Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today we’re continuing our new linear Newbie Course, the JapanesePod101.com Nihongo Dōjō! We’ll review introductions and greetings from last week, but also we’re gong to see some uses of the question marking particle ka. And an added bonus, Akihiro explains the origins of the Japanese greeting, o-hayō gozaimasu. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com to leave us a post!
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33 Responses to “Newbie Lesson #32 - Nihongo Dōjō - Welcome to Style You 2”
JapanesePod101.com says:
July 4th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
Mina-san, could you sense the tension between these two? Do I detect some drama building?
kitty-chan says:
July 11th, 2007 at 10:53 am
Maybe they will fall in love and live happily every after in Newbie Land! 
Peter says:
July 11th, 2007 at 11:58 am
みなさん、
Mina-san =everyone
こんにちは。
konnichiwa!
なおみです。わたしは日本人です。
Naomi desu. watashi wa Nihon-jin desu.
In the dialogue, Mi Yeon said 「わたしはアメリカ人です。」. But to be precise, she is Korean American.
Korean（nationality) = 韓国人/かんこくじん/kankoku-jin
American (nationality) = アメリカ人/あめりかじん/amerika-jin
Korean American = 韓国系アメリカ人/かんこくけいあめりかじん/kankoku kei amerika jin.
系/けい/kei =lineage, connection
So if you are French Canadian, you would say 「フランス系カナダ人です。/furansukei kanada-jin desu. 」
ピーターさんはアメリカ人です。
Peter san wa amerika jin desu.
みなさんのNationality は何ですか。
Mina-san no Nationality wa nan desu ka?
=What is YOUR nationality, everyone? 
Naomi says:
July 11th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
I’m sorry. The previous comment was from me! 
わたしはなおみです。/Watashi wa Naomi desu.
Read The Post says:
July 11th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
わたしはmaxiewawaです。 Sorry I didn’t put my name in the required field, just thought I’d let everyone have a chance to use what we learned.
私はオーストラリア人です。じつは、中国とイギリス系オーストラリア人です。
Watashi ha o-sutoraria jin desu. jitsu ha chuugoku to igirisukei o-sutoraria jin desu.
Japanesepod101.comを始めて聞くと、ピーター先生は東南アジア系アメリカじんとおもった。
= The first time I heard Japanesepod101.com, I thought Peter was a South East Asian American. 
（間違えたでしょ？）
Don’t laugh! I’ve heard new posters leave comments to that effect before.
Sophie says:
July 11th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
こんにちはNaomi先生、
私はSophieです。フランス人です。
I’m Sophie, and French.
よろしくお願いします。
Daniel Beck says:
July 11th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Naomi先生！
Another excellent lesson! Very very nice! 
You are an excellent add to the team!
Even though this is a newbie lesson, your explanations of pronunciation and intonation are good for speakers of all levels.
Akihiroさん、
Loved that explanation of おはようございます。勉強になりました！ 
Peterちゃん、
You weren’t too shabby either. 
markobe8 says:
July 12th, 2007 at 12:05 am
Watashi wa firipin-jin desu… Id really love to all of you guys.. its really great.. quality talents, actors especially the voices.. honto ni daiski desu…
João Paulo says:
July 12th, 2007 at 6:12 am
皆さん、元気ですか。
私はブラジル人です。ポルトガル系イタリア系スペイン系オーストリア系ブラジル人です！ The funny is that this is true!
なおみ先生とあしひろさん、貴方達はすごいですね！
がんばってね！
Liz21 says:
July 12th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
Akirihiro-san,
From the sound of your voice — you must be handsome!
(Love your voice!)
Liz21 says:
July 13th, 2007 at 12:19 am
Gomen-nasai.
*Akihiro-san. (I must be more careful about typing! 
)
Naomi says:
July 13th, 2007 at 10:54 am
maxiewawaさん
Great sentences! すごいですね。
You worte…”Japanesepod101.comを始めて聞くと”, but “Japanesepod101.comを初めて聞いたとき” is better.
Markystarさん
Wow, you used very difficult Kanji for country name! 
独逸/ドイツ/doitsu =Germany
愛蘭/アイルランド/airurando = Ireland
亜米利加/アメリカ/amerika =America
Sophieさん
Sophie-san wa Furansu-jin desu ka? Kochirakoso yoroshiku onegaishimasu. 
Bakaneko さん
おもしろい！笑ってしまいした。 Bakaneko-san wa Alien desu ka? And you are from Mars? You are very OMOSHIROI (=funny).
Danielさん
コメントありがとうございます。本当に嬉しいです。頑張ります。
komento arigatou gozaimasu. Hontou ni ureshii desu. Ganbarimasu.
markobe8さん
markobe8 -san wa firipin-jin desu ka? Komento arigatou gozaimasu.
Joãoさん
João-san wa Buraziru jin desu ka? Porutogaru to itaria to supein to osutoraria!? Sugoi desu!
Liz21さん
Hai. Soudesu. You are right! Akihiro-san wa hansamu desu.
Daniel L says:
July 13th, 2007 at 11:09 am
Not too long ago, I ran across 押忍 (osu) used instead of お早う御座います (ohayou gozaimasu). Is this another way to say “good morning” among friends?
markystar says:
July 13th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
おっす is a casual greeting (usually for guys) at any time of the day. but only use this with friends. it’s very casual.
Sophie says:
July 13th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
My Japanese teacher told us he sometimes joked with close japanese friends on Sunday, saying お遅い御座います to greet them in the morning, underlining the fact that they have been sleeping in.
Chris says:
July 14th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
ハートクリストファーです。アメリカ人です。テクスッポトです。
Is there a better way to put that last sentance?
Naomi says:
July 17th, 2007 at 11:21 am
Sophieさん
As your Japanese teacher mentioned, some people say 「お遅うございます/oosou gozaimasu」or 「おそようございます/osoyougozaimasu.」as a joke.
Chirisさん
こんにちは。よろしくおねがいします。
Are you working as a tech support? If it is so, テクニカル サポート スタッフ/technical support staff.
nilfisq says:
September 2nd, 2007 at 6:37 pm
みなさん、
こんにちは。
私はオランダ人です。
でもベルギーに住んでいる。(is that correct?)
Moh says:
September 11th, 2007 at 8:57 am
The iLearning center audio zip file is not working for me for some reason. Did anyone else face this problem?
Thank,
Moh
matthew says:
October 19th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
how do you say I’m sorry I’m late in Japanese??? please help thx! 
matthew says:
October 19th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
because sometimes i walk into class late and ill i know to say is すみません。 got any advice for saying something like sorry that I’m late or something???
matthew says:
October 19th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
does おそく mean late? and if it does how can i make that into a sentence?
markystar says:
October 19th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
遅く is the adverbial form of 遅い, it means “slow” or “late.”
but in Japanese “to be late” is it’s own verb. 遅れる.
so i’d recommend saying 遅れてすみません “i’m sorry for being late.”
お待たせしました is “I’m sorry for making you wait.”
andrew says:
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:41 pm
I don’t understand. Where do I begin? i started with Lesson # 1 and so forth and now there is another lesson where I was supposed to start with.
maxiewawa says:
January 22nd, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Andrew, this is Season 2 of Welcome To Style You. I think they’re starting all over again in this series.
andrew says:
January 23rd, 2008 at 12:14 am
Thanks Maxie,
Its just confusing how the stuff are arranged in my ipod, not in order and sometimes the titles are different!
allbluedream says:
March 29th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Peter-San mentioned that Kim used the Japanese way to address herself. Actually it’s kind of the East Asian way. Chinese, Japanese and Korean all use this ‘Family name - Given name’ structure.
私は中国人です。よろしくお願いします。
allbluedream says:
March 29th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
全蓝夢
The name is actually an adaptation from One Piece, and this is the first time I see it in English. 面白い！Your Chinese is very good! Did I see you on Youtube?
I’m in London though.
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Category: Newbie Lessons |
Grammar: ka (question particle), san (honorific suffix) | Function: confirming things, introducing yourself | Topic: greetings, Meeting new people | Politeness Level: formal, Polite
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