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19 Responses to “Newbie Lesson #25 - Where Are You Headed?”
Monday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, how was your weekend? Feel like doing a little shopping in Japan? After all, this is one of the shopping capitals of the world! Well, here is a finely crafted newbie lesson designed to get you where you need to go.
Tuesday at 3:01 am
Off the topic
Marky-san, how’s going with the lesson I requested a while ago? I want to able to study before I’m heading there instead of you post the lesson the day I leave.
Please update with me.
Tuesday at 4:03 am
Speaking of shopping in Japan, to be honest I didn’t like to! And I’m a girl! Department stores weren’t bad but little shops were a little too pushy or sales driven. Of course I know they were just being polite (and many people in America can learn from this) however there has to be a happy medium? Does anyone else agree? What’s it like in your country?
Tuesday at 4:41 am
Are Meyumi and Yuki new? It’s hard to keep track because I’ve been catching up most of the time, and there seem to be fairly frequent changes. I do like the variety, but it’d be nice to know who is and isn’t around any more
Anyway, this lesson was a bit simpler than the others, but still had a few useful words.
Tuesday at 4:50 am
Btw, I’m not a newbie any more, so don’t base any lesson reshaping on my comments or anything
As for the shopping, I like getting new stuff but I hate walking around shops, getting stuck behind slow people walking along or in queues, and then lugging it back with you; it’s way too stressful!
Tuesday at 6:40 am
What would happen if I ask the lady at the department store「すみません、今夜は暇ですか?」
Tuesday at 10:42 am
デボン-san!
Your a girl
I though you were a guy!
Good for you!
I wish I had the opportunity to shop for clothes in Japan and have all the beautiful clerks asking me with their politeness, あなたは何らかの助けが欲しいですか?
S_R_C
Tuesday at 12:01 pm
vickyさん、skype me
デボンさん、i’ve usually had good luck in tokyo, but then i spend too much.
but it’s pretty easy to make them go away: just say 「i can’t 日本語」.
javizyさん、mayumi has occasionally posts on here. she’s not a voice actor tho. she writes grammar points and stories and advises and does a gazillion other things around the office.
yuki is new, but also not a voice actor. but you may be hearing him in some upcoming lessons.
bakanekoさん、depends on who you ask, i guess.
sindyさん、i saw lots of beautiful clerks in boutiques in manhattan and they were relatively polite.
marky
Tuesday at 10:19 pm
glad you’re a girl, girls are nice
Wednesday at 4:28 am
Tokyo is superb for shopping but sizing becomes a problem especially for shoes,suits. I saved a fortune cos a lot of nice stuff didnt fit and I couldnt buy it!!
However I bough tons of things and never felt pushed quite the opposite.
One great local store I frequented in Shimokitazawa would send me hand written postcards about sales and asked about my well being genuinely nice.In the store they would be happy to show me the new things and would be honest if things didnt suit me .I never felt obliged to buy.best service I have ever had .Anymore shopping lessons would be appreciated especially regarding fit etc
Robert
Wednesday at 12:11 pm
Marky-san!
Yes your right! BUT not all of them are Asian!
Michael-san!
I definitive agree specially if they are so girly!
S_R_C
Saturday at 11:06 am
Ahh i loved this lesson!!! =D
Saturday at 11:56 pm
Oh but I have a question!
For all department stores, are there only women that guide you? And does it have anything to do with sexism? Or more like tradition?
Wednesday at 6:04 am
As I was in Japan (Tokyo area), I heared often さんがい for the second floor. In the lesson all said さんかい
Is there any explanation for that?
Wednesday at 6:09 am
Sorry, さんかい was in the dialog - Natsuko pronounced it さんがい and Peter asked her about this issue. But, is さんかい wrong or not?
Wednesday at 11:52 am
Inuzuka ーさん
) as さんかい. So I would say both are correct.
You’ve got great ears!
Actually both さんかい and さんがい are commonly said.
I think most Japanese text books introduce only さんがい, but quite a few people call the second floor(or the third floor…depending on where you’re from
Saturday at 1:06 am
Well said Natsuko-san, well said
Wednesday at 11:37 pm
I’ve tried this lesson 2nd day running and the audio starts a few minutes before the end????
Wednesday at 4:39 am
すみません、家具はどこですか。
はい、家具売場は六階です。
紳士服はどこですか。
はい、三階です。
婦人服は何階ですか。
はい、五階です。
また今日ね。
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