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July 25th, 2006 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! For Honda-san and Suzuki-san, business is life! In today’s lesson, there is a lot of talk about a golf taikai, or tournament, but business is top priority! Or is it? In today’s grammar point, we talk about using the no particle with desu, or n desu. Be sure to tune in, and then stop by JapanesePod101.com and leave a comment!

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118 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #100 - Golf Outing I”

avatar Michael D. Cassidy says:

Ha vicki

avatar JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san,

Today’s locations is 国際宇宙ステーション・Kokusai uchū stēshon - the Internation Space Station! Hello to all of our listeners up there!

Yoroshiku onegai shimasu!

avatar Harv says:

Well done everyone at JP101 :grin:

avatar Michael D. Cassidy says:

Congradulation on 100!!

I haven’t listened to the first lesson but I have been going back through about Lesson 20 on to see what I remember and review.

avatar Belton says:

百回目[ひゃく かい め]のBeginnerの番組[ばんぐみ]おめでとうございま〜す!! :grin:

avatar Liz says:

100th Beginner Lesson! Omedeto gozaimasu!! :grin:

avatar Sølvi says:

おめでとうございます!

avatar Belton says:

In the midst of the party celebrations here today, (hopefully setting a new high for comments)

I had an idea. I don’t know if it’ll take off but let’s give it a try.

The Japanese conversation threads in the forums are a bit daunting I think. (Well they are for me.) :oops:
So I was thinking for each beginner leson how about just ONE sentence from each of us as an example of what was in the lesson? Use a new vocabulary in some way or make up a sentence using the grammar point. Take what you’ve learnt for a spin but still keep your training wheels or L - plate.

I’ve started a thread here. And if people think it’s a good idea would start a new one for each lesson?
http://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=443

avatar Fernando says:

First, sorry my bad english…

Guys!!

I´m really sorry to use this coment to ask other thing:

Does anybody here send some e-mail to the contactus@japanesepod101.com and have some answer???

I´m try to talk with they since last friday and NO ANSWER ME!!!

Please gyus, i´m really reaaly sorry to say this HERE. But i can´t talk with anyone of the contact.

I reaaly hope that someone here can help… please

Thank you so much and sorry again

Fernando

avatar Eran says:

Fernando-san,

Please check your email and let me know if you did not receive our message. It was sent earlier today.

Eran

avatar Clienad says:

Yes but it depends on how busy they are. They probably have a back log or are looking into an answer/fix before replying.

百回Beginner番組からおめでとうございます。

I cant beleive how much I’ve learned from you by now. phew! heres to many more. this is a champaigne day. take some time out to chill and be merrified!

avatar Vicky says:

Fernando-san, you will get reply soon. I know they were really busy, so no one was able to answer you. Give a day or two. You will get your answer soon. If not, let us know what you need, hope we can help you. :wink:

Ummm another b/day today….Claudenir-san!!! Tanjoubi Omedutou Gozaimas!!!! :mrgreen: Hope you are doing okay, haven’t seen you a while…. :roll:

Michael D. Cassidy-san, yeah Vicky da yo! with Y!!! :lol:

Congradulation on 100th Beginner Lesson!!! Yeah!!!

I hope you guys are ready for this today….as Belton-san’s wish….WE ARE GOING FOR 100 COMMENTS!!! :shock:

Have we done it before??? :roll: I think we did. We are going to do today. This is our celebration day, let’s go for 100 comments!!!

100 comments!!! yeah!!! :mrgreen:
Congrats to Jppod crew!!!

avatar JapanesePod101.com says:

Fernando-san,

An email was sent earlier. Please let us know if you received it.

Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.

avatar Vicky says:

Welcome back Peter-san!!! How was…. :wink:

Yeah Eran-san, help us out with 100 comments today!!! :mrgreen:

avatar emtee says:

*bow (90 degrees, or almost) to the whole JPOD team. 100th beginner’s lessons already !!! You have been working hard, thank you all.
I have finally caught up with all the lessons. On the bad side, now i have to wait every day for a new lesson.
Gambarimashoo!

avatar JockZon says:

Omedetou Japanesepod 101 to 100 beginner lessons :grin: I am so proud of you :cool:

Vicky-can: Just don’t spam the commentboard okey? :wink:

avatar Laura says:

Wooo! Congratulations! おめでとう!

“The company is first” lol. I think that guy is just being crafty and there will be a twist in the future ^^

avatar Fernando says:

Oh Guys!

They answered me by email :smile:

Thanks to everybody!!! :smile:

Fernando

avatar John Dyer says:

Hmm, congrats on 100! :)

It would be cool to see you all reach 100 comments also today hehe.

—see Vicky, I’m contributing ;)

Hope to see an episode 200 someday!

-ジョン

avatar Vicky says:

Hi John-san!!! I’m glad to see you from comment!!! I was about to send you some messages to stop by. But you read my mind, yeah!! :mrgreen:

We can do it!!! :roll:

avatar kawasaki says:

100 kaime no beginner lesson omedetougozaimasu!!
i really enjoy jppod101 and thank you for exiting japanese lessons
本当にいつも楽しい番組をありがとうございます。
これからもがんばってください!

avatar kawasaki says:

gomennasai i have not introduced myself yet :oops:
so let me introduce
i am a japanese and live in osaka
and i first know japanesepod101 from i-tunes
at first i think i want to practice my english
but listening once and i know this is a great podcast
” wow mecha omoroi !”
thank you petersan, natsukosan, sakurasan, yoshisan, takasesan, takesan, chigusasan and all jppod people.
and of course vickysan, who should i name here ?, thank you for good community, reading posts here are very fun and attractive :smile:
i really enjoy :smile:

and if someone have questions about japanese, i will try to answer. :twisted:
i hope it is not too difficult :lol:

i missspeled before post : exiting →exciting
and i am sorry for my bad english :sad:
yoroshiku onegai shimasu
please nice to me

avatar Vicky says:

Kawasaki-san, welcome!! Hajime mashite!! So happy that you tell us about you! Good to know that you are Japanese. :cool:
It’s hard to tell you are female or male by name, and I don’t want to guess since I’ve been make some mistakes here. :mrgreen:

I’m sure there is lot of jppod people want to talk to you.
Do you know how to send PM?

Hope we can talk to you soon. Help us out with some Japanese!!!
Kochira koso douzo yoroshiku onegai shimasu! : :mrgreen:

avatar Alan says:

百章おめでとうございます。お疲れ様でした。

かわさきさん、初めましてアランです。どうぞ宜しく。

avatar Daniel Beck says:

Happy 100th Beginner Lesson JP101! :grin:

You guys rock! :cool:

Well, with Our Vickyちゃん back, we should have no problem reaching our mission today! :lol: Go びっちゃん! :lol:

なっちゃん!

Nice save from Peter’s joke! :lol:

がんばれみなさん! 100 Comments! :mrgreen:

-Daniel B

avatar Sindy says:

:mrgreen: Congratulations on 100 beginner lessons! you guys should have celabrate by making a party and a contest or giveaway gift has an appreciation to us your listeners! :grin: its good to have such a great JP101 website!
Hey Fernando welcome to the site if you haven’t been welcome yet! your lucky that you got an answer to your e-mail because when I sent mine with truths on it I never receive an answer! :lol:
Anyway today lesson was great because I also enjoy golf even do some people may think is a boring sport I think its a very interest sport In Mexico we have our female golfer Lorena Ochoa there is also a great Japanese female goalfer out there I don’t remember her name if you know it say it please! so there is alot of great goalfers out there! right? :smile: thanks all for your time see ya for another great post sayonara! :cool:

avatar Sindy says:

PS: ohhhhhhhh my god! I forgot kawasaki :shock: your Japanese right welcome to your site I say that because this site is about Japan and learning Japanese your country! which is a great Asia country that I respect so much! :smile: and I want to guess your a male right! if your single and young then you can be a perfect match for Katie whose looking for a Japanese guy to marry :grin: I don’t want to became Cupid but I just want to let you know so if your interest then tell us ok! Well then I have my question today for you and I want to know how you say in Japanese welcome and congratulations? Excuse my ignorance I’m a bigginner so there are still words I don’t know yet I understand but have difficulties in expressing and talking but that’s why I have my Japanese classes and this site to learn right! thanks all for your time again see ya for another great post sayonara! :cool:

avatar Jason says:

If I don’t post here Vicky’ll come to my house and beat me up. >.>

avatar Daniel Beck says:

Jasonさん、

Yeah, I know the feeling. :lol:

Just kidding Our Vickyちゃん rocks! :cool:

avatar Vicky says:

Yeah yeah yeah….it’s for jppod!!!

Okay 70 more to go!!!
Mina-san~~~ :roll:

avatar Michael D. Cassidy says:

So I have a question sort of topic related: does anyone here play or has played golf?

I keep putting it off because I’m too young.

avatar John Dyer says:

wow Vicky, seems you’re very loved here. :)

And Golf is an ehhh sport for me. But it was still a very useful lesson :)

Also, welcome to the site Kawasaki.

avatar Liz says:

Michael D. Cassidy-san
Ha! Don’t make me laugh because I know your age :razz:
Do you know mine?

Kawasaki-san,
It’s nice to have a nihon jin here! ようくそ
どぞよろしく

avatar Daniel Beck says:

Michaelさん、

I AM old enough to play golf, but not rich enough to play it in Japan. Plus, I decided years ago only to engage in sports that don’t cost money each time you do it. :roll:

Hard to find any free sports in Japan. There used to be basketball courts in Akihabara, but they cleared it out to make a parking structure. :roll:

avatar Jason says:

Basketball courts in Akihabara? Boy, talk about bad placement…

avatar Daniel Beck says:

Yeah, well now even those are gone. There’s nowhere to play without paying. Which is why my exercise is mostly limited to cycling.

avatar Vicky says:

Michael D. Cassidy-san, I was thinking about you!!! You read my mind. :wink:

PLEASE CHECK YOUR PM!!! :twisted:

avatar Michael D. Cassidy says:

Cost and time. That’s why I run; though I do lift weights at a gym which costs money; cheaper than golf, clubs, lesson, tee time etc. Also I’m not sure there are enough endorphines in golf for me.

Liz I heard from from the Jpod101 rumor mill that you were 11; so I’m forbidden to talk to you.

avatar Daniel Beck says:

Michaelさん、

While the gym costs money, I think it costs less for a month than for a single round of golf, no? Here in Japan though, a month at a fitness center will run you near $100. :shock: Ugh. Can’t do that either (although I used to when I was single).

avatar Vicky says:

Michael D. Cassidy-san, Ijust missed you. I send PM though….would you check one more time please???? :mrgreen:

How many more to go??? It’s gonna be a long night….. :shock:

avatar Daniel Beck says:

Our Vickyちゃん、

It’s only 8:40 in the AM in Japan. There’s plenty of time left. Only 59 to go! :mrgreen:

avatar Vicky says:

ahh….Hi John-san, Daniel B-san is bugging me for 2 hours that I need to say something about your comment. Although I told him that I talked to you earlier. He is killing me with posting 100 comments today. Ah…don’t know why I started this today. :cry: :cry: :cry:

Hope more people can leave some comments after this. I got no energy to drive home and skip my lunch for these comment mission.

We all love Jppod. And, keep up with good work. Yeah 200 lessons will be great but I won’t go for 200 comments though. :shock:

Need to take some break…brb!

Gambatte Kudasai! :wink:

avatar Liz says:

Daniel Beck-san,
Is there a break down of countries of JPOD listeners that you know of? I’d be interested to know that. I guess there are a number of foreigners in Japan who need to learn the language.

avatar Greg says:

Happy 100th! Thanks for all your help with the beginner Japanese lessons, they have helped me out tremendously. I could not have gotten where I am today without your support. Thanks again, and good luck for the future!

-Greg

avatar Rome says:

Eran San
The same as me about email reply.
Rome

avatar Josh says:

Doing my part for the 100 goal….

Congrats on #100! Although maybe we should be popping the champagne for 101 (as in the podcast name)?

I agree, gyms are waaaayyy too expensive here in Japan. So I’ve started running. I’m up to a little over 4K every morning. Today was 5K. Maybe it’s time to try a marathon…

avatar Daniel Beck says:

Vickyさん,

I have no idea what you are talking about. :roll: You better take a break.

Lizさん、

Don’t know about the breakdown. But, if people go over to my site and sign the guest book, maybe we can an idea.

みなさん、

If you wanna sign my guestbook, write JP101 next to your name. Don’t forget to zoom in and find your nearest city:
http://web.mac.com/danielbeck/iWeb/Home/Guest%20Map.html

avatar Liz says:

Josh-san,
You can run outside? :mrgreen: Isn’t it still rainy in Japan now? :shock:

avatar Josh says:

Liz-

Not so bad in the mornings. Actually, the heavy rains seemed to have taken a break for a bit. Ah, but the mold is never ending… it gets onto everything about now.

avatar Prem says:

Hiii there,

Me and my wife swapna congratulate you all for the 100th episode of Beginners leson. We are following your podcast since day one and its really a great fun to be with all of you and learn a japanese language with you.

Hearty congratulations to all of you once again.

Prem & Swapna

avatar Nathan says:

Daniel-san,

I’ve noticed some basketball courts a few times somewhere between Shinjuku and Harajuku right beside the Yamanote line. I’m pretty sure they are free to play on. There seem to be a couple homeless camps interspersed between them. I’ve been meaning to go take a look, but I don’t make it over to that area much.

Mina-san,

Thank you for all of the comments and congratulations! 200 is right around the corner :wink: Also thank you to all of those who wished me a happy birthday! :grin:

avatar Daniel Beck says:

Premさん、

You have an interesting name. Where are you from? And your wife’s name is also interesting.

Lizさん、

There’s a break in the rain today. Even saw the sun. Had forgotten what it looked like. :shock: But the powers that be tell us it will rain for the rest of the month. :mad:

Nathanさん、

Yeah, I think I’ve seen some of those courts before. They didn’t exactly look promising. Plus, it would be more than a little out of my way. When I lived in Irvine (California), I could 100 meters (I mean, yards) in any direction and hit a basketball court, a beach volleyball court, a swimming pool, and a tennis court. Ah, those were the days.

Well, only 48 to go. :mrgreen:

avatar Mark says:

Am I late to the party? :sad: Omedetou gozaimas JP101 on hyaku beginner lesson! :D It’s been great listening to the podcasts, and I hope to listen to many more. Ganbatte JP101! :D

Quite the turnout - still have several hours to go, so plenty of time to get to 100 posts :)

kawasakiさん - welcome to the community! I’m sure you will enjoy your stay here. Posting on the message board and forum will be great way to practice your English!

Danielさん - sorry to hear about the continued rain. :( Hopefully the forecasters are a little off on their prediction. :)

I hope everyone had a great day! 47 posts to go!

avatar John Dyer says:

Mark - How could anyone be late to the party? :) And nice to finally have a chat with you.

Prem - Hey and welcome! I love that so many people on this site are all benefiting from the same resource. I think it would be real interesting to see how many users from different countries there are subscribed, visiting the site, etc.

Daniel - How long has it been raining and where are you located? I don’t get a ton of rain here, so I enjoy it when I get it.

おめでとうございます!

avatar Mark says:

Johnさん - I know. ;) This is worldwide party - never stops! :D
I imagine JP101 has statistics on the subscriber base at least, but I’m sure that’s not for public review.

Vickyさん - where are you? The party hasn’t ended yet - we still have 45 posts to go! No more break for you. ;)

I hope for no rain tomorrow - want to play sports outside!

avatar Daniel Beck says:

Yeah,

No more breaks for Our Vickyちゃん! :lol:

avatar Vicky says:

Okay, all the waiting…here I am again. We gotta make 100 comments today!!! :evil: We can do this right??? Hope I can sleep tonight.

Hi Nathan-san, surprised you stop by. You could bring some crew from over there though, eh? We can’t do this alone.

Btw, I noticed that lots of Japanese people play golf and tennis. These are the favorite sports to play in Japan?

avatar John Dyer says:

Mark - Yeh, I’m sure they have subscriber information. They may not want to post numbers online, but I’m sure they could break it into percentage of listeners by country. That would be cool! :) I guess Frappr is similar to that, but I doubt most listeners post their names on there.

Vicky - I thought that baseball was quite popular there. At least, a few of my friends living over there go to quite a few minor league games.

avatar Justin says:

Congratulations on 100 beginner lessons (and 200 podcasts!!)!!

Wow, it’s been pretty fast, huh?
58th or so comment. quite a few to go before 100, eh? Good luck, everyone! :razz:

avatar Nathan says:

Vicky-san,

I don’t think it would look very good if all of the comments were from the JP101 crew :wink:

avatar Vicky says:

Hahaha, but still Nathan-san, it will help us to keep the goal. :lol:
I think I’m done recruiting today.

I went to mixi to sign up, it was quite abit of work eh?
They created new community for jppod people. Pretty nice. We helped each other to sign up there if you guys help some trouble like me. It was fun though.

Liz-san asked me this morning….Okay I signed up for mixi, and what’s next?

Hope we can chat in Japanese oneday??? :wink:

Jppod!!! You are the best! :mrgreen:

avatar Janis says:

Hooray for 100 beginner lessons! I am too busy this summer for much studying but still listen to the podcast every day. You are doing excellent work.

avatar Daniel Beck says:

Nathanさん、

What do you mean “all of the comments”? We’ve been doing the heavy lifting. If each person in the office chips in one each, we’ll be on our way! よろしくお願いします! :cool:

がんばれJP101! :grin:

avatar dae kyung Lee says:

Hi~ gonnichiwa minasan
Congratulations!!! jppop 100′S
Vicky-san everyday thank’s
nathan-san ogenkithesuka?! :mrgreen:
happy day~~~~ :grin:

avatar dae kyung Lee says:

Hi~ gonnichiwa minasan
Congratulations!!! jppop 100′S
Vicky-san everyday thank’s
nathan-san ogenkithesuka?! :mrgreen:
happy day~~~~ :grin:

avatar //digitaljo says:

congratulations jpod101 for the 100th beginner lessons!!

i can remember when it was peter-san, natsuko-san, sakura-san and kazunori-san as the seiyuus for the jpod101. now with many awesome seiyuus involved, funny and interesting stories with plot twists. you can totally hear the change in peter-san’s voice. you can feel the growth and love. :grin:

がんばってください、皆さん。

avatar Nathan says:

Daniel-san,

Of course, I was just playing with Vicky-san :wink:

Lee-san,

Genki desu! :grin: Lee-san wa? Thanks for the comment :grin:

avatar Jonas says:

If we get 100 comments today, we have to get 101 tomorrow! :roll:

Kawasaki-san: Welcome, glad you like our podcast. If you’re ever in the Tokyo area, drop by!

Jonas

avatar Vicky says:

No way Jonas-san, I’m definally out for tomorrow’s comments. I’ve done enough all day, and I have trouble sleeping right now.

Daniel-san, 100 comments muri da yo??

avatar Vicky says:

Oh forgot to mention!!! Thank you dae kyung Lee-san, it was nice of you!!!
I was about to call Korea, but you read my mind. :shock:

avatar Alard says:

Congratulations on the 100th beginner lesson! どうもありがとうございます for making all these great podcasts! I’m still trying to catch up…

Alard from オランダ

(アラルド, would that be the correct katakana for Alard? :) )

avatar Daniel Beck says:

Nathanさん & Jonasさん、

Thank you for chipping in! Now, just get the rest of your fellow office people as well as the voice talent to do their part. We’re almost there! がんばろう!

avatar Nathan says:

Daniel-san,

Call your students! :wink:

Alard-san,

Welcome! Looks like it should work :grin:

avatar Jason says:

初心者の皆さん、ようこそいらっしゃいました。^_^

Kawasakiさん、英語を練習したくなったら、掲示板へどうぞ。

avatar Kazunori Sakai says:

祝!!ビギナーレッスン100回目
おめでとう!!皆さん日本語Studyしてますか??
またいつか皆さんと会える日を楽しみにしております!!

ばい、あるふぁめーる

avatar Sakura says:

Sugoi! Komento ga konnani takusan!! :shock:
お久しぶりです。さくらです。
Thank you all very much for the warm congratulations and the continued, wonderful support :grin:
Minasan, arigatou gozaimasu!!
Korekara mo kawarazu yoroshiku onegaishimasu :razz:

avatar Sølvi says:

Wow, lots of new people here today! Welcome to all of you!

Premさん: I’m guessing you’re from India? I love yoga :)

Michael D. Cassidyさん: I’ve played golf a couple of times, does that count? My friend used to work at a golf court, so we got to borrow clubs for free after hours :)

avatar Peter says:

皆さん!Thank you for all the comments and for remembering us! :grin: We want to thank all of you!!! Without all of you great listeners this would have never been possible. 本当にあ