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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! How not to handle a tough situation in Japanese! Just when things were turning around…they fall apart in an instant. You tried so hard to set things straight, but in the end, you couldn’t help it. Or could you have? How would you handle the situation in this lesson speaking in Japanese?

In this lesson, we’ll learn how to understand more simple instructions in Japanese. We’ll also learn express simple instructions in Japanese. And learn how to not handle a pressure-cooker situation in Japanese. The focus of this Japanese lesson is the important Japanese grammar point te-form of Japanese verbs that end with -mu, -bu,-nu and -su plus kudasai (please do).

drink tea and make a phone call in Japanese



This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Beginner Season 4 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

37 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S4 #10 - Bonding At Break Time”

JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san, do you find Japanese verbs difficult?

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romeo pugoy says:

:kokoro: :dogeza: :nihon:

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João Paulo says:

I believe Japanese verbs are easy compared to other languages.

They just get complicated when one starts attaching suffixes or even other verbs in the end. Transitive and intransitive verbs are also a bit complicated, in my opinion! :wink:

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JapanesePod101.com says:

João Paulo-san, transitive and intransitives….yes, very tough. We have quite a few series on them, but probably could never get enough. Hehe.

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Jyo-dan says:

I’m thirsty now….that sound effect has got me salivating.

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piyada says:

manny thx to your podcast
it really helps me in listening

thx for all ur kindness ^^
arigatou sensei

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kt says:

So there’s only one ‘nu’ verb like she said? But we normally wouldn’t use it seeing how it would mean to ask someone to die for you? Shinde…

But if we were to ask someone to die for us, tragic love story, would it be anata wa shinde kudasai?

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Naomi says:

kt-san

>>would it be anata wa shinde kudasai?
Technically, yes. Sounds very very funny though. It’s like saying “Die please” :lol:

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Angie says:

Hello Peterさん :cool: , Hello Naomi先生 :dogeza: 、Takeさん :kokoro:  
お元気ですか。
I am back! :D

What a coincidence, I’ve heard just today about the difference between つめたい and さむい in the “homesick part 3″ series beginners season1 (that lesson was amazing! かわいそうなペンギン!)
そですか。分かりますと分かりましたのトピックは本当に面白かったです!
日本語のVERBSは難しくないです。イタリア語のVERBSはもっと難しいです。
相変わらず、レッスン ありがとうございます。  :dogeza:

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Naomi says:

Angie-san

お帰りなさい。Okaerinasai.
Welcome back!

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バロン says:

今日は皆さん、久しぶりです。

日本語の動詞はちょっと難しいですけど日本語の助詞はだい難しいです。私の一番門は
勉強語彙です。

大方すべての語彙を探りますために、私のすべえコメントを書きます。確認とgoogleとrikaichanです。
大変でした。

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syed says:

:kokoro: :hachimaki: :nihon:
ah ha haa

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Angie says:

Naomi先生 Thank you! :kokoro:
I suppose I should have said it before, but, anyway.「ただいま! :mrgreen:

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Naomi says:

バロンsan

そうですね。日本語の助詞はむずしいですね。
Sou desu ne. Nihongo no joshi wa muzukashii desu ne.
Yeah. I agree. Japanese particles (wa, o, ga, ni, to, de, no…etc) are confusing.

でも、英語の前置詞もむずかしいです。
Demo, eigo no zenchishi mo muzukashii desu.
But English prepositions are difficult too.

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バロン says:

I think there is something hard about every language. That’s part of the fun and challenge of learning a new language.

頑張ろうな。 :hachimaki:
Ganbarou, na.
I shall do my best!

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Rabite says:

Japanese people speak like the Peanuts teacher sometimes too?

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Tess says:

It’s interesting that Peter said that in American English that “toilet” is crude. In Australian English the toilet is both the room that contains the lavatory and the lavatory itself! For us, the “bathroom” is simply the room that contains the bath tub or the shower. Our American friends reported that they were often given the wrong directions when they’d ask for the bathroom! And I must admit that when we were in America we’d get a few strange looks when we’d ask for the toilet! What about “loo”? Do Americans use that term as a euphemism for toilet? Ahhhhh, cultural differences make the world an interesting place!

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バロン says:

For American English, what Peter said was right. If you asked for the “loo” you might get some peculiar looks, but because we’ve seen movies with English characters we’ll probably get what you mean.

A further cultural difference is that in America, the toilet and the bath are almost always in the same room. We call them bathrooms even if there is no bath in there. Some people will call the bathroom with just a toilet and a sink a “washroom”, realters will call them “half-baths”, proper people may call them “powder rooms”, but everybody knows them as bathrooms. You don’t have one room for the bath and a separate room for the toilet.

It can become a bit of a problem though when you live in an apartment with one bathroom and more than one person. You have to be really comfortable with the other person to let them in to use the bathroom while you are in the shower…. It seems to always lead to the first marital frustration, “Honey, don’t lock the door when you take a shower–we’re married now, it’s ok”.

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Sivasakthivel says:

NAOMI-先生
  しつもんが あります。 くわしく おいして ください。

In the lesson, you have mentioned that さむい is for room and 冷たい for the objects. つめたい 水 。 In air conditioner remote control, Kanjis for 寒い、 暑い  are not available. The kanji for 冷たい  is available to set the cool mode in the aircon.

Bit confused..

たすけて ください
よるしく お願いします
Siva

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Naomi says:

Sivasakthivel-san

Thank you for posting a great question!!

Air conditioner is called 冷房(れいぼう)
I think this word is from the verb 冷やす(ひやす)”cool down”
Heater is called 暖房(だんぼう)
It’s from the verb 暖める(あたためる)”warm up, hot up” 
房means “room”

Since they both have same ending 房(ぼう)”room”, they just use the first character to save the space for the controller. :wink:

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Sivasakthivel says:

Naomi-先生 へ
 
いつも おせわに なって おります。

Now I could understood clearly. Now only I have started learning Kanjis . The beginner level S4 is one of my favorite series. It is designed very well to cover the beginner level grammars. I am revisiting this series for learning kanjis and preparing the JLPT.

ありがとう ございました。 れいぞうこ も おなじ かんじ ですね。 かんじは なかなか むずかし です。

よろしく
Siva

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Sivasakthivel says:

Jpod-san
With this kanji, I have learned some interesting words
1. 囹圄 --Hard word
( very interesting )
2  冷暖房 
heater and cooler
わたしの 会社で 書いて います

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Sivasakthivel says:

1 should be  囹語

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Sivasakthivel says:

sorry mistake again   read as 令語

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Naomi says:

Sivasakthivel -san
I’ve never seen the word 令語 or 囹語 …
What does it mean? I’m curious. :grin:

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Sivasakthivel says:

先生
  I have checked in Jisho.org
冷語
 
I am not good at typing Kanji using computer. Thats what I made multiple mistakes sorry.
よみかた は  れいご です。
They have mentioned that hard word. I could understand that since you have mentioned in this lesson that a person who is not friendly, we can use 冷たい 人
。  A word that is not friendly is れいご

I will send the link later. I could not see the same word again in jisho

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Charms says:

Hey guys, I don’t know if its only my PDF but it seems to not be finished……. :cry:

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wael says:

Naomi sensei
for -te form
there are verbs that end with -iru or -eru
how I Recognize VERBs are Ichidan or godan

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Naomi says:

Charms-san
Thank you for letting us know. Yes. I cannot read the last part of the PDF, either. :shock: We’ll fix this error right away. Thank you for your patience! :wink:

wael-san
We call godan as class 1 and ichidan as class2 in our lessons.
All class 2(ichidan) verbs end in -ru.Such as taberu, okiru, neru and so on.
That’s why class 2 or ichidan verbs are sometimes called ru-verb.
Class 1 (godan)verbs end in -u sound.(Class1 verbs are called “u-verb) However there are verbs end in ru such as hashiru, okoru and so on.For those verbs, you have to memorize them.

There’s also a write up about verb-classes in Newbie series season 3 lesson 19.
So please check that lesson for more detailed explanation.

I hope this helps. :grin:

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wael says:

is any way to know which verbs Belongs to when I see it end with iru,eru
Such as hashiru ,sagiru ,oneru and so on.
or
I have to memorize them.
AND
how many verbs of godan look like ichidan end with iru,eru.
are there any list of it.

excuse me
I’M beginner of japanese language from egypt which sakshn I have study for japanese grammer Newbie Lesson or Beginner Lesson.
and i CAN’T FIND Nihongo Dōjo style you and beyond.
sorry SENSEI I know I ask too much.sorry for any annoy you

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Charms says:

Thanks Naomi Sensei! :grin:

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Naomi says:

wael -san
For -eru or -i ru ending verbs, it could be class1 or class2. For those verbs you need to memorize one by one.

>>how many verbs of godan look like ichidan end with iru,eru.
are there any list of it.
→How many verbs? :shock: …wow… I have no idea. :roll:
Unfortunately there’s no list for those verbs, but if you look up a dictionary, you can find out its class easily (Even in rikaichan). :wink:

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wael says:

arigatou, Naomi sensei

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wael says:

–eru ending verbs are always class 2 verbs.
but some verbs end with eru plong to class1
such as kaeru

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亀井 says:

動詞はあんまり難しくない、動詞の活用はかなり難しいです。

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