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Learn Japanese on Your Own Terms at JapanesePod101.com! The year is 2028 and the children are having a class reunion when they remember the time capsule they buried. As they reminisce, they decide it’s time to go and find the time capsule. Today’s grammar point is -te miru, which means to try and do something for the first time or just for the sake of doing it. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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15 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S3 #18 - Time Capsule 2”

JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san, have you ever been to a class reunion? If so how, how boring was it?

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watermen says:

Nice pic again. Do you guys spend a lot of time on the pic, I understand that you guys are already overloaded, I hope having picture is not causing you all too much time. I would rather not have the pic if it is causing you all a lot of time. :razz:

こんなところに階段があるよ。上ってみようか。 This first part is translated as “We got stairs here”.
My question is what does こんな here actually mean? I know it means “here”, but it feels weird to me??? Can someone teach me how to use こんな

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A person says:

watermanさん,
As far as I know こんな’s only meaning is “such” or “like this”. ここ is the word that means “here”. Also, I don’t want you to to get the wrong impression but I thought you might like to know that part of the English you used above sounds a little strange. “causing you all a lot of time” is not an expression used in English as far as I know. It sounds more natural and correct to say “taking you all a lot of time”. I hope I am being helpful. I am not trying to be rude. :smile:

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ジャービジ says:

こんな is actually a contraction of このような, so it means ‘like this, this kind of’. When used as an adverb, こんなに, it means ‘to this extent, so’.

こんな高い品物が好きだよ。
I like this kind of expensive product.
こんなに高いもの、買わないよ。
I won’t buy something this/so expensive.

In the first example, こんな modifies 品物, whereas in the second example こんなに modifies 高い.

So, こんなところに just means ‘ at a place like this’.

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Sindyシンディー says:

JP101/Listeners! :wink:

Great lesson and pictures too! I like the idea to have pictures in every lesson from now on, they are beautiful! :cool: S_R_C

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torerling says:

I really like the pictures, and I really enjoy the lessons :D

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Yuki says:

子供のときに、家の近くに「たこ公園」があったなぁ。

本当に「たこ」がいた! :mrgreen:

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Naomi says:

Yuki-san

嘘はいけません。/Uso wa ikemasen./You shouldn’t tell a lie.

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Yuki says:

本当ですよ。。。 :cry:

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Abrassart says:

No, I’ve never been to a class reunion… :roll:

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Yuichi says:

>Yukiさん
たこの形をした遊具があったってことですか?
ぼくは、「かば(hippopotamus)」がある公園を知っています :smile:

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Auntie says:

Hi. I’d like to invite everyone to re-visit the following old forum thread requesting for “ruby characters” (furigana) in the main “kanji + kana” transcripts, instead of having a separate “hiragana-only” section, which has always a bit counter-intuitive to me:

http://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17982#17982

If you would like to see furigana in the main transcript, please use this opportunity to make yourself heard!

Since I shall be posting identical comments in other levels as well, I do need to apologize in advance to anybody who sees it as “spam”. Thank you so much, everybody!

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Darren says:

The download link for this episode is broken.

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Jessi says:

Hi Darren,
We were having some server issues earlier, but the file is back up now. Please try downloading it again :dogeza: If for some reason it is giving you the same error, please try deleting the cache and cookies of your browser, and trying again. Thank you!

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亀井 says:

私は同窓会にありません。来年は高校の卒業以来三十年の。。。

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