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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You wake up in a cold sweat in your Japanese bed. Maybe you’re just annoyed that you have to go to work at your job in Japan…or maybe you’re actually feeling ill? Either way, you decide to persevere and go to work. You take the Japanese train to the office, even though you’re a bit feverish. You try to sit far away from the Japanese person next to you so you don’t breathe on him, just in case you’re really sick. When you get to your office, the receptionist says to you in Japanese, “Good morning… Wow, you don’t look like you’re feeling well. Rough night last night?” You respond in Japanese, “Very funny…let me come over there and cough on you and we’ll see whether I’m hung over or really sick.” The receptionist responds in Japanese, “That’s gross. I don’t know why you sick people just don’t stay home from work so the rest of us don’t get sick!”

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19 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S5 #3 - What’s the Japanese Diagnosis?”

JapanesePod101.com says:

Poor Shimoyama-senpai! It looks like he’s not feeling well… :? The phrases in this lesson are really helpful for explaining how you feel in Japanese!

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Karen says:

Hi,
I’ve a question. Adding a だbehind the n-sentence is a plain form. Was taking japanese course and was taught that using だbehind a sentence is usually for males because it sounded rougher. So in this case, for females, do we also use n-だfor this type of sentence structure?
説明してお願いします。
ありがとうございます。

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プチクレア says:

部長は優しいんですよね!日本は病気になると会社を辞めることが簡単ですか? 
How easy is it to get sick leave in Japan ? Would the average person go home for the day if they had, let’s say, a minor flu, or would they stay and work ?

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Jessi says:

Karenさん,
Good question!
These days, a lot of women (young women especially) use んだ as well, but often times women will just leave off the だ and just end sentences with の.
頭が痛いんだ ⇒ 頭が痛いの (sounds more feminine)
I hope that helps :smile:

プチクレアさん,
Hmm, I think it might depend on the company. At a previous job I had here in Japan, if we didn’t feel well and wanted to skip work, they would basically demand that we go see a doctor before we could ever miss work (even for something as minor as a cold :???: ) Not all places are like that, though.
I do feel that quite a few people try and “tough it out” at work even if they are sick though, unfortunately.

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Dayana says:

oh this lesson came
right about time!!
we’re learning about n-desu / n-da structure
at my japanese class! ^o^

las week at school we were also learning about weather
same as last week’s JPN101 lesson! (newbie lesson S2 #11)
i felt so lucky i listened to it because
somehow “baka” came out to be discussed haha
and my teacher said the same thing about its kanji

i sooo~~ wanted them to listen to that lesson xD
not only because of baka but as well as because of the
adjectives ^^

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Jessi says:

Dayanaさん,
Isn’t it great when what you learn here and in class overlaps? :grin: I’m sure you’ll have n-da/n-desu down in no time now! :lol:
Thanks for commenting!!

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mark says:

I have a question about “na” as in sou na n da. I constantly hear this here at japansesepod or on the radio. At first I thought it was a form of nani, but I don’t think this is the case. Is the “na” inserted here like when using na adjectives before nouns. Please help. Thanks !!!

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Phillip says:

I think it’s really cute when she says “Gurfriend”

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Jason says:

先週旅行に行って、あそこに風邪と熱をひいちゃったんだ。旅行は楽しくなくなった。それに、昨日帰って体調がまだ悪いよ。ダメだなあと思う。
レッスンはありがとう!

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Naomi says:

mark-san
That’s right. “na” has to be inserted between na-adjective and “n desu” and between noun and “n desu.”
For verbs; dictionary form + n desu
I adjective; dictionary form + n desu.
Na adjective; dictionary form + na n desu
Noun; noun + na n desu
Sorry for the late reply. I hope this helps! :wink:
Phillip-san
Thank you for pointing out nicely! :oops: I should be careful. :grin:
Jason-san
大丈夫ですか? :shock:  お大事に。 Please take care. 早くよくなってください。I hope you get well soon. :cool:

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Alex says:

こんにちはみなさん、

(someone comes home and it’s snowing outside. They are shaking.)

1:ただいま!
2:お帰り!えっと、外は寒いんですか?
1:はい、寒いですから、雪が降っています。
2:そうですか。熱いお茶を飲みたいですか?
1:どうぞ。

How did I do? Please let me know of any mistakes.

ありがとうございます〜

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Naomi says:

Alex-san
よくできていますよ~。
Well done!! :grin:  I think it’s a very good dialogue. :grin:
There’s no grammar mistake in your dialogue. However there are certain phrases you have to be careful

● the very last line, どうそ you meant “Yes please”, didn’t you?
どうぞ does mean “Please”, but as in the “please” when encourage people to do something… like “Go ahead and do it.”
If you want to say “yes please”, “はい、おねがいします” is the phrase you want to use. :wink:

●熱いお茶を飲みたいですか”Do you want to drink hot tea”
This is a perfect sentence. However in your dialogue’s case, the speaker is offering tea right?
If so, 熱いお茶を飲みますか”Are you going to have hot tea?”, 熱いお茶をのみませんか。”Would you care for hot tea?” sounds more natural. :wink:

I hope this helps. :grin:

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Alex says:

なおみさん、

ありがとうございました〜  :smile:

This helps a lot since I want to sound like a native speaker someday!

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wael says:

i use n-desu / n-da structure when reply of question that end with n-desu/n-da
or I use it at any time for give explain or
imply something.
what’s difference between n-desu and karaand noda and node

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Lindsey says:

:grin: this lecture is really very practical! I like it !

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Denise says:

Can you point me to the lesson where you describe the difference between a “na-adjective” & an “i-adjective”? The ” na- adjective” in the lesson example was “Kirai” which looks like it ends in “i “; hence my confusion.
Thank you!

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Motoko says:

Denise-san,
That’s confusing:???:
But Kirei “beautiful” “clean” and kirai “dislike” is important exceptions on na-adjectives.
So other adjectives ending with -i are i-adjectives.
Newbie Season4 Lesson#37 covers na-adjectives.
I hope this lesson helps you.

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eugene says:

what’s the difference between kara,node and no da.its just confusing

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Motoko says:

eugene-san,
good question!
Kara and node are basically interchangeable with each other.
Kara is usually used in spoken style and means “because.”
Node can be used in written and spoken style.
It mainly express a fact and a relationship between a cause and a result.
Beginner series Season5 Lesson6 has some example sentences.
No da actually has lots of usage.
Please check out these lessons;
Beginner Season5 Lesson3:asking for or giving explanation
Lower Intermediate Season5 Lesson10-13:advanced usage of no da.

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