Comments on: Beginner Lesson S3 #9 - Unagi Road Trip 2

by: 亀井

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:59:10 +0000

私は帰りに通うっているところです。。。

by: Naomi

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:54:14 +0000

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.

-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.

I hope this helps.

by: DK

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:37:23 +0000

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 What emphasis does it add on the sentence?

Thank you!

by: rafael perigo

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:40:24 +0000

hkhkhk kkhjkarafael

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by: エミリー

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:29:14 +0000

I just listened again because this was soooooo cute!

by: Jong

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:45:23 +0000

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!)

by: クリス

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:57:26 +0000

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

by: エミリー

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:18:08 +0000

I never thought eels could be cute until now!

by: OkayamaS

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:15:55 +0000

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

by: Glenn

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:14:18 +0000

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

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.

by: Victoria

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:01:46 +0000

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.

by: rigo

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:04:06 +0000

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

by: João Paulo

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:45:07 +0000

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

by: kitty-chan

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:03:51 +0000

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

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