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This entry was posted on Monday, March 30th, 2009 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Newbie 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.
30 Responses to “Newbie Lesson S4 #38 - Make Your Japanese Colorful!”
Monday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, who can you describe by combining i-adjectives?
Monday at 9:16 pm
Eric -san
面白くて楽しい レソン です?
but where I can find the bonus track with the ii adjectives that you mentioned in the lesson?
Monday at 9:23 pm
Can I say “彼氏は日本人で頭がよくて面白い人です。” ?
Other examples:
マイケルジャクソンは可笑しくて有名な歌手です。
キムタクは細くてかっこいいモデルです。
Tuesday at 12:00 am
こんにちは!
How can I describe anything by saying what it is not? I mean: to say two negatives adjectives, like “This book is not old, neither heavy” (what a silly example…). I’ll be something like 「この本はふるくておもくないです。」?
ありがとう!
Daniel
Tuesday at 12:52 am
Hmm, so if I say I was hanging out with a guy friends and I said ”男のともだち” would that be the same as when guys in english say “Yea dude I was hanging out with my boys” or would it sound gay like “I was hanging out with my boyfriends” (The same way women say “I was hanging out with my girlfriends”)?
Tuesday at 3:34 am
コロラドのデンバーは山の近くて美しい町です~。
Daniel - I would think the sentence would be この本は古くなくて重くない。 (このほんはふるくなくておもくない。) But I might be wrong!
Devon
Tuesday at 4:26 am
空が青くて暖かくて花が咲いている美しい春は大好きな季節です。
Tuesday at 5:40 am
What about the -NA adjectives??? How can I connect them?
ありがとう!
-Ney-
Tuesday at 11:32 am
Chrisさん>Sorry about that, we should have it up soon!
AngryKatieさん> All of your sentences look great! Nice job!
Danielさん>That’s a great question, and as it turns out, the answer is a little complicated. The best way to say your sentence would be 「この本はふるくないし、おもくないです」 using し (used to list adjectives), or 「この本はふるくもおもくもない」, which is closest to the meaning “this book is neither old nor heavy”. However, these examples both use grammar that is a bit above the Newbie level.
You can’t have [adjective + なくて + negative adjective], but you can have [adjective + なくて + affirmative adjective], as in この本はむずかしくなくておもしろいです (This book is not difficult and it’s interesting). Funny how that works
I hope this didn’t end up confusing you more!!
jhaltonさん>I think in that case, just 友達 by itself would be enough
If you were a guy and used 友達, the listener would probably assume you were talking about guys anyways!
デボンさん>デンバーは今、さむいですか??
プチクレアさん>私も、暖かい春が大好きです
Neyさん>な adjectives can be connected with で! For more information, see the lesson that came before this one, #37! It’s all covered there
Tuesday at 12:35 pm
ジャパニーズポッド101のオフィスは小さくて、静かです。
Japanesepod101 no ofisu wa chiisakute shizuka desu.
Our office is small is very quiet.
みなさんの、会社、学校、街は どうですか?
Mina-san no kaisha, gakkou, machi wa dou desu ka?
What are your company, school or town like?
Tuesday at 3:50 pm
Chris-san,
Thank you for pointing it out! We added it.
Tuesday at 5:23 pm
ええと、い形容詞なら…
私が住んでいる町は面白くて、楽しいウェールズにある町です。
我が社は名高くて、大きくて、グリーンな日本企業です。
ジャパニーズポッドの皆さん、宜しく!
Tuesday at 11:27 pm
今年デンバーの冬は妙に暖かかったけど、先日は雪です。天気予報のよると、土曜日も雪です。雨と雪が必要なので、よかった。
Wednesday at 11:34 am
リアンーsan
よろしくお願いします。
ウェールズは、国旗(National Flag)がとってもかっこいいですよね。
デボン ーさん
雪ですか? 車の運転気をつけてください。
Wednesday at 10:07 pm
Eric-san and Naomi-sensei,
I do not use the PDF while listening, because I always listen to the lessons in the car. I do agree it could help. However, the advantage to audio-only learning is that you tend to concentrate more on remembering sounds, which is actually harder for someone like me. This really helps with audio comprehension especially when the conversational speed begins to increase.
Many other language courses only use pictures and audio at the newbie level and introduce written language later, simulating how a child learns.
Thanks for the hard work and keep those great audio lessons coming! I like all of the new hosts!
Steve from St. Louis
Thursday at 8:46 pm
こんばんわ にほん pod せんせい
good evening japan pod teachers
ぼくの しまは すごくあつくて ちいさい です。
My Island is very hot and small.
ressun どもありがとございました
Thank you for the lesson
わかりやすいづす
It was easy to understand.
Jay
Friday at 2:28 pm
stlsamurai-san,
Thank you for your nice comment! Please be careful of driving!
Jay-san,
>ぼくの しまは すごくあつくて ちいさい です。
>My Island is very hot and small.
Jayさんのしまはどこですか?
Where is your Island?
Friday at 8:20 pm
まゆみさん Guam に いけました?
Mayumi san have you been to Guam.
にほんいちかくです。
It is close to Japan.
そりはわたしすみま。
That is where I live.
ここのうみはあたかくてとめいです。
The ocean here is warm and clear.
あしたつりにいきます。たいどうほし。おおきいしいらあります。
Tomorrow we will go fishing. I hope for a big catch. Lots of Mahi Mahi around.
Please correct any wrong japanese.
Monday at 1:42 pm
Jay-san,
Jay-san wa Guam ni sunde iru no desu ne!
You live in Guam!
Guam ni itta koto ga arimasu.
I’ve been to Guam!
まゆみさん Guam に いけました?⇒いったことがありますか?
にほんいちかくです。⇒にほんのちかくです。
そりはわたしすみま。⇒わたしは、そこにすんでいます。
ここのうみはあたかくてとめいです。⇒とうめいです。
たいどうほし。⇒たいりょうだといいな。
おおきいしいらあります。⇒おおきいしいらがいます。
Monday at 9:20 pm
まやさんはGuamねなんかいいきましたですか。
Maumi san, how many times have you been to Guam?
Guamになにおしますか。
What did you do while you were on Guam?
いめるおしませんか。
ジャイ
Wednesday at 6:38 am
サイバンのほうは静かで、自然の多いところです。
Wednesday at 10:58 am
Benni-san
いいですね。東京は自然が多くないです。
Ii desu ne. Tokyo wa shizen ga ookunai desu.
Sunday at 2:33 pm
is it possible to put na after a i-adjective. For instance, 大きな円。。。i read this in a core 2000 lesson.
Tuesday at 10:47 am
jack-san
It’s not possible to put な after i-adjective.
大きな and 小さな are the only exceptions.
Tuesday at 10:50 am
jackさん,
大きい is actually a special case - there are two forms, 大きい and 大きな, which are basically interchangeable. (Same goes for 小さい and 小さな). But normally, no, you cannot use “na” after i-adjectives.
Wednesday at 5:27 am
I know this comment is a bit late, but I always read the lesson notes while listening to the lesson. It helps be remember the words better, and also helps with the pronunciation.
I also read the kanji PDF and the vocab part of the lesson notes first, so I can try to read through the dialog once by myself before I listen to the lesson.
Wednesday at 3:06 pm
Elis-san,
Thank you for sharing the way how you are studying with our lessons. That would be very useful information for other listeners!
Saturday at 2:23 am
大きくて面白いだリュさん?
違います。中国人で細くて格好いいリュウさん。
あ、優しくておとなしい人ですね。分かりました。
友達でした。
でした?
はい、もう友達じゃないです。私の彼氏です。
嘘。
また、明日。
Wednesday at 1:38 am
mina-san kon’nichiwa,
Before looking at the lesson notes I listen to the conversation part, but not the translation part and see how much I can understand just by listening. Then I listen again while reading it in hiragana. Then I listen the whole conversation reading it in romaji. The rest of the pod I read the lesson notes while listening and making notes.
Wednesday at 11:02 am
Wytse-san
Thank you so much for letting us know how you use our site.
It’s always nice to know how our listeners use our products.
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