Mina-san, have you ever ridden a bike with more than one person on it?

Oh! Maniko’s drawing again!!

まにこさん　の　音楽　を　聞きたい　です。　 　 　
インタネット　に　音楽　を　聞きます　か？　 　 　

I don’t understand the first sentence. Where is the verb for interview? It seems like the sentence says something like, ” I wonder if people on the street with 3 persons ridding on the bike know it is illegal?” What am I missing?

Neilさんー

I’m assuming because it’s a talk show and an extension from last week the “interview” part of the sentence is just inferred.

That first sentence REALLY threw me for a loop too…but not because it has too few verbs, but because it has too many! Noseru and nori!

Also, it has that deliciously mind-twisting word 前後 - which I guess means behind-in-front. It’s a fun word, but it really should’ve been included in the vocab.

And just to keep complaining (I’m on a roll here) we could’ve used a bit of attention to the whole… たらいいんでしょうね - it’s used in a really particular, slightly counterintuitive way here that takes some getting used to.

Anyway, I’m one of the lucky ones: I have a Japanese girlfriend so I can always enlist her help in explaining these little mysteries.

I like the series, though: these upper intermediate lessons are poised right on my sweet-spot: challenging, but not so challenging I have no idea what’s going on (most of the time.)

I’m still amazed how far I’ve come…in the 18 months since I discovered this website I’ve gone from knowing ZERO Japanese to being able to slog through lessons at this level, all without ever having lived in Japan. Actually, I good 97% of the Japanese I know I learned right here, y’all are awesome.

この法律はばかです。時々二子一緒に店に行きます。どうしますか？スーパは自転車で10分かかります。歩いては三倍以上です。この法律作った人は親人わからないんです。

Mina-san, have you ever ridden a bike with more than one person on it?

Sure I have, but the real challenge is riding my bike with more than one person under it.

Sometimes that’s the only way to get through the crowded Tokyo streets.