Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today a kid is playing video games before he finished (gasp!) his homework. His mother is non-too thrilled about the situation and willing to go to extreme measures to get the kid off the couch. Our grammar point is nai uchi wa, used to similar to English phrases using “until.” We’ll also look at the colloquial contraction of shite wa into shicha. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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11 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S2 #50 - A Guilty Gamer”
kitty-chan says:
November 13th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
Hahahaha, there was more Fabrizio in this lesson than his own story. 
You guys are funny! 
Mr.Jeff says:
November 13th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
yep it sound very familiar 
I have a question but i dont know where i must put it in the forum.
Q: are there any banners for japanesepod101?
and if there isn’t woulden’t be cool to have a contest or something?(just an idea)
Im working on my site right now and i need some banners so.. yeah
じゃまたこんど
PS. thats a very low voice for a kid 
markystar says:
November 13th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
max,
maxの餌食っちゃったー。太太（ﾀｲﾀｲ）って何だろうな。漢字が読めるけど、意味がわかんないなぁ。中国語だろ？説明してくれないか？(you asked for casual japanese last time, so hope that’s cool with you)
Mr.Jeffさん、
thanks for thinking of us while making your site! that means a lot to all of us!! 
yes, we have a banner!! and you can make money from it, actually…
http://www.japanesepod101.com/affiliate-program/
as for the forum, i guess you don’t have to ask there now 
but if you think your site will interest other listeners, maybe the forum is a good place to post something to invite them to check out your page!
i realize some people might feel dated by this one, but i’m a little curious…
what’s the first video game you ever played?
Q: 皆さん、 初めてやったテレビゲームは何でしたか？
A: 初めてやったのはPONGですが、一番好きなのはtetrisです。
watermen says:
November 14th, 2007 at 12:20 am
Hmmm…this is a great lesson. I don’t find it easy. 
There are a few things I don’t understand.
1. Can someone kindly explain to me しちゃだめ? How is it being used?
OkayamaS says:
November 14th, 2007 at 1:10 am
They explained in the lesson that it’s a contraction of してはダメ, as in
テレビゲームはしてはダメです。
“Playing video games is not allowed.”
If you follow the てはいけない link you can probably find other lessons on this point.
Steve
maxiewawa says:
November 14th, 2007 at 8:07 am
ね、casualにしよう！敬語はどこでも聞けるから、casualのチャンスがあって、ちょっと嬉しい。不自然の気持ちですか？
ところで、太太は確かに中国語！奥さんと言う意味。ガランテ太太は「太太」と呼べれば、彼女は嬉しくなるかもよ！言って見て！
Ｓｉｎｄｙシンディー says:
November 14th, 2007 at 11:27 am
JP101 crew/listeners! 
Today’s lesson was great since I’m a gamer myself, I have all consoles and yes this is definitive familiar to me.
If you want to know more about my games, skills, etc be sure to click on my above link, I update it on Sunday so enjoy. S_R_C
Alfredo J. Martiz J. says:
November 16th, 2007 at 11:49 am
Funny lesson, poor guy, I know how does it feels when you reach a cool level in a video game and suddenly… the mysterious hand that turns off the video game console, 
Haha, ironically, since I arrived to Japan I haven’t played video games, I want to but I shouldn’t otherwise I will be playing all day
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Category: Beginner Lessons (S2) |
Grammar: causative, nai uchi wa, te wa ikenai | Function: procrastination, prohibitions | Topic: family, games, video games | Politeness Level: casual, Informal
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