Comments on: Beginner Lesson #134 - Mr. Yamada

by: John C. Briggs

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:13:55 +0000

Nateさん、
Yes, every year the have a historic reenactment of the battle of Lexington and Concord. It is strange to see a lot of “Red Coats” walking around with muskets.
ジョン

by: Nate

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:17:29 +0000

Lexington, Massachusetts is a pretty cool place to visit. Lots of history there. Part of Paul Revere’s ride went through this city. Also though it’s neighbor, Concord, Massachusetts. If you get a chance, go through there. Especially around the Fall when all the leaves have changed color. Beautiful!

by: Daniel Beck

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:02:20 +0000

In the espisode, 一生懸命 was traslated “with all one’s life”

Is that supposed to be English?

by: Jason

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:29:07 +0000

Did I ever mention how much I dislike Internet Explorer?

Lynx or bust!

by: Sindy-san

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:13:36 +0000

Solvi-san nice pic so you like Tom Cruise ehhhh!
Today’s lesson great Mr Yamada!

Daniel-san and Macs users you forgot about me who has a Windows XP and AOL and I also have a comment for Apple wanna hear it? I don’t want my comment to keep erase so now I may ask JP101? I also have firefox too and its not a big thing! so relax my friends ok! S_R_C

by: Sindy-san

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:06:34 +0000

JapanesePod101.com says:
October 11th, 2006 at 8:52 pm
Mina-san,

Today’s location is レキシントン・Rekishinton - hello to all of our listeners in Lexington New York!

Yoroshiku onegai shimasu!

That is what JP101 was refering I know it Thank You JP101 Rules they always have the best place to greet! S_R_C

by: Vicky

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:01:46 +0000

Belton-san, you know me too much, hehe. Yeah I scrolled down until I saw my name.

by: Peter

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:39:52 +0000

Belton-san, hate it when that happens. ごめんなさい。

by: Belton

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:27:48 +0000

drat another stealth post while I type.

by: Belton

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:19:16 +0000

Hanspeter-san
いっしょうけんめい　
As well as noun and adj-na it’s marked as n-adv adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi) in Edict which I presume means it can act directly as an adverb without the usual ni construction of na adjectives for adverbial use.

Barbara-san
I think they must have updated the pdf it reads “dare ga ii desu ka ne” now.

isshokenmei and isshoukenmei
both mean very hard, with all one’s might. But they use different kanji and one has a long “shou”.

一生懸命 [いっしょうけんめい]isshoukenmei　(long sylable)
“one life risking life”

一所懸命 [いっしょけんめい] isshokenmei
“one place risking life”
(also has meaning of sticking at living in one place)

does that make sense? hopefully you can see the different kanji here.

Kanji are difficult for most people. But can be rewarding and satisfying to learn.
Kana are fairly straightforward if a little alien at first. You can get more out of Japanese when you know kana, it’s well worth the effort I think. ganbatte ne!

ヴィッキさん, (long post you may not read this far! )
I haven’t heard Takase-san in a while either (on beginner lessons). What becomes of people after they work for jPod for a while?