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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Mom came home with kara-age (fried chicken) and the boys play a round of Janken (Rock, Paper, Scissors) to divide up the pieces. This week we’ll take a look at using no as a pronominalizer. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 9th, 2007 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Beginner Season 2 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
24 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S2 #24 - Rock, Paper, Scissors, Fried Chicken!”
Wednesday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, do you use Janken to settle disputes? Now you can teach your friends how to do it in Japanese!
Wednesday at 8:44 pm
I only use Janken to determine who goes first in pool or sports.
Wednesday at 9:31 pm
A new opening? Something like “tadaima yori, japanese pod 101 wo oshiraseshimasu.” Is that correct? I can guess the general meaning, but can we have a break down of the above sentence please?
“Jan ken Pon”(or “Jan ken”) as a whole means “Rock Paper Scissors”, what is the meaning of “Jan”, “ken”, “Pon” just by itself?
Yoroshiku ne.
Wednesday at 9:31 pm
During younger day when we need to do the housework…we use Janken to see who will wash the dishes.
Wednesday at 11:08 pm
I used Janken in Japan to settle any disputes or when we were being lazy to see who would do something!
It was actually a really good way! You can’t fight it!
鳥から揚げを食べたいよ!本当においしいね~ トリキゾクという居酒屋で好きなから揚げがあるよ!食べてみて!
Thursday at 1:41 am
nanakaさん、
i’ve asked this many times, but the only answer i get is this:
ジャンケン is the name of the game and ポン is the sound of dropping and hitting.
if anyone can add to that, apparently we all wanna hear!!!
Thursday at 2:02 am
ジャンケンですか、面白いですね~
In Chinese we call it “Jiandao Shitou Bu 剪刀 石頭 布” which means “Scissors, Rock, Cloth”~ lol
“Jiandao” means “Scissors” and the other two are the same way.
Thursday at 6:24 am
-Giggles-
I actually understood alot of that, even though I’ve never heard Japanese in real life, or had any Japanese lessons. And I’ve never listened to any of the rest of these podcasts.
I just listen to anime. Over and over. ALOT of it. All in Japanese. ^^;'’
Thursday at 1:00 pm
I always thought it was 石头,剪刀,簿。My thought process was that a 簿is made of paper, but I guess 布makes more sense!
Why couldn’t it be 石头,剪刀,纸?
Thursday at 6:12 pm
lol~ I used to play Janken with my friends around the stairs just to waste time away during elementary school.
Friday at 3:00 am
JP101 Crew and Listeners!
Great Beginner Lesson S2! I didn’t knew Janken game existed until I saw it on Anime/Manga.
To be honest I’m so innocent here, I haven’t play it before and I just understand Janken a little.
S_R_C
Friday at 2:24 pm
In Singapore we say in English “scissors paper stone”. haha interesting isn’t it?
Friday at 4:36 pm
Now that I think of it, in Australia we used to say ’scissors paper rock’.
Saturday at 1:25 am
I guess the reason why it’s called 石头,剪刀,布 instead of 石头,剪刀,纸 is just because the rhythm sounds better!
Sunday at 12:18 pm
haha yeah probably because of the 2-2-1 syllabic pattern. If you wanna go a step further, it’s probably also because 布 (like “pon” in Japanese) has that plosive sound that makes for a better ending.
Wednesday at 12:38 pm
Actually, funny thing.
I live in Sendai, and one day when I was visiting my neighborhood gorcery store, I discovered a group of adults throwing Rock-Paper-Scissors in the back of the store. They were auctioning off pieces of fish. 6-8 adults were crowding the counter, pumping their fists in the air, to the familiar chant of
SAI SHOU GU, JAN KEN PON. It was hilarious.
This game is the great equalizer between children, but to see these adults playing reminded me that there’s an inner child in all of us.
Monday at 9:57 am
This is great.
Growing up in Hawaii we always said, jan ken po, I canna show (as in, I can not show), wai lupe wai lupe, bang bang joe! I’m guessing the “I can not show” is from the あいこでしょ but about the rest I have no idea!
Tuesday at 8:42 am
lol while im thinking about it… i know some japanese people…. and they say thath they play japanconya (i think thats pronounced jap-E-con-ya!)…. and how u play is realy simple…. you throw rock paper sissors (only they do it in japanese) and the winner gets to punch the loser… thats what im talkin bout lol….. anyway i know some japanese…. thinking bout learning some more… buti m learning alot just from my japanese friends…. like konichiwa, ganke des ka… rampu (idk if i spelled that 1 right i got it off a tv show), teme, seme, and uke…… some of those are not the nicest words tho……. anyway….. imma stop typing k?
Tuesday at 8:43 am
bgut idk how to do that fancy writing…. cuz my friends always type it out cuz they no i dont understand those funky symbols
Tuesday at 8:59 am
wow… i just triend learning some stuff wit hte wierd symbols and stuff and my heads about 2 explode….
Thursday at 12:38 am
Please refresh my memory. What’s the difference again between ばかり and ばっかり?I’m racking my brains but it just eludes me now.
Friday at 1:21 pm
jen-san,
They are the same in meaning, but ばっかり sounds more casual.
Friday at 9:59 pm
when verb with の
the verb must be
informal form + の
or
verb masu stem +の
or
formal form
Wednesday at 11:08 am
wael-san,
good question.
As the Lesson Notes shows, a plain form of verbs comes before の.
This is not only non-past plain but also past plain form.
ex) non-past plain: ここにあるのは3つです。
“The ones which are here is 3.”
past plain: きのう買ったのはにくです。
“The one I bought yesterday was meat.”
I hope this helps.
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