life! :grin:

Timさん、very valid point! I’ve heard I have a big nose more than a few times. :grin: Nice observation.

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Anthony says:

Hilarious… this made me laugh. I have to say the standard here is very high. Much better than the similar site for Chinese….

:lol:

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Thanks alot Anthonyさん!!
Tons of funny lessons around here, heheheh. :cool:

marky

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Balsa1 says:

um… I must be stupid but I’ve been working on the 73 previous lessons and honestly I don’t see how one can work properly on the grammar exercise. Lots of unknown words and kanjis, forms that were never explained previously. I can’t even get the meaning of some parts of the dialogues in that particular exercise. Well maybe it’s just me :cry: :oops:

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DK says:

This dialogue was great for listening comprehension(especially using より). Although I don’t think I would ask people these questions when I first meet them :razz:

ありがとうございます!

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亀井 says:

Very funny. More so because of the uncharacteristicallyl direct line of questioning. Out of curiosity, wouldn’t 次 の 方 お願いします have been more appopriate to the situation, or are they equivalent?

亀井

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王凱 says:

はじめまして、徳永です。はい、藤沢です。年収はおいくらですか。
五百万円です。悪くないですね。あなたの年収は前の人より高いですけど、
やっぱり、一千万ぐらい欲しいです。でも、貯金があります。
前の人はあなたよりハンサムです。は
身長はなんセンチですか。百七十八センチです。悪くないですね。あなたは前の人より背が高いですけど。本当は百八十センチ欲しいです。
やっぱり不合格です。次の人お願いします。

また、今度。

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Martin says:

Where I can find the informal lesson notes for this lesson ?

Thanks,
Martin

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