This is a wonderful lesson. In some cases, I have seen male students in the USA mimic physical gestures of their female Japanese sensei. One fellow started covering his mouth with his fingers whenever he laughed. It’s okay to do. But it looked very Japanese feminine to me. Another ‘home run’ lesson from JapanesePod101.com.

PS… I’ll be in Japan again for my trip #10 Nov.11 to Dec 1st. Wondering if we can shake hands with a visit together.http://www.japanesepod101.com/wp-images/smilies/icon_nihon.gif

Thanks for nice tips. I also made a mistake initially while asking for card. But now i am perfect, while talking to Japanese delegates, when they arrive here for the seminar or for any other job.

Thanks once again.

Ranjana

I’m sure these mistakes happen all the time. A Japanese friend of mine here ((in Australia) was trying to tell an over-excited puppy to ’sit down’. Unfortunately for her, she couldn’t pronounce the word properly and instead of saying ’si’ was using the Japanese sound ‘し’. And was wondering why all the kids were laughing until I explained what she was saying!

I’ve also heard another mistake story.
A person wanted to say “after all we are all the same human beings”in a discussion but instead he said ｢けっきょく、私たちはみんな同じニンジンじゃないですか。」”After all we’re all the same carrots.”
にんじん＝Carrot
にんげん＝human

I’m pretty sure I make this kind of mistakes all the time when I speak English.

You might want to check out this link for more information on the differences between masculine and feminine speech:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_differences_in_spoken_Japanese

P.S. I love Hello Kitty!

As most Japanese for foreigners teachers are female, male Japanese learners have to be careful not to use female expressions in Japanese. I have heard about this too.

Is there a list of male / female expressions e.g. particles avaible ?

OK understand in the All about#14 is used most bigger mistake, but this in lesson never sound me same, I hear big difference.

ゾラン