Comments on: News #37 - End of the Year Finale http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/ 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 14:42:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Liz21 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-39055 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 13:11:01 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-39055 I still think Sakura san is referring to the vowel sound "i" in Miki's name. I heard Peter say, "Mickey", not "Miki":twisted: When the JPOD Team gets back, I hope they will help us out here! I still think Sakura san is referring to the vowel sound “i” in Miki’s name. I heard Peter say, “Mickey”, not “Miki” :twisted:

When the JPOD Team gets back, I hope they will help us out here!

]]> by: Lulu-chan http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-38830 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 20:20:39 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-38830 i can't wait to hear the fairytales!! ＾＿＿＿＾ i can’t wait to hear the fairytales!! ＾＿＿＿＾

]]> by: Juan http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-38809 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:37:30 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-38809 ake ome ake ome

]]> by: Laura http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-38689 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 15:01:44 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-38689 Nooo, she's saying "week-ki" as in "make the eee sound in week". Nooo, she’s saying “week-ki” as in “make the eee sound in week”.

]]> by: Daniel Beck http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-38020 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 20:17:09 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-38020 Around the 6:20 mark, she says "weak ki", which seems to me that she's saying that Peterさん is adding a ちさい「っ」 in there. Around the 6:20 mark, she says “weak ki”, which seems to me that she’s saying that Peterさん is adding a ちさい「っ」 in there.

]]> by: Laura http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-37847 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:01:32 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-37847 Where? I can't hear that. Where? I can’t hear that.

]]> by: Daniel Beck http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-37810 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 14:25:51 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-37810 Lizさん and Lauraさん、 Um, if you go back and listen, Sakuraさん says "soft k" to Peterさん。Maybe he needs to work on both! :lol: Lizさん and Lauraさん、

Um, if you go back and listen, Sakuraさん says “soft k” to Peterさん。Maybe he needs to work on both! :lol:

]]> by: Harv http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-37773 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:52:13 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-37773 よいお年を！ よいお年を！

]]> by: Sindy http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-37486 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:18:44 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-37486 :mrgreen:Happy New Year 2007 to all JP101 Crew and Listeners from Times Square New York City (The Big Apple)!:wink: S_R_C :mrgreen: Happy New Year 2007 to all JP101 Crew and Listeners from Times Square New York City (The Big Apple)! :wink: S_R_C

]]> by: Laura http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-37481 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:45 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-37481 I agree with Liz-san that the problem was the "i" not the "k". He was saying "Meki"/"Mickey" instead of "Miki", which is why she got him to say "week-i" to get the correct "i". It still sounds much the same to me though. I agree with Liz-san that the problem was the “i” not the “k”. He was saying “Meki”/”Mickey” instead of “Miki”, which is why she got him to say “week-i” to get the correct “i”. It still sounds much the same to me though.

]]> by: Liz21 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-37472 Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:17:18 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-37472 Beck-san, Thanks for the correction about the ™. I know you own that slogan. :wink:But, really, I am concentrating on the vowel sound "i", not the "k" sound. I find it interesting that there is no short "i" sound in Japanese, so we English speakers have to remember that and alway use a long "i", right? Happy New Year, Daniel-san!! Beck-san,
Thanks for the correction about the ™. I know you own that slogan. :wink: But, really, I am concentrating on the vowel sound “i”, not the “k” sound. I find it interesting that there is no short “i” sound in Japanese, so we English speakers have to remember that and alway use a long “i”, right?

Happy New Year, Daniel-san!!

]]> by: Daniel Beck http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-37469 Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:01:32 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-37469 Lizさん、 It's the Save Peter Campaign™. The trademark symbol is required. :wink: But, actually, it refers to our attempts to correct Peterさん's English. His Japanese pronunciation is a different project. :lol: You're right though. Like Sakuraさん said, he makes a hard k sound, ミッキ as opposed to ミキ。 But, I wouln't write it as meekee, because it looks like the vowels are elongated, when they are not. This is the weakness of using romaji to represent Japanese sounds. Sakuraさん was rather fiesty today. :twisted: She really put Peterさん in his place. Especially when he called Takeさん Take. :lol: Lizさん、

It’s the Save Peter Campaign™. The trademark symbol is required. :wink: But, actually, it refers to our attempts to correct Peterさん’s English. His Japanese pronunciation is a different project. :lol:

You’re right though. Like Sakuraさん said, he makes a hard k sound, ミッキ as opposed to ミキ。 But, I wouln’t write it as meekee, because it looks like the vowels are elongated, when they are not. This is the weakness of using romaji to represent Japanese sounds.

Sakuraさん was rather fiesty today. :twisted: She really put Peterさん in his place. Especially when he called Takeさん Take. :lol:

]]> by: Joao Paulo http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-37428 Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:32:40 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-37428 Yoi otoshi o!!!!! I wanna say it again tomorrow. Can I?? :mrgreen: This one comes from Brazil. Happy 2007 for everybody. JP :cool: Yoi otoshi o!!!!!

I wanna say it again tomorrow. Can I?? :mrgreen:

This one comes from Brazil.

Happy 2007 for everybody.

JP :cool:

]]> by: Abrassart http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-37389 Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:05:10 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-37389 Happy New Year from Belgium (Europe). よいお年を！ Happy New Year from Belgium (Europe).

よいお年を！

]]> by: Sharon http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-37376 Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:34:09 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/30/news-37-tbd/#comment-37376 Happy New Year from Illinois, USA! Happy New Year from Illinois, USA!

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