First?! This is fun…

Good bonus track.
Will probably need less explanation in future.

Worrying how short my short term retentation is though.

Barbara-san, おめでとう。 　Numbers, numbers, numbers! Believe it or not, I still have trouble! I read a lot about the economy and the really big numbers still give me trouble. Add in the need for my mind to convert to US dollars…let’s just say I know where you’re coming from.

Another problem is a large majority of the learning material out there just brushes over this topic or offers very little in the way the numbers actually used in context. They give you the numbers in order, very nice and neatly! So when hear the numbers out of order it’s can be difficult to make the association. Also, they go over the counters or measure words, but rarely use them in context. Throughout this series we’re going to use numbers as often as possible to address these issue.

Belton-san, thanks for the feedback! Yes, definitely. In the future, after we establish a system, the explanation will become redundant, and we’ll phase it out.

numbers. they don’t stick with me either.

I noticed something interesting with foreign students using English, when counting backwards from 10 they sometimes hit a point where they start counting up again!

I have to think hard to count out of sequence in Japanese. I also find having learnt words in a particular order I have to go through that order to remember a word or a verb form. Not exactly fast!

Hello, people, I think I get unnoticed yesterday, but here is my complaint again
I know many of you out there use the 1024×768 screen resolution. But as my monitor doesn’t support it I have to put it in 800×600. So I can’t see the whole width at once…. Just a little question for the tech team: Why does the horizontal rolling bar stay just at the bottom of the page? You know, it’s a little of work to me to go down just to roll it to the side over and over …

Claudenir

Claudenirさん、
　　　I have checked this out and you are absolutely right. This is a pain. Something must be wrong with their frames on the website. The problem happens in both IE and Firefox.
I was looking for a work-around and didn’t have much success. Seems like there must be a way to use the mouse for horizontal scrolling.
One website did shows that holding down the SHIFT key and moving the mouse wheel on Internet Explorer 7 should give you horizontal scrolling. Later in the article, it said that you needed to hold down both SHIFT and CTRL keys and moving the mouse wheel did the scrolling. Not sure which is right.
However, I am worried that if you only have 800×600, perhaps you have a very old machine and not IE 7.
じゃ　また
ジョン

Claudenir-san,
You did not go unnoticed yesterday, I also have that problem, but you seem to know more of why it is so. ( yes, I am a little computer illiterate.) I was very happy one day when suddenly Jpod put the page numbers at the top of each page as opposed to only on bottom and have been hoping the scroll bar would one day magically appear likewise on top of the pages. But you know how to voice the problem! Arrigato gozaimasu, Claudenir!
Oh, of course, arrigato gozaimasu JP tech guys also! You are doing a great job!

Eran-san,
For a guy raised by a pack of wild badgers, you are a pretty smart guy.
BTW, I enjoyed the bonus track, a sort of fun little pop quiz. I failed, but luckily I can take it again. (and again, and again…)

hi Petter my name is Cristian, am from Ecuador south america but am a product design student in New york.
Since my girlfriend is nippon jin, I decide to check online resources to learn some japanese in some website and they all suck..! however, I started to heard your website on october, and am really happy to have these amaising clases online. there is not a better course online like yours Omedeto for all your effort, your show and all the progress that we (all over the world) had. thanks to you.
Now am checking the first episodes and i see how prepare your web site became. however am listening from the first to the last episodes to keep a right track. and u have no idea how i surprice my girlfriend and a some people of the large Japanese community in NY am glad that i found your web site.
Ahh by the way my girlfriend is so jelious about Chigusa, she knows i have a crush on her, since i always repeat twist of love part 1 where she looks totemo kire; unfortunelly i knew about the videos too late..
well Petter i just want to bye and tanks for evrything! (big hug for you) by the way would u say hi or mention ecuador at any point i’ll make me really really happy!

Claudinerさん、
Well you should put a “wheel mouse” on your Christmas wish list. If you don’t happen to celebrate Christmas… … perhaps there is some other gift giving occasion in your future.
jya mata
ジョン

Eran-san,

I’ve tried removing the overflow: auto; in the .MainContainer {} declaration and it solves the problem in Firefox… let me know if it works for you too.

Japanesepod101.com Team:
The bonus track is great!! Thanks so much! I need all the practice in speaking that I can get.

Eranさん,
Thanks, that fixed it.
John

Peter, I’m going to be in Tokyo this weekend. I sent you an email in regards to my trip. I would love to drop in for a visit! Keep up the awesome job.

Wow! Eran-san! You really made my day!

My previous message was sent a little late as I expected. I didn’t see the comments above. You’re marvelous! I knew you could do something about it. Now I can enjoy this great site without any problems
A big DOUMO ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU!!!!

Claudenir

Sophie-san,
それよりソフィー先生,

Liz is right! (Thanks for making a point of it, Liz) Your site is SPECTACULAR! Knock me over with a feather! We want you as an affiliate member of our Ringo MacUsers group that meets in Ginza Apple Store theater. Wow, JapanesePod101 has really assembleed a community of talented individuals!

Mina-san, thank you for all the great feedback! Looks like this is something we’ll be implementing.

Cristian-san, welcome to the community! Please keep those great stories and posts coming!

Sophie-san, thank you!!! And what a beautiful website!

BTW, there’s a Georgetown in Louisiana too.

Nice bonus track.

This a very usefull lesson (for me anyway, because I’m so lost in the japanese counting system).

Hi, I’ve recently gotten into Season 2 and I have to say that these episodes are doing a lot to improve my comfort level in everyday situations. The bonus track is excellent! Keep up the good work.

Hey Frank

I am later than you. But I did find this lesson very nice and now I have some nice new veggies to practice with at the local veg/fruit stand. People wanted to know why I needed grrrr! In Chinese 個 comes before the object now I have to remember to use it after the object.

Mike in Ebisu Tokyo