Comments on: Survival Phrases #58 - CSP8 - You Have the Wrong Person

by: Daniel Beck

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:38:36 +0000

henjinさん、

No, you wrote splitting image. I’m the one who made the mistake. I meant to say that “splitting image” is not American (with the possible exception of the neighborhood where Peterさん grew up).

by: henjin

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:33:32 +0000

oh dear I wrote slitting image?

Well I do use the handle henjin

spell check can’t deal with stoopid spell.

by: Daniel Beck

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:11:42 +0000

Chigusaさん、

As always, it’s great to hear you on the program.

Peterさん、

Where is the 出口？

Hahaha. Cute.

henjinさん、

No, “slitting image” is not American English, it’s Peter語。

by: Naomi

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:51:21 +0000

maxiewawa さん
☆「痛いじゃないですか」itaijanaidesu ka. —It has “desu” in it, so it’s polite.
★「痛いじゃないか」itaijanai ka. —It’s informal. Used mainly by men.
☆「痛いじゃない」itaijanai —-It’s informal. Sounds a little feminine.
Even though they have かat the end, these are rhetorical questions.
And you have to say these with a falling intonation. This “janaidesu ka” carries a sense of accusation.

The sentence you can find in our dialogue「ジョニーデップさんじゃないですか(↑）」is a negative question and intonation should rise at か.

by: maxiewawa

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:03:07 +0000

Nice photos! I’ve always got Natsuko and Sakura sensei mixed up though. I could recognise them by their voices but if I saw them in person (and they didn’t speak) I’m sure I’d do something silly.

Max: なつこ先生！やっと会えました!なつこ先生はJPodで一番好きな先生だ！でもさ、他の先生に教えないでくださいね。
さくら先生：え、ちょっと。私サクラ。
Max:

Another thing, ‘janai desuka’ is completely from ‘janai ka’ isn’t it？ I’ve been watching Ranma 1/2 and whenever 九能 gets hit in the head, he is heard to remark ‘痛いじゃないか’, which is translated as ‘this really hurts you know’. So I get from this that ’じゃないか’ just stresses a point and doesn’t actually ask a question…

そうじゃない？

つまり、「じゃないですか」と「じゃないか」と「じゃない」はどう違いますか。

I’ve always been interested in etymology, but always get it confused with entomology, the study of bugs.

by: Alain

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:00:42 +0000

Greetings from Kawaguchiko where the weather is wonderful today.
Thanks to the team: my japanese is much better this year, おかげさまで.

by: Sophie

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:37:09 +0000

皆さん、こんにちは、

In favour of the “spitting image”, French has the expression “portrait craché”, (spitting portrait), with the same meaning.

Sophie

by: stlsamurai

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:00:37 +0000

When answering a negative question (ja nai desu ka) do you generally avoid a direct response (hai, iie) because it would cause confusion? I seem to remember that Japanese and English responses are different–Japanese responses would be more “literal” in their interpretation.

By the way, it looks like based on the demand for signed pictures, you might have a new product for your online store!

Thanks,

Steven from St. Louis

by: Eran

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:37:40 +0000

Rigo-san: Speaking of pictures, we’ve just posted some new ones on our Meet the Hosts page. There was also a recent blog entry with a picture of more of the crew. We hope to have a lot more pictures in the coming day!

by: rigo

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:27:39 +0000

hello i would love to have a picture of all the crew from japanesepod signed by each of you