Level: Beginner Lessons (S2)
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Japan and the cell phone : a match made in…? The Japanese love affair with the mobile phone has trickled down to elementary school children and the little boy in today’s lesson is no different. But let’s find out what he plans to do with it! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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18 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S2 #23 - Mobile Phone”
Wednesday at 6:59 pm
Mina-san, how old do you think a person should be before they can have their very own keitai denwa?
Wednesday at 10:57 pm
100 yrs old
十八歳くらいとおもいます。 How about you?
Thursday at 12:00 am
Well, 18 years old is ideal but the world is getting more dangerous and is useful for safety!
I love board games too! Who wants to play CLUE?!
Thursday at 2:51 am
I got my own keitai denwa when I turn 21 years old!
On the USA your older at 21 and on Mexico your older when you turn 18 but the mobile fashion just started in Mexico and at that time on my generation uhhhhhhhhhhh video games and tamagochi was the must have items at that time!
S_R_C
Thursday at 3:49 am
when they can pay their very own phone bill.
Thursday at 10:10 am
Well, Belton-san does have a point!
Anyway, I don’t know how old a person should be to have a keitai, but it’s really essential nowadays. Not only can we play games, but also listen to the radio, mp3, JPOD programs, send e-mails, chat, take photos, watch videos and… sometimes,… when really necessary,… make phone calls (even though this is not the best usage it has).
Mata
Thursday at 12:38 pm
What is this “calling” that is being discussed here?? I only know texting.
Thursday at 2:48 pm
If the parents are willing to pay for the phone bill then it should be at the age of 12.
Thursday at 5:10 pm
Hi sorry I’m really confused by the definition:
“Tara is a subordinate conjunction which indicates that the events in the subordinate clause occur, or may occur, after the event in the main clause.”
Say you take a sentence “When the bell rings, the dog barks.”
“the dog barks” is the main clause isn’t it? Then shouldn’t “when” indicate the main clause occurs after the subordinate, rather than the other way round?
Thursday at 9:56 pm
Jiashen-san, yes, this will definitely be reworded. Thanks for pointing this out and for the confusion.
Susan-san, than you for posting!!
Bakaneko, haha…now that’s good!
João-san, yes, the JapanesePod101 lessons is definitely important.
Belton-san, so around 35 or 40?
Sindy-san, tamagotchi「たまごっち」…懐かしい〜。Natsukashii.
デボンさん、Clue on a keitai??
Hong-san, I see you agree with Belton-san. A nice age to take over payments from the folks.
Friday at 4:36 am
Beltonさん、hahahahahahahahaha. spoken as a true parent yourself?
Sindyさん、 i love Tetris!
João Pauloさん & Baka Nekoさん、 i’m with you on this one. i only call 2 people. my boss and my GF.
Jiashenさん、
it’s back to the studio to record the re-release♪ thanks for catching us! ♥
Friday at 5:18 pm
haha I’m so sorry!
Tuesday at 11:34 pm
hello from Paris
Friday at 10:54 pm
All of my elementary school students have keitai… some of them ride the train an hour each way to and from school. the homeroom teachers all have a basket full of phones.
And at the junior high I have to constantly ask students to put away their phones during class.
Monday at 8:27 pm
Yes, some examples of how to use tara and nara would have been great…
In Australia you can get phones that are specially made for small children. They have far fewer buttons and have buttons labeled ‘mum’ and ‘dad’ so kids can call their parents with just one button. They don’t have a keypad so the numbers that the child is allowed to call have to be programed into the phone. I think these are a great idea and could be given to children as soon as they start to leave the home, maybe at the beginning of school…
Tuesday at 10:01 am
Zoe-san,
Please check the following lessons for more examples of “tara” and “nara.”
http://www.japanesepod101.com/index.php?p=573&cat=1
http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/04/17/lower-intermediate-lesson-71-l2-party-in-the-burbs-2/
We have special cell phones for kids in Japan too, which are called “Kid’s Keitai.”
Sunday at 8:28 pm
kunitshiwa
Tuesday at 10:19 am
mark san> Konnichiwa
Yoroshiku onegai shimasu ! Welcome to JapanesePod101!
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