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53 Responses to “Newbie Lesson S2 #20 - Nihongo Dōjō - Talking About Dates in Japanese”

JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san, finally Fabrizio returns! Well, for one line at least! :roll: I’m trying to imagine what kind of hijinks goes on at a Fabrizio party and it boggles the mind. What kind of present would you give him?

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gillian says:

こんにちは

すみません :dogeza:

I think you have forgotten to switch the Learning Center on

よろしくお願いします!

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markystar says:

gillianさん、whooops, not sure what happened there, but it should be working now! thanks for the heads up! :cool:

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maxiewawa says:

Hahaha intro はMontyPython見たい!知らない方ちょっと調べてください。

え?この鳥、もう死んだ!

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maxiewawa says:

私の誕生日は一月十一日。忘れないでください。 :mrgreen:
彼女の誕生日は先週の金曜日。すごく面白いpartyをしました。途中で韓国人の友達とこれをとった:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNKU1aPH9y8
ちょっとビールを飲んだから、韓国語は普段より悪いですけれども。

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markystar says:

intro はMontyPythonみたい!

はははは、一月に本当のモンティーパイソンらしいイントロが出てきます。是非チェックしてください!  :mrgreen:
maxiewawaが韓国語を話すビデオは楽しかったよ。

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Nate says:

I have a question that has been plaguing me for some time. In trying to ‘read’ the Japanese language as it is written but I find it difficult to determine where one word ends and another begins. The characters just seem to me, to run into one long word. Can anyone provide some insight in this area?

TIA.

ネイト

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markystar says:

nateさん、i think all western learners have this same problem! so i hope everyone can shed some personal experience on it.

i can’t speak for other people, but i personally found that particles are a good place to start looking:

:hachimaki: は、が、を、で、に are pretty strong indicators of not only the proceeding word’s grammatical function but they act like a “buffer” between words. (as you get more casual, you can’t rely on this so much… but in the Nihongo Dojo you can!)

also, when i started out… if i typed a sentence, i spaced my words like they do in some newbie books.
for example: 日本語を 勉強するのが 好きです。
until i felt comfortable, i typed all my emails and wrote my homework like this. eventually i got comfortable and stopped doing it. but one note of warning, that style is not normal for native japanese! so your friends won’t write that way and signs and books and documents aren’t written that way. but it’s not a bad way to start off.
and actually, if i’m not mistaken, naomi’s PDF’s are written in that style. :wink:

anyone else have some thoughts on this?

marky

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OkayamaS says:

Maxiewawa, you should do that in Japanese!

If you’re that good in Japanese, you’re twice as good as me!

Steve

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Nate says:

Arigatou gozaimasu, Marky-san. I will take your suggestions and begin there.

ネイト

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João Paulo says:

Max-さんのビデオは面白かったですよ!

ファブリツィオの傘はどこでしたか。 :lol:

僕の誕生日は十二月十九日です。JPODの誕生日は近くですね!嬉しいです!

また!

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rigo says:

Marky san the particles are very important
hiragana is also essential to identify the verb conjugations , thus
separating words

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rigo says:

by the way my birthday is in october just as Naomi sensei
libra

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Francisco says:

Well, I think the Review Tracks are a great innovation: just the kind of added value that makes the learning center worth it.

But why should Newbies and Beginners have ALL the fun?

Lower Intermediate and Intermediate review tracks would be great.

They could be slightly more involved than the beginner ones, letting us practice the constructions from the bunpo sections and so forth. PLEEEEEEASE?! With sugar on top?

Anyway, I would appreciate it a lot.

Oh, btw, the PDFs on Miki’s Blog are great too : without them, the Advanced lessons were way too hard for me. But with the PDFs and a bit of perseverance, Miki’s Blog has become a great resource for listening comprehension.

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JapanesePod101.com says:

francisco様,
we’ve got you covered, don’t worry!  :cool:
we’ve actually started making review tracks for Lower Intermediate and Intermediate! a few have already gone out, but after next week it’ll be standard for every level, except miki’s blog.
the format will be lesson vocab, lesson sample sentences, and sample sentences from the pdf. also from time to time we’ll try to throw you a few curve balls to keep you on your toes. oh… and sometimes i’ll be including male/female variants and politeness level variants. :hachimaki:

also, glad to know you like the pdf’s with miki’s blog. that suggestion came from the forum! at the end of november every blog will have an accompanying pdf :kokoro:

marky

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Francisco says:

Marky-san…

Oh COOL! :dogeza: :dogeza: But which lesson’s review tracks are up already? Did you start with Intermediate lesson #1 and you’re working your way up? You should put up some liks…

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markystar says:

these ones have it:
http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/11/09/intermediate-lesson-76-senior-citizen-discount-1/
http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/11/01/lower-intermediate-lesson-48-paella/

thursday & friday’s lessons will also have it! :mrgreen:
actually tomorrow, i’m recording all the review for the reset of november and december and first week of january. 大変だー!

as for the old lessons, i’d like to eventually go back and add these, but with over 600 lessons at this point, that’s no small task. :shock: in the meantime, it’s standard for all new lessons. i only apologize that more often than not, everyone has to put up with my broadcast-unfriendly voice instead of our more mellifluous hosts… 申し訳御座いません  :cry:

マーキー

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Daniel Beck says:

You guys do realize that the “Happy Birthday” song is not public domain, right? :???:

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OkayamaS says:

>>You guys do realize that the “Happy Birthday” song is not public domain, right?

buzzkill :roll:

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Mihara says:

I would get him an umbrella bag. :mrgreen:

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Kale Nagasaki says:

My birthday is April 19th. ^_^

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王凱 says:

誕生日おめでとございます。
あの東さんの誕生日は何月ですか。
七月です。
何日ですか。
七日です。
えー、私の誕生日も七月七日です。嬉しいです。

じゃ、また。

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My says:

うわー!みなさんはとてもアドバンストですよ!!! I can’t even read half of it–I’m still learning Kanji.

私は学院生の医者です。(I’m a medical student–did I type that right?) I just started my studies over summer break really. I have tried a couple of different programs since Christmas (2010), but I liked JapanesePod101.com best! I have tried to learn Japanese for as long as I can remember–really–but never could find a program that taught without making huge leaps forward that I didn’t understand. JapansePod101.com、ありがとうございます。

Unfortunately, I don’t have anyone to speak with at school, and I don’t have the time to sign up for a tutor right now, but I’m trying to say everything I do in Japanese and it’s better than not talking.

As for the birthday topic:

わたしの誕生日は一月二十日です.I don’t look at horiscopes, but I believe my friends told me that my birthday makes me a cross between aquarius and capricorn… or something like that :lol:

じゃ、みなです。はじめましてとさようなら。

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Maame Yaa says:

私の誕生びわ七月十四日です。 :razz:

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Danielle says:

私の誕生日は十月二十五です   :grin:

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トーマス says:

ウィキペディアの記事によると村上春樹の誕生日はいちがつじゅうににちです。せんきゅうひゃくよんじゅうきゅう年に生まれました。

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Motoko says:

トーマスさん
そうですか!では先月誕生日でしたね。

*~によると・・・そうです = ~ says that・・・・
ex)ウィキペディアによると村上春樹の誕生日は1月21日だそうです。
Lower Intermediate Season4 Lesson20 covers ~そうです. :wink:

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トーマス says:

モトコさん、

「そうです。」ですね。是正をありがとうございます。勉強になりました。 :smile:

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シャメイン says:

私の誕生日は十月六日です。

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Motoko says:

トーマスさん
いいえ :smile:

シャメインさん
いいですね。
十月は日本であきですね。October is Autumn in Japan :wink:

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wout says:

私の誕生日は七月san十一日です。

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Motoko says:

woutさん こんにちは。
私の友だちの誕生日も七月三十一日ですよ。 :grin:

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アンドリュウ says:

こんばんは、みなさん。
早いお誕生日おめでとうございます。
私の誕生日は三月二十八日です。

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Natsuko says:

アンドリュウさん
こんにちは。
アンドリュウさんのお誕生日は、日本では春休みのときですね :wink:

Natsuko(奈津子)/JapanesePod101.com

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マーク says:

私の誕生日は三月七日です。

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JapanesePod101.com says:

マークさん、
パーフェクトです :smile:
マークさんの誕生日は、春先で、花が咲き始めるとてもいい季節ですね :wink:

Natsuko(奈津子)
Team JapanesePod101.com

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Michele says:

hiragana:
わたし の たんじょうび は じゅういち がつ じゅうご にち。
kanji:
私 の 誕生日 は 十一月 十五日。

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Michele-san,
Wow, perfect! パーフェクトです! :grin:

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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Ian says:

Boku no tanjoubi wa juu-shichigatsu juu-sannichi desu.

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Ian-san kon’nichiwa!
Your birthday is 13th of November, right?
Very good! One little this is that eleven is juu-ichi.
Juu-shichi is seventeen. :wink:

Motoko
Team JapanesePod101.com

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Ian says:

Eh! Boku wa baka desu yo! Tanjoubi wa shichigatsu juu-sannichi. :oops: arigato gozaimasu for the correction!

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Ian-san,
baka ja nai desu yo! :wink:
Very good; shichigatsu juu-sannichi! Now it’s perfect :smile:

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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Joe says:

わたしのたんじょびわ六月はつかです

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Joeさん、
いいですね! :grin:
「はつか」(= 20th)もパーフェクト!

Please note “birthday” is たんじょうび with う before び and it’s pronounciated
as “tanjoobi” with long “joo”, and the particle “wa” is actually written
with は :wink:
わたし の たんじょうび は 六月 はつか です。 :smile:

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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DC says:

私の誕生日は10月19日です。 :razz:

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Harry says:

こんばんは,みんなさん、
私の誕生日は3月24日 :smile:
Since I am an absolute beginner and 年取った、I am learning slow but steady (on top, Peter and his team are not speaking german :oops: )
Soon, I will have mastered all the absolute beginners lessons and look forward to start “beginners”.
japanesepod 101 lessons 本当に面白いです、でも、漢字はとても難しいです。
十二時です。寝ています。
おやすみなさい

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JapanesePod101.com says:

> DC-san,
パーフェクトですね!!!  :grin:

> Harryさん、
You studied until late!! :shock:
Harryさんの誕生日はもうすぐですね!!Any party plan??? :mrgreen:
We all know that leaning writings take quite a time, so no worries!!!
Hope you’ll continue enjoying our lessons!! :wink:

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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Harry says:

奈津子先生、
あなたのしごとおそいですね! (10:51 p.m.) すごいです。
私は、今月、毎日朝から夜まで勉強しっています (to catch up :wink: )
はい、パーテイーは予定です。私はろくご才です! ワインとビール飲みましょう、
すし、さしみとやくにく食べましょう。(that day(and the day after) 勉強しません!)

奈津子先生、I enjoy the lessons with you and Peter (always lot’s of fun!, wish I where there!), keep going!

DC-san, どうもありがとうございます、thanks for encouraging me, I am far away from being パーフェクト。

( I tried…does it make sense somehow? わかりましたか)

またね、
ハリー

(ドイツ人です、ハンブルグすんでいます。)

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Harry says:

Here we are!
すみません、
私は ろくご才でわありません、 :oops:  でも、六十五才です! :lol:
年を取った、多い事物わすれます又又。
(としをとった、おおいじぶつわすれますまたまた)
(I’m old, many things I forget again and again) :oops:

ハリー

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Harry says:

:evil:
and then I forgot always the を!
しごと を おそい。。。
ビール を 飲みます。。。
肉 を たべます。そうですか?

うわ、ざんき!

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Harryさん、
ありがとうございます!そうですね、私は、いつもおそくまで
しごとを しています :mrgreen:
65さいですか、まだわかいですよ!!
When we say “I forget many things” it’s「ものわすれ が ひどいです。」
わたしも、ものわすれ が ひどい です。まだ わかい のに・・・ :oops:

いいですね、すし、さしみ、やきにく? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
あ~、おなかが すいてきました!! :oops:

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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Harry says:

Natsuko sensei,
Arigatou gozaimasu, 65sai ga wakai desu ka?
Natsuko San ha totemo yasahii desu :smile:

Yes, at the party we will have a kind of “surf and turf” ( seafood, lobster, sushi and barbecue),
lot’s of Bordeaux and sake.
Thanks for your help on forgetting something….{monowasure ga hidoi desu = forgetting is terrible?}
I ment that I don’t remember the vocabulary I learnt the day’s before….will it be the same expression?
Oshiete kudasai
Doumo arigatou gozaimasu
Harry

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Harry-san,
hai, sou desu!
“monowasure ga hidoi desu” literally means “forgetting is terrible”
and you can use it if you mean you don’t remember something you’ve learnt
the day before. You can also say,
すぐにわすれてしまいます [suguni wasurete shimaimasu]
meaning you forget something easily :mrgreen:

hmm…I should plan a party too…..for no reason :mrgreen:

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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