That was fun! Great job folks, could have been Yamapi getting married

Marky, great job on the audio edit and post production of today’s lesson!

Excellent lesson today! Peterさん’s 誓います story was so fun. My wife really got a kick out of that when I told her. This is one of many reasons we want Peterさん to remain active on the podcasts. It helps a lot to have a non-native teacher along with the native speakers.

BTW, most western-style weddings in Japan are performed in the Protestant tradition, and so “priest” is the wrong word. なつこさん used (correctly) the word 牧師, which can be translated “pastor” or “minister”. Another word you could use that fits both Protestant & Catholic catogories would be “celebrant”.

The vows used in the podcast are fairly old-fashioned. Here are the vows as used in the ceremonies I perform:

新郎（しんろう）「なになにさん』、
あなたはこの女性と結婚し、
神の前に従って、夫婦（ふうふ）となろうとしています。
あなたは神の教えに従って、
その健やかな時も、病めるときも、
常にかなじょを愛し、かなじょを敬い（うやまい）、
かなじょを慰め（なぐさめ）、また助け（たすけ）、
この命（いのち）の限り（かぎり）
堅く（かたく）節操（せっそう）を守ることを
誓いますか？

Answer:
はい、誓います。

Can I say 健やか に　なるとき instead of 健やかなる時 ? Isn’t ni omitted here? I use に when I say 元気になる. What about 健やかなとき?

barryさん、

健やか is a な-adjective. In this case it is modifying 時. It could be translated “in times of heath”. Or, since it is wedding vows, there’s the more familiar “in health” as in “in sickness and in heath” although the word order is opposite in Japanese wedding vows.

よがたですね！本とに！＾＿＿＿＾あの二人結婚しましたよ。YAY!!

on another note….
この会話は難しかたですでもJPODみなさんはあたしにたすくた。ありがと！みなさんは最高ですよ。. It was really well explained. now, if i ever attend a western-style japanese wedding…i’ll know what they are talking about.