Comments on: Beginner Lesson #112 - Music Star

by: sheala

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:33:13 +0000

I love the passing comment that the meaning of ‘baka’ is different depending on context. that’s like saying Japan has a few islands. One of the most interesting things about Japanese is if you don’t pay close attention, you miss the whole thing!

by: Alan

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:11:53 +0000

晴世さん、連絡のために、有難う。わかりました。晴世さんは肖像や空の写真が好きです。名前の意味は爽やかな春のイメージから見出しました。日本語の名前面白いです。

by: Haruyo

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 06:51:33 +0000

＞Lizさん
ピーターの写真ですか？お見せできる日がくるまで、たくさん撮っておきますね！

＞Alanさん
私はポートレートや、空の写真をとるのが好きです。
名前のいみは　たぶん　sunny world　であってるとおもいます。５月生まれなので日本のさわやかな春をイメージした　名前だとおもいます

＞Brodyさん
「ものすごい声」ですか？ありがとうございます。一生懸命しゃべってるので、よろしくおねがいします☆

＞Nateさん
楽しんでくれましたか？楽しみながら日本語を勉強しましょう。がんばってください♪

＞JackZonさん
オフィスに来てくれましたね！よろしくおねがいします！！

＞Beltonさん
コメントありがとうございます☆これからも登場すると思いますので、よろしくおねがいします

by: Mark

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:42:14 +0000

Finally getting around to listening to some of these lessons. Starting to listen these podcasts in groups instead of every day.

Welcome Haruyo-san! Always great to hear another voice.

by: Alan

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:41:38 +0000

Looking at the kanji for Haruyo-san’s name has made me realise how many combinations there are. This site lists a huge number of combinations of kanji for each pronounciation, although it doesn’t give the meanings. I guess if you know the kanji, it is obvious. Still I have learned the valuable lesson of not trying to guess name kanji from pronounciation.
Girl’s Names

There doesn’t appear to be a matching list for boys names on that site, although there is a list of monster names (not boys names, I checked )

I guess half the fun with japanese names is finding out which meaning goes with them. With English names, if you know the pronounciation, then you know the name. I also read somewhere (forgot where) that japanese names are chosen so as to contain an auspicious stroke count.

You can guess I had the day off, with all the posts I’m making today

by: JapanesePod101.com

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:55:02 +0000

Paul-san, as always thanks for you question! Noriko-san is back and forth between Canada and Japan. We were lucky to have for a bit, and hopefully she’ll be back. Sasahara-sensei is upstairs. Kazunori is around, but we can’t get him in the studio. Takase will be around next week, or the week after. Take’s real name……..will look into it.

by: Daniel Beck

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:52:01 +0000

Paulさん、

Takaseさん was on just the other day. And, I can verify that she’s there. I met at the office last Friday. I don’t know about the Member Introduction page, but she has been seen in photos on the blog page before.

Nagasaki Connection Rocks!

by: Paul

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:20:56 +0000

Oh. And where is Kazunoriさん? And where is Takaseさん? She isn’t mentioned on the “Member Introduction” page. And is Takeya the real name of Take?

by: Paul

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:15:45 +0000

I would like to know where Norikoさん and Sasaharaせんせい went. After a while we didn’t see them. Where are they? Will they come back?

by: Max

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:04:48 +0000

I use japanese abbreviations a lot when I speak English. You know, when Japanese people are happy, they don’t say that ‘I am happy, they just say one word: (maybe ’shiawase!’) Or if something is difficult, they just say one word (’muzakashii’ or something similar) instead of (’are wa muzakashii desu)’ or similar. I have found myself doing that (in English) all the time…

Omoshiroi.

if I don’t like a movie or something I’ll just say ‘crappy’ instead of ‘well I don’t really enjoy this show, how about changing the channel’ or if it’s really crowded on the train I’ll just say ‘busy’ to someone instead of ‘oh I say, there are quite a lot of people on the train today’.

Japanese grammar has crept into my English too. Me for strange is. Sorry, there I go again.

Owaru.