Comments on: Beginner Lesson S3 #14 - Onigiri Prince 1

by: 亀井

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:58:14 +0000

私は昔日本に行ったことがあります。

by: Mayumi

Fri, 15 May 2009 05:37:26 +0000

Kimi-san,

If you post your question in our forum, you could have more answers from our listeners!
http://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/

by: Kimi

Tue, 12 May 2009 15:46:18 +0000

Hey hi everybody, I’d like to know how long you guys have been learning Japanese until you’ve got arrived to this lesson? =)

Have fun and enjoy JP101 everybody !

by: Emmy01

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:13:23 +0000

to Mayumi さん：
ic,thank you.a bit difficult.but I will look up the dictionary again.Thank you!

by: mayumi

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:46:53 +0000

Emmy-san,

そうだ is used in most cases to indicate one’s assumption based on what one can see. On the other hand, ようだ can be used to express the speaker’s judgment based on the first hand information from other senses like taste, as well as based on what one can see. For further explanation, you might want to check the Lower Intermediate S3 #7 lesson.
I hope that makes sense to you!

by: Emmy01

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:22:00 +0000

Can I ask what’s the difference between そうだandようだ？they both have a meaning ’seem’,but what’s the difference?

by: Yuichi

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:55:37 +0000

izzatiさん

Do you refer to “aru n” in the sentence “彼のコンサートに行くこともあるんですよ。”?
“n” is a colloquial form of “no da.” “No da” is a sentence ending which indicates that the speaker is explaining or asking for an explanation about some information shared with the hearer.

1)彼のコンサートに行くこともあるんですよ。
2)彼のコンサートに行くこともある。

1) indicates that Ichiban-kun is explaining how much he loves onigiri-oji.

Comparing this, 2) is just a statement of the fact that he have beent to a concert.

by: izzati

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:56:12 +0000

konnichiwa!

i’m izzati from malaysia. actually i’m new to japanesepod101.
honto ni, kono lesson wa omoshirokatta desu.
i’m studying japanese just for fun.i really hope that i could further my study in japan.
watashiwa daigakusei desu.

watashi wa mondai ga arimasu. could anyone explain to me how to use ‘aru n ‘?
i’m quite confuse with the usage of ‘aru’ only.

douzo yoroshiku onegaishimasu.

by: Tony

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:57:58 +0000

No thats great Iget it.
Domo arigato gozaimasu JKID SAN

by: JKid

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:23:19 +0000

Tony-san,
I will do my best to explain this. You are right, janai is the negative form of desu. So I can see why you may be a little confused. If you look at the sentence it ends with “isn’t she?” Here Ao is asking for confirmation on a fact. In English it is often the case that “negative” words are used but do not necessarily mean to convey something negative. For example “Won’t you join me tonight for a drink?” “Won’t” is negative, however, here it is used to politely invite someone to do something and to request confirmation. The same kind of thing is going on in the above sentence.

If this is still unclear or your have any further questions please let me know.

by: Tony

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:21:17 +0000

HI everyone,
I’m a bit confused(again) in the lesson Ao says to Ichiban Kawaii janai desu ka, she is cute isn’t she, I thought janai was a negative as in suki janai, don’t like, so I would have thought it meant she not cute is she, could somebody explain it to me please. cheers.

by: モモタロウ★

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:37:55 +0000

「～たことがある」の勉強だ！

by: djesse

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:26:17 +0000

machigatta lesson #117

by: djesse

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:22:21 +0000

kashira means kana?

by: liam

Sat, 10 May 2008 00:23:15 +0000

Oops I see the into is in a separate file named “intro”