Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your girlfriend’s mother makes the best cup of coffee. Maybe after a couple of cups, you can straighten out your head and recover from last night’s nightmare. That was terrible. Funny thing, you now remember that in the dream, your girlfriend was not speaking Japanese, but you were. You turn your attention to your girlfriend as she sits next to you at the table. “Good morning,” you say in your best Japanese. “Good morning. Are you enjoying your coffee?” she asks in Japanese. Amazed by the full, rich taste of this coffee, you reply in Japanese, “Yes, your mother makes the best cup of coffee in the world!!” The look in her eyes is worth a lot. You can tell she thinks very highly of you for being polite to her mother. So you decide to see if you can do even better in her eyes. You tell her in Japanese, “I would love to have a second helping of this coffee! Honey, I am so happy to meet your parents. They are wonderful.” Absolutely beside herself, she exclaims in Japanese, “Oh, Mom thinks you are the best, too!” Thrilled that you have been able to make everyone happy despite your own distress, you say in Japanese, “Then are you ready to go on our long drive today! We will have a lot of fun I am sure!” Excitedly, she replies in Japanese, “Yes, we are going to have a blast! Let’s get that second cup of coffee and then hit the road!” Learning
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16 Responses to “Newbie Lesson S3 #20 - Nihongo Dōjō - How Do You Get More of the Best in Japan?”
Monday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, what do you always eat a second helping of?
Tuesday at 11:56 am
udon… always an extra bowl of udon =)
Tuesday at 11:57 am
i always have a second helping of mochi. awwwwwww yeah!
Tuesday at 1:48 pm
Chocolate cake !
Tuesday at 1:54 pm
何時もコーヒーのお代わりを飲みます。
BTW, I enjoyed listening to Rebecca’s clear, methodical presentation of the lesson. & I thought Naomi & Rebecca’s discussion at the end was very interesting.
One question: When responding affirmatively to an involved question about a situation, is it better to use そうです in place of はい/ええ, or is はい/ええ sufficient?
Tuesday at 5:02 pm
マーキーさん
実家ではいつもご飯のお代わりをします。
実家のメシうめぇ(笑)
Tuesday at 5:10 pm
ninjagirl-san
はい and そうです are both fine.
ええ could be rude if you use a lot.
Also you can say はい、そうです which is even more polite.
Tuesday at 5:46 pm
のりさん、ありがとうございます!
お返事はとても参考になりました。
Tuesday at 6:01 pm
btw - video vocab for this lesson will be available in a few days!
Wednesday at 12:06 pm
And to think that for a long time I thought okawari meant a small bowl! All the delicious food I’ve missed out on! !
Saturday at 9:10 am
Hi Guys, have noticed a small mistake in the pdf file.
On the fifth page on the No. 1 practice line, the romaji reads ‘omimasu’ when it should be ‘nomimasu’.
Sorry if I sound picky here, but I spent 5 minutes trying to find out what ‘omimasu’ means!
Saturday at 1:09 am
hi, just wanted to find out when to use の as used in どこ行くの? in the pdf.
Monday at 10:38 am
jack -san
As we explained in the PDF, の indicates casual question when it’s attached to the informal verb form.(Both negative and affirmative)
So it’s used in a conversation among friends or to the people who has about same social status or lower social status than you.
When you’re talking with your close friends, you’d probably say
何をするの? instead of 何をしますか for “What are you going to do?”
かいものに行くの? instead of かいものに行きますか。for “Are you going shopping?”
I hope this helps.
Saturday at 9:59 am
シカゴピザ、いつもおかわりを食べます。
Monday at 9:56 am
Jim-san
シカゴピザ!!シカゴのピザはおいしいですよね~
Saturday at 5:24 pm
コーヒーのお代わり、如何ですか。
はい、お願いします。苦くて美味しいです。お母さんのコーヒー、最高です。
有り難う。冬果も飲む。
うん、
今日は、何処へ行くの。
車で金比羅山へ行く。
また、来週。
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