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37 Responses to “Newbie Lesson #8 - Keep on Counting!”
Monday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, We hope all of you had a great weekend! Yoroshiku onegai shimasu!
Monday at 7:13 pm
Great lesson! Can’t wait ’til multiplication and division. Will we get to exponentiation and logarithms too, kana kana ne?
Monday at 9:20 pm
1)Once more a very useful lesson!
I’m heading to 2 kyuu, but I needed this newbie lesson!
2) The new learning center is very fine and easy to use. Congratulations to the technic people.
3) There is no line by line audio or ipod sound in the tokyo travelog 6 lesson.
Monday at 10:13 pm
Maths?!
Well, I never was too good in maths 
Great as always!
Monday at 10:19 pm
I think JPOD needs some math lessons themselves. Addition would be great. Have you seen how they are counting the intermediate lessons.
Intermediate Lesson 41
Intermediate Lesson 42
Intermediate Lesson 43
Intermediate Lesson 43
Hmmm, two 43’s. JPOD, just keep adding one to the previous lesson number and you will be all set.
P.S. They have fixed the lesson numbering. It is wonderful. They can add.
Tuesday at 2:48 am
面白かったなぁ
特にきよしさんの声は最高に面白いです。(笑)
前回の逆転ですね。
That was great, especially kiyoshi-san’s voice. xD
Todays lesson is the reverse of last time right.
ちょっと質問がありますが、「人々にはとくいのもにがてのもあります」という事を示すことわざは何でしょうか。
I have a bit of a question, what is the phrase/proverb to express “people have things they are good at and things they are bad at”?
ありがとうございます
thanks ^^
Tuesday at 8:49 am
二の分一足す三の分一は
Judging from kiyoshi’s and tomoko’s math skills, I’m expecting some akaten (赤点) to be handed out next time.
Tuesday at 10:03 am
二分の一足す三分の一は六分の五でございます。
Tuesday at 1:15 pm
JP101 crew and listeners!
Great Math newbie lesson has always!
Love Math and Algebra could you cover that has well or is it too much for all!
S_R_C
Alain-san
Hugo-san
Tuesday at 1:29 pm
If math isn’t your strongest area, then you might find these items of use:
計算機 (けいさんき):calculator
スライド・ルール:slide rule
計算尺 (けいさんじゃく):slide rule
コンパス:compass
そろばん:abacus
And no, I’m not joking when I say abacus. Some Japanese people, particularly older generations, still use them regularly today (and by “older” I mean grandparents). Here’s an example of a schoolgirl using one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss0qcaCjx80 . But if you’d like to try it out yourself, visit this site: http://www.soroban.com/index_eng.html .
And aren’t you glad that you’re not in this math class? http://youtube.com/watch?v=iGrYSFQiPwc
Tuesday at 1:44 pm
Anyone want to join me dancing too?
Tuesday at 3:27 pm
さすが bakanekoさん、よくできました。
ミシェルさん、How about a nice set of 4 figure log tables to go with that lot.
対数表 (taisuuhyou) is log tables
4桁対数表 (4 keta taisuuhyou) is 4 figure log tables
(I think that 4桁位対数表 (4 keta kurai taisuuhyou) also works, although I’m struggling with the dictionary a bit now)
I’m not sure if I can fully remember how to use log tables now, especially the bit with negative numbers where you have a negative mantissa, where you draw a ‘bar’ over the top, and a positive fractional part. Sliderules are just logs on a ruler. If you can use log tables a slide rule is no problem.
Tuesday at 4:06 pm
If you need some light relief (but still on-topic - just):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX6_Cxtt4mw
Tuesday at 5:19 pm
ミシェルさん,
Actually, I know several elementary school kids who take private abacus lessons. And most of the junior high school kids I’ve asked say that they know how to use one.
…whereas, I’m not sure I’d have even recognized an abacus before I learned the Japanese word.
Tuesday at 5:22 pm
すみません、零分の一引く零分の二が知る人はいるか?
Wednesday at 3:57 am
ありがとう!このかいわはいいですよ。the newbie lessons are fabulous refreshers! ^____^ Mathはたのしいですよ。
Wednesday at 11:30 am
アランさん、面白かったです~でも、この「先生」は男性か女性か分からない…(笑)
Wednesday at 1:05 pm
*Stops Dancing* That video just cut my inspiration!
*leaves* S_R_C
Friday at 9:26 am
More more more learning this language is fun and soon i wont even be a newbie
Sunday at 8:12 am
*returns*
Koren-san
It’s good to know that you like our environment!
Keep it up! I also hope to past the newbie level soon too!
S_R_C
Monday at 11:12 am
こんいちは、みなさん!
お元気 ですか?
私はの なまえ カウイヌです。 日本語を ならっています。すこし できます。。。
日本の音楽 大好きです!日本の映画も。。。。
Sunday at 4:22 am
I decided to become a member. Thank you for your hard work!
Towards the end of the lesson the teacher says to Tomoko-san
“Mou ?shikoushi? desu ne.”
Translation: Not quite.
Could you explain this for me?
I am not to sure about the first two words:
Mou: It can mean again as is “mouichido onegai shimasu” (Again one time please) - Is that what it means here?
No clue on the second word. Please help!
Monday at 1:17 pm
I just want to take this oppertunity to say thank you for even creating a language course like this. For a person like me, who seldom has the patience or the tolerance for learning new things(haha), I found these lessons easy and useful. Not only did you get straight to the point, but you also gave explinations that were brief and highly informative. Great course, and I hope that everyone who wished to take japanese as a second language goes here for they will surely learn it. You can bet I will persuade my friends to take a peek. Once more, thank you, and keep up the FANTASTIC work.
Saturday at 7:55 pm
Hm..lesson 6 seems to be missing..
Thursday at 7:56 am
^^^
I second Lesson 6 being missing.
Friday at 5:24 am
hey guys, have no fear!
the lesson’s not missing. the number just got skipped!
this is an old lesson and it just happened sometimes. we’ve got checks in place now to avoid the confusion.
marky
Saturday at 8:20 am
ummm wheres all the audio gone. Theres nothing there! a few other lessons are missing the audio too. anyone know whats going on please?
Friday at 1:36 am
Hello,
Good lesson.
Today, I heard Peter advertize the “24OFF24” subscription.
I just completed my 7-day free trial and would like to take this special.
Please adjust my subscription rate accordingly.
Thank you.
Monday at 5:38 am
hello everyone,
I think there’s an explaination sentence missing:
just before hai hai hai,
sensei says “mou sukoshi desu ne”.
what this sentence literally means?
thanks
Monday at 2:30 pm
bob-san,
“mou” means “a little” and “sukoshi” means “a little”. So “mou sukoshi desu ne” literally means “it’s a little more.” In this case, teacher was trying to say “you are close to a right answer.”
Tuesday at 4:41 am
Mayumi sensei,
thanks for your fast answer
Wednesday at 9:48 am
A most instructive lesson again! Thank you!
It was of particular interest to me how these two are pronounced entirely differently:
hiku
tasu
The former was pronounced like ‘hikuu’ (long); and the latter more like one would pronounce the -masu suffix. Maybe, indeed, because the latter, in form, is so close to masu! Although I’m sure there’s a more scholarly explanation.
Thursday at 6:06 pm
Mina-san,
what is the difference between markers “wa” and “o” (as “wo”)?
can I use “wa” in this case? it seems to me no, but why?
// kokuban _o_ mite kudasai
by the way, your katakana chart doesn’t have “extra” syllables
(which are not common for language).
the reason of my interest: I noticed the difference in writing and
the difference in the list of these syllables in textbooks.
I should like to see JPpod’s version…
Wednesday at 1:06 pm
Why aren’t there anymore free content??
The audio is now for premium and basic membership only?
Monday at 7:07 am
嘘。Kiyoshi must be cheating.
Great lesson. =D
Monday at 11:15 pm
Dipterix-san,
WO indicates the direct object of a verb.
WA is the topic marker.
As far as I understand it…
Kokuban WO mite kudasai. - Please look at the blackboard.
Kokuban WA mite kudasai. - Concerning the blackboard, please look at it.
“Kokuban wa mite kudasai.” could be a grammatically correct sentence. But it doesn’t make sense in this case because the blackboard itself is not the topic.
Someone with some real knowledge of japanese language correct me please. ^^
Friday at 3:52 am
皆さん、黒板を見ってください。二十たす三十は。五十です。良く出来ました。十四たす三十八は。六十です。も少しですね。違います。頑張ってください。
未だね。
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