Comments on: Beginner Lesson #166 - Text Message Turmoil I

by: Brian

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:25:10 +0000

Is there a way to send text messages using ” or the circle superscripts? Examples - が or ぱ. Which keys do I press on my Japanese cell phone?

by: JapanesePod101.com

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:05:23 +0000

that’s fine too, but you’d probably only say 携帯メール to make the distinction between your cellphone mail address and computer address. since both are “e-mail,” there’s really no difference other than the device you used to send/receive it.

by: jr

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:50:30 +0000

… or 携帯メール ?

by: markystar

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:18:16 +0000

they don’t have text messages in japan. cellphones send/receive e-mail.

so you’d just say メール

by: jr

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:41:34 +0000

How do you say “text message” in Japanese?
Just guessing:
メッセージ ?
テキスト ?
Or is there a more correct and specific word?
J.R.

by: thericerocket26

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:07:11 +0000

Hi there, long time listener first time poster. Just wanted to say this site has been really helpful in my Japanese learning experience. Anyways, in this lesson Peter says that in English we say “How did you get caught” and in Japanese they say “why did you get caught” as in “何でばれたの？” It’s an interesting confusion since i had a similar problem before in my Japanese class. When i was asked “何で仕事へ行きますか？” i answered with “お金が欲しいんですから” to which the teacher bursted in laughter. What she want to ask was how i go to work to which the answer should have been “電車で仕事へ行きます”　So “何で” i guess in formal Japanese is more like “how” rather than “why.” For “why” it is more correct to use “どうして” is what i got out of it. But i understand the confusion since the two people in the conversation are friends and are using casual Japanese. anyways….

by: lulu_chan

Mon, 14 May 2007 17:54:21 +0000

host club…interesting..hmmm…

by: Sinead

Sun, 13 May 2007 14:25:02 +0000

I am wondering the difference between みたい in this lesson and そう　in lower intermediate lesson 3 Looks Like. Could you provide more explaination on this?

Thanks a lot!

by: Laura

Fri, 04 May 2007 22:24:47 +0000

Wow, I remember back in the beginning when Peter thought even keiba was too adult for the lessons. We’ve come so far!

I’d like to vote to continue this lesson next time.

My friend who started learning Japanese before me was shocked at how advanced the grammar is in this lesson. It was very satisfying =)

by: デボン

Wed, 02 May 2007 02:01:44 +0000

もちろんだね！

by: João Paulo

Wed, 02 May 2007 02:00:24 +0000

Jordi-san

I’ve had problems with iPod not with iTunes. I mean, the lesson stops in the middle when I listen to that in my iPod, but it goes to the end in my iTunes. I don’t know what is going on, whether it is my iPod or not, but let’s see.

This lesson was really surprising. Cheating??? What a terrible girl.

Let’s see what happens next.

Mata!

by: markystar

Wed, 02 May 2007 00:48:21 +0000

you’re more than welcome.
but it doesn’t have to be followed by a particle. as you probably know, that よ is just for emphasis.

by: デボン

Tue, 01 May 2007 21:43:59 +0000

i guess he mentions the feminine but doesn’t say it’s usually followed by sentence final particles!

by: デボン

Tue, 01 May 2007 21:38:00 +0000

なるほど！　I always use ので in the middle of sentences to explain myself but never connected that のだ would be the same at the end of a sentence! I guess I always assumed they would use から instead. Although now that I think about it perhaps のだ(and it’s gender specific versions) may be more popular. In any case, I’ll be using the feminine version. 私は女性なのよ！

I found a good explanation of it (under “The 「の」 particle as explanation”) at this website (although he doesn’t discuss the feminine version):

http://www.guidetojapanese.org/particles3.html#part4

MarkyStar君～どもうありがとうございます！

by: markystar

Tue, 01 May 2007 16:12:29 +0000

i guess that wasn’t the short answer i promised, huh?
anyways, if this point is confusing for the rest of you, let us know!

we’re doing this for you!