sounds like a normal day in my family only we don´t tie anyone up

nice vocab today, thanks

Sounds like a great lesson, I’m just listening to the ゆっくり part.

Does anyone else think that we don’t really need the slow part at this level? Can we have a show of hands for all those who’d appreciate the slower speed dialogue being cut from lower intermediate lessons?

*tentatively raises hand*

I like to keep the slow speed. It helps me to be certain how each word should be pronounced. Whenever I’m not sure how a certain word should be pronounced, I usually replay the slow part a few times and then the regular speed one time.

About the politeness level:
What’s the difference in english beetween “casual” and “informal”?

JP101 Crew and Listeners!

My family and are very talkers when we eat, we just talk about all topic of our topics that matter to us.

I like both parts fast and slow so it’s fine what your doing, it really helps alot.

Hurrah to the Playstation mention and I’m also like a physco too! S_R_C

Hmmm. This はず thing is a bit perplexing. It’s really not quite like “should be” or “ought to be” in English, is it?

For example, #3 son says:
かぼちゃのてんぷらでしょう?　僕、かぼちゃ嫌いだもん。　食べるはずないよ。

Isn’t はず here more like “would” as in “I wouldn’t have eaten it” rather than “I ought not to have eaten it”?

Also, お母さん says “夕飯のうどんに載せるはずだったのに。”

Isn’t that はず more like “intend”?

This term doesn’t seem to have a clear English equivalent.

Also, wondered about the “もん” at the end of several sentences by the 3 sons. What is the meaning/purpose?

Thanks!

I’m a bit late here, but finally making time to continue with J-Pod outside of my normal studies. Ken, if you’re still out there, もん is a casual sentence-ending particle which expresses discontent. You’ll hear it a lot when people whine.

はず, I find, is only confusing when you try to think of it in English sentence patterns rather than as an idea. It indicates that you have some kind of information in your head that tells you something should be (but might not necessarily be in reality) a specific way. In the case of お母さん, 載せるはずだったのに, in her mind she had dinner planned, so the tempura was to be put on the udon for dinner. Later, with お父さん, what are suspected to be (but maybe not known as an absolute fact) his favorite foods are being talked about, hence 「大好物のはずだよ」.

Good to be back– these lessons are as fun as I’d remembered!