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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today our Thursday drama continues! Last week, Take-san didn’t want to talk about his first meeting with his Mixi friend, but this week we get the full breakdown! Trouble in the sushi shop? Tune in to find out! Today’s grammar point introduces using the negative form of a Japanese verb with de kudasai to ask that something not be done. Be sure to tune in and drop by JapanesePod101.com to say hi!



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64 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #99 - Please Don’t Ask”

JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san, omatase shimashita! Todays location is サイパン, Saipan. Hope everyone is looking forward to this weeks last beginner lesson. As for the word at the end, Yoshi says 生まれつき - umare tsuki, which literary means “was attached at birth”, or in todays context, “I was born with it.”

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usagi says:

Been waiting for this today!

Take care Minna-san and don´t forget to drink lots and lots of water to help your grey cells learn all this grammar and vocab. :grin:

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Michael D. Cassidy says:

Beer is better for you.

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usagi says:

Michael-san,

I had no idea…. Is that why I keep forgetting my -kereba grammar structure today? Well, I´ll have to stock up on beer then :wink:

Kanpai!!!

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Justanothergirl says:

I couldn’t catch Yoshi-san’s last line that cracked Takase-san up in laughter.

What was it that he said he likes?

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usagi says:

Ohhhhhh, I just realized this is the last beginner lesson :shock:

Wow! Definitely need a beer or two or five now, despite the extreme heat. I am in shock :shock:

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Vicky says:

Good Morning Mina-san, I haven’t check the lesson yet but it seems like it’s going to be funny also? So tired this moring….

Okay, how many are we going for today??? Over 30 commnets still? :mrgreen:

Let’s do it!!!

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Michael D. Cassidy says:

For every comment over 30, Vicky volunteers to drink a pint of beer!

JustanotherG from the first comment:

As for the word at the end, Yoshi says 生まれつき - umare tsuki, which literary means “was attached at birth”, or in todays context, “I was born with it.”

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Justanothergirl says:

Oh… Then what was it that Yoshi-san said he was born with?

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JockZon says:

Hello! I will thank the crew for these rescent lessons, especially the answering machine series. Great job! And congratulations, next beginners lessons is number 100! You must celebrate it with us in some way :cool: Anywho, I will listen to this and look forward to next lesson. Ciao.

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Vicky says:

Michael D. Cassidy-san, I don’t drink at all….still little kid! :lol:
Kidding. I don’t know I never like the smell of beer. I drink coffee though. Should I try pint of coffee??

JockZon-san, we’ve been missed you lot!!! Hurry back but enjoy your vacation. :mrgreen:

I couldn’t download the lesson yet. It’s gonna be a long day! :twisted:

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Justanothergirl says:

Oh… I got it: sono kao.

Now i get it. HAHA… :lol:

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usagi says:

Michael-san,

Beer was a bad idea… see I mis-read the line which said, “This weeks last beginner lesson”. I thought is was the VERY last beginner lesson. I am crossed-eyed already. Now how I can study those conditionals ? Hmmm, maybe I could try something with “biru wo nomeba” :oops:

And then there is the heat, too :shock:

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Belton says:

Vicky-san,
At a pint of coffee per comment over 30 you’d better make it decaf or you’ll get like this little chap –> :shock:
or end up like this colour –> :mrgreen:

Almost the big 100 がんばれJ−ポド101!!

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Michael D. Cassidy says:

Anyone know what the ’shi’ is in shioeta, for some reason I think its an honoific but I’m usually wrong:

shikuji o shioeta tokoro desu

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Vicky says:

Ummm Belton-san, should I change to milk??? I really don’t like to drink anything so pint size is already too much!! Also I recognized your first name. Are you co-work of Nathan-san that tried to talk to me in Korean??? Please let me know if you are him. Thanks for the comments!

Btw, finally I check the lesson for today. Can’t wait to hear what happened to Take-san…. :roll:

Ah I will hear Take Take Take…blah blah blah….after this comments.
:wink:

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Michael D. Cassidy says:

Does Vicky have a picture of Take yet to stare at late at night????????

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Mark says:

Take Take Take…blah blah blah :roll: :roll: :roll:

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Daniel Beck says:

Hey Markさん,

That’s my line!!! :evil:

Markさん、

Our Vickyちゃん doesn’t have her picture yet becasue Nathanさん has failed at his mission, so I have been called in to take care of it. :twisted:

Our Vickyちゃん、

お待たせしました!(omatase-shimashita) I know you’ve been waiting for this from me too, so here it is:

Take Take Take… blah blah blah… :roll:

-Daniel B

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Vicky says:

ummmm….I don’t have Take-san’s pictures yet. I think Daniel-san will visit them soon, so let’s see how he does with his mission. It’s coming soon!!! :roll:

I do have….Nathan-san’s the lastest picuture. :lol:
Maybe Yoshi-san’s pictures as well, but I’m sure you guys saw them already.

You can send some pictures of you Michael D. Cassidy-san. :wink:

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Mark says:

Danielさん,
You are slacker on the Take comment! In the words of Takaseさん… “Yo-shi-wa” ;)

Good luck on your task Danielさん. You should go on a Friday, maybe you can get picture of Chigusaさん as well?

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Kitsune says:

Anybody else recieve four seperate email notifications that Beginner Lesson #99 was posted…
Or is JPod101.com telling me that I am not spending enough time in the learning center? :neutral:
-Kitsune

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Kitsune says:

Usagi-san,
Heat? I think I have you beat!
Forcast high today is 110F/44C!
…and no end in sight… :oops:
-Kitsune

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Vicky says:

Kitsune-san, yes I got 4 of them as well. But I didn’t open it at all. :shock:

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Daniel Beck says:

Nagasaki Connection rocks! :twisted:

Didn’t Takaseさん seem too natural as Yoshiさん’s boss! :lol:

Peterちゃん、

I don’t think 「はっ?」is English. :wink:

-Daniel B

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sean somers says:

Hi, guys -

I have posted very positive reviews of you on a number of forums, and I really do love the service you provide.

But at the risk of irking the wrath of this forum, can I request that during your broadcast you minimise the giggles and banter? I do really appreciate the friendly comraderie in your broadcasts, but the learning is starting to get eclipsed by the frivolity. ChinesePod, for example, maintains an easy going feel with maximum time spent on the grammar/vocabulary at hand. I may be totally alone in this feeling, but I think we’re starting to slide a little bit more towards frippery these days.

Thanks for hearing me out on this.

-Sean

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Eran says:

Mina-san,

Sorry about the multiple emails sent this morning. A small bug in the system was the root cause of the problem. We have corrected the issue.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

- Eran

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Vicky says:

Hi Sean-san, I’m so sorry you feel that way. I totally disagree with you. I think the best part of jppod is this fun style that make the differences than other podcast. Have you listen jppod all day? Or same episode over and over? I mean like 8 hours a day, 7 days a week? Can’t you imaging you have to hear just lecture style podcast all day? I don’t think I could. But because of this friendly style that I could laugh while I’m listening. And, I’m trying to hear again to laugh out loud. Without that part, it will so bored and I don’t think I will into more than just 1-2. That is my opinion. Hope they don’t change the fun parts. It’s getting more exiting to me.
And, I hope you can enjoy more like me.

Btw, Sean is one of my favorite English name. :wink:

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Vicky says:

Eran-san, don’t tell me you killed the bug. :mrgreen:

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sean somers says:

Hi, Vicky,

I am not surprised you feel this way, and I think it is in keeping with the atmosphere you create here in the comments forum, and the communal response it continually elicits. That’s fair enough.

At no point did I endorse a lecture style format. Please re-read my message. In fact, I invite you to listen to a ChinesePodcast (it’s free) for a comparison. I can’t spent eight hours a day, seven days a week learning Japanese. I appreciate that your work environment permits leisure time online. Please understand mine does not: any free time I have for studying is entirely limited; hence, my desire for maximum impact in the minimal time provided.

I in no way asked for ‘fun’ to be sacrificed, just that it be kept in check. As I stated earlier, I entirely anticipate I am alone in this feeling — but as a paying member, and as someone contemplating upgrading my membership, I thought I had a right to make my point here, yeah? I mean, I guess I could’ve posted hee-hee comments and cool-table high fives, but I took a gamble that the Good Folks at JapanesePod101 wanted legitimate, thoughtful feedback, and not another round of ‘Awesome, dude!’ As I said, only my opinion, and I know it won’t make a difference. Still!

Incidentally, ‘Seán’ is technically a name derived from usages in the Irish language, but now I’m really splliting hairs, aren’t I?

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Vicky says:

Yes I do listen chinesepod too. It’s too boring and too hard for me… :oops: Have you check koreanpod??? Oh my gosh…I couldn’t handle it. (sorry,Woops it’s just me feel this way!!) Of cause I do understand your feelings. And, I’m glad you are sharing with us. And, I’m sure some other are feeling that way too. But I thought jppod has good basic/premium plans to study more detail beside the lesson.

I’m not good at explaning things but I just wanted to share how I feel. That’s all. :mrgreen:

I like it more with accent, Seán! :wink:

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sean somers says:

Vicky,

Every point you make is very fair, and I really do understand what you’re saying. Maybe I should take advantage of the premium membership and then I will find my time more productive? It really is a matter of taste, and it is hard to please everyone.

I used to use the accent on my name, but after I moved from Ireland to Canada . . . it started to feel too much like an affectation, I suppose.

Good luck with your studies. I haven’t seen KoreanPod.

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Vicky says:

I’m going to Canada next month. Which part of Canada are you at?

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Liz says:

Sean-san,
Is there some way you can try Premium on a trial basis? Because it’s truly wonderful. :grin:
You can set up your very own Self Study program. :cool: You can have your very own Kanji Bank and your own Word Bank. :cool: Then, you can have flashcards on these items. :cool: You get to choose whether you want flashcards on your list or flashcards from the JLPT lists and on those you can choose the level. :cool: You have the Transcript, with line-by-line audio so you can listen to each line of dialogue many times, as you look at the Kanji. :cool: You have an ever-expanding Vocabulary List of all the words
introduced since the beginning. :cool: For each lesson, you have audio questions about the content. Then you have vocabulary questions and grammar questions on material covered in the lesson. :cool:
As if that weren’t enough, you have sample questions from the JLPT exam. Even though I’m a Beginner, I have stretched myself by trying a few questions. I was thrilled when I got one or two correct :wink: ALSO, you get a record of your score and the date you tried the test and how many times you tried it. It’s UNBELIEVABLE!!

So, Sean-san, if you don’t care for the banter, you don’t even have to listen to it. Just listen to the beginning of the lesson, look at the pdf, subscribe to Premium and study your sox off. There is soooooooooo much to absorb, you won’t be missing a thing!! :grin:

Ganbatte!!

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Jason says:

As I said, only my opinion, and I know it won’t make a difference.

That’s not true. This site’s built, and continually being built, on user feedback. That doesn’t mean everybody gets what they want (that’s impossible), but I assure you that everyone’s opinions and cocerns are taken seriously and considered.

I understand your concern about fun overtaking learning. You’re not the first who’s voiced that concern. If I thought it that was happening, I’d be up here voicing with you. However, the main idea behind the podcasts since the beginning was to help people learn without making it seem like a chore and to be accessible to as wide an audience as possible. If you want more intensive learning, as I’m sure many do, the PDFs and Learning Center are 100% banter free. And we’re always ready for serious in-depth discussion in the forum, and that’s free.

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Daniel Beck says:

While I do disagree with Seanさん that JP101 should go the way of ChinesePod (no please! - I subscribed from that show despite my interest in Mandarin), I think it can get a little silly, and today was a good example, especially the bit with Takeさん at the beginning. :roll:

Sorry to beat a dead horse, but I think this goes back to the point I made in previous lessons about too much untranslated banter. It comes across to some as being a bit self-indulgent. :neutral:

That said, I love the characters, and yes, the banter. Just rememeber to keep it in check. :smile:

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Alan says:

I understand Sean’s point, but it really depends on what you are trying to get out of the podcasts. For myself, it is mainly to improve my listening practice. For this, a more modest learning curve, but plenty of content works the best. (Must be listening to too much Jpod, to be saying ‘… is the best’) I also have the issue with being short on time, which is why most of my listening is on the car or train, with spare time in the evening being mostly dedicated to more traditional study methods (except for the huge amount of time spent watching anime and general goofing around). Using travel time this way gives me plenty of listening time, including time to go over old lessons. Overall, the current format works pretty well for me.

My listening skills must be improving because I’m laughing away at most of the japanese banter. Sometimes a word comes up that I don’t understand though, so perhaps it might be worth adding some of these to the pdf.

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psycho013 says:

My enthusiasm for learning things tends to increase when I feel like I’m having a good time doing it, and it isn’t some cold exercise in expanding intellect. I find the overly regulated and sterile methodology of textbook learning to be off-putting and uninteresting. I’d really prefer that the people/institution/website I pay to teach me things maintain an enthusiasm for the subject, because it tends to be infectious and encouraging.

Plus, hearing Takase-ちゃん laugh uncontrollably just makes me happy.

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mikuji says:

皆さん おはよう ございます

Re: Too much idle talk and giggles in the podcasts.

I’d like to add my penny-worth to this thread in defence of EVERYONE!

As ususal I think the issue is one of BALANCE.

I think everyone enjoy the light-hearted approach (but , Sean さん, have not listened to this podcast yet so I do not kow if this time they have gone too far!) AND I have noticed a lot of the structures used in the banter have often already been presented elsewhere (albeit in the Intermediate podcast - ダメ! :wink: )

Getting the balance right is DIFFICULT, so I hope the JPOD team takes our feedback for what it truly is: feedback to let them know we care about their excellence and wish then to know what we respond to, what we find useful or off-putting or difficult and that this will help them detect when they are drifting on one side or the other rather than hitting the happy medium, which they most times do! :razz:

Personally, I don’t care about what is said provided that I can hear it CLEARLY :smile: and it uses contructions that are useful, which mostly it does, so I learn as I go and none of my time listening is wasted.

As I don’t live in Japan and I don’t know any Japanese person, learning the very familiar language is only useful to me to watch ANIME- I am not that interested in the super familiar but I appreciate that this may be the only place where I get the chance to learn this form - books ignore it completely, yet it is Japanese at all effects for native speakers.

In the main- yes, please go on like this - also go on listening to us in the spirit of cooperation we offer and you’ll do fine.

ミクジ

PS1: On the clarity bit my take is that if I learn something clearly spoken I will be able to understand it when wispered by applying the same effort to capture the badly articulated speach in Japanese as I do in English (or Francais, Deutsch, Italiano etc..) when spoken this way. However, hearing a wispered description does not help me to learn when I cannot tell whether I am not hearing well or I just do not know the content. De hoc satis (=enough said).

PS2: I am off to Contemporary Music Summer School (COMA, UK) tomorrow for a week in sunny Doncaster- I’ll miss the 100th beginner’s class! すみません- if you don’t here from me next week it is not because I don’t love you guys! :smile:

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Liz says:

Peter-san and JPOD Team,
I finally got to hear this episode as I lay in bed to sleep for the night (I had a busy day!). I liked all the extra examples, with yukkuri speech and translations. This seemed to be something new?? Also, you did a great job of explaining the nai de kudasai verb formations. :smile:

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Liz says:

Peter-san and JPDOD Team,
Just listened to the Informal Track. :smile: The light bulb over my head went on!! I could understand it and I finally could understand how that informal verb is formed!! Thanks.

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Michael D. Cassidy says:

I like the banter; I fell on the floor when Peter asked Natsuko “Where did all the particles go?”, and she answered “Over the rainbow.”

It might be that I havent been a student in over 30 years but the banter helps keep my interest and keep me awake.

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Belton says:

Late to the party again.

Seán-san (dia dhuit), quite a thread you’ve sparked!
The format might grow on you. I understand your concern. I prefer a lighter approach to something very dry but if it degenerates into in-jokes and just having a laugh it’ll probably still be entertaining but starts to lack usefulness. (there is an interesting locked thread on the forum which explored this but was getting out of control)

For me, I found Peter-sans accent and manner hard to take at first. But now I quite enjoy it. I listen to each episode about 3 times as I walk to the Tube and after that I edit out the highlights that interest me for repeat listening.
Mostly I use JPod for listening practice, it’s hard to find material at a level I can deal with and is interesting. Grammar etc. I mostly learn from books and from my teacher; jPod provides me with new vocabulary and listening oppurtunities and re-enforcement of what I’ve already learnt.

It suits how I feel about Japanese learning. For me it’s a hobby mostly and I want to have fun. I don’t think I will learn or retain more from a more serious program format. ( I had my fill of “serious” learning Irish for 13 years in the most unamusing ways you could think of, and squeezing through exams by the skin of my teeth. )

Whispered ad libs. Well usually I don’t catch them, it doesn’t bother me all that much. I think it’s just Take-san (who doesn’t speak English) making a comment that the editor has left in because otherwise the program wouldn’t flow.

JPods unique features seems to me to be :–
Output.
They are making a lot of programs.

Young target audience.
So many courses are aimed at buisness or school, it seems that jPod is leaning more to interpersonnal communication of people in their 20’s. and independent travellers. I might be wrong but it’s the impression I get.

Enthusiasm.
This is hard to convey and goes a long way towards motivating people to learn. Take Peter out of the program and it’ll be very different. His personality is the key element and driving force it seems. And maybe to keep everything going they need to have fun. And if it’s fake or forced they’re faking it well. (I work with TV students and nothing falls flatter than scripted ad - libs and banter, presenting looks easy but it’s not really.)

*Community*.
That people get excited about what JPod is doing and can express those opinions to each other and the program team is fantastic. And that people feel protective of what JPod is doing. :wink:
Everything else I know of in Japanese lessons is a take it or leave it deal with no real chance of feedback or influence. And this is one of the more welcoming communities I’ve found.

In the end it’ll come down to 十人十色 and JPod is not going to be able to please everyone. Maybe it’ll generate so much interest in online Japanese lessons that competitors will spring up with different approaches.

Vicky-san, no I don’t know Nathan-san or Korean. アイルランド人です。ロンドンに住んでいますけど〜。

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JockZon says:

Now now everybody. Take it easy! I have learned so much with JPOD and I have also noticed that they really DO take the listeners ideas under consideration but I can agree that they leave too much untranslated, especially in todays lesson, but that’s the only thing I can really complain about. You have really helped me to take my japanese into the next level, and the next semester in japanese class is going to be あさめしまえ!

ありがとうございます。私は日本語を言うことが出来ますよ! :cool:

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Mark says:

Wow, this thread got huge. :shock:

Just wanted to say that I’m listening to the lessons for this week today and I enjoyed today’s lesson. Takase-san is the best! :lol:

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sean somers says:

Hi, everyone –

Just wanted to say that I appreciate everyone’s thoughtful (and unfailingly polite) responses. It’s indicative of the kind of character that this forum seems to be attracting, and I am pleased to be a part of it.

To summarise: I do have a premium membership now (thanks to Vicky for her encouragement) and, yes, it does help me maximise my study time to most efficiency. That is, after all, my goal — to take the limited amount of time I have, and to make it most productive.

Please undertand: I do know that you can’t please everyone, that everyone has different goals, and fun is definitely more important than doldrums. That’s what attracted me to JapanesePod101 in the first place! It is livelier, more engaging, and more practical than any textbook I have ever used. I have posted positive feedback in a number of third-party forums stating this. I have also said that my wife, born and raised in Kyushu, has said that JP101 is by far the most realistic and efficient Japanese of any media that I have studied. THis is no small praise.

And, yes, for me — this particular lesson seemed to be a bit much. I also reference the opening Take-san bit as a bit frivolous, although it’s a trend I have noticed for a while. So, I just thought I would post my feelings, perhaps a bit strong, on the subject, as a point of productive commentary. If I didn’t care about this learning environment, if I didn’t enjoy it so much, I wouldn’t bother. I try to be a bit fun-loving too: I posted a summer tanka I wrote on another thread, in Japanese, as I thought that would be a consctructive way to use this commentary forum. Japanese communication for Japanese study.

So, what am I saying? No hard feelings? Just want to put my 100-en o the table with good intetions behind it.

Again, I do appreciate the postive reception to my comments, despite the disagreement. I hope it was able to produce a bit of thoughtful consideration on the part of the JPod team: that really was all I wanted to do.

So, to say again: I do appreciate people’s consideration, and I’m pleased to be part of a friendly, motivated learning group. I do mean that most sincerely.

-Sean

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Jason says:

Seanさん, I’m glad you understand. ^_^ If you think about it, they’re braving pretty much uncharted territory. There’s no handbook or anything they can follow that says “okay, you need 40% banter/playfullness and 60% serious stuff.” That’s why it’s vital that everybody keep up the great feedback so they can find that right balance. A very large part of what makes this site so great is wonderful people constantly giving wonderful feedback. Other wonderful people see it and join up too, making things even more wonderful. It’s a vicious cycle. :mrgreen: Of course, it doesn’t hurt that we started with some wonderful people running the site as well.

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JockZon says:

Btw, Peter-san… you did say that it was Beginner lesson number 97 in this lesson. It’s 99 right?

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Sindy says:

Hello (English) nijau (Chinese) hii (Japanese) everyone like it or not here I am the only person here who says the true and reality with out any afraid of anyone! :lol: I just wanted to say how I enjoy to be here (JP101) since I arrive when you had the world cup lesson that not everyone here enjoy it specially texan Vicky and chicana Liz! right girls :mrgreen:
I also love this seven day trial which is about to expire too bad! I have alot of access to everything here you guys have great videos, blogs, lessons, audio, etc you should consider adding music like Jpop, Jrock there are alot of great artists like Amy Yummy, Shina Ringo, Arc De lanc, etc!
:wink:
Lastly if anyone is interest here in New York City on channel 63 at 10:00PM eastern time there is a japanese news or program call Fujesanki and its great you learn by hearing and see written what the person says at the buttom of the TV Screen! Also on channel 73 at that same time there are Chinese news about the world today! and finally if you never been to New York I really recommend it because here there are lot of musuems, restaurants, etc of Japanese stuff there is also alot of Chinese people here so if you like both culture come here this is the place to be! :cool:
Well that all I have for now but if I found more Japanese places, situes, Channels, etc I let you know ok Sayonara!!!! S_R_C

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Clienad says:

The only thing i have a gripe with is when thers talking for three and a half mins before the lesson starts that seriously annoys me. esp if its news. no offence and I know you have to promote the site and features but it kind of gets annoying to hear about really dated news every time a lesson pops up.

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Liz says:

Clienad-san,
Fast forward. :mrgreen:

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Courtney says:

Poor depressed Take-san! :shock:

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Keith says:

For me, the podcast is as much about entertainment as it is learning. I love what the folks are doing and hope they keep it up. If it gets off track from time to time, I don’t mind at all. In fact, I don’t have enough of the podcast to last me through the week as it is :grin: I agree with the comments about balance, but I think it’s ok if we get a little crazy sometimes.

If the team is having fun recording the show, chances are I’m going to enjoy listening.

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Sindy says:

Thank you Keith for those comments I get crazy here sometimes specially with some people here because they are to formal very serious and i don’t like that we should have (desmadre) have some fun sometime so I thought that I would save this website by making some Mexican Humor that I know its very heavy because you have to say truths to the people and hurt them until they get angry or Albures which are indirectas so they wake up because sometimes this site gets boring becuase they are alot of old people here ( I saw everyone pic) so you know! I want to have fun not serious we enjoy the podcast but please guys don’t be so serious smile~! :smile: laught :lol: be happy :grin: S_R_C

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LT-san says:

I’ve downloaded this lesson twice and the end cuts off in the middle of the explanation of the facial expression. Any ideas on what I’m doing wrong?

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LT-san says:

[Belton-san says: Young target audience.
So many courses are aimed at buisness or school, it seems that jPod is leaning more to interpersonnal communication of people in their 20’s. and independent travellers. I might be wrong but it’s the impression I get.]

I’m over 40 and I appreciate humor and lightness in any learning situation, especially in jPod! I’m a product of the “rote memorization” system of learning and though it might be efficient in the short term, it isn’t very useful in the long term, in my opinion. Meaningful, enthusiastic and fun lessons tend to be remembered longer than dry, textbook-type lessons (again, just my opinion).

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potws says:

晴れの日もあれば雨の日もあるっていうことですよ。。ハハハ。。。lol take-san is a legend haha :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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JapanesePod101.com says:

potws san> I like that expression! :dogeza:

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MP says:

But as I understand it, “au” has a negative nuance to it, right?

So was the friend really asking something more along the lines of “Did you meet your friend in a bad way?” or something of the sort?

Or is it a case where “au” does not have any particular nuance?

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Mayumi says:

MP-san,

When you use “au” as in “jiko ni au” which means you were involved in an accident, “au” has a negative nuance. Your sample sentence seems to imply the nuance of asking whether you met the friend you don’t want to. :hachimaki:

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MP says:

Mayumi-san:

Thank you. That clears things up. :smile:

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Javon says:

In the diaglouge it said kanji no Koto ga suki nan desho? Why is there a no koto instead of just kanojo and why is there a nan I’m confused pls explain thx

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Javon says:

Sorry that kanji is supposed to be kanojo not kanji lol

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王凱 says:

お帰り、その顔、大丈夫ですか、うんー、あまり、どうでしたか、ネット友達と会いましたか。うん、一応、どうでしたか、聞かないでください。どうしましたか。彼女のことが好きなんでしょう。言わないでください、どうしましたか。今、話したくないです、明日、説明します。ところで、面接はどうでしたか。でわ、明日話しましょう。

お帰り、その顔、大丈夫、うんー、大丈夫じゃないです。どうだった、ネット友達と会った、会ったけどね、どうだった、どうも、こうも、どういうこと。彼女のことが好きなんでしょう。彼女のこと好きだったけどね。言わないでください、どうしたの。聞かないで。今、話したくないは。明日、説明する。ところで、面接はどうだったの。じゃ、明日話そうが。

また、明日

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