Comments on: Lower Intermediate Lesson #17 - Postcards VII

by: Motoko

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:05:34 +0000

mark b-san,
As you said, shinai to ikenai is interchangeable with shinakereba naranai but there are exceptions as I mentioned.
Thank you for your feedback!

by: mark b

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:38:19 +0000

Motoko, hi, thanks for your reply. As you have read I was asking if shinakereba naranai and shinai to ikenai(the grammar point used in this lesson)were interchangable and I guess you are saying yes they are. I’m a little confused by shinakereba ikenai or were you meaning to say shinai to ikenai when you said that? All the best, thanks for your help.

by: Motoko

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:27:09 +0000

mark b-san
Kon’nichiwa.　Hai, sou desu.
Shinakereba naranai and shinakereba ikenai are usually interchangeable.
Shinakereba ikenai is often used on speech, but shinakereba naranai sounds a bit formal.
In addtion, when we use them to other people’s action, shinakereba ikenai sounds more coercive, and shinakereba ikenai cannot say general ideas but shinakereba naranai can do.
ex) Hito wa itsuka shinanakereba naranai.
“A person has to die someday.”
X Hito wa itsuka shinanakereba ikenai.
Shinai to ikenai is usually interchangeable with shinakereba ikenai.
I hope this helps.

by: mark b

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:48:14 +0000

’shinai to ikenai’ means ‘must do something’ also ’shinakereba naranai’ means ‘must do something’. Are the two interchangable or can someone explain the difference in the way they are used?

by: Motoko

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:16:02 +0000

アヰアンさん
Thank you for your comments and feedback

by: アヰアン

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:13:53 +0000

Also, the “おとりしております” is “おとりしておきます”

by: アヰアン

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:15:01 +0000

I noticed that in the sixth line it’s written お調べします but i’m pretty sure that she says お調べいたします。
Regarding the lesson, it was way too fast, but I think it’s ok to use more japanese in explanations.
I also agree with the user “someone”

by: keith

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:54:31 +0000

haha the girls really got in on that lesson , i followed but would be nice to have a male speaker aswel

by: Anthony

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:46:03 +0000

I wasn’t able to follow todays lesson at all! . But I will try my best to keep up!

by: Jessi

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:29:35 +0000

Thank you for your comments and feedback!

by: Anya

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:02:35 +0000

早いですね！　分かり難いですから、もう一度聞かないといけません。

ありがとうございます！

by: ヴァネッサ

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:23:08 +0000

I’ve really enjoyed these last lessons, not that I didn’t enjoy the other ones As for the speed element, I’m a third year university student and I found it a tad difficult at some points to follow along, but it was challenging and I was pleased with how much I did manage to catch the first time I listened.

ありがとう！

by: Anders

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:18:55 +0000

when the girl from the agency says

明後日せんにく七時半発ホノルル行きを…

what is this せんにく or せにく? I am so confused- can someone help me out

and i the last part of this sentence

…ホノルルゆきを戻りしておきます

or is it …ホノルルゆきをお取りしておきます or something else?

Please help me out

by: someone

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:41:52 +0000

some more examples:

just a little -> jusht a little
something I’m not certain about - >something I’m not sherten about

by: someone

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:25:34 +0000

Natsuko’s pronunciation is very nice, but to the other female voice actor, please get someone to help you with your English pronunciation,

for example:
your ’seven’ sounds like ’sheven’
your ’sou desu ne’ sounds like ’sou desu nerrr’.

My pronunciation is not good, but I can tell when someone doesn’t sound right and it’s hard to learn from someone this way.

Cheers