Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Chigusa is once again a koukousei, High School student, having a quick little chat with the kouchou, or principal. The subject turns to future plans, and Chigusa spills what she has in mind. And speaking of thinking of doing something, this is exactly what today’s grammar point will help you express in Japanese by using the plain volitional form of a verb followed by to omotte iru. Stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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43 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #136 - Study Abroad”
JapanesePod101.com says:
October 17th, 2006 at 10:07 pm
Mina-san,
Today’s location is 金星・きんせい・Kinsei - hello to all of our listeners on Venus 
Yoroshiku onegai shimasu!
Liz21 says:
October 17th, 2006 at 10:10 pm
#1 After JapanesePod101.com Team:
Thanks for these “Season 2″ episodes. They are giving me much-needed review. The teaching on the podcasts is very thorough– great work.
Nathan says:
October 17th, 2006 at 10:20 pm
Liz-san,
We’re very glad that you are enjoying them and finding them useful Keep up the great work! 
Sølvi says:
October 17th, 2006 at 10:47 pm
Sorry if the answer to this is in one of the lessons, but I’m a bit behind. In which episode does Season 2 begin?
Liz21 says:
October 18th, 2006 at 6:27 am
Yoshi-san,
When are you coming? There are many things here I can show you! 
Sølvi says:
October 18th, 2006 at 7:08 am
今夜、ヨガをしようと思っている！
Yeah, I know it’s past midnight over here, but there’s still time… Btw, does anybody know whether it should be ヨガをする or ヨガする?
Belton says:
October 18th, 2006 at 8:15 am
All the examples I see in my EIJIRO dictionary use を with various verbs describing yoga.
ヨガの練習をする : do exercises in yoga
ヨガを習う : take up a lesson on yoga
ヨガをやる : do yoga, practice yoga
週に＿回ヨガをする : do yoga __ times a week
I’m not sure if と思っている would be “thinking about” though.
思う is more to do with opinions.
Maybe 考えている [かんがえている] might be better.
then I’m not sure about how to use しょう in that case.
I think ヨガをする事を考えている (I’m thinking of doing yoga) would work but it doesn’t have the idea of ability / potential.
ヨガをできる事を考えている (I’m thinking of my ability to do yoga ?) maybe. As you say it’s after midnight.
Liz says:
October 18th, 2006 at 8:42 am
Belton-san,
You are amazing — so knowledgeable and helpful!
Yoshi-san,
I should mention that El Paso, Texas has some fascinating things to see.
Sølvi says:
October 18th, 2006 at 9:20 am
Thanks a lot, Beltonさん! That actually helped me reinforce some of the words I learned in my Japanese class today 
Ah, and I’ve done yoga for an hour now, my sense of day and night and such is a bit weird these days… 
Daniel Beck says:
October 18th, 2006 at 11:26 am
Take Take Take…blah blah blah… 
Yoshi Yoshi Yoshi…blah blah blah…
Lizさん、
How many times must I remind you. You’re married.
Peterさん、
Nice translation dude. “California was awesome dude!”
So, as you can see:
The West Coast is defintiely better! 
Max says:
October 18th, 2006 at 11:47 am
My girlfriend Aika has started teaching some Chinese students Japanese. She’s using some Japanesepod material, but translated into Chinese. If there are any Chinese speakers out there, this one’s for you!
校长：你明年毕业，对吧？
学生：是的。
校长: 你打算干什么？
学生：还没决定，但我想去美国。
校长：我也留学过了。加洲很不错。你去哪儿？
学生：我想应该去纽约。
校长：纽约也很不错。加油。
Notice 決定 and 留学 are exactly the same!
Also, I didn’t realise that this was season 2. Is it?
Liz says:
October 18th, 2006 at 12:24 pm
Daniel-san,
Re, “California was awesome, dude!” I was trying to find the Japanese word for “dude”, but . . . . . 
Daniel Beck says:
October 18th, 2006 at 12:45 pm
Lizさん、
Yeah, well, Peterさん wasn’t being literal in his translation. Spot on from a dynamic translation point of view.
katie says:
October 18th, 2006 at 1:57 pm
Yoshi-san, you can’t like both california and new york, just like you can’t be both a cat and a dog person. You are either one or the other. California is definatly awesome, dude.
Chicago O’Hare airport is the best airport ever
Peter says:
October 18th, 2006 at 3:12 pm
Liz-san, we’re almost at season 2. These are still the pilots. Nice that you noticed.
Solvi-san, we’re starting soon.
Belton-san, 毎度ありがとうございます。
Max-san, please keep us updated on how using our material works out! Our lawyers are very interested. Still hectic here, but I haven’t forgot about that email.
Daniel-san, actually, it was Yoshi’s translation! That guy has some pizazz! Sometimes too much . BTW, Daniel what are you wearing to Ageha?
Peter says:
October 18th, 2006 at 3:13 pm
Katie-san, must have just missed you. What you wrote is too funny! Thanks for the laugh.
Paul says:
October 18th, 2006 at 4:26 pm
I would like to ask about the Season 2. Is it revison from the start of the JapanesePod101 lessons or from somwehere in between? I am still quite behind and would like to know if there is anyone also in this position.
Yoshi says:
October 18th, 2006 at 4:58 pm
Liz-san,
I’ll come see you tonight in your dreams!
Daniel Beck-san,
I’ll also come see you after I see Liz-san and I’ll sing “California Dreamin’” in your dream! Scary! 
Bob1 says:
October 18th, 2006 at 5:30 pm
よしさん
いい答えでした。米国は西と東海岸だけじゃないですね。
By the way, I was recently at the 35-year reunion of my high school graduation class, and was given the Nomad Award Certificate for having lived in the most different cities. I listed 11, but realized later that I had left out Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where I also spent 6 months. But Peter-san, maybe you already have me beat. どうでしょうか？
Belton says:
October 18th, 2006 at 6:04 pm
Like feeding gizmos, never post after midnight. And listen to the day’s podcast more carefully. 
I’ll correct my earlier ヨガをできる事 to ヨガができる事
then I’ll say that Vvol と思 っている *is* I’m thinking of doing…
On using 考える、I’m now unsure. But I still think my sentences are valid. (it doesn’t help that I confuse volition and potential)
Hopefully it’s just different ways of expressing the same idea… and as Peter-san or Jason-san has yet to correct me…
Sølvi says:
October 18th, 2006 at 7:09 pm
About gizmos - when I was a kid I had to turn off the TV when they boy fed the gizmo after midnight and there was this creepy music or something… 
Scary!
Daniel Beck says:
October 18th, 2006 at 7:45 pm
Yoshiさん、
Yeah, it would be a nightmare if YOU came singing. And especially if it is a Beach Boys song.
Peterさん、
Ageha? Are you high? I’m too old for that kinda thing.
Oh, and btw, Katieさん’s comment is just simply true. Interesting that you find it funny.
Oh, one more thing. I’m still waiting for you to comment on my implementing your suggestion on my podcast. よろしく！
Daniel Beck says:
October 18th, 2006 at 8:47 pm
Oops. Not the Beach Boys. I forget who sang that song.
John C. Briggs says:
October 18th, 2006 at 8:57 pm
“California Dreaming” is by “The Mamas and the Papas”.
Sindy says:
October 19th, 2006 at 3:46 am
Katie-san, Daniel-san, Yoshi-san, Liz-san and everyone that agrees that California state (before Mexico) is the best place to live Thank You mina-san! Your right a great place specially the weather! I like The Mamas and the Papas too specially “Monday” song its so good to me!
but I need to mention my city state like it or not “New York City” is the best state in the U.S.A to live also just listen to Frank Sinatra song “New York, New York” and you’ll see why my friends the truth is there!
Finally I like Max-san comment now Chinese and Japanese people are getting along that is good to hear you should love your neightboor!
Solvi-san so you practice Yoga ehhhh great now I know why you look so calm in the video and fresh too maybe I should start doing Yoga too and visit you in the future so you can show me how you do it if you don’t mind!
I’m also going to add the countries in my list that I’m going to visit in the future when I start my “Around The World Trip” S_R_C
Sindy says:
October 19th, 2006 at 4:58 am
Yoshi-san I heard in the audio that you definitive want to comeback to NYC and I know why ehhhh! then after that go visit Chicago Illinois (LIz-san)great keep it up my friend! S_R_C
David says:
October 19th, 2006 at 6:44 am
This may be of help to some students who are looking for a weekly translated 40 minute mp3 that they can practice on.
Jesus Lifehouse is an international church in Tokyo that records their bi-lingaual messages and posts them online within a few days of their Sunday services. Everyweek there are 2 different messages, sometimes they are English first and then Japanese and other messages are Japanese first.
Go to http://www.jesuslifehouse.com I think you can even podcast their messages - do an iTunes search.
I love the messages and they’ve help my Japanese already.
Dave
Sindy says:
October 20th, 2006 at 4:37 am
NO oohhh gosh Daniel-san is NewYork City you been here so you know it, Yoshi-san accept it and knows it too and everyone else who’s been born or been here knows it ok “NYC is the first best state” period! S_R_C
Sindy says:
October 20th, 2006 at 4:39 am
Thank You David for that site! Your words bring love and peace for all of us. Now we know ok and help my Japanese too! S_R_C
Daniel Beck says:
October 20th, 2006 at 1:55 pm
I am NYC?
NYC is the “first” best “state”? はっ？
よしさん、
気をつけた方がいい。
John C. Briggs says:
October 21st, 2006 at 2:12 am
Beckさん、
Let’s see. NYC is not the “first” at anything I can think of. It is certainly not historically first.
And, last time I checked, NYC is not a state. Hmmm.
Well, it might be the “best” at something, so I guess this is OK.
Well, one out of three ain’t bad.
じゃ また
ジョン
Daniel Beck says:
October 21st, 2006 at 4:34 am
Briggsさん、
If you look again, you’ll see I was asking questions (rhetorical).
And if you look above, you’ll see I was responding to another post, not coming up with my own thoughts on the matter.
And if you look even farther up, you’ll see i was arguing that California was the BEST.
John C. Briggs says:
October 21st, 2006 at 5:17 am
Beckさん、
Oh, I know what you were responding to. I had the same reaction when I saw it.
じゃ また
ジョン
katie says:
October 21st, 2006 at 1:34 pm
カリフォニアのほうがニューヨクよりたのしいです。
remember this in a few months when you’re shoveling the snow out of your driveway
John C. Briggs says:
October 21st, 2006 at 10:35 pm
Katieさん、
I will remember this in a few months when I am playing in the snow in my driveway. I will send you some pictures of the snowmen that I will build.
じゃ また
ジョン
Sindy says:
October 22nd, 2006 at 3:26 am
Yeah I know NYC is not a state I was refearing to New York state and guess what? It is the BEST! and NYC is the # 1 City in the world period ok Daniel-san and John-san!
Katie-san your right thanks for remind us that my favorite season is coming, I love Snow and Christmas! S_R_C
Daniel Beck says:
October 22nd, 2006 at 5:50 am
Refearing? Yeah, I guess NY State can be kinda scary. California rules (only those who’ve lived there can truly appreciate this)!
As for cities, I’ll go with Monterey & Tokyo.
Sindy says:
October 22nd, 2006 at 6:11 am
Yeah your right Daniel-san I also agree with Tokyo, NYC and Mexico City THE BEST OF THE BEST # 1 from all my friends! S_R_C
PS: ohhh before I forget Chinese people don’t worry we know your the # 1 fastest economic growing but your cities are THE BEST OF THE BEST # 2 Beijing, Shanghai China ok! S_R_C
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