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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! In Japan, being prepared for earthquakes is very important. Today the children are reviewing OASIS, the acronymn Japanese school children learn to remember what to do in a disaster. We’ll take a look at using baai to describe hypothetical situations. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 15th, 2007 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Beginner Season 1 . 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.
25 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #168 - Disaster Drill 1”
Tuesday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, do you have earthquakes where you live? What are you supposed to do in the case of an emergency?
Tuesday at 7:06 pm
although a serious theme, it was still great fun!
Thankfully, we don´t get any here
I like it when you take more time to go into grammar explanations, I appreciate that
Norgus-san, If you are reading - thanks! You taught me the word for flute! I didn´t know it
Tuesday at 8:02 pm
While I was attending High-School there was an earthquake. In my class no one noticed it, the classmate that was sitting besides me told me “stop shaking the desk”, but I wasn’t doing anything. Then someone looked out of the window and noticed that the remaining part of the school was out in the schoolyard so we thought we had to go out too. Finally we went out, but I don’t remember if we followed the evacuation instructions.
Tuesday at 8:25 pm
Although I am originally from Italy, I missed all the big earthquakes there including that of 1980 which was felt as far a Rome from the South and later ones in Umbria.
However, I experienced an earthquake in England once, whilst I was at work on the 3rd floor of a concrete structure building. It was not so much a shake as a little sudden jump!
Needless to say, earthquakes in England are very rare and they are not part of any safety drill at work or in school.
mikuji
Wednesday at 12:18 am
皆さん
What’s the JCC Peterさん was speaking about?
I’d like to know
ありがとう
ジオルヂ
Wednesday at 12:31 am
Good lesson as always, or *great* I suppose Peter would say
I don’t think I’ve ever experienced an earthquake here in London. The last time I remember the house shaking was when the bomb went off at Canary Wharf
Jordi, Japanese Culture Class #25 - Disaster Prevention Day, I listened to it the other day. Here’s the link http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/09/02/japanese-culture-class-25-disaster-prevention-day/ I’d recommend listening to the others if you haven’t already, they are just as fun as the regular lessons, but you just sit back and listen without trying to absorb grammar, vocab, etc
Wednesday at 2:58 am
Tsunami and tidal wave are the same thing.
Wednesday at 4:15 am
Fairly frequently I find mistakes in the romaji version of the lesson that at times present problems. For example, today the romaji for card is given as “miai”. I tried to find information about this word without success and then checked the hiragana which gives the word as “mimai”. However, your lessons are great. How do you find japanese speakers which have such perfect japanese and english accents?
Wednesday at 8:41 am
Javizyさん、
I think Peterさん would describe the lesson as “very very nice.”
Neilさん、
Good call. The distinction Peterさん was trying to draw between tsunami an tidal wave was incorrect. Most tsunamis do not make a wall because there is a smooth incline up to the shore. However, if there is a steep change in the incline, the waves may then make a “wall”.
Wednesday at 10:58 am
JP101 Crew and Listeners!
Great Disaster Lesson!
Mexico suffer from a big earthquake on 1985, alot of people loss everything they own. There were also a huge loss of family members, co workers and friends too. Mexico and Japan have similar things in common, we suffers from earthquakes but not that heavy like Japanese ones.
I agree with doraemon-san! Thank god we don’t suffer from earthquakes on USA or NYC BUT no one knows and maybe someday NYC can suffer one too!
S_R_C
PS: Keep up that good work JP101 Crew and Staff!
Wednesday at 6:42 pm
Um, that would be news to people in California and Hawaii.
Thursday at 12:35 am
am i used to earfquakes in japan, or is it just me?
i kinda like ‘em…
marky
Thursday at 8:13 am
Daniel-san!
Your right!
I forgot about California and Hawaii.
They also suffer from earthquakes and they are part of the USA too.
Senseins always beat the students!
S_R_C
Thursday at 9:47 pm
markystarさん、
I don’t know that I like them so much as I don’t notice most of them.
Friday at 12:25 am
We don’t get many earthquakes in the heartland of the US (I am in Texas), but there is a rather large rift zone that comes down through the midsection of the US and ends in Texas so it is possible, just not likely.
Nate-san
BTW - I loved the inro to this lesson. The electronic voice was very cool.
Friday at 2:24 am
danielさん、 i’m starting to feel like that too. when i came here i felt them all the time and they freaked me out. now i hardly notice them. when the big one comes, i’ll SAVE YOU!
nateさん、 nathan? are you back in Tejas?
i know the rift you’re talking about cuz it goes thru my home town!
and thanks for the intro props! it means alot!
that electronic voice was SAKURAさん!
Friday at 7:26 am
Nate-san or Nathan-san!
Welcome back, we miss you after a long absence! How is your school and why did you return to Texas? Are you on vacation? Please keep us up today on your JP101 blog.
BTW- I sent you a Mixi friend’s request! please add me and let me know if you got it so I can’t sent you another one in case the other one doesn’t appear.
S_R_C
Friday at 7:29 am
Friday at 10:19 pm
Nate -
Come a little north. You may not realize it (they don’t usually make the news here) but in northern Ohio, we see a small earthquake every other month. (many fault lines exist under the Great Lakes.) They are so small, there is rarely any damage. If they stop for an extended period, then we are in trouble.
Sunday at 4:29 am
markystarさん、
I’m counting on you when it comes!
Tuesday at 12:56 am
Tuesday at 4:55 pm
What is the difference between
”場合は” and ”場合に”
Please give sample sentences. Thanks.
Wednesday at 11:04 am
jenchanted-san
In 「場合(に)(は)」 ni or wa is often omitted. I’d say 場合 or 場合は are commonly. wa is there to give emphasis.
東京に来る場合(は)、電話をください。
However in subordinate or conditional clause,場合 or 場合に are used.場合は can not be used in this case.
東京に来る場合に必要なものは何ですか。
I hope this makes sense.
Wednesday at 1:40 pm
まさか、山田が正解するとは・・・。 How is “と” used here? Any help would be awsome…thank you.
Thursday at 2:16 pm
Dan-san
と here is a quotation marker.
The original sentence would be
山田が正解する と は 思わなかった。
I’ve never expected Mr./Ms. Yamada got the right answer.
I hope this helps.
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