Comments on: Newbie Lesson S3 #17 - Nihongo Dōjō - What Will They Say if You Come Bearing Gifts in Japan?

by: マイ

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:53:46 +0000

Motokoさん、　二匹犬は日本にたくさんですか？　日本人はいくつペットがいますか？
Motoko-san, is two pet a lot in Japan? How many pets do Japanese people usually have?

Sadly though, 私の猫は死にました。今、犬は一匹です。
My cat died. Now I only have my dog.

I hope these sentences make sense. I’ve never used the pet counter before and I haven’t been practice Japanese at all for the past two weeks because of exams. It is shocking how much one fogets, Motoko-san.

by: Motoko

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:23:03 +0000

マイさん
ペットがたくさんいますね！

トーマスさん
トーマスさんはとっても日本人ですね。

Lars Erikさん
家族がたくさんいますね！
we say two people as 二人(ふたり)　and three people as 三人(さんにん).
The word order is a bit different from that in English.
妹が二人と姉が三人と兄が二人と私です。
I hope this helps

by: Lars Erik

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:57:41 +0000

私の家族は十人です.
父と, 母と, 妹ニと姐三がいます.
それ兄二は+私います.

My family is of ten people.
I have a father, mother, two 2 little sister and 3 older sisters.
And also 2 older brother + me.

by: トーマス

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:04:46 +0000

僕の家族は４（よ）人がいます。父と母と妹と僕です。日本の家族の家に行ったことがあります。とてもよかったです。特に日本のトイレのほうが面白かったです。ドイツに帰った後ですぐウォシュレットを買いました。

ところで、僕は彼女の両親にプレゼントを渡したとき「つまらないものですが、どうぞ」と言った彼女のお母さんはとてもびっくりしましたね。「開けてもいいですか」とお母さんは聞きました。「はい、どうぞ。」と僕は答えた後でお母さんはプレゼントをすぐ開けました。

面白いですね。

by: マイ

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 04:04:25 +0000

私の家族は八人です。父と母と私と三人妹と猫と狗です。

by: 王凱

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:52:01 +0000

家は父と母と祖母と弟と妹です。
お父さんとお母さんとおばあさんと弟さんと妹さんです。
ファブつぃオと申します。どうぞ、宜しく、お願いいたします。
これ、つまらないものです。
あら、すみません、わざわざ、ありがとうございます。
ビールどうぞ。ファブリツィオに乾杯。
冷たくておいしいです。

またね

by: Charms

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:57:37 +0000

どういたしまして　なおみーせんせい！

ありがとうございます

by: Naomi

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 02:07:25 +0000

Charms-san
Thank you for answering my questions in Japanese!!
Just one typo.
私野　→　わたしの

by: Charms

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:40:53 +0000

私野家族は二人で。

母と私です。父がいません

by: Naomi

Thu, 06 May 2010 02:51:07 +0000

Jieying-san
ありがとうございます！
Thank you for answering my question!!

私も、弟がいます。 I have a younger brother too.

by: Jieying

Wed, 05 May 2010 15:03:36 +0000

私の家族は六人です。

父と　母と　祖父と　祖母と　弟と　私です。

by: Kare

Wed, 14 May 2008 05:23:05 +0000

Hi… um… is it just me or is the video vocab not working?

by: Ｓｉｎｄｙシンディー

Tue, 13 May 2008 21:41:36 +0000

Naomi-sensei!

Yes I was sick now I feel much better, thank you I’ll take care of myself from now on. S_R_C

by: Peter

Mon, 12 May 2008 16:55:58 +0000

プチクレアさん、this is a very interesting idea! 検討します！ We’ll look into it. I could use a refresher course myself.
Thanks for the great suggestion!

by: プチクレア

Mon, 12 May 2008 09:29:04 +0000

It’s a bit strange seeing a Newbie lesson on sunday…

I agree with ジャビージさん about honorific and humble language… The only thing is, it’s confusing no matter what level you’re at.
Considering how difficult knowing when to use which form is, and how wide the subject is, maybe you could plan to make it a week-long topic ? Introducing it at different levels according to days, ie :

- on monday, Newbie : the two kinds of “polite language”, humble and honorific, and when to use which (humble when you’ re talking about yourself and your in-group, honorific when you’re talking about someone else)
- on tuesday, Beginner : special “polite” verbs such as 申す, 参る, 差し上げる…
- on thursday, Lower Intermediate ：お~になる, お~する
- on friday, Upper Intermediate : polite language in context (ie business talk, dealing with administration, etc…)

Of course those topics have already been explained in several lessons, but having everything in one week gives a kind of unity to a vast subject. For those of us who listen to everything, it gives a nice recap. For those who are only listening to one level or other, they might 1) be tempted to listen to other levels, and discover just how much progress they’ve made, 2) know exactly where to look should they need some more info.

This format might not do for all subjects, but I think it might suit polite language… What do you think ?