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36 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #109 - Have you been to Morioka?”
Tuesday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, today’s location is サンチアゴ・Sanchiago! Hello to all of our listeners in Chile! We hope you enjoy today’s lesson, as it this pattern should come in handy!
Tuesday at 9:15 pm
Mina-san, in today’s lesson we also introduced asking questions about one’s experiences. Have you ever…? Have you..? etc. This is an excellent pattern to help you take conversations to the next level. When I first came to Japan, I often asked people, “Have you been to America?”
アメリカへ行ったことがありますか。Amerika e itta koto ga arimasu ka?
I cannot stress the importance of this phrase in helping you take a conversation to the next level. Please use it as much as possible!
Tuesday at 9:16 pm
so far behind i may never catch up…………………….
Tuesday at 9:17 pm
Michael-san, where did you go??
Tuesday at 9:53 pm
Haha Peter-san, when I first read your post I thought it said that people asked you if you had ever been to America.
I guess I’m not awake yet.
Hope everyone has a great day!
Tuesday at 10:30 pm
I just asked Daniel-san about this construction the other day. This was a really useful lesson. My day today was horrible so thank you for making my day
Tuesday at 10:40 pm
Peter san
i was on vacation. i have a house on fire island; made sand castles with my 6 year old niece.
Tuesday at 11:00 pm
Great episode! Very useful. I feel I’m getting the hang of nominalization.
But Peter, why are you so scared to talk about nattou? Every time it comes you, you change the subject! Doushitano?
Tuesday at 11:25 pm
皆さん!
When you have to relax, you make a wallpaper. At least that’s what I do. Hope you’ll like it.
JockZon Design (me) has come up with another Jpod101 wallpaper
http://www.jockzon.com/jpod101_wallpaper2.jpg
Tuesday at 11:29 pm
JockZon-san,
)
Very, very nice! (as Peter-san would say
Tuesday at 11:42 pm
Excellent and useful lesson as always!
I can’t wait for the Podcast awards results!
Very nice wallpaper JockZon-san, very good advice to!
Wednesday at 12:13 am
Good morning Mina-san!!!
JockZon-san, very nice!!! Very pink too.
Mark-san, you are early today! I got your message this morning. It wasn’t a nap.
Haven’t check the lesson yet. Can’t wait for everybody’s coming back from vacation.
Mata Ne!
Wednesday at 1:18 am
I’m not a fan of pink, but very nice wallpaper.
Wednesday at 1:26 am
I listened to the lesson on my iPod as I was cleaning my house
What a great lesson! So many useful expressions, grammar AND culture!! Doumo arigato gozaimashita!
Wednesday at 1:43 am
盛岡の冷麺を食べたいですね.
The Shinano river is actually the longest in Japan (and in Honshu), but Kitakami is the longest river in 東北地方 — the Touhoku region of northern Honshu.
So not too bad, Peter
Wednesday at 1:47 am
It’s probably best that Peter not discuss Natto. I’m pretty sure that my adjectives for it would not be appropriate for podcasting…:???:
Wednesday at 4:12 am
JockZonさん: that was just too cute!
Wednesday at 4:34 am
Solvi-san contact me. We are going to Norway, be ready skype video users!!!
Let’s go!!!
Wednesday at 5:06 am
Peterちゃん、
You’re always “taking (us) to the next level”.
Oh, this little bird is bugging me to know if Takeさん will be there when I visit. Take Take Take…blah blah blah…
Chigusaさん、
Around here, we say 「さん」, as in “Peterさん”. Well, Peterちゃん will also suffice.
Takaseさん、
When is your fellow Nagasakiite returning?
Hasn’t he been on vacation long enough? Kids.
Anyway, still looking forward to lesson 2 of Nagasaki-ben.
Lizさん、
Thanks for reminding us of “very very nice.” Very なつかしい!
JockZonさん、
Nice work!
Jasonさん、
That’s what Photoshop is for!
You can choose your own color.
Wednesday at 9:16 am
Thanks for the information on ‘koto ga aru’. I’ve tied using that construction before and got blank looks because I’d misunderstood how it was used. Now it’s time to try using it again
Also last weeks lessons on giving & receiving were very useful, in particular the bit about ni/kara usage with morau.
I need to work on my vocab some more though. There’s way too many words I’m having to look up. Finding more time is the problem. I feel a bit like Osaka from Azumanga dioh, when she kept saying (I think) 作り、作り、作り i.e. organise, organise, organise, while at the same time not listening in class.
Wednesday at 9:20 am
Yeah Riemen is from Korea. And, I think it’s originally coming from North Korea. I’m eating Raymen for dinner I wonder why….
You guys always make me hungry when you are talking about the food.
Wednesday at 10:06 am
JockZon-san,
Great job! I, myself, happen to like pink
Vicky-san,
Everybody, or just Take-san?
Matt-san,
Good catch! We meant to post a comment about that, but, well… you beat us to it
Daniel-san,
Take-san probably won’t be here… I’ve already told a little bird this
As for Yoshi-san, we’re all wondering when he is going to return, too!
Alan-san,
I love Azumanga Daioh
Wednesday at 12:11 pm
Daniel-san, how about going to office next week??? We need to meet everybody! Or make all them to sign up for skype video?
Wednesday at 12:31 pm
Hi minaさん,
Just wanted to say おめでとうございます to JP101 on winning one of the banner contests from the Podcast awards! Congratulations to them and everyone who voted.
Wednesday at 12:32 pm
Nathanさん、
I wonder if it’s the same little bird.
Oh, and little surprise here that you like pink.
Wednesday at 12:35 pm
Hmmmm…..just for banner winner??? Sorry to hear that. I did voted everyday though. Hope we can win for next year?
Keep it up Jppod!!!
We still love you & we are always with you!!!
Wednesday at 12:52 pm
I’ve listen to this episode like 3 times today. And now I’m hungry for some reimen.
Unfortunately there isn’t any good Asian markets here in Santa Barbara. Maybe next time I’m in Los Angeles I’ll make it a point to find a place that has it.
-Dave
Wednesday at 12:57 pm
Reimen is really good. Especially with spicey peanut butter sauce.
Wednesday at 1:33 pm
Dave-san, you can make Reimen at home too!!! Buy a package at Korean store.
Wednesday at 2:05 pm
Nice podcast today, it was very interesting. Thanks!
And don’t you worry! My video will soon be in and
HOLY GUACAMOLE!!!! is it good!
Later!
Wednesday at 3:41 pm
Mina-san, thank you for all of your support! Thanks to you we were one of the top 3 site driving traffic to podcastawards.com!
And because of this, we’ll receive free advertising space for one year! Hontou ni arigatou gozaimashita!
We would like to thank you for nominating and for all the voting on our behalf!
本当にありがとうございました!
Wednesday at 3:53 pm
Mark-san, there is a good probability that’s what I was saying.
JockZon-san, thanks for the great wallpaper! Please keep them coming!
Andrej-san, that’s a story for another podcast.
Have you had nattou? It is the meibutsu of Mito, so I had a city of people convinced that they could convince me to like it.
Liz-san, funny!
Hugo-san, great to hear from you.
Jason-san, there you are!
Matt-san, I know!!!! I also meant to post about it, but……. Thanks for the post!!
The longest in Japan, draining most of Nagano and Niigata prefectures. It rises at the foot of Mount Kobushi, in the Japanese Alps of Honshu, and flows north-northeast for 228 miles (367 km) to enter the Sea of Japan at Niigata.
http://www.britannica.com/
Solvi-san, great to hear from you!
Alan-san, yes, please try this one again. Remember the plain past + koto ga arimasu (aru for informal situations)
Dave-san, definately!! But, it’s the stuff in Morioka that is really amazing! Just go to Morioaka.
Bakaneko-san,
! Recipe please.
Brody-san, 楽しみにしている!Tanoshimi ni shite iru! We’re looking forward!
Vicky-san, thanks for all the votes!
Wednesday at 4:30 pm
I would like to make a suggestion. I think it would be really good if you could the informal track transcript on the Learning Centre with its romaji. Unfortunately I am not able to copy the text from the Lesson Notes then transfer them able to a site for converting to romaji. It would really help. Thanks!!
Wednesday at 4:32 pm
Sorry let me change one thing. I meant:
…. you could put the informal track transcript …..
not:
…. you could the infromal track transcript ……
Pardon!!
Thursday at 8:54 pm
Peterさん、
Thank for the breakdown of 名物 (めいぶつ). Even listening in the car, I could visualize the kanji because I know both of them. This is really helpful to remember the word and understand it.
ありがとう ございます
ジョン
Wednesday at 10:27 pm
おかえりなさい。お二人ともは盛岡はどうでしたか。とてもよかったです。楽しくて、食べ物が美味しくて、また行きたいです。なにが美味しかったですか。冷麺です。冷麺は食べたことがありますか。いいえ、食べたことがありませんが、テレビで見たことがあります。盛岡の名物でしょう。私も冷麺を食べたいです。どうぞ、お土産です。盛岡冷麺ですか。いいんですか。もちろん。
お帰り、お二人ともは盛岡どうだった。とてもよかった。楽しくて、食べ物がうまくてさ、また行きたいよ。何が美味しかったの。冷麺かな。冷麺は食べたことがある。いいえ、食べたことがない、でも、テレビでみたことがある。盛岡の名物でしょう。私も冷麺を食べたいな。どうぞ、お土産。盛岡冷麺。いいの。もちろん。開けたくないの。やっばり、
また、明日。
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