Comments on: Newbie Lesson #23 - A Not So Golden Week

by: Motoko

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:26:46 +0000

wout-san,
Interesting interpretation!
Actually machidoshii is spelled out as 待ち遠しい so ‘wait’ and ‘far’.
I guess that someone anticipate something as if s/he feel that it is far away from her/him.
I hope this helps.

by: wout

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:47:17 +0000

nice vocab
hmm machidoushii shouldn’t be too diffecult too remember.
since machi comes from matte (wait)(I forgot the -ru form)and dou can be interpreted as how and shii is something you see with a lot of i-adjectives
- not that I’m saying this is a i-adjective(or is it)but I wouldn’t be suprised if it was- so when you start thinking of it’s meaning it can be translated as how can I wait for so long (the can I and so long should be inferred) or in ussual english: can’t wait. like : can’t wait for this or can’t wait for that.

desu ne?

BTW sakura keep it going your funny

by: Motoko

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:34:10 +0000

Scott-san,
It means that an action has been thoroughly completed.
It is the casual form of Vてしまいました.
Please check out Beginner Season3 Lesson 10 as well.

by: Scott

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:48:13 +0000

In the PDF notes there was the sample sentence:
昨日飲みすぎちゃったなぁ。I know that the verb すぎる means to be excessive. I’m just not sure what the ちゃった part means.

by: Naomi

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 02:47:40 +0000

kaite-san
Difference between wa and ga is covered in Particle series Lesson9. So please check that lesson.
I think to know particle functions, particle series is better than this series.

by: kaite

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:00:37 +0000

What is the diffrence between wa and ga?

by: Jacky

Tue, 24 May 2011 03:48:10 +0000

Hi there. I have had trouble with the audio for this lesson. It stopped about one third of the way through. also, there seems to be a problem with the review questions. The answer is correct but it is marking them as wrong…promise!!

by: 王凱

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:29:30 +0000

竹内先生、今週の予定は何ですか。
そうですね。今日は火曜日ですね。
そうです。
えと、今日は試験があります。明日はテストがあります。今週はゴールでいうーくですから。
木曜日と金曜日は休みです。
木曜日は待ち遠しいです。

また今日ね。

by: breakies

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:12:13 +0000

Hello, isn’t there a “to” missing in this sentence ?

Mokuyōbi to Kinyōbi wa yasumi desu.

=> Mokuyōbi to Kinyōbi to wa yasumi desu.

if not, why ?

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by: Kaven

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:31:43 +0000

days of the week,very important.nice lesson thanks sakura-san ^^

by: Bushido

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:09:43 +0000

I can’t help but laughing while listening this!!! lol Good job!! Peter, dont be too strict with Sakura-san!!!

by: Jessi

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:34:12 +0000

Tomさん,
I fixed the typo - thank you!

by: Tom

Sat, 13 Nov 2010 03:41:45 +0000

Hi,

The PDF lesson notes has the kana section of vocab table for tesuto as “しけん”. Is that a typo or can it be written as this?

thanks in advance
Tom

by: Kat

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:03:37 +0000

デボンさん：　うわー、お疲れ様でした！引越しは大変ですね。

Sindｙさん：　Thank you!

Abrassartさん: Yes, she’s a unique part of the team

Iwakuraさん：　1. Yes you can leave off the bi of –youbi, but if done so in speech it sounds -very- casual.

2. nasai is an imperative used mostly by mothers to their children, or teachers to their students. It is ’softer’ than the straight -te imperative, but it also has the implication that the person you’re addressing is much younger and inferior in status to you. Really we only use -nasai to children.

Okaerinasai is unrelated in modern Japanese to the imperative function of nasai - it’s a set phrase meaning ‘Welcome home’.

3. Your formation rule for -nasai is absolutely correct.