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August 26th, 2008 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com. Have you ever been irritated by indecisiveness? You ask a question only to get a vague response? In this lesson we’ll learn how to extend invitations in Japanese, and how not to answer them when speaking with a potential mother-in-law. We’ll also cover some Japanese cultural insight. The focal point of this lesson is the Japanese grammatical structure ~masen ka - the negative non-past, polite + ka. This phrase can be used to extend an invitation.

Voice Actors: | Hosts: Peter, Naomi
Category: Beginner Lessons (S4) |
Grammar: | Function: | Topic: | Politeness Level:
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9 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S4 #8 - A Second Chance to Make A First Impression”

avatar JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san, what did you think of Haruya’s responses?

avatar Rabite says:

My does the family have piranha food?
Maybe Haruya should be very polite! :dogeza:

avatar プチクレア says:

Poor, poor Haruya…. He’s so shy and under pressure, it’s almost painful….

がんばってね、晴夜さん! :hachimaki:

And somehow I’m worried that the piranhas will only make things worse…. Let’s just hope the fiancé chosen by Myu’s father has a fish allergy, or something of the sort !

avatar Yamanchu says:

Hi Guys,

I gotta say, you’re on the ball! I’ve been thinking lately that some practice questions at the end of a lesson could be a good idea. I have a look at the lesson today and guess what? Practice questions!

My Japanese language skills have improved considerably since joining JPod101.

Thanks again to everyone,
Yamanchu
山人

avatar Chiller says:

Learning Centre vocabulary questions - 一つ目のへんじをチェックしてください。

飲み物はdrinkでしょうね。

keep up the good work guys!

avatar Mayumi says:

Chiller-san,

Thank you for letting us know. I fixed it. ありがとうございました! :dogeza:

avatar Serena27 says:

Are there really piranhas or was Tendo Kiri-san making a sarcastic comment about Miu-san’s father and his co-worker? Is poor Haruya going to be figuratively torn to shreds? Either way I’m really looking forward to next week. This is such a great story!

avatar Romain says:

Hello everyone

I would like to know if the word “esa” comes from the German “essen” (to eat). Same question about “arubaito”. Was it borrow from “arbeiten” (to work)? If that’s the case, how did those words get into the Japanese langage?
Thanks for all the good moments and keep up the wonderfull job!

Romain

avatar Hiroko says:

Romain san> As far as I know, the word “arubaito” came from the German “arbeiten” and began to be widely used after the WWII in Japan, referring to part-time job. The word was used among students in Meiji Period, referring to “intellectual accomplishment”, and then slowly changed its meaning to “part time job”.
I don’t think the word “esa” came from German….but I’m not sure… :mrgreen:

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