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Learn Fun Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Our daring and intrepid unagi made the long and dangerous journey to Japan. Now they’re hanging out in a river near Naomi’s house. If you ever wondered what unagi do in the their spare time, well… then this is the story for you. Our grammar point is shite iru tokoro da, used to describe actions which are in progress. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Beginner Season 3 . 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.

18 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S3 #9 - Unagi Road Trip 2”

JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san, can unagi play pachinko in your country?

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Eric says:

yep, they play pachinko in my stomach :grin:

:mrgreen:

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プチクレア says:

The unagis could become stars for some new pachinko machine; there’s always bright advertisement in front of the pachinko parlours for the Jaws pachinko machines, the Okinawan sea adventure pachinko machines… I think you should advertise Unagi Road Trip pachinkos :cool:

though I have trouble picturing the unagis in skimpy bathing suits… :mrgreen:

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kitty-chan says:

Wow, the intro title is really appropriate. :lol: :lol: :lol:
The teacher is downright cruel! :cry: :cry: :cry:

I want an Unagi Road Trip T-Shirt!!! :kokoro: :kokoro: :kokoro:

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João Paulo says:

I really enjoyed that “under water” sound while they are speaking. Could we have that for all the lessons??? :lol:

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rigo says:

i dont know how to play pachinko , what’s next karaoke ?
now that i want to see , i mean hear

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Victoria says:

Aikawarazu sugoku omoshiroi RESUN arigatou. Kono hen ni wa nihongo o hanasu jin arimasen, soshite Japanesepod101 bakari, nihongo o kiite, benkyou shite tokoro ni, tsukau.

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Glenn says:

I am worried for our Unagi friends. I used to live in Ibaraki and if the Unagi make there way up to Ushiku (Southern Ibaraki) watch out! As I remember there were a number of restaurants that would welcome them gladly as visitors but serve them up to others :sad:

I agree with Peter here Ibaraki is the best Prefecture in all Japan. It has Kairakuen in Mito, The Tallest Statue in the world in Ushiku, Science City in Tsukuba (best laid out town in all of Japan), The Waterfalls in Daigo, The beaches of Hitachi, Two soccer teams (one great in Kashima the other not so great in Mito), The Mountains to the West, Pottery in Kasama, and the friendliest people. So if you haven’t been (to adopt the Australian Tourism slogan) ‘’What the bloody hell are you waiting for’?'’

Peter you must be able to do at least one Japanese culture class on Ibaraki and Ibaraki-ben.

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OkayamaS says:

This was a really entertaining lesson. Keep up the good work!

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エミリー says:

I never thought eels could be cute until now!

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クリス says:

:lol:  unamii is the smart one, escaping to the ocean…the other two are going to be caught and eaten :roll:

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Jong says:

You don’t know how much I like Unagis…
My parents go to Gangwha island in West sea of Korea and bring some Unagis from time to time.
How they are delicious!
Specially their river-Unagis…. mmmm yummy
Sorry, I’m a little bit excited..
I think they have to watch out Kroeans, too! lol

But these unakitch and unatsuke, they are so innocent and cute.
I won’t eat them even they are served on my plate. I swear!
(I hope they’re not finished by getting caught!)

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エミリー says:

I just listened again because this was soooooo cute! :kokoro:

:dogeza:

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Verbo + tokoro desu - AprendendoJapones.com says:

[…] Achei também alguns podcasts da JapanesePod101 que falam um pouco sobre isso: http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/03/04/beginner-lesson-179-b3-unagi-road-trip-2/ (teiru+tokoro) http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/01/11/lower-intermediate-lesson-8-house-husband/ (verbo+tokoro) Gostou do blog? Receba nossas atualizações por email! […]

rafael perigo says:

hkhkhk :nihon: :nihon: kkhjkarafael

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DK says:

So is it safe to say that you use ~ているところだ with living things(people/animals)?

I also noticed ~なんだ in this sentence:
「今入院しているところなんだ。」
A little confused with the usage :neutral: What emphasis does it add on the sentence?

Thank you!

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Naomi says:

DK-san
>>So is it safe to say that you use ~ているところだ with living things(people/animals)?
→ I’d say so. It is often the case that the subject of ーているところだ is people. :wink:

-んだ is often used to give or ask for an explanation. When talking about someone’s health condition, -んだ is often added.
In this dialogue, Unakichi was explaining the Uncle Namazu’s condition, so -nda was added.
Please also check our beginner series season 5 lesson 3. There, you can find more detailed explanation about ーんだ. :wink:

I hope this helps. :wink:

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亀井 says:

私は帰りに通うっているところです。。。

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