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This entry was posted on Thursday, February 8th, 2007 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Lower Intermediate Season 1 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
14 Responses to “Lower Intermediate Lesson #12 - Postcards II”
Thursday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, It looks like this one may not end here
How do you think Sasaki will take the news? Yoroshiku onegai shimasu!
Friday at 6:04 am
今日の授業も素晴らしかったです。前にしらなかったいろいろなことを習いました。どうもありがとうございます。所であしたは本当にわたしの誕生日です。
皆によろしく
Friday at 7:55 am
Tayirbizさん、お誕生日おめでとう!
Without the detailed explaination from 夏子さんとピーターさん、 I probably wouldn’t understand much of the lesson. いつもどうも有難うございます。
I think Sasaki-san will be happy for ishihara-san, I mean, as expained in the audio, the marriage has already been decided, right? and I just don’t think there is any love sparkles between these two - just look at the way they write to each other, very formal and polite. If “sasaki-chan” or “ishihara-kun” is used, that might be a different story.
Saturday at 3:24 am
Another interesting lesson. Very different from the normal conversational style. Good stuff.
I think Sasaki may take it quite hard. After all, the thought of getting married reminded Ishihara of her. There must have been something between them.
Saturday at 2:02 pm
石原さんが好きと佐々木さんは哭きますと思います。
I’m really enjoying these letter writing lessons.
Saturday at 5:34 pm
Tayirbizさん、誕生日おめでとう。何歳でございますか
Saturday at 4:15 am
Mina san doumo arigatou!
Watashi ha 24 saini narimashita.
Friday at 8:53 am
Is it normal to phrase the marriage announcement as he did? I would tend to translate 結婚することになった as “It has been decided that I will be married,” which sounds less like it’s something he wants. Is my translation incorrect, or is there a subtle implication here?
Friday at 2:15 pm
jason braswell-san,
We normaly say 結婚することになった to tell people that you are going to get married.
As you said, “koto ni naru” is an expression used to indicate that something has been decided by someone other than the speaker. So, your impression is right. But, even if you decided something of your own will, but if you want to avoid saying it clearly, you can use the expression “koto ni naru.”
Friday at 2:58 pm
ありがとうございます!
Thursday at 12:10 am
二十す年日本語を勉強しているでも今日の授業の説明の詳しさが見たことが有りません。
ありがとうございます
Peter seemed to really enjoy explaining the subtlety of this beautiful Japanese letter.
Thursday at 5:19 pm
clay san>二十(数年)日本語を勉強している(。or)(けど)でも今日の授業の説明の詳しさ(は)見たことが有りません。
私も見習います!わたしも みならい ます!
二十数年も日本語を勉強しているんですね
Saturday at 5:03 am
お授業をありがとうございました!
佐々木さんは、悲しいかな?
Monday at 2:13 pm
Anya-san,
佐々木さんは、ショックを受けたと思いますよ!
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