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21 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S4 #14 - Using Polite Japanese: Your Key to Forming Relationships”
Tuesday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, where do you think Haruya is now?
Tuesday at 10:16 pm
Wasn’t there some beatles song about how, um, “he came in through the bathroom window”?
Wednesday at 10:12 am
Of course! “Protected by a silver spoon…”
Thursday at 7:20 pm
Hi everyone!
Just started listening to JapanesePod.
僕は大阪に住んでいます!はじめまして!
Friday at 9:26 am
Michael Camilleri -san
はじめまして!Welcome to JapanesePod101!
よろしくお願いします!
Saturday at 9:24 pm
よろしくおねがいします!
Sunday at 12:52 am
私はPittsburgh,Pennsylvaniaに住んでいます。
I live in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
私はJapanesepod101.comがとても大好きですよ!
Tuesday at 9:52 am
Ben san> そこに行ったことがありますよ!(soko ni itta koto ga arimasu yo!)
I have been there! とてもきれいな所ですね!(totemo kirei na tokoro desu ne!)
It’s a beautiful place!
よろしくおねがいします
Saturday at 1:03 am
僕はイギリス、ノティングハンに住んでいます。皆さん、はじめあして!Gigaと申します。
PLEASE can someone explain the “から” on the end of the line in the dialog:
あの男はもう帰りましたから。 (it’s not there in the PDF but it is said)
I’ve been seeing and hearing this in lots of places where it doesn’t make much sense to translate it as “because”. It’s been bugging me for AGES.
お願いします。。。:???:
Sunday at 11:40 pm
Hey Giga,
I’m neither an expert nor do I have access to the lesson notes but my understanding is that the から is part of the husband’s explanation to his wife for why it won’t be awkward that there is a new boy here despite the presence of Haruya.
Just prior to the part you’re talking about the wife says Japanese to the effect of ‘Remember Haruya is here tonight’ (今夜はるやさんきてるよの) and Yukio interjects and says ‘Oh, a guest?’ The husband responds to his wife (and in a sense ignores Yukio) and replies ‘Oh, that boy, he’s already left.’ I believe the から is because it’s implied within the husband’s response ‘Oh, that boy, (it won’t be a problem because) he’s already left.’ In Japanese the ‘because’ isn’t left out as it would be in English.
(Maybe.)
Monday at 7:19 am
Hmm… 面白い
Thanks for replying about this it’s given me something to think about, I’ll see how this holds up in other similar cases I come across
Tuesday at 2:37 am
Hello everyone!
There is a mistake in the Videovocab:
社会学 is しゃかいがく and not かいかいがく
.
Anyway, I love those Videovocabs with this great and groovy music
!
Tuesday at 2:49 am
And reading the Pdf, it should be: 毎日、学校に通っています?
The Pdf says: 毎日、学校に通います。
Tuesday at 3:14 am
I’m sorry for posting again, but I’m not able to edit my posts. … に通います is used nearly everywhere in the learning-center’s questions.
Wednesday at 12:32 am
皆さん、始めまして!カレン・当房(とうぼう)と申します。私はアメリカのコロラドに住んでいます。今週たくさん雷雨があります。よろしくお願いします。
Wednesday at 11:05 am
Kobukuro-san


I’ve just read your post!!! Sorry for the late reply
I’ll report the mistake in the videovocab to the tech team and have it fixed as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.
I’ve just fixed the sample sentence.
We really appreciate your comment.
Karen -san
はじめまして。こちらこそよろしくお願いします!
Friday at 11:34 am
カナダのオタワに住んでいます。
Do you also use the -ています form for negative sentences? For example, if I want to say, “I don’t live in Tokyo”, would that be:
「東京に住みません」 or 「東京に住んでいません」?
Monday at 10:10 am
Sebastian-san
>>Do you also use the -ています form for negative sentences? For example, if I want to say, “I don’t live in Tokyo”, would that be:
「東京に住みません」 or 「東京に住んでいません」?
→Great question!!
“I don’t live in Tokyo” is 東京に住んでいません
Friday at 11:29 am
昔、私は福生市の近くに住んでいました。昭和四十七から、五十一まででした。
1。私はワシングトンDCに通っています。
2。私は今軍服を着ています。
3。私は結婚しています。
私は米国の陸軍に勤めています。
Friday at 2:41 pm
亀井さん
福生市は東京ですね。
Washingtonは「ワシントン」です。
軍人さんは大変そうですね!
Saturday at 12:57 pm
素子さん、
そうでしょう。しかし、子供の頃、福生駅から新宿駅までは遠いそうですよ。
あああ、ワシントン ですか。面白いです。どうもありがとうございます。
大変そうですか。いいえ、いいえ。古くて、疲れて、大変な人でわありません。私は二十年前、多分大変そうでした。
お疲れさまでした。
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