Learn How to Nanpa at JapanesePod101.com! Today we begin a much requested series about dating. This story is told from the female perspective. But we also have the guy’s version available too! Be sure to check them both out! Our grammar point is using demo to soften requests and offers. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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20 Responses to “Lower Intermediate Lesson #74 - B3: Going on a Date 1”
JapanesePod101.com says:
May 8th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Mina-san, this girl’s first pick up line was pretty bad.
What’s the worst pick up line you’ve ever heard?
JapanesePod101.com says:
May 8th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
*** btw, video vocab is on its way! sorry for the inconvenience 
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markystar says:
May 8th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
i’m gonna try that one next time 
あなたをナンパしてもいいっすか？ハハハハハハハハ。
ジャービジ says:
May 9th, 2008 at 12:56 am
The worst line I’ve heard actually came up in a newbie lesson; Rebekah was talking about a Japanese guy who came up to her and said ‘I love you’, right off the bat. I heard that a guy I knew from school used this same line recently on a girl he liked way back in the day, without the excuse of ropey second language use. No ‘hello’ or ‘remember me?’, just ‘I love you’ 
If you want an even worse one, on last week’s Scrubs, Ted said, in a similar off-the-bat style, ‘can I make you pregnant?’ 
markystar says:
May 9th, 2008 at 3:16 am
Ted said, in a similar off-the-bat style, ‘can I make you pregnant?’
nothing like getting straight to the point. lol.
wow. that’s out there!
プチクレア says:
May 9th, 2008 at 4:00 am
The worst pick-up line I ever heard came from the second Austin Powers movie :
“Hey, those are skin-tight ! How did you get into those pants, baby ?”….
But I agree the Scrubs quote is even worse 
Naomi says:
May 9th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
仁居流-san
？？？ピーターがゆういちさんをナンパしましたか？？？？
Did Peter pick up Yuichi? ?
ホント？気づきませんでした。
Wow. Really? I didn’t notice that. Could you tell me when(the time in the audio)?
Mina-san
今までに、聞いた中で一番上手なナンパラインは何ですか？
So what is the BEST pick-up line you’ve ever heard?
sTeVe aUsTiN says:
May 9th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
I’ve been waiting for a lesson like this! Great! Nanpa! Nanpa! Nanpa!
But did Peter say an 80 year old teacher tried to reverse-nampa him? Wow.
のり says:
May 9th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
I think his teacher didn’t try to nanpa him.
We use 「お茶飲みませんか？」 to our friends to invite for some tea. And when we say tea, it doesn’t necessarily have to be tea. It could be any kinds of beverages except alcohol.
A person says:
May 9th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
So I thought I would listen to this lesson today because I already know this grammar point and I could see how I would go understanding even the lower intermediate stuff. I found it funny when Peter said “If you’re listening at this level…”. I understood next to nothing 
At least it gives me motivation but I am certainly not there yet.
Glenn says:
May 9th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Naomi-san there are too many bad lines. Some of the worst I have heard (emphasizing heard here) that are clean include:
Can I have your last nine digits?
Good thing I remembered my library card coz I am checking you out.
and more and much worse…
Now, I am not totally innocent here I have been know to say on occasions when I see a pretty girl about to light a cigarette:
Beautiful girls don’t light their own cigarettes (then I light the cigarette)
It gets a laugh and I get to chat to the girl - but I don’t smoke. Which means, yes, I am hitting on them - but it isn’t the worst line in the world 
HighBridge says:
May 9th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
なおみ先生、名古屋の事を覚えていてくれて有り難うごさいます。The lesson was great!!! The girl on today’s conversation sounds like 鳥居みゆき! Hahaha!
仁居流 says:
May 9th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Naomisan
Peter said something like:”Yuichisan is one good looking guy”. Nanchatte, sounds like a good pickup line to me!
Naomi says:
May 12th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
仁居流-san
After I read your comment and listened to the lesson audio again. …you are right. ちょっと、ナンパしているみたいに聞こえます。 
Yuichi says:
May 12th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
>仁居流-san
祐一です。なるほどー:???: ”Yuichisan is one good looking guy” can be pickup line. But, I think this is sort of a flattery line Actually, flattery is a very good pickup line, isn’t is? BTW Flattery is お世辞（おせじ） in Japanese.
ピーターはお世辞が上手です 
Peter is good at flattering. LOL
お plite suffix
世world
辞word
Osazuwa says:
June 14th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
It seems that “de mo” in this lesson is being explained as contextual expansion on what a learner would have already learned about “de mo”.
Could some one please give me the “basic” explanation of “de mo” then tie it to this explanation? I think I somewhat intuitively understand what “de mo” means, but could use a refresher explanation to tie it together
thanks
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Category: Lower Intermediate Lessons (S2) |
Grammar: demo | Function: inviting someone to do something | Topic: date, dating, Murakami Haruki, nampa | Politeness Level: casual, Polite, rude
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