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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today is the final installment of this Newbie series. Satoshi was in a coma and suffering from amnesia when the Hospital Director explained that he was actually a member of the PSIA, an elite Japanese intelligence agency. Today he is handed a cell phone for the first time. Who will he call first?

This newbie Japanese lesson focuses on dō iu + noun and koto to discuss the intangible. As always, you’ll enjoy the plethora of sample sentences. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

 



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28 Responses to “Newbie Lesson #30 - What’s Your Issue?”

JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san, is this the exciting conclusion of Awakenings?

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doraemon says:

That was sweet! But somewhat cliffhanger-esque

You know, I´m surprised this was a newbie lesson. I learned the word for amnesia in this series :oops: :oops: :oops:

Happy Tuesday all!

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markystar says:

lol :mrgreen: amnesia and comatose state!!
only at japanesepod would you get those words in a newbie lesson. (笑)
記憶喪失
昏睡状態

actually, we invented our own japanese word here at the office.
食睡・しょくすい・shokusui・lunch coma! :mrgreen:

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Laura says:

Wait … how did he know to say「ふたり」?!

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maxiewawa says:

:shock:

どうして携帯の事分からなかった?

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markystar says:

lauraさん、in a previous lesson he was told ‘you have a wife and child.’ :wink:

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maxiewawa says:

食睡はどう言う意味ですか。
What is this ’shokusui’ that you speak of?
Shokusui ha dou iu imi desuka.

Maybe it’s the comatose feeling you get after eating too much.

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markystar says:

maybe it’s an american thing.
after you eat lunch and go back to class or back to the office you get really sleepy. we call that ‘lunch coma.’
or in マーキー語, ‘redbull time’ :lol:

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Laura says:

Oh boy. Now you can joke about my amnesia ;;

I think the lunch coma comes from eating US-sized portions of starchy/sugary food at lunch - probably not as big of a problem in Japan.

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Peter says:

Laura-san, the rice meals here knock me out! :mrgreen: I had a friend who ate 1.2 kilograms of rice for dinner, and he shut down at 10 pm on Friday night. :wink:

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maxiewawa says:

Maybe this seems a little off topic, but I find it interesting how people make new words sometimes. Do people do it more in Japan? There are so many ‘made up’ words in Japanese, so maybe making up words like 食睡 is a symptom of living in a Japanese environment.

Your average Joe on the street (Zhang on the street) in 中国 would understand 食睡 if you wrote it on a piece of paper for him, but wouldn’t ever use it. He’d probably just find it silly, and never use it. It’d never enter the vernacular at all, on any level.

Maybe it’s just a jPod thing though, and maybe I’m looking too much into it. It’s just that I find myself coining new Japanese words with my girlfriend all the time, but never do in Chinese or English, even though I speak Chinese and English much better than Japanese.

For example, my girlfriend and I both enjoy the TV show Lost, and we have started adding the honorific 御(Go) before it since it’s such a good show. We call the local DVD shop, DVD屋さん. Only in Japanese would you combine 3 Roman letters, a Chinese character, and an honorific suffix!

Little things like that come so easily in Japanese don’t work in English or Chinese. Know what I mean?

I hope everyone doesn’t reply with today’s grammar point, どう言う意味ですか, or roughly translated as ‘what the hell are you talking about’.

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JapanesePod101.com says:

max, well the 屋さん thing is pretty common here, especially if it’s a place that you frequent. ラーメン屋さん、焼鳥屋さん、etc…

in english, i always make up new words. i think english is great for it! especially with slang. :mrgreen:

but 食睡 is just jpod. my girlfriend started using it but just because i taught her and there is no japanese equivalent.
and as for honorifics, we put 御 in front of loads of things too. for example, お猿、お風邪、おピーシー様、and she often addresses me with the feudal honorific suffix 殿 and calls my apartment マーキー城. :lol:

marky

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benni says:

ポストはちょっと遅いですけど。。。

もし奥さんが旦那さんに電話すれば、彼女は「私ですけど」と言いますか。「私だけど」ってちょっと男っぽいでしょう。
:shock:

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Peter says:

What is the “oto” in utte iru oto?

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Mayumi says:

benni-san,

私は、いつも、「私だけど」といいます。
カジュアルな言い方で、男っぽいということはないと思いますよ~。 :smile:

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benni says:

なるほど〜☆
:smile:

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Netanel says:

Hello,
Thank you for a really great PodCast, it really made learning the language fun.
I was wondering if you have a suggestion for what lessons are a more or less linear continuation of the series (the Newbie lessons following go back to the begining, and I wish to get more advanced).

Arigatou gozaimashita

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Mayumi says:

Netanel-san,

We have a linear style of lessons from Newbie to Beginner as follows:
- Newbie Nihongo Doujou - Welcome Style You 1-25
- Newbie Nihongo Doujou - Style You and Beyond 1-25
- Beginner Season 4 #1-50

So, I recommend that you try to listen to Newbie Nihong Doujou Wecome Style You 1, and if it’s too easy for you, try to start with “Style You and Beyond 1.” :wink:

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renji says:

well my dreams of going to japan is crushed..even newbie feels like expert :sad:

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Jessi says:

renjiさん,
Please try starting with the very first Newbie lessons, or even the Introduction lessons!! Don’t give up! :wink:
http://www.japanesepod101.com/index.php?cat=9&order=asc

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Naomi says:

renji-san
Or start listening from Newbie series season4, lesson 1. Season4 is much easier and more organized than Season 1 :wink:

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Ketto says:

Don’t give up! Keep going! I use Japanese pod in a mix of other study material. It’s amazing because sometimes the lessons are easy, and sometimes I have no idea what’s being said.

I’ve been studying for roughly 3yrs on my own. (I am very dispointed for my level of japanese with that long of a time) I took beginner classes at college which help because we learned the hirigana (read/write) and katakana (read/select words write) and it gave the foundations for basic grammar, conjugation, and kanji. The book we used is Contemporary Japanese (Eriko Sato) and I would recommend it as a supplement text to any self teaching ppl.

Also, I do translations of J-rock/Vis kei songs, use Kanji flash cards, and have two speaking partners from Japan. This year I began watching japanese drama series and I have been picking up a lot of words from that. I find it better than anime because it’s live action so you actually see real ppl/events taking place. To anyone out there, I suggest Liar Game (done after the Manga) and Orthros no inu.

Trust me, it takes a while for things to start “clicking” but once it does you’ll pick up quick. Try supplementing words (always say the japanese instead of the english) lol, everyone at work these days under stands “今何時ですか?”because of me. The first key, is have fun, learning is much easier if you are doing it in a way that makes you feel good :wink: がんばるレンジさん!

If you go to Japan, almost all the signs are bi-lingual, and many areas (especially) Tokyo do have english group tours. So, don’t dash your dreams just because it’s tough.

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Jessi says:

Kettoさん,
Thank you for your comment!
I think your suggestions are spot on :)
It really helps to supplement your Japanese studies with outside sources like TV programs and music, I think. It also makes studying and picking up Japanese fun!
How funny that people at your work are starting to understand things now too :lol:

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iggyx3 says:

um i understand nothing u guys type tht is in kanji i watch alot of anime so i noe how to pronounce alot of words but i noe nothing about kanji so where shuld i start at newbie or beginner

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Jessi says:

iggyx3-san,
To start learning Japanese writing, I highly recommend watching our Kantan Kana series :grin:
http://www.japanesepod101.com/index.php?cat=47&order=asc

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ぐらでいしゅ ぐらんと says:

What happened to our final story? Where does it continue…?:???:

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王凱 says:

それは何ですか。
携帯電話です。
どういうことですか、
高山さんはご家族に電話します。
本当ですか。
本当ですよ。どうぞ。
でも、二人の名前がわかりません。
大丈夫です。では、どうぞごゆっくり。
夏美。
私だけど。

また今日ね。

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kaite says:

What happens!! :shock: I need to know! :shock: :shock: :shock:

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