Peter-san

You need to visit Florida. There are a lot of flying cockroaches. We call them Palmetto bugs.

Stan

Well that was a tough one today. I am not sure it I got it all.

In the kanji we have
手入れされてる
but in the hiragana we have
ていれれされてる
I think there is an extra “れ” in there.

In the translation we have,
Yeah, but you’ll get used to it quick.
Shouldn’t that be “quickly”

I assume that there is no Romaji translation because we are supposed to be able to read hiragana at this level. But if that is the case, why are the example sentences shown in Romaji and not hiragana.

Keep up the good work. Your one year anniversary is just about here.
ジョン

Hi Mina-san

Great intermediate lesson! Stan-san *screaming* ahhhhh I don’t like big flying cockroaches! Cockroaches specially the big ones get me very scare and nervous, I don’t like them so now you know my weakness. This animal is the only one I’m afraid for the other ones I like them specially spiders YES! S_R_C

To follow up on what Mark said, 「ところ」 generally has a less physical meaning than 「部屋」, which typically refers to a physical place. Input 「私のところ」 or 「私の所」 into alc.co.jp, and you’ll see what I mean.

For example, 「私の所に来て宿題をする」 means “come over to my place and do homework.” But 「私のところに見知らぬ人から電話があった」 means “I received a call from a stranger.” In this sentence, 「ところ」 could mean one’s residence, or it could also mean one’s person. Likewise, in 「私のところにCCしてくれる？」 meaning “can you CC it to me?” 「ところ」 doesn’t really refer to a physical place–but rather one’s self.

On a side note, if you look at the word 「部屋」, you’ll notice that it’s composed of 屋 (おく or や)–which by itself means house, or more generally a place where people live–and 部 (ぶ)–which means a division or a section. Therefore, a “section of a place where people live” could very well be a room or an apartment or whatever. Today, 「家」 is used for “house,” whereas, 「屋」 is most often used as a suffix for stores: うどん屋、花屋、本屋、 etc. (or for names of inns, 「松本屋」 and so on).

そのくらいはどうですか？

Devin-san,

Thank you for your nice comment! Glad to know that!

Tachikomaさん,
Right, 一つ目 means first. The word 目 can be used to make ordinal numbers - so that means that 二つ目 means “second”, 三つ目 means “third”, etc.

One of the meanings of たまる is “to endure” or “to bear”, so たまらない means “unbearable” or “irresistible” (used in mostly good ways!)

In この前変えてもらったばかりです, the object (tatami) is just left out since it’s already understood. If you were to include the object, it would go before 変えて.

I hope that these answers help you!