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15 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S2 # 19 - Little House on the Ibaraki Prairie”
Wednesday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, welcome to the middle of the week — at least here in Tokyo! The title of this lesson makes me imagine Sakura-san running through a field like the opening of Little House on the Prairie. As promised in the lesson, here are some links to info about the original show for our younger listeners: Here’s an explanation about the book & show: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_House_on_the_Prairie Here’s a site dedicated to the author, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and features many pictures of historic sites (real and mock ups): http://www.littlehouseontheprairie.com/ Here’s a fan site dedicated to the TV show, with pictures and storylines: http://www.littlehouseonprairie.com/ That said, here’s Ibaraki Prefecture’s official website: http://www.pref.ibaraki.jp/bukyoku/seikan/kokuko/en/ And here is Mito City’s official website: http://www.city.mito.ibaraki.jp/english/index.htm enjoy!
Wednesday at 11:59 pm
凄い授業だよ。どうもありがとうございます ジャパニズポッド101
またね
ジオルヂ
Thursday at 5:57 am
私は年寄りでしょ!:???:
とても いい 授業 です。
相変らず、ありがとう。
Steve
Thursday at 6:08 am
Ohayou gozaimasu!
because I am from Ibaraki too!!! haha
It was very nice to hear about Ibaraki prefecture
Yes… the rent in Melbourne also getting really high…
Anyway, today I would like to add some more vocab related to the house.
台所 だいどころ daidokoro
kitchen
トイレ toire
toilet
玄関 げんかん genkan
entrance hall
寝室 しんしつ shinshitsu
bed room
リビングルーム ribingu ru-mu
Living room
Have a nice day!
Miho
Thursday at 7:31 am
oh thank goodness you guys talked about the pronounciation of ‘benri’ b/c I’ve been having a lot of trouble saying that smoothly! i thought maybe it was just me. i think I cheat also by giving the ‘r’ more of an ‘l’ sound. any one have any better suggestions for that pronounciation?
-hugo
Thursday at 9:57 am
ジオルヂさんとSteveさん、ありがと~!
miho先生、thanks again!!
m(_T_)m
hugoさん、i do the L thing too.
maybe miho先生 has some advice?
Thursday at 3:25 pm
Hi mina-san!
Miho-san, thanks for the new vocabs but isn’t living room also “ima” with a different intonation than ima which means now?
I haven’t much to say about it lesson since I already knew this grammar point but for those who didn’t this is very useful. I asked about this about a year ago in the forum.
“Little House on the Prairie” is “Lille huset på prärien” in Swedish. All the words on the same place as in english. Stay tuned for more ways of improving your Swedish (Said with a Peter-like voice)
Thursday at 4:49 pm
JockZon さん
Thank you for the comment and good question!
Yes, you are right!
living room = いま (居間)
I think nowadays younger people tend to say リビングルーム/リビング more often because it sounds cooler in カタカナ words
Miho
Thursday at 5:31 pm
美穂先生、ゼンビーカンスピークイングリシュアンドセユザトイトイスジャパニーズ。。。
Haha that was really bad
Thursday at 8:30 pm
Regarding living rooms…I’ve yet to have one in Japan, so I don’t think I’ve ever used the word!
美帆 Miho thanks again!
And thank you to everyone who knew, and publicly admitted it, about Little House.
Friday at 12:21 am
Tss, I’m sorry
美帆さんごめんなさい
Friday at 4:37 pm
>JackZon san
No worries! Not only you
Miho
Friday at 4:41 pm
>Marky star-san, Jordi san
I think it is a good approach to try with ” L ” to make it sound like Japanese! It is much clearer than ” R ” sound.
As you listen and practice, you will get more Japanese like pronunciation!
The good thing is that you know what you are doing and try to find the difference.
Ganbatte kudasai!
Miho
Friday at 6:27 am
I, too, try to get that ‘r’ sound somewhere between an ‘L’ and ‘r’ sound. i guess it’s the same trouble the japanese have with the pronouncing the ‘L’ in english, neh?
and, Miho-san, あり後藤!
. . . .Little house on the Prairie…man, the 80s we went from simple prairie life to The Simple Life. laura Ingalls Wilder to Paris Hilton wilder. ^___~
Friday at 8:06 am
gah! miho-san…..my fingers slipped….it should be arigatou! ^___^;; sorry about that.
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