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24 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S4 #15: - Cans and Can’ts: Asking for and Giving Permission”
Tuesday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, how would you utilize what you learned in today’s lesson?
Tuesday at 7:34 pm
お父さんも美雨さんも好き嫌いありますね。But will somebody offer to light his cigarette when he steps out to smoke?
Tuesday at 8:15 pm
We have just covered this topic and I was a little confused but this is perfect to help me understand and build on what we learned in class. I don’t smoke but I occasionally drink !!! well done - Bushey
Tuesday at 11:04 pm
When asking if it is OK to sit next to someone in a crowded Moss Burger.
Angela Bush-san,
This grammar point is one that you will find yourself needing to use often in Japan.
That’s good to hear!
Wednesday at 6:01 am
こんにちわ みんなーさん
Is there any ipod specially for woman conversation?.
thanks!
バイバイ
Wednesday at 3:47 pm
can i use this to any thing other than smoking and drinking??
Wednesday at 6:30 pm
natalia san> こんにちは! Great idea! It’s going into our JP101 “idea bank”
gilin rueda san> Sure! For example,
写真を撮ってもいいですか?<i>Shashin o totte mo ii desu ka?</i>
Can I take a picture here?
この美術館の中で食べてはいけません。<i>Kono bijutsukan no naka de tabe te wa ike masen</i>
You are not allowed to eat inside the museum.
Wednesday at 7:15 pm
Another example for gilin:
使ってもいいです。(You may use (it))
Saturday at 12:21 am
Hiroko san and maxiewawa…!!! arigatou!! hehehehe,,,
Saturday at 7:32 am
Thanks a lot this site is really helpful to me and to my husband.
Saturday at 3:25 pm
Elizabeth-san,
Glad you guys find the site helpful!
Monday at 2:09 am
Hello everyone
!
In the pdf one sample sentence is:
灰皿ありますか。
The “ga” is missing. Is it ok for the formal speech or should I better ask:
灰皿がありますか。
Monday at 2:21 am
Well, I don’t know how to answer the grammar questions correctly.
Especially the questions for:
とる(toru)= to take; class1
Actually every answer is possible and I marked the answers in the way I thought it could be right, but everything was wrong and now I am wondering why…
.
There are many of those grammar questions in the lessons, which don’t make it easy to answer. The answer is correct, but the site says “wrong”…. because “why”?!?
Monday at 1:39 pm
Kobukuroさん>
Thank you for pointing that out! We have fixed the questions so that you can see the English translation. Now you can go give it another try!
And as for your が question, it’s okay to leave it out in this case! Even in formal speech it’s acceptable.
Monday at 3:28 pm
Ahh…. thank you Jessi
!
Now these questions are making much more sense. How should I know, what to translate, when nothing is written there
! So it is possible, that in those other cases I have mentioned, the english question isn’t written, too? There are some exercises with the same problem
.
Friday at 8:22 am
i haven’t really started to study kanji yet… but, i noticed the kanji for “ash” looks a little bit like a volcano - perhaps the origin of it represents the ash from a volcano? maybe i’m just way out there…http://www.japanesepod101.com/wp-images/smilies/icon_confused.gif
Thursday at 5:11 am
Regarding one of your earlier questions in another lesson, for me, I try not to read the lesson notes before listening to the conversations. That’s because listening and understanding Japanese is the most difficult aspect for me. So I would try to comprehend as much as possible from the spoken words, before reading the notes.
Thursday at 2:30 pm
Ced-san,
That’s good practice for listening and understanding the spoken language!
Thursday at 2:09 pm
タバコは嫌いですから、家で「タバコ禁止」と言いました。
Friday at 11:29 am
チィ-san
Wednesday at 9:13 pm
First of all, really love your iphone apps! Ialso enjoy following along with the lesson notes as I listen, it helps me to learn the kanji and to remember the grammer. BYW when I was in Japan I enjoyed to smoke Cabin brand but I do not smoke anymore.
Thursday at 8:37 pm
if someone ask me
hon o karite mo desu ka
my positive answer
hon o karite mo desu
but
my negative aswer will be
hon o karite mo ikemasen
or
hon wa chotto
Friday at 2:54 pm
wael-san,
The answers would be these below;
Q. Hon o karite mo ii desu ka.
Positive. Ii desu yo.
Negative. Ima wa chotto….
We often omit the shared information, so you can omit “hon o karite mo” in the positive sentence.
~chotto… is appropriate and friendly way to decline someone’s request, so it is recommended.
By the way, the opposite expression to ~te mo ii desu ka, “May I..?”, is ~te wa ikemasen, “you are not allowed to ~”
I hope this helps.
Saturday at 1:20 pm
私は十五ヶ月前、巻タバコをすうてやめています。山川さんはちょっと意地が悪いでしょう。
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