Comments on: Lower Intermediate Lesson #23 - Reunion I http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/ Learn Japanese with Daily Podcasts from Tokyo Whether you are Japan-bound or a seasoned speaker, our lessons offer something for everyone. We incorporate culture and current issues into each episode to give the most informative, both linguistically and culturally, podcasts possible. For those of you with just the plane ride to prepare, check our survival phrase series at Japanesepod101.com. One of these phrases just might turn your trip into the best one ever! Yoroshiku O-negai Shimasu! Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:41:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Jean-Michel http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/#comment-231949 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:41:23 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/#comment-231949 Hi! Anybody listening? Maybe it's not too late to ask a couple of questions about this lesson… One concerns the use of ってin: - ふつかよいって やつ - 女って変 わるよなあ... I remember this expression has been discussed in a previous grammar point, but I do not understand how it is used here. For instance in the second example, how does the meaning differ from 女は変 わるよなあ...? - in : むかしはスリムだったの に、ふとりすぎ, why does one use the noun form ふとりすぎ? Thanks for helping, Jean-Michel Hi! Anybody listening? Maybe it’s not too late to ask a couple of questions about this lesson…
One concerns the use of ってin:
- ふつかよいって やつ
- 女って変 わるよなあ…
I remember this expression has been discussed in a previous grammar point, but I do not understand how it is used here. For instance in the second example, how does the meaning differ from 女は変 わるよなあ…?

- in : むかしはスリムだったの に、ふとりすぎ, why does one use the noun form ふとりすぎ?

Thanks for helping,

Jean-Michel

]]> by: Dusty http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/#comment-136392 Sun, 27 May 2007 12:16:05 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/#comment-136392 I think akiba-kei (akihabara type) is more polite for referring to geeky people. I think akiba-kei (akihabara type) is more polite for referring to geeky people.

]]> by: jimbobmcduggan http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/#comment-130804 Sun, 13 May 2007 06:20:13 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/#comment-130804 Josh: For some reason, all new Toshiba phones are like that. Buy Sharp. Their phones don't have this problem. (And their phones are better anyway.) Josh: For some reason, all new Toshiba phones are like that. Buy Sharp. Their phones don’t have this problem. (And their phones are better anyway.)

]]> by: maxiewawa http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/#comment-130726 Sun, 13 May 2007 00:08:22 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/#comment-130726 Dude! I think やつ refers to 'dude' or 'bloke' or something like that. It's a little derogatory actually. Dude!
I think やつ refers to ‘dude’ or ‘bloke’ or something like that. It’s a little derogatory actually.

]]> by: NickT http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/#comment-130648 Sat, 12 May 2007 17:31:25 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/#comment-130648 OK I have a question about this lesson. What does やつ　mean? As in 二日酔いってやつ。 OK I have a question about this lesson. What does やつ　mean? As in 二日酔いってやつ。

]]> by: markystar http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/#comment-130631 Sat, 12 May 2007 17:10:50 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/#comment-130631 sindy, you and i are blessed with the young gene.... people never believe my age either! sindy, you and i are blessed with the young gene…. people never believe my age either!

]]> by: susan http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/#comment-129867 Fri, 11 May 2007 05:18:20 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/#comment-129867 Reunion is always a time of catching up with each other... I have been to class reunion for almost 20 plus years... still meeting every Chinese New Year (in Singapore) I can associate myself with tod ay lesson. Reunion is always a time of catching up with each other… I have been to class reunion for almost 20 plus years… still meeting every Chinese New Year (in Singapore) I can associate myself with tod
ay lesson.

]]> by: Josh http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/#comment-129776 Fri, 11 May 2007 00:39:46 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/#comment-129776 Hey guys, I don't know. I had a sour reunion with my keitei (cell phone) provider that I've been using for the last few years here in Japan. This is just a warning about one of the newest cell phones. I just upgraded my phone at Softbank (formerly UK owned Vodafone). So I thought I upgraded! I purchased Softbank's newest and so called greatest phone called the 911t (Toshiba). Well, if you set this phone in all English mode for menus etc, you CAN'T switch back and for from kana to romanji when typing text mails. How inconvenient is that!!! My old phone, like most others, allowed me to switch back and forth, but not my new 911t! So, bottom line...when you buy a new keitei (cell phone in Japan) ask your rep to make sure that you can go back and forth from kana to romanji when your phone is set in all english mode (i.e. for menus, etc.) Otherwise, you have to set your phone in all japanese which is difficult to navigate around (for newbies and beginners albiet) because there is a lot of advanced kanji. Hope this advice helps. Unfortunately for me, its too late! I bought this phone and can't return it for a better one. :mad: Hey guys, I don’t know. I had a sour reunion with my keitei (cell phone) provider that I’ve been using for the last few years here in Japan. This is just a warning about one of the newest cell phones.

I just upgraded my phone at Softbank (formerly UK owned Vodafone). So I thought I upgraded! I purchased Softbank’s newest and so called greatest phone called the 911t (Toshiba). Well, if you set this phone in all English mode for menus etc, you CAN’T switch back and for from kana to romanji when typing text mails. How inconvenient is that!!! My old phone, like most others, allowed me to switch back and forth, but not my new 911t!

So, bottom line…when you buy a new keitei (cell phone in Japan) ask your rep to make sure that you can go back and forth from kana to romanji when your phone is set in all english mode (i.e. for menus, etc.) Otherwise, you have to set your phone in all japanese which is difficult to navigate around (for newbies and beginners albiet) because there is a lot of advanced kanji. Hope this advice helps. Unfortunately for me, its too late! I bought this phone and can’t return it for a better one. :mad:

]]> by: Sindy http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/#comment-129676 Thu, 10 May 2007 18:31:05 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/#comment-129676 By the way Happy Mother's Day In Mexico and on some part of the world has well too!:wink: :cool: :mrgreen: S_R_C By the way Happy Mother’s Day In Mexico and on some part of the world has well too! :wink: :cool: :mrgreen: S_R_C

]]> by: Sindy http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/#comment-129673 Thu, 10 May 2007 18:24:30 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/05/10/lower-intermediate-lesson-23-reunion-i/#comment-129673 JP101 Crew and Listeners!:wink: First place!:cool: Today I'm sick, I have a cold or flu so please excuse my sneezes ahhhhchu. *coughts* running nose and itchy eyes ahhh. :oops: :cry: :sad: Good Lower Intermediate Lesson!:grin: Yes I have seen so many people change throw of the years specially the people that get premature oldness. :shock: :twisted: For me I still look the same since I was a child, my face just changed a little. I'm fine with that because I want to look forever young not old. :smile: :cool: :wink: S_R_C JP101 Crew and Listeners! :wink:

First place! :cool: Today I’m sick, I have a cold or flu so please excuse my sneezes ahhhhchu. *coughts* running nose and itchy eyes ahhh. :oops: :cry: :sad:

Good Lower Intermediate Lesson! :grin: Yes I have seen so many people change throw of the years specially the people that get premature oldness. :shock: :twisted:

For me I still look the same since I was a child, my face just changed a little. I’m fine with that because I want to look forever young not old. :smile: :cool: :wink: S_R_C

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