Mina-san, if you don’t know what kind of people are coming, what’s the best way to plan a welcome party?

bakaneko-san
haha, i agree with you, bakaneko-san!!! But I like that kind of way to ask out for drinking!

Interesting lesson ^^

私は反対なんです、日本語が多くおければいいとおもいますけど。。。

このようなレッスンを作っていただけると、日本語を勉強するのが楽しくて仕方ありません。
JapanesePod101の皆様、頑張ってください！！！応援しています！！

i’d like to chime in here for a just a sec
about the amount of japanese in this lesson, we get a lot of feedback and usually the advanced listeners say they want more japanese, especially outside of the conversation portion of the podcast. for the the lower levels we hear just the opposite.

it’s a delicate balancing act, to be sure.
i’m glad maxさん and the gaped crusaderさん were into this lesson. bakanekoさん’s always down for a party. heheh
thanks guys!

maxさん and the gaped crusaderさん, my guess is JockZonさん’s point wasn’t the amount of japanese, but it was the length. 18 min.
we’re actually working out a more structured approach that keeps in line with our philosophy and methodology - one of our goals is to bring the amount of talk surrounding the conversation down.

since we’re testing this in a few lessons here and there (obviously not this one), keep your feedback and enthusiasm coming!

This was quite a difficult lesson, even the intermediate lessons usually have someone saying ‘So, [ gist of what was said in English]’. This usually helps me confirm what I thought they said, because I’m not really at a level where I can confidently rely on my own translations. If I couldn’t understand a word, however, I’d reconsider sticking to Beginner S2.

I find that the extra talking is good listening practice, and it’s usually relevant in some way to the lesson content; it’s not like the girls were discussing their favourite shampoo or something.

日課には無理があると書いてあるけど無理ですと使うの場合は何ですか

日課の難しさはちょうど良かったと思います。けどこれは日本語の経験による者だかと思います。

Awesome lesson, please keep ‘em coming!!

Kitty-chan!

I’m very surprise my friend, I can’t believe it!

You are a girl I though you were a guy!! S_R_C

Perhaps it’s time to submit a video, kitty-chan.

-Chris

難しいけれど、いい練習を思います。。。難しいけど。

Perhaps we can have that party for my Birthday today! hehe…

デボンさん
おたんじょうびおめでとうございま～す！！
お誕生パーティ、楽しんでください！

Mayumi

デボンさん！
誕生日おめでとうございまっす！！！！！

Dear Bob1,

Since there are no distinctions in Japanese for singular and plural, this could be either one or more people transferring into the section. But yes, it would make sense for the party organizer to find out how many people are being transferred. The question to ask would be, “nan-nin kurun desuka?” (How many people are coming?). 一名様 (ichimeisama) is an honorific form, typically used by waiters talking about the number of customers. Since the organizer would be talking about a colleague, it would be inappropriate to say “XXX sama.”

すみません。
コレクション：
＊ティーシャツ をかいます。

Thanks everyone! Turning 28 isn’t so bad!

better to put more japanese in there than to dumb down me thinks…where’s sachiko?