Comments on: Lower Intermediate Lesson #33 - Sports Day

by: Naomi

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:26:46 +0000

ismhmr-san
Natsuko said 「運動オンチ　－undou onchi」.

by: ismhmr

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 13:11:19 +0000

How did she say ” I am not good at sports.” in the beginning? I totally missed that.

by: karmit.the.frog

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 06:13:31 +0000

wael-san,
The second one “kare wa kodomo nanoni riko deshita” sounds more natural.
We use different particles with these;
noun(N)+no mae, N no tabi ni, N irai, N no aida
*We usually use verb-ending sentence with totan.
Linking words are usually used when they modify the relationship between 2 sentences and when needed you can use more than 2.
I hope this helps.

by: wael

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:31:57 +0000

kare wa kodomo na noni rikou dasu
but in past
kare wa kodomo datta noni rikou deshita.
or
kare wa kodomo nanoni rikou deshita.
which sentence is right ?
and
when i use noun+(mae,tabi,irai,totan,aida)
i should use “datta” instead of “on”
and when i use Linking Words (mae,tabi,irai,totan,aida,toki,noni,Etc)it should use between two sentences only or more.
like :
sentence +toki+sentence+totan+sentence+noni+sentence

by: Ukiyou

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:59:31 +0000

もう一度お願いします。今度はゆっくりお願いします。
忘れちゃったですか？

by: Rune

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 07:21:41 +0000

Naomi-sensei
Perfect timing I guess, considering beginner season 6 lesson 3 came out yesterday
I’ll check out those lessons.
Thank you.

by: Naomi

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:44:53 +0000

Rune-san
“-chatta” is a contracted form of “-te shimatta” which is the past form of “-te shimau.”
The grammar “-te shimau” is covered in beginner series season 6 lesson 3 and 4.
So please check those lessons.

by: Rune

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:41:51 +0000

about 負けちゃった (makechatta)

from what I could find in the forum, tha -chatta ending is a shortened form of shimatta (past tense of shimau).
True ?

Is this covered in any lesson ?
I could not find it in the grammar bank, neither by itself nor mentioned under shimau.

by: Jessi

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:21:18 +0000

tim t.さん,
一生懸命 and 難しい are quite different!
You may find the definition “very hard” when you look up 一生懸命 in the dictionary, but this used more like an adverb: “to work very hard”, etc. It describes HOW an action is done.

難しい, on the other hand, is an adjective that means “hard” as in “difficult” - so you describe something as 難しい. I hope that helps!

by: tim t.

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:48:21 +0000

I’m sure there is a difference …but, how big of a difference is there between “isshoukenmei” and “muzukashii”?

by: 高山是真

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:30:46 +0000

As an interesting aside, 一生懸命 (isshoukenmei) originally evolved from the saying 一所懸命, referring to the time when a warrior was given a piece of land (一所, “one place”) to protect at all costs 命を懸ける (inochi wo kakeru). This usage of doing something at all costs eventually turned into the 一生懸命 in common use today.

The lessons are fun– glad I’m finally back listening to them.

by: Mayumi

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:58:10 +0000

Yamanchu-san,

明日 can be read in three different ways, あした(ashita), あす(asu), みょうにち(myounichi). Ashita is most commonly used in a daily conversation. Asu and Myounichi sounds more formal. Myounichi is the most formal usage.

by: Yamanchu

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:58:25 +0000

In the first sentence the word ‘tomorrow’ is said as ‘asu’. I’ve never seen or heard this before. Is this slang. Could somebody please elaborate on this?

by: kitty-chan

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:58:23 +0000

私も！ I thought the grammar was pretty tough. I think　’no ni’ is difficult!
But the story was good and I liked the drums!!

kitty-chan

by: João Paulo

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:47:10 +0000

I believe the girl exaggerated a bit, unless there were only two runners in the competition.

Anyway, I have very good memories about something similar we have here. Losing or winning, we had excellent moments in sports and cultural competitions.

I considered this lesson kind of challenging for me. And even though some words may have been covered previously, repetition is part of the learning process and I believe it to be extremely important.

Mata!