Comments on: Beginner Lesson #160 - Office Mistakes

by: lulu_chan

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 15:28:10 +0000

in scotland they use an electric tea kettle tha shuts off when it boils. SO, all my family here in the US have electric tea kettles. It’s a staple in all our homes. It’s great for instant soup too. My sister does have the japanese version, which she uses for more formal or party occasions, so that there is hot water stored in there, for whenever someone may need it.

You can get electric kettles here now in the states, pretty cheaply. but, i remember being younger, we would bring an the british electric kettle over to the US and use an electric converter, seeing there was no kettle about. Glad to see America has it now. ^___^

by: Mayuko

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:09:36 +0000

dmr214-san, thank you for the question.

I think “事務所-jimusho” is used for a relatively small office that does a specific work. If you want to be more general, “会社-kaisha” is more common for office.

I hope it’s helpful!

by: Laura

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:02:42 +0000

All the places I’ve worked for in the US have had water coolers. They have a blue tap for cold water and a red one for hot water to make coffee and noodles. I guess the hot water gets heated as it makes its way to the red tap, since there isn’t a tank of hot water attached to the machine.

by: dmr214

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:22:25 +0000

Is 事務所 a common word used by people in Japan for office?

by: mikuji

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:57:52 +0000

Peterさん

はい、私の事務所で電気温水器があります。
コーヒやおちゃなどを入れにです。

Japanesepod101の事務所では?

ミクジ

by: JockZon (JZ)

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:48:43 +0000

Mina-san, as Sölvi said, it’s also common in Sweden to have a “vattenkokare” - “water boiler”. I have never used the microwave for heating water

by: Driftwood

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:04:59 +0000

ｄｍｒ２１４，
Ｔｈａｎｋｓ　ｖｅｒｙ　ｍｕｃｈ！　ありがとうございます。

Ｉ　ｔｈｉｎｋ　ＪＰＯＤ１０１　ｈａｓ　ａ　ｖｅｒｙ　ｎｉｃｅ　ｃｏｍｍｕｎｉｔｙ！

Ａｓ　ａ　ｓａｌｒｙｍａｎ　ｉｎ　Ｔｏｋｙｏ，　Ｉ　ｖｅｒｙ　ｍｕｃｈ　ｒｅｓｐｅｃｔ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｔｈｏｕｇｈｔｓ．

お元気で行ってください。

by: Driftwood

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:02:48 +0000

ｄｍｒ２１４

by: dmr214

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:56:33 +0000

Driftwood,
The missing word is いる. The sample sentence that Peter used is “Last night, I saw you running down the street.” Well they kind of omitted the street part but the key point here to remember is that the final verb shows the tense of the sentence. So in this case they are saying
(The action that another took )
“Running (down the street)” -　走っている　の

(the time it happened)
“Last Night” - 昨日の夜

(what you did)
“Saw” - 見た

昨日の夜、　なつこさんが走っているのを見たよ！

They used きみbut that is a very informal way of saying you. I would recommend as a beginner to stay away from ever using any form of YOU. If you aren’t sure, just use the persons name. People even use their name when talking about themselves in Japanese.

Also I noticed people in the form here use peoples Kanji names. In Japan when writing emails to people, unless you are 100% sure of the Kanji characters in a persons name most people simply use the Kana as a way to avoid an unpleasant rudeness..

Then again I’m just a salary man so these rules probably don’t apply outside my lifestyle in Tokyo.

by: Driftwood

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:05:37 +0000

Maxiewawa,

ありがとう　ございますｒｅ：　夏子せんせいの名前。

じゃまた。