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21 Responses to “Newbie Lesson S3 #24 - Nihongo Dōjō - Did Japanese Ever Taste This Good?!”
Monday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, do you like small restaurants or big restaurants?
Monday at 6:58 pm
They were talking about Gal Sone.
I saw her on one of my favorite Japanese TV show and she sure eats a lot. She can eat 120 sushis in one go.
Anyway, good lessen here. Thank you very much Japanesepod!
Tuesday at 1:30 am
I love small restaurants. The best sushi restaurant I know seats barely 15 people.
The main complain I have with japanese restaurants (I’m talking about udon/soba/donburi restaurants, not sushi) in Paris is that the really good ones are so crowded that they tend to give you the bill and have you leave the very instant you’re finished… No lingering !
Tuesday at 12:08 pm
What is it going to be after this series?
Tuesday at 12:41 pm
I like small restaurants. but also it depends on what you gonna eat .
Having food inJapan is just fantastic !
Tuesday at 1:03 pm
watermen -san
まだ、考え中です/Mada, kangae chū desu. /We are still thinking…
Mina-san.
コメントありがとうございます
Komento arigatou gozaimasu.
去年、香川でこの写真をとりました。
Kyonen, Kagawa de kono shashin o torimashita.
I took this photo in Kagawa last year.
ケイタイでとったので、あまりきれいじゃないですね。すみません。
Keitai de tottanode amari kirei janai desu ne. Sumimasen.
Sorry the quality of this photo was the best, because I took this by my Cell phone.
でも、うどんはおいしかったです。このうどんは「釜ぶっかけうどん」です。
Demo Udon wa oishikatta desu. Kono udon wa “Kama bukkake udon” desu.
But this Udon was so good. It’s called “Kama bukkake udon.”
高松の うどん本陣 山田屋 で食べました。
Takamatsu no Udon Honjin Yamadaya de tabemashita.
I ate at Udon honjin Yamada-ya in Takamatsu.
Tuesday at 1:05 pm
Sorry …
間違えました。
the quality of this photo was NOT the best…
Wednesday at 4:14 am
it may not be the best, but it sure does make me hungry…….
Wednesday at 6:31 am
Fingers crossed that next episode Fabrizio has visa problems and is deported back to Italy, never to be heard of again.
Wednesday at 7:29 am
Stu-san!
Poor Frabrizio you made my day! it’s so funny.
S_R_C
Thursday at 12:34 pm
All this talk of food is making me hungry.
Tuesday at 12:09 pm
Naomi san-sei,
Is it correct to say:
1. watashi wa gyuniku to youniku ga tabemasen (I do eat beef and lamb).
2. Watashi wa butaniku to tori ga daijoubu desu (I am fine with pork and chicken).
Tuesday at 3:28 pm
tony-san
Since particle “wa” can be used to show the comparison, I think “wa” should be used instead of “ga.”
And youniku does mean lamb or sheep meat however lamb is not as common as beef, chicken or pork in Japan, so I would say it is safe to call lamb as “ramu-niku” or “hituji-no-niku.”
So…
●Watashi wa gyuuniku to hitsujino niku wa tabemasen. Demo butaniku to toriniku wa daijoubu desu.
I don’t eat beef or lamb but I’m fine with pork and chicken.
Sunday at 6:07 pm
でも、うどんは本当においしかった、驚きました。
それは良かったです。
お父さんは、この店によく来ますか。
先週も来ました、多分、来週も来ます。この店は小さいですが、人気があります。クルミサンはこの店すぐに分かりましたか。
いえいえ、全然わかりませんでした。
道、暗くて、細くて、怖かったです。
そうですか、大変でしたね。
じゃ、次のうどん屋に行きましょう。
じゃ、ね
Sunday at 3:08 pm
Hey, after completing absolute beginner series 3, what is the next series ?
Thanks
Monday at 11:29 am
Jacob-san
>>after completing absolute beginner series 3
Do you mean Newbie series season 3? If so, Beginner series season 4→5→6 would be good.
Saturday at 12:49 pm
私は小さいレストラン好きです。
I like small restaurants.
I am probably going to destroy this next sentence as it’s way beyond my Japanese language skills as they stand right now, but here it goes:
私の友達で話すでます、いつ、小さいレストランにあります。
I can talk with my friends when in a small restaurant.
Was that sentence even close? Hahahaha!
じゃ、また。
Sunday at 8:06 am
直美先生、
I have a question about 人気があります。When you were referring to ギャル曽根, did you say:
ギャル曽根は人気があります。
or
ギャル曽根は人気がいります。ギャル曽根 is “animate”, so wouldn’t you use いる? Or since 人気 has the が after it (which is the subject particle with emphasis yes?) that makes 人気 the subject that decides which verb to use?
I hope my question makes sense.
先週、私は二の難しいテストがありました。日本語を全然勉強をしませんでした。
Last week I had two really hard tests. I didn’t get to study Japanese at all. (Hahaha, I think I may have answered my own question when I wrote that last sentence.)
Tuesday at 12:48 pm
マイ-san
>>私の友達で話すでます、いつ、小さいレストランにあります。
>>I can talk with my friends when in a small restaurant.
→ In order to translate this sentence into Japanese, you have to know how to form potential form and “toki” meaning “when” (not the WH- word “when”, but the “when” as in “I don’t know when I’ll see her again. “)
This grammar is covered in beginner series season 4 lesson 45.
Something or someone exists are marked by “ga” and followed by verbs “imasu” or “arimasu” depending on the the object is animate or inanimate.
In your sentence case, “Gyarusone(a person)” is a topic of the sentence, but not talking about her existence right? What it’s talking about is her “Ninki” meaning “popularity” which is considered as inanimate that’s why it has to be followed by “arimasu”.
“Ninki ga arimasu” literally means “there’s popularity”.
So literal translation of “Gyarusone wa ninki ga arimasu” would be “As for Gyarusone, there’s popularity”. Of course it means “Gyarusone is popular.”
>> 二の難しいテスト “wo really hard tests”
→ This part should be… 二つの難しいテスト [futatsu no muzukashii tesuto ]
I hope this makes sense.
Tuesday at 11:53 pm
直美先生、
I learned a lot thought, thank you.
ありがとうございました。はい、私は分かります。That all makes perfect sense. I tried and failed
I just finished the last lesson of Newbie Series 3 last night, and I am going to start Beginner Season 4 today. I made so many mistakes
, but maybe if I keep pushing forward I’ll reinforce the things I have learned.
ありがとうございま!
Wednesday at 10:20 am
マイ-san
がんばってください!
サンプルセンテンスを待っています。
And keep posting your sample sentences in the comment section.
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