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14 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S4 #24 - The Most Important Japanese Lesson Yet!”
Tuesday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, what did you do today? Let’s share in Japanese!
Tuesday at 10:11 pm
今日はクリスマスクッキーを作って、すぐいっぱい食べた。
PS: Naomi-sensei and Peter-sensei, you are just great,
it was a very funny lesson!
Wednesday at 1:07 am
Finally a chance to catch up on the lessons! This was a great one, thanks guys
Wednesday at 1:14 am
こんにちは!
僕は今日熱心に勉強しました。
Wednesday at 9:48 am
Oops. Good lesson, but it does not match the description on the “Lessons” page or the email announcing it.
You will learn how to ask and answer questions about where you are trying to go. Ask Kono basu wa Tokyo-iki desu? (Is this bus bound for Tokyo?) and similar questions in Japanese.
Wednesday at 3:05 pm
誰かが嘘をつくみたいね!
Friday at 10:47 pm
こんにちは。
今日は、お昼ご飯を作って、息子と娘と一緒に食べました。そして家の蝦ちゃんの水槽の掃除をしました。蝦はとても小さなペットです。ピラニアより蝦のほうがかわいいです。
Thanks for another great lesson!
Monday at 12:20 pm
ヨギタ-san
クリスマスクッキー!? おいしそうですね。
Kurisumasu kukkii? Oishisou desu ne.
Jkid-san
いつもありがとうございます。
Itsumo arigatou gozaiasu.
Thank you for the kind comment!!
友達-san
すごい!! Sugoi. Great! 頑張ってください。Ganbatte kudasai.
prs-san
Oops! Thank you for letting us know. The error has been fixed.
maxiewawa-san
???
Ingrid -san
Ingrid-san のペットは えび ですか?
You have a shrimp as a pet? かわいい・・・。
Monday at 2:45 pm
JKid-san,
いらっしゃい
友達さん
おお、その調子です。頑張ってください!
by the way it kinda hard to call you 友達+さん=友達さん lol
prs-san,
ありがとうございます!
maxiewawa-san,
…えっ?
Ingrid-san,
僕もそう思います! 蝦の方がとてもとてもかわいいです。
僕の友達も蝦を買っていますよ。
Thursday at 1:34 am
こんにちは皆さん
!
今日は昨日よりずっといい天気です!ども、とても寒いですよ。春はどこですか。春が欲しいです!いつ、春はドイツに入りますか
。四季の中で、春が一番大好きです
!
Could someone please tell me, if there are big mistakes in my sentences
?
Nicole
Tuesday at 10:51 am
こんにちは!
ナオミ先生、助けてください!お願いします
また、いい授業ですね。でも、質問があります… Another great lesson. But, I have a question…
About this sentence: “お父さん、うまいウイスキーがありますが、飲みますか。”
I understand everything but the “ga” that is between arimasu and nomimasuka.
From what I know at the moment this is translated as “but”, so does that mean the sentence is literally, “I have great whiskey, but would you like a drink”? I wonder, is there some grammar I don’t understand? Or is it more like “kara” and translated as “so”. I have great whiskey so would you like a drink?
分からない
Tuesday at 12:43 pm
archernar-san
That’s a really good question!!
Actually this particle が doesn’t really mean “but”. This “ga” indicates a preliminary remark or prelude. It’s often used to explain the situation or states. This is something you can not really translate into English.
(ex: もしもし、林ですが、スミスさんいますか?-This is Hayashi speaking. (I’m Hayashi) Is Mr./Ms. Smith there? )
This usage of “ga” can be replaced with “kedo” but not with “kara”…
It’s true that kara is sometimes translated as “so”, but “kara” expresses reason or cause. So I’d say it’s not very natural if you replaced this ga with kara in that sentence.
I hope this makes sense.
Tuesday at 1:22 pm
ありがとうございます!私はもっと少し分かります。でも、あまり簡単じゃないがです。
Thanks Naomi-sensei! You’re great! I don’t know why Peter-sensei is so mean to you haha. Hopefully you brought him some chocolate for valentines to appease him lol
Tuesday at 9:05 am
What I found interesting in this lesson is that the politeness level between 天道さん and おじいさん was “asymmetric”. I guess if someone speaks informally to me, that doesn’t necessarily mean I can speak informally to them.
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