this tokoro usage is like in the Russian language, i’m lucky i speak it easier for me to understand this, when its related to time.

Arthur

　Hey the lesson is old but i just started )) never too late huh
　
i have some questions, whoever can help me out, i’ll appreciate it ) is the auxiliary ppanashi has only negative usage?
　-i’m having hard time understanding the usage.

can i say “彼　は　彼女　に　振られた　ので　酒　を　飲みっぱなし　だ”
did i say it right?

and another question is this auxiliary considered polite or there is a substitution for it as a polite version?

hai, thank you

Depends on your scenario, but the most likely situation I can think of would be if someone is thanking you, you can say 如何致しまして - dou itashimashite, which literally translates to “what did I do?” implying “it was nothing” or “don’t mention it”.

I’m not sure merely waving your hand would do it… you could also say “iie iie”, which would imply “no need to thank me”.

Sasquatchua

Unrelated question…
How do you say ‘forget about it’ in Japanese to someone apologizing? Or is there such a thing - do you just say nothing? Or do you wave your hand?

Arigato Gozaimasu

Tryllid

はい、ほんとうにありがとう、サインディさん。ほとんど毎日JP101を聞くけど、俺はまだ初心者ですよ。ですから、ここに練習したいです。じゃあ、よく間違えますよね！お願い、正してください！

よろしくお願いします！

-Hugo

Welcome to JP101! sure keep it up! we want to hear more from you and all JP101 listeners. S_R_C

And of course, everyone else has been very helpful also. I’m still fairly new here, but you guys are gonna hear from me more and more!

-Hugo

But If you’d still like to see the difference between the two, I would say like this:

“aa soo desu ka? ” is usually used as an affirmative acknowledge. You could put it “Oh, ok.” or “I see.”

“aa soo nan desuka? ” sounds like more casual and you might be able to add your surprise or wonder more effectively. In English, “Oh, is that right? ( I didn’t know that.)” “Oh, is that so? ( it’s new to me.)”

This is what I think, so I recommend you ask for a second opinion about this matter.
I’m Japanese but not all Japanese are an expert in Japanese language, u know.

aa soo desu ka?

which should be:

aa soo nan desu ka?

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ではまた。

Welcome to the site!

We need your translation and your English sound great so don’t say its poor ok! S_R_C