さあ。。

あの佐々木さんからの葉書は何日に書かられますか。
明後日にハワイへ到着することは遅く過ぎるでしょうか。

石原さんはどうするでしょうか！
石原さん、頑張ってください。

ミクジ

I say! These postcard lessons are really amazing.
I wonder who was the first one authoring these set phrases. I mean, beacuse the japanese people use the same. Someone who knows the origin of this?

Where is Peter-san on the lesson today??? It isn’t same jppod if he isn’t there. I don’t know about others, but I felt like whole lesson was too rush and too speed up. TOO FAST!!!

I’d like to congratulate the script writers on this series. I can’t wait until the next installment.

I agree with Vicky-san. Today’s lesson’s level felt more like at intermediate rather than lower-intermediate. This is the first lower-intermediate lesson that I wasn’t able to follow like with the intermediate ones.

for those of you who that it was too difficult for lower intermediate,
was there too much japanese in the explanations, or was it too fast? (or both?)
but admittedly, we were trying to challenge you! muahahahahahaaaaa!

lizさん、
that wasn’t nathan, that was me!
glad you liked it!

皆さん、
what do you think will happen next week??

I’ve complained about the speed of lessons before but this one seemed fine for me. Maybe sometimes I am just more receptive and more easily able to absorb the Japanese. I hope this is a sign that I may finally be in a state where listening and understanding is something I do without thinking so much.
To be honest I am getting tired of approaching every Japanese conversation I listen to with a furrowed brow and an intently concentrated expression on my face.

Lots of useful service/commerce-related vocabulary, ne. But for learners of Japanese, actually calling up an airline company and making reservations by phone is quite a challenge! A little misunderstanding could result in a big travel mixup…

But perhaps intermediate-level folk could manage doing things online? Here’s the Japanese ANA website: http://www.ana.co.jp/asw/AMCTopServlet?type=usj

Of course, the form on the left is probably pretty self-explanatory, but if you want to work on some vocab, note that 出発空港 is departing airport and 到着空港is arrival airport. You can also input airport by the 空港コード which is, you guessed it, the 3-digit airport code. Next, 往路is literally “approach route,” but can also mean “outbound journey.” 往路出発 is the start of the trip. Likewise, 復路can mean “return journey,” and 復路出発 is the date of your return.

The site then asks for the number of adults (大人), children (子供), and infants (幼児). The class dropdown box (economy, business, first) is written entirely in katakana.

What about the buttons below? Well, 上記以外means “other than those above,” and 旅程 is itinerary, so you can probably guess what you’ll find if you click on “上記以外の旅程” (the graphic to the left helps too). This is the form you use to make multiple-leg trips. Click on the 区間数追加 button to enter all your various legs.

Another useful page is the 時刻表検索 page which lets you look up timetables from one airport to another. The lists of non-Japanese cities offer a good opportunity to practice reading katakana (since you should be able to figure out the names of all cities in your home country at least!)

Hello! Like quite a few of the other posters on this thread, I too found that the sound recording was too fast. Sachiko-san in particular was difficult to understand (so fast!), although I managed to catch most of what Natsuko was saying because she was just a shade slower and clearer. But thank you for another brilliant lesson!

I do miss Peter’s involvement, too, because he plays the “teacher” part and slows down the lesson deliberately at times in order to clarify/ reinforce some language point that native speakers may take for granted, but which a foreign student would definitely be confused by.

Thank you!

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

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