Comments on: Beginner Lesson S2 #6 - Winter Plans http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/ Learn Japanese with Daily Podcasts from Tokyo Whether you are Japan-bound or a seasoned speaker, our lessons offer something for everyone. We incorporate culture and current issues into each episode to give the most informative, both linguistically and culturally, podcasts possible. For those of you with just the plane ride to prepare, check our survival phrase series at Japanesepod101.com. One of these phrases just might turn your trip into the best one ever! Yoroshiku O-negai Shimasu! Mon, 21 May 2012 14:28:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: John http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-587386 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:40:24 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-587386 Hello. Could someone explain the difference between kaeru and modoru? I am not sure when to use which one. Thanks ! :) Hello. Could someone explain the difference between kaeru and modoru? I am not sure when to use which one. Thanks ! :)

]]> by: Naomi http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-547454 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:01:17 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-547454 Lora-san 鳥取の砂丘はすごいですよね。 Tottori sand dune is great, isn't it. Lora-san
鳥取の砂丘はすごいですよね。
Tottori sand dune is great, isn’t it.

]]> by: Lora http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-547331 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:33:12 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-547331 Japanese-pod, 私は鳥取に行きましたよ！　 It was really cool! The sand dunes were incredible. My friends and I spent an afternoon jumping off of them. We also went to an onsen in the mountains. There was a pool inside a cave and the view from there was beautiful. It is the most memorable place I've ever been. Japanese-pod,

私は鳥取に行きましたよ！　

It was really cool! The sand dunes were incredible. My friends and I spent an afternoon jumping off of them. We also went to an onsen in the mountains. There was a pool inside a cave and the view from there was beautiful. It is the most memorable place I’ve ever been.

]]> by: Sindy http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-29427 Sat, 09 Dec 2006 21:43:34 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-29427 Thank you Jason-san!:wink: So you know your on the list of JP101 worth it staff!:smile: Congratulations!:grin: and there are more JP101 staff on that list too but I will tell them when we get the change!:mrgreen: S_R_C Thank you Jason-san! :wink: So you know your on the list of JP101 worth it staff! :smile:

Congratulations! :grin: and there are more JP101 staff on that list too but I will tell them when we get the change! :mrgreen: S_R_C

]]> by: Jason http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28907 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:36:30 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28907 Ok, I think we've thoroughly beaten the poor horse that is the word "unique" here and what it does and doesn't or may or may not mean to a bloody pulp. Let's move on. If anyone wants to continue a discussion about language evolution, feel free to start a thread in the forum. Sindy, I don't think there's a person here who'd deny that you're unique in the truest sense of the word. Or at least desperately hope so. Ok, I think we’ve thoroughly beaten the poor horse that is the word “unique” here and what it does and doesn’t or may or may not mean to a bloody pulp. Let’s move on. If anyone wants to continue a discussion about language evolution, feel free to start a thread in the forum.

Sindy, I don’t think there’s a person here who’d deny that you’re unique in the truest sense of the word. Or at least desperately hope so.

]]> by: JockZon (JZ) http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28878 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:06:30 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28878 Anyone who wants to discuss the matter of "languages is a living thin" contact me! it's my favorite topic to debate about. I am not gonna participate in this one though because I don't think it should be in the comments for this lesson. :cool: Anyone who wants to discuss the matter of “languages is a living thin” contact me! it’s my favorite topic to debate about. I am not gonna participate in this one though because I don’t think it should be in the comments for this lesson. :cool:

]]> by: Sindy http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28831 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:46:09 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28831 Jim-san you may be right just until certain point because knowing grammar doesn't make you unique ok! Everybody can learn grammar, its something common and indispensable we should all know!:wink: :grin:Being unique and original means being born with different qualities, do different things, say original words, not follow what everybody does like sheeps, not like the color pink, have a unnatural or unnormal (for some people) characteristics, be different from everybody else, etc Guess who has all that" I'm not cheering my self or what you to cheer me up but ITS ME"ok:mrgreen: If you disagree then check out my posts, my pages, my pictures, etc and you'll see for yourself period! :wink:S_R_C Jim-san you may be right just until certain point because knowing grammar doesn’t make you unique ok! Everybody can learn grammar, its something common and indispensable we should all know! :wink:

:grin: Being unique and original means being born with different qualities, do different things, say original words, not follow what everybody does like sheeps, not like the color pink, have a unnatural or unnormal (for some people) characteristics, be different from everybody else, etc

Guess who has all that” I’m not cheering my self or what you to cheer me up but ITS ME”ok :mrgreen:

If you disagree then check out my posts, my pages, my pictures, etc and you’ll see for yourself period! :wink: S_R_C

]]> by: Kelly http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28819 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:56:15 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28819 Languages evolve. The meanings of words evolve. I think this is a good thing. Today, no one uses "shoen" as the plural for "shoe" and that's okay. We are not French. We do not need to form a committee to mandate what is the 'proper' official use of our language and what is not. Let the words evolve. At any rate, it's stressfull to discuss these things on the internet. It makes me paranoid about having grammar mistakes in my comments. :P Languages evolve. The meanings of words evolve. I think this is a good thing. Today, no one uses “shoen” as the plural for “shoe” and that’s okay.

We are not French. We do not need to form a committee to mandate what is the ‘proper’ official use of our language and what is not. Let the words evolve.

At any rate, it’s stressfull to discuss these things on the internet. It makes me paranoid about having grammar mistakes in my comments. :P

]]> by: Jason http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28776 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:34:25 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28776 *"found in" not "found it in." Geez, I can't type this morning. *”found in” not “found it in.”

Geez, I can’t type this morning.

]]> by: Jason http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28775 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:32:40 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28775 *ungrammatical. Liz, that "mysterious n" sound and the "mysterious n" sound found it in the lesson aren't the same. *ungrammatical.

Liz, that “mysterious n” sound and the “mysterious n” sound found it in the lesson aren’t the same.

]]> by: Jason http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28772 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:29:25 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28772 No. It's the combination g/n sound. If you listen closely, you can hear Sakuraさん do it with other g sounds too. It's just more pronounced there. Maybe because there's a pause at that particular が. Not to mention んが would also be ungrammatically. No. It’s the combination g/n sound. If you listen closely, you can hear Sakuraさん do it with other g sounds too. It’s just more pronounced there. Maybe because there’s a pause at that particular が. Not to mention んが would also be ungrammatically.

]]> by: Liz http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28763 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:10:08 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28763 John-Briggss-san sent me this great explanation about the "mysterious n" sound. Meaning: Verb short form + ndesu - the mode of explaining things Examples: Ashita nihon ni iku ndesu - I will go to Japan ( so I bought new suits case etc) Densha ga okureta ndesu - Train delayed ( so I came here late) John-san, Doumo!!:grin: John-Briggss-san sent me this great explanation about the “mysterious n” sound.

Meaning:
Verb short form + ndesu - the mode of explaining things

Examples:

Ashita nihon ni iku ndesu - I will go to Japan ( so I bought new suits case etc)

Densha ga okureta ndesu - Train delayed ( so I came here late)

John-san, Doumo!! :grin:

]]> by: John C. Briggs http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28720 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:45:13 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28720 Jasonさん, Regarding Lizさん question, after listening to the lesson again, I thought that what we might have here is 　　　　 もどります　ん　が where the ん is "explaining the reason" or "please under stand my situation". I think this fits in the context of the dialogue. If so, the transcript is wrong. What do you think? ジョン Jasonさん,
Regarding Lizさん question, after listening to the lesson again, I thought that what we might have here is
　　　　 もどります　ん　が
where the ん is “explaining the reason” or “please under stand my situation”. I think this fits in the context of the dialogue.
If so, the transcript is wrong.
What do you think?
ジョン

]]> by: John C. Briggs http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28719 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:40:48 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28719 Jean-Michelさん, Well I blame the french anyway. Didn't we get the word "unique" from you guys.:)　ジョン Jean-Michelさん, Well I blame the french anyway. Didn’t we get the word “unique” from you guys.:)　ジョン

]]> by: John C. Briggs http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28718 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:38:58 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/06/beginner-lesson-s2-6-winter-plans/#comment-28718 Jimさん, :) ジョン Jimさん, :) ジョン

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