Yeah, actually I did lose it once in Shinjuku. I had to get it back from a police box, and it was pretty scary to try to cram yourself in that tiny box with several police officers cramped there with you. They were amazed I could write my own address in kanji (the horse can speak!), but I did get my wallet back eventually

Btw. the pretend-happy voice of Peter makes me want to kick him.

今日のレッソンはあいかわらずおもしろいなぁー　へへ
じゃ、今つぎの韓国語のレッソンは待ってるよ　

ヨアキム a.k.a 요아킴

Wow why have you guys changed the premium format for line by line?

There used to be audio with this, now it’s just repeats the .pdf.

or is it my browser?

I really would like this premium feature back if this is meant to be better… it’s not.

Anyway great lesson.:???:

eranさん,
i guess that’s my cue!

henjinさん、
it’s DEFINITELY not gone! (that’s one of my favorite features too, i use it ALL THE TIME!!!)
i spotted the source of the problem, but i can’t fix it remotely (i’m in a cafe now getting dinner before i crash). so tomorrow morning, i’ll have that up for you and everyone first thing!
申し訳御座いません！ｍ（＿T＿）ｍ

i’d like to add something about losing things in japan…
if it’s an umbrella, forget it. there’s an unwritten rule, if it looks cheap you can take it. and if it is cheap, you can lose it/leave it for someone else.
interestingly enough, the same is true for manga! businessmen always leave the manga they finish on the trains so someone else can read it.
similarly, in new york, i noticed people do this with newspapers on the Long Island Railroad. i always looked for the Times or Newsday, but sometimes someone just left the Post （スキップだな！）

marky

You get newspapers on the tube in London, but usually just the free ones that are circulated As for having things like wallets and mobile phones returned: not a chance!

Peterさん,
Thanks for the detailed breakdown of the language. Your treatment of the verbs is very useful. The various usages of the progressive forms of the verb confuse me.

Also polite forms like ーてもらう also confuse me.
I was surprised that the “staff” was “receiving” the question rather than the student.
Thanks
John C. Briggs

BTW, I have seen them do a “hidden camera” feature on dropped wallets in Boston. I think only about 25% of the wallets are returned despite the owner’s address being clearly listed in the wallet.

yo yo yo, the line by line is fixed now!!

marky

ピーターさん

japanesepod101が大好きですよ。However, now that I’m officially paid, up, I’ve been dying to make a comment about your English. So often, you say that something is inferred, when you mean that it is implied. As a school teacher, this drives me sideways, as you are also a teacher setting an example. Remember the listener infers, but the speaker implies. Or if you like, Sherlock Holmes infers, but Mark Twain implies.

ありがとうごさいます

グレッグ

For those of you who want to see what a お忘れ物をした場所 works like you can go to the Tokyo metro webpage:

http://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/enq/wasuremono/index.html

Here you can learn useful things like: ~以上たってから気がついた場合 if realising the stuff was lost more than ~ ago
and the like. Don’t forget to use Rikaichan….Look for patterns.

Another tip to find relevant pages on the topic is to copy a word from a page (e.g. 忘れ物 in this case) in kanji e use it to search. You are guaranteed to find only pages in Japanese!

Have fun!

mikuji