Comments on: Beginner Lesson S4 #7 - An Opportunity Arises http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/ Learn Japanese with Daily Podcasts from Tokyo Whether you are Japan-bound or a seasoned speaker, our lessons offer something for everyone. We incorporate culture and current issues into each episode to give the most informative, both linguistically and culturally, podcasts possible. For those of you with just the plane ride to prepare, check our survival phrase series at Japanesepod101.com. One of these phrases just might turn your trip into the best one ever! Yoroshiku O-negai Shimasu! Wed, 23 May 2012 03:37:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: 亀井 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-613609 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:37:52 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-613609 私は電話で日本語を話しません。。。 私は電話で日本語を話しません。。。

]]> by: マイ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-613489 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:51:27 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-613489 Alexさん,Motokoさん ありがとうございます。You're responses have cleared my confusion. I haven't been able to speak on the phone yet, but I will sometime :lol: In the mean time, I'll be putting in much needed practice :oops: Thank you for your help. Alexさん,Motokoさん

ありがとうございます。You’re responses have cleared my confusion.

I haven’t been able to speak on the phone yet, but I will sometime :lol: In the mean time, I’ll be putting in much needed practice :oops:

Thank you for your help.

]]> by: Motoko http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-613435 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:58:25 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-613435 マイさん, Alexさん Sorry we have kept you waiting:sad: and thank you for your comment, Alex-san. As Alex-san said, the translation is paraphrased translation and the literal translation is "Shall I go to the station?" We use paraphrased translation to make sense in English, because the literal one doesn't always make sense in English. So it unfortunately make you confused. Any questions are welcome so when you have questions, please feel free to ask! We sometimes miss　comments, so when our reply is unfortunately very late, please let us know, like how you did.:wink: Thank you for your comments and feedback.:grin: マイさん, Alexさん
Sorry we have kept you waiting :sad: and thank you for your comment, Alex-san.
As Alex-san said, the translation is paraphrased translation and the literal translation is “Shall I go to the station?”
We use paraphrased translation to make sense in English, because the literal one doesn’t always make sense in English.
So it unfortunately make you confused.
Any questions are welcome so when you have questions, please feel free to ask!
We sometimes miss　comments, so when our reply is unfortunately very late, please let us know, like how you did. :wink:
Thank you for your comments and feedback. :grin:

]]> by: Alex http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-613341 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:32:04 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-613341 マイ: Your previous comment was actually quite nice, I'm sure no one took offense to it. :razz: As to your question, "something something -ましょうか？" can be translated as "shall we" or "shall I" depending on context. So in this case, since the daughter is stating that she will be at the station at such and such time, the mothers reply is directly translated as "Shall I go to the station?" but in more natural English it's changed to "Shall I pick you up at the station." I hope you were able to speak on the phone and try some of your Japanese! -Alex マイ:

Your previous comment was actually quite nice, I’m sure no one took offense to it. :razz:

As to your question, “something something -ましょうか？” can be translated as “shall we” or “shall I” depending on context. So in this case, since the daughter is stating that she will be at the station at such and such time, the mothers reply is directly translated as “Shall I go to the station?” but in more natural English it’s changed to “Shall I pick you up at the station.”

I hope you were able to speak on the phone and try some of your Japanese!

-Alex

]]> by: マイ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-612806 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:20:53 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-612806 I hope that I haven't offended anyone. I haven't heard back from anyone on my question and it's been quite a while since I wrote it. I was confused about a translation, but maybe the way I wrote it wasn't nice? I'm very, very sorry. Please forgive me. すみません。 I hope that I haven’t offended anyone. I haven’t heard back from anyone on my question and it’s been quite a while since I wrote it.

I was confused about a translation, but maybe the way I wrote it wasn’t nice? I’m very, very sorry. Please forgive me.

すみません。

]]> by: マイ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-612018 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:05:35 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-612018 In the conversation, the last line Kiri says is, じゃあ、駅まで行きましょうか, and then the translation according to the PDF is, "Well, shall I pick you up at the station". I'm confused because I thought 行く was translated as "to go" making this sentence something more like, "Are we still going to the station together?" すみません、is my understanding of the sentence completely off? 私は日本語で電話するのがしませんかったけれど、日本語で電話したい。 I haven't talked on the phone in Japanese, but I want to. Now I just have to find a friend who speaks Japanese. In the conversation, the last line Kiri says is, じゃあ、駅まで行きましょうか, and then the translation according to the PDF is, “Well, shall I pick you up at the station”. I’m confused because I thought 行く was translated as “to go” making this sentence something more like, “Are we still going to the station together?” すみません、is my understanding of the sentence completely off?

私は日本語で電話するのがしませんかったけれど、日本語で電話したい。
I haven’t talked on the phone in Japanese, but I want to. Now I just have to find a friend who speaks Japanese.

]]> by: Motoko http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-607877 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 01:34:03 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-607877 wael-san, Good question! Actually, masu-stem of verb can connect with so desu. Lower Intermediate Season4 #19 covers this topic, please check this out. Your sentence is great:smile: wael-san,
Good question!
Actually, masu-stem of verb can connect with so desu.
Lower Intermediate Season4 #19 covers this topic, please check this out.
Your sentence is great :smile:

]]> by: wael http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-607816 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:25:38 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-607816 what grammer when so desu combine with verb. and this sententce right oishisou na tai no ryouri desu what grammer
when so desu combine with verb.

and this sententce right
oishisou na tai no ryouri desu

]]> by: Naomi http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-567029 Mon, 24 May 2010 04:08:21 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-567029 Alexーsan That's right! :grin: Alexーsan
That’s right! :grin:

]]> by: Alex http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-566666 Sat, 22 May 2010 16:33:24 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-566666 こんにちは、 It seems that in both situations (い-adj. and な-adj.) you can use the copula afterwards. So, to say, "It didn't look good, but it was delicious." would I say: これはおいしくなさそうだったけど、おいしかったです。 ありがとう〜 こんにちは、

It seems that in both situations (い-adj. and な-adj.) you can use the copula afterwards.

So, to say, “It didn’t look good, but it was delicious.” would I say:
これはおいしくなさそうだったけど、おいしかったです。

ありがとう〜

]]> by: メー http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-521340 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:30:57 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-521340 写真を見ると、なおみ先生は明るそうですね。。。:kokoro::mrgreen: 写真を見ると、なおみ先生は明るそうですね。。。 :kokoro: :mrgreen:

]]> by: Kobukuro http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-466272 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:25:29 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-466272 Haha.. yes, I had to speak Japanese on the phone. It was at my friends house in Japan and we waited for an important phonecall. And then the call came in and nobody was at home expect me :shock: . I run the phone, stuttered something like - sumimansen, chotto matte kudasai :mrgreen: - and I called my friend who was downstairs somewhere. What a thrilling stituation for me :lol: ! To talk on the phone is very difficult, because you are not able to use your arms and hands to make your more understood. Haha.. yes, I had to speak Japanese on the phone. It was at my friends house in Japan and we waited for an important phonecall. And then the call came in and nobody was at home expect me :shock: . I run the phone, stuttered something like - sumimansen, chotto matte kudasai :mrgreen: - and I called my friend who was downstairs somewhere. What a thrilling stituation for me :lol: !

To talk on the phone is very difficult, because you are not able to use your arms and hands to make your more understood.

]]> by: mayumi_k1114 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-454843 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:32:51 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-454843 Brett-san, Sorry for inconvenience.:dogeza: Can you let us know what version of Acrobat Reader you are using? Brett-san,
Sorry for inconvenience. :dogeza: Can you let us know what version of Acrobat Reader you are using?

]]> by: Brett http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-452484 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:48:05 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-452484 I still see the same mistake. I'm using Firefox browser(version 3.0.5), perhaps its only seen in this browser? Anybody using Explorer or another browser? The Japanese all seems fine as well as the English. The only mistakes that I see where the spelling is missing letters is in the Romanji, and its throughout the PDF. Not only this PDF but previous ones as well. Does anybody else see any of these mistakes?:sad: I still see the same mistake. I’m using Firefox browser(version 3.0.5), perhaps its only seen in this browser? Anybody using Explorer or another browser?
The Japanese all seems fine as well as the English. The only mistakes that I see where the spelling is missing letters is in the Romanji, and its throughout the PDF. Not only this PDF but previous ones as well.
Does anybody else see any of these mistakes? :sad:

]]> by: Mayumi http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-452460 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:31:36 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/19/beginner-lesson-7-s4-an-opportunity-arises/#comment-452460 Brett-san, I checked the PDF, but couldn't find this error. :roll: I guess it has been already fixed. Could you download it again? Thank you!!:dogeza: Brett-san,
I checked the PDF, but couldn’t find this error. :roll: I guess it has been already fixed. Could you download it again? Thank you!! :dogeza:

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