Comments on: Beginner Lesson S3 #18 - Time Capsule 2

by: 亀井

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:31:19 +0000

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。。。

by: Jessi

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:18:15 +0000

Hi Darren,
We were having some server issues earlier, but the file is back up now. Please try downloading it again 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!

by: Darren

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:53:39 +0000

The download link for this episode is broken.

by: Auntie

Sat, 17 May 2008 02:38:07 +0000

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!

by: Yuichi

Thu, 15 May 2008 09:41:12 +0000

>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

by: Abrassart

Wed, 14 May 2008 15:26:59 +0000

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

by: Yuki

Wed, 14 May 2008 08:27:45 +0000

本当ですよ。。。

by: Naomi

Wed, 14 May 2008 06:53:13 +0000

Yuki-san

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

by: Yuki

Wed, 14 May 2008 03:38:38 +0000

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！

by: torerling

Tue, 13 May 2008 22:01:31 +0000

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

by: Ｓｉｎｄｙシンディー

Tue, 13 May 2008 21:45:39 +0000

JP101/Listeners!

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

by: ジャービジ

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:10:04 +0000

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’.

by: A person

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:03:22 +0000

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.

by: watermen

Tue, 13 May 2008 10:50:16 +0000

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.

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

by: JapanesePod101.com

Tue, 13 May 2008 09:30:30 +0000

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