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13 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #122 - Getting Off”
Wednesday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, Today’s location is 西安・せいあん・Seian - hello to all of our listeners in Xian, China! Yoroshiku onegai shimasu!
Wednesday at 10:13 pm
first today
Wednesday at 11:48 pm
皆さん
Recently, I was watching the anime Millennium Actress and there is a scene where the main character runs after the train she would have liked to have caught saying to herself
‘行きます,行きます..’.
I suspect this use of the polite form is to do with the fact that in her mind she was stating her desire in front of an immaginary person in authority, who, maybe, was stopping her from reaching the train in time. Or perhaps it was a public declaration like when one says ‘頑張ります’ which is addressed to everyone within ear-reach.
Do you have any comment on this? Is my interpretation likely?
I think it is great when a language can have these subtle undertones (and evn more wonderful still when I can get them!)
mikuji
Thursday at 2:29 am
Yeah, I think what your are right Mijukiさん, I was thinking the same thing related to anothers anime show when the characters use this type of expresions
Thursday at 6:03 am
Its amazing how once we learn to talk that its so hard to turn off that internal dialogue.
blah blah blah blah your brain goes…………..
Thursday at 7:53 am
It is true Michaelさん, my case is similar when I was studyng a lot of time I keep thinking in japanese after finish for a while, a mix of japanese and spanish, is really weird!
The brain keep going and going
Poor guy he was totally misunderstood, he need another chance!
Thursday at 2:02 pm
Mikuji-san,
Yes, you know, you can be talking or reponding to someone in your head like, say your mom told you to study hard and you are like, “Yes, yes, I will do study!” in your head, here, you are kind of annoyed but you can say 「はい、はい、べんきょうしますよ!」in your head.
Monday at 5:54 pm
in “getting off”, yoshi-san ga peter-san wo “tsutsunda”, because they are “intimate”. hahaha. i love your lessons even more.
Wednesday at 12:13 am
So, is the ending particle “wa” sort of the feminine form of the ending particle “na”?
Wednesday at 1:55 pm
MP-san,
Yes, “wa” is usually used by women.
- “Kirei da wa.” (female)
- “Kirei da na.” (male/female)
But, in Kansai dialect, men use it too!
Friday at 6:39 am
Doumo arigatou gozaimasu, Mayumi-san!
Wednesday at 6:30 pm
Tuesday at 4:54 pm
待って、そのエルベーターちょっと待ってください。ありがとうございます。何階ですか。四十七階お願いします。どうもすみません。今日は涼しいですね。はい、そうですね。この人は何処が可笑しいわ。こいつ何考えてるの。何かちょっと怖い。いや、怖い。こっち見てる。逃げよう。すみません、間違えました、二十五階お願いします。早く降りたい。
また、明日。
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