Comments on: Lower Intermediate Lesson #12 - Postcards II http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/ 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 15:15:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: JapanesePod101.com http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-620540 Mon, 14 May 2012 23:53:49 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-620540 Hello Corch, I understand it is difficult to interpret the Kanji when the font size is small. Most PDF readers do have a zoom-in feature which will help you zoom the document to have a closer look. Also, you could refer to the "Kanji Close-up" that comes with the lesson. Hope this helps!!:smile: Cheers, Neha/JapanesePod101.com Hello Corch,

I understand it is difficult to interpret the Kanji when the font size is small. Most PDF readers do have a zoom-in feature which will help you zoom the document to have a closer look.
Also, you could refer to the “Kanji Close-up” that comes with the lesson.

Hope this helps!! :smile:

Cheers,
Neha/JapanesePod101.com

]]> by: Corch http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-620461 Mon, 14 May 2012 07:37:06 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-620461 ありがとう！ Something else I've been meaning to ask... is it possible to increase the font size used for Kanji in the kanji/audio transcript/etc? Most of the characters are so small I cannot make them out.... ありがとう！

Something else I’ve been meaning to ask… is it possible to increase the font size used for Kanji in the kanji/audio transcript/etc? Most of the characters are so small I cannot make them out….

]]> by: Jessi http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-620460 Mon, 14 May 2012 06:10:07 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-620460 Hi Corch, We've modified the list in the PDF to match the audio. Thanks for pointing this out! Hi Corch,
We’ve modified the list in the PDF to match the audio. Thanks for pointing this out!

]]> by: Natsuko http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-620285 Fri, 11 May 2012 01:56:58 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-620285 Corch-san, Thank you very much for letting us know! We'll verify the list soon and get back to you. best regards, Natsuko Corch-san,

Thank you very much for letting us know!
We’ll verify the list soon and get back to you.

best regards,
Natsuko

]]> by: Corch http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-620268 Thu, 10 May 2012 11:15:01 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-620268 the vocabulary list in the lesson notes is different to the words covered in the audio lesson. the vocabulary list in the lesson notes is different to the words covered in the audio lesson.

]]> by: Mayumi http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-533510 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:13:14 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-533510 Anya-san, 佐々木さんは、ショックを受けたと思いますよ！:mrgreen: Anya-san,

佐々木さんは、ショックを受けたと思いますよ！ :mrgreen:

]]> by: Anya http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-533281 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:03:28 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-533281 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？ :sad: 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？ :sad:

]]> by: Hiroko http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-399771 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:19:16 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-399771 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。 二十数年も日本語を勉強しているんですね　:shock:　私も見習います！わたしも　みならい　ます！ 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。
二十数年も日本語を勉強しているんですね　 :shock: 　私も見習います！わたしも　みならい　ます！

]]> by: clay http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-399285 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:10:42 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-399285 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. 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.

]]> by: jason braswell http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-324550 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:58:56 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-324550 ありがとうございます！ ありがとうございます！

]]> by: Mayumi http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-324536 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:15:37 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-324536 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." :grin: 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.” :grin:

]]> by: jason braswell http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-324455 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:53:31 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-324455 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? 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?

]]> by: Tayirbiz http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-79918 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:15:33 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-79918 Mina san doumo arigatou! Watashi ha 24 saini narimashita. Mina san doumo arigatou!
Watashi ha 24 saini narimashita.

]]> by: Alan http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-61522 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:34:02 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-61522 Tayirbizさん、誕生日おめでとう。何歳でございますか :smile: Tayirbizさん、誕生日おめでとう。何歳でございますか :smile:

]]> by: Alan http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-61417 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 05:02:48 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/08/lower-intermediate-lesson-12-postcards-ii/#comment-61417 石原さんが好きと佐々木さんは哭きますと思います。:cry: I'm really enjoying these letter writing lessons. :grin: 石原さんが好きと佐々木さんは哭きますと思います。 :cry:

I’m really enjoying these letter writing lessons. :grin:

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