Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! The FIBA (Fédération Internationale de Basketball) World Championship 2006 gets underway in Japan on the August 19th. So while Japan-bound players and fans are getting ready for on-the-court action, JapanesePod101.com is doing its best to get you ready for some off-the-court fun. In today’s lesson we cover self introductions, nationalities of Group A teams, and showcase the amazing city of Sendai, the location of Group A’s games. Whether you’re heading to Japan or will be watching from home, this lesson is for you.
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22 Responses to “Survival Phrases #33 - FIBA World Championship 2006”
JapanesePod101.com says:
August 7th, 2006 at 10:25 pm
Mina-san,
Omatase shimashita! We hope you all had a great weekend! Don’t forget that the 2006 Podcast Awards voting continues until August 11th! 
Yoroshiku onegai shimasu!
usagi says:
August 7th, 2006 at 10:37 pm
Hope you all had a great weekend!
So now it´s time for yakkyu is it?
Keep up the good work and take care mina-san 
Nathan says:
August 7th, 2006 at 10:47 pm
usagi-san,
Close (they both use balls), but not quite! I had a great weekend, thanks How about you?
Liz says:
August 8th, 2006 at 3:39 am
Yakkyu suki desu!
You know I love you guys, but this podcast was painfully slooooow. Too easy and too much repetition. Sorry. 
Maybe you were helping us learn how to introduce ourselves for our videos? 
Alain says:
August 8th, 2006 at 4:37 am
牛タン! I prefer sushi.
Thank you for the new vocabulary! I will try not to order that!
Daniel Beck says:
August 8th, 2006 at 4:39 am
Lizさん、
Well, it was a Survival Phrase lesson. The good thing is, your impatience is probably a sign that you are improving!
And if I may go off topic just for a moment, US beef has landed!!! Woohoo! 
And if you want to know why I love Costco (well, one of the reasons), look at this:
http://www.crisscross.com/jp/news/380847
I’ll be heading out to Costco in the next couple of days. 
Alan says:
August 8th, 2006 at 6:43 am
I think this reprise of self introduction might be to encourage more newcomers to enter videos (or alternatively the team were running short of time to work on the script). Speaking of videos, how are people getting along. My singing’s improving.
Liz says:
August 8th, 2006 at 7:01 am
Alan-san,
Re: the video
I’m trying to figure out who can hold the camera for me, what background, what clothes I should wear, what makeup (lots of it, probably ) I might be able to speak the words. I haven’t come up with a message yet. I know my selling point I haven’t got the song ready yet. 
It’s August 7 and the deadline is August 18
Sindy says:
August 8th, 2006 at 9:05 am
Mina-san JP101 yeah I had a excellent weekend!
The FIBA (Fédération Internationale de Basketball) World Championship 2006 time! Well Basketball its not my favorite sport you know my favorite sport SOCCER!
but anyway I will be cheering Japan, USA team because I don’t know if Mexico basketball team went to Japan to compete! Good luck S_R_C
Sindy says:
August 8th, 2006 at 9:14 am
Liz you don’t need alot of clothes or makeup just show has you truly are everyday! but it would be very nice to see how you look! 
I’m really looking forward for the next iVideo because I will like to see how every single one you people here looks and sings! S_R_C
Mark says:
August 8th, 2006 at 9:32 am
Yakkyu!! How could you Usagi-san! 
Just kidding :p
Ganbatte USA!
Danielさん - Costco is awesome!
Peter says:
August 8th, 2006 at 6:59 pm
Mina-san! The locations for the World Basketball Championships are quite interesting! Sapporo, Sendai, Hamamastu, and Hiroshima. I think this is great idea, as the visitors and teams will get a chance to see some smaller cities and get a better “taste” of Japan. Out of the 4 cities listed above, I’ve only been to Sendai. So far, I’ve been there twice, and it was great both times! Group A is quite lucky! Would love to hear about the other cities.
A perplexing problem is how we’ll finish all the groups and all the cities!! 頑張りましょう！
Gevorg says:
August 8th, 2006 at 6:59 pm
Hi guys~!!!
I haven’t listened to today’s show yet, but I’ll comment again after I did so ^_^. My internet is kinda messed up right now, so I’m writing this from my phone. YAY FOR IMODE!!!!!!!
Guys!!! Guess what ^__^ ! I can watch NHK on my TV~!!!
Well, at least some of it. I don’t pay for it, so I only get to see some of their shows ^^. I can only watch things like “NyuusuWatch” and shows about politics etc. ^^.
But it’s still great anyway~ I don’t understand much of it, but it’s really nice to see what Japanese TV looks like. Anyways, The 7 PM NyuusuWatch is about to begin, so I’m off now ^^. I’ll comment again when I come back ^__^.
See you~
Gevorg*~
Gevorg says:
August 8th, 2006 at 7:34 pm
Hello again ^_^
NyuusuWatch was pretty boring today. But I understood more than usual.
Here’s what I learned;
*It appears that 1,901 pools are having safety problems. And the inspections came due to the accident last week when a little girl, Erika Tomaru got sucked into an intake pipe >_
Gevorg says:
August 8th, 2006 at 7:36 pm
Umm… My last comment didn’t show entirely… T_T I have no idea why…
Peter says:
August 8th, 2006 at 7:49 pm
Gevorg-san, yes, that was a pretty big story over here. I’m not too sure about the water parks and pools in Japan, as I’ve only been once. But the oceans seem to be extremely understaffed when it comes to lifeguards. I remember going to a packed one without a lifeguard in sight.
Gevorg says:
August 8th, 2006 at 8:55 pm
It’s too bad that someone had to pass away before they realized that they should thoroughly inspect the pools…
Peter says:
August 8th, 2006 at 9:46 pm
Hugo-san, Argentina is looking good! They scare me! アルゼンチン人(aruzenchin-jin) has a unique sound in Japanese.
Liz-san, we want that video!
Alan-san too! In fact we want videos of everyone!
Jo Baaklini says:
December 2nd, 2006 at 9:38 am
Hey! I can’t believe it coincidence, my name is Joseph and im from Lebanon!
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