みなさん、こんにちは～！
Uh oh, is Shimoyama-san in trouble this time? What do you think will happen?

こんにちは。みなさん。

ok. so in the dialog the phrase was:
母は僕たちは似ていなかったと言っていました.
so, indirect quote right? then it could have been:
母は「あなたたちは似ていなかった」と言っていました.
if this is correct then does 1 usage have preference over the other?

ナオミ先生の声が好きですよ。うそじゃありません。 hehe.

こんにちは、

質問があります。

From the audio,「～と言っていました。」means “..WAS SAYING that..”,

but from example in PDF
「田中さんは東京が大好きだと言っていました.」means “Mr. Tanaka SAID
that he liked Tokyo very much”

in this case,Why dont we use 「～と言いました」?

If I wanna say “My mom said that..” (She said only once in the past)
⇒「母は。。。～と言いました。」　言えますか？

By the way,私も直美先生の声が好きです。 Sweet voice(甘い声？)
That’s how a language teacher is !!!

angelitoさん＞ Please take a look at the link Jkid provided, and if you still have more questions, please email contactus@japanesepod101.com

graemeさん＞
That’s right, that’s how you could write it if you wanted to use a direct quote. In my experience, indirect quotes are used a lot more in conversation.

JKidさん＞ Thanks

メーさん＞ Great question, I’ll leave it to our expert 先生

渋いオービーさん＞
No, 付き合う does not always refer to a romantic relationship It can also be used with the meaning of “to accompany someone (somewhere)” or “hang out with”. You could ask a friend to go somewhere with you with 「付き合って!」(”Come with me!”) or say that you’ll go with your friend using 「付き合うよ」 (”I’ll go with you”) or something like that.

直美先生、

勉強になりました！！ありがとうございました。

「～と言っていました」と言ったほうがいいですね。いつでも使えますから。

Is this the way same as 「～と思いました」＆「～と思っていました] ?

Well…. If 下山さん happened to be 大空春夜さん’s long lost twin brother, as both of today’s lesson サラリーマン could very well be working for 天道社長’s company, and as 春夜さん is now 天道社長’s son-in-law…. I guess 三門さん could really be in trouble…

お医者さんは私に「薬を十分に飲んでください！」と言っていましたのに。。。

I have a weird question… in the dialog, 下山 uses お兄さん to talk about his twin brother. Why ? Is that always the case or would 弟 be OK too ? Otherwise, is there some general term to say “brother” (not “brothers”, 兄弟) regardless of seniority ?

Naomi先生,

true, but in the previous lesson 下山 uses 兄. So should one’s twin sibling always been thought of as senior (ie 兄、姉、お兄さん、お姉さん) or are 弟 and 妹 also Ok ?

私もなおみ先生の声が好きですよ。

I also like this website a lot
ありがとうございました。

The word アルバイト is quite interesting. The German word “Arbeit” it is derived from doesn’t specifically refer to a part-time job, but a job in general. In most instances it actually refers to one’s main job. The German word for part-time job would be “Teilzeitarbeit” (teilzeit = part-time). Are there historical reasons for this change in meaning or is this a mistake that occurred when the word crossed the language barrier?

I love the podcasts! Keep up the great work!

I see. That makes perfect sense, because “Arbeit” can also mean “a piece of work” and “Hausarbeit” means “homework”.

Thanks for this very interesting information. ありがとうございます。

私もNaomi先生の声がだぁぁいすき！
やさしいお母さんの声と似ていますよね！
俺の母と絶対違いますよね！　
あっ、ママの足音聞こえます！こえええ！