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This entry was posted on Monday, November 26th, 2007 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Newbie Season 2 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

38 Responses to “Newbie Lesson S2 #22 - Nihongo Dōjō - You’ll Be On the Go in Japan Soon, too!”

JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san, poor Higashi-san! Sounds like he’ll be all alone tonight… again.

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Emily says:

The bonus track was truly bizarre :lol: Is that Miki-san?

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maxiewawa says:

ナオミ先生は病気そうです。:???:元気になって下さい。

今夜、愛香とアパートでバスケットボールをします。

We have a big apartment and very understanding neighbours.

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Javizy says:

My friend said she did her back in doing Billy’s Boot Camp, she had to go to a physiotherapist and everything :lol: I’ve got no idea how, is it intense or is she maybe a bit clumsy?

Naomi is ill? I didn’t notice; she usually has a distinctively セクシーな風邪声. Not that I don’t hope she gets well soon :mrgreen:

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markystar says:

i’m rooting for higashi! :hachimaki:

皆さん、there are only 3 more episodes of Nihongo Dōjō left!!! :shock:
i just listened again to the shocking cliff-hanger ending. i have to say, it’s not for the squeamish, but definitely one of the best! :wink:

:kokoro: don’t forget to vote for your favorite episode, character, etc… :kokoro:
http://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2271

marky

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Hyunwoo(ヒョヌ) says:

ボーナストラック、大好き!!! ハハハ。

そしてナオミ先生~!!
maxieも言ったんですけど、早く治ってくださいよ!

maxie,
本当にバスケットボールしたの?  :grin:

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João Paulo says:

Great explanation about the use of “de”, “to” and “wo”.

Putting them together really helps see how they should be used! :cool:

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Neil says:

懐かしいだよ

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Enrico says:

Hi everyone! Thanks for the great lesson but i hope this week there will be some JLPT-related lessons!! :nihon: This year I’m gonna take the 3rd level and I really need to do some brush up.

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nilfisq says:

only three episodes left :???:
hope we’ll get another exciting newbie series: i find the nihongo dōjō really helpful, although i did start with the beginners s2 in the meantime (for a slightly bigger challenge). also: i really like naomi sensei! :dogeza:

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markystar says:

Enricoさん、everything here is JLTP related :???:
but for level 3, i’d recommend reviewing as much Lower Intermediate lessons as possible, some recent Beginner Season 2 as well!

nilfisqさん、as they say, the show must go on :cool:

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Sindyシンディー says:

Emily/Javizy-san! :wink:
Please more respect to Miki-san! :hachimaki:

Marky-san! :wink:

I’ll miss the newbie series but has you said life goes on! :grin: S_R_C

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markystar says:

sindyさん、what i meant by “the show must go on” is that in Newbie Season 3, the Nihongo Dōjō will continue! :wink:

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Abrassart says:

Poor Higashi-san… He sounded very lonely…

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Thomas says:

こんにちわ みなさん
すみません
ビリー、かれわだれですか
わかりません、わたしはドイツじんです。
ありがとう
hello all,
sorry,
who is this billy, and what is he doing with his boots? :roll:
explain this insider joke to a european please
thanks

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JapanesePod101.com says:

this is Billy:

http://www.billyblanks.com/

he was all the rage in japan in the months leading up to when this lesson was written :lol:

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Kobukuro says:

秋んの声がとても大好きだよ。。。 :kokoro:   :oops:  !

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Kobukuro says:

ごめん。。。秋さん。。。 :dogeza:

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Michael says:

I couldn’t quite get that bonus track — are they going to eat the monkey? In the second one, why did he say 猿がファブリツィオで? Is there some inside joke there?

Thanks,
Michael

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shamanana says:

I was doing the Video Vocab and realized two things…

Sometimes it appears that some kanji that are there are not inside the pdfs, like 家
Is it because they are not normally used or …?
And in the same video vocab ビリーズ・ブートキャンプ there is this little dot in between which is not present inside the pdfs? Is that dot a norm, like it’s supposed to divide two foreign words? When is it normally used? Should we also put it in between バーニーズ・ニューヨーク?

Thank you!

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Naomi says:

shamanana -san
Some people use “・” to connect foreign words but it’s not indispensable. To use it or not is really up the writer.
The reason we didn’t use” ・”in the PDF was because “・”wasn’t used in their official web site.
I guess the person who made the Video vocab was trying to make them easier to read. :wink:

About the Video Vocab, I’ll pass your message to the person in charge of video vocab.

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shamanana says:

Oh, I see. Thank you for replying so quickly :dogeza:
By the way…. there was nothing wrong with the video vocab… I would really like to see those kanji that were used in them (like 見る or 家 and others) inside the PDF files. Kanji is good… the more the better :mrgreen: And more of those Sample Sentences would also be great. They seem to have all but disappeared from the pdfs? And perhaps they should have some of those verbs and adjectives in them (the two lists)…. :cool:
But that would be way too much for a newbie, wouldn’t it :roll:

Thank you again!

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RebelDogg says:

Okay… I can’t figure something out in the bonus track. Maybe I should just stop trying until I learn a bit more then come back and try again… dang I wish y’all would offer transcriptions somewhere for these things!!! :wink:

Okay… something about Fabrizio being a monkey?

When she says “hima ja ne yo Fabrizio to (what?) de. Saru o (kun?) da yo.” what is before “de?” Also, “hima ja ne yo” is derived somehow from “ja nai,” right? Not using “ne” as is “So desu ne.”

Lastly that bit at the end used “de” after “Fabrizio” which would make him the location… right?

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RebelDogg says:

すみません! I forgot to subscribe… :dogeza:

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Mayumi says:

RegelDogg-san,

This bonus track is just for fun! But, glad to know that you learned something from it! :mrgreen:

> “hima ja ne yo” is derived somehow from “ja nai,” right?
That’s right! But, it’s a kind of slangy often used by young men.

> Lastly that bit at the end used “de” after “Fabrizio” which would make him
> the location… right?
That’s right!

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RebelDogg says:

Thanks Mayumi-san. I like the bonus tracks because they force me to go out and figure stuff out on my own. It’s just difficult when my ears won’t decipher something… sometimes even familiar words just don’t register. :sad:

I was confused by “Fabrizio de” because I didn’t realize “de” could be used in that way… seems weird… did he say “saru ga Fabrizio de” …monkey in Fabrizio? I can’t be hearing this right. :???:

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Mayumi says:

RebelDogg-san,

I found which part you are talking about. It’s the last part, isn’t it. Sorry, but it doesn’t make any sense. :dogeza: I was talking about “de” in “sarusuberi no ue de”, which is a particle for the location. :wink:

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RebelDogg says:

sarusuberi no ue de

I gave myself a brain hemorrhage trying to understand that line. As soon as I read that I was like OH!!!

Upon listening again I think I understand it a lot better now. Thanks!

P. S. I really like the kanji for さるすべり  百日紅

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ThiagoMM says:

The audio is broken… the beginning of the lesson is missing :-( too bad…
Is it possible to restore it? Please?
Thiago

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王凱 says:

今日の夜は、暇ですか。ごめんなさい。今日は駄目です。東さんと銀座で映画を見ます。
へえー、いいです。
今夜、暇じゃないです。ファブリツィオさんとサルサをします。
私は忙しいです。家でビリーズブートキャンプをします。
また

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Bernard says:

I also speak Creole and konya means now. haha, how confusing!!!

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Lars Erik says:

冬果さんは ファブリツィオさんと 今日は東京でゴリラを見ました
:eek:

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トーマス says:

ナオミさん、カタカナ言葉の間にある点は前の言葉はどこに終わり、次の言葉はどこに始まるのためだと思ったけど。ローマ字で言葉の間にスペースがあるので、簡単に分かりますが日本語でスペースはないですね。そして、カタカナ言葉は主に外国から来るから日本人はたぶん言葉の終わりと始まりあまりよく分からないでしょう。そのためにカタカナ言葉の間に点を利用するのは役に立ちますね。僕の日本語と僕の意見を分かりますか? :oops:

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マーク says:

昨夜、ナンシーさんとシアターで映画おみます。

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Thank you very much for comments, everyone! :wink:

> ThiagoMM-san,
We’re very sorry about that!!
I’ve just checked those audios, and it seems it works fine. Will you try again?
I’ll let the technical team know about your post so that they can check it better :wink:
Thank you very much for your patience!

> トーマスさん、
わかりますよ :wink:
その通りです。日本語にはスペースがありません。カタカナの言葉は、外国の言葉なので、点がないと読みにくいですよね :mrgreen:

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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JapanesePod101.com says:

マークさん こんにちは。
いいですね。 We call theatre えいがかん(映画館).
One more little thing is that we use を instead of お when it is a particle.
It comes out when typing ‘wo.’
I hope this helps!

Motoko /Team JapanesePod101.com

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イエん says:

明日の夜レスツランで友達とお茶をのみます。(Tomorrow night I will drink tea with my friend at the restaurant.)
今夜お父さんと駅で映画をみます。(Tonight I will watch a movie with my father at the station.)
昨日の夜公園で犬と単押しをしました。(Last night I had fun with my dog in the park.)

Please correct if there is something wrong. Just practicing :grin:

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JapanesePod101.com says:

イエんさん、
Wow, very well done! :grin:
そうですね、restaurantは、日本語で「レストラン」と言います。
それから、had fun は、この文で使うなら「遊びました」 (= played)の方がいいと思います。

昨日の夜、公園で犬と遊びました。

Hope this helps! :wink:

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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