Comments on: Beginner Lesson S5 #3 - What’s the Japanese Diagnosis?

by: 亀井

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:38:44 +0000

今晩は。
たいてい毎日に私はコメントを書いています。
ところで、今日、体調は元気です。

by: Motoko

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:58:08 +0000

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.

by: eugene

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:55:30 +0000

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

by: Motoko

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:53:07 +0000

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.

by: Denise

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:02:04 +0000

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!

by: Lindsey

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:39:48 +0000

this lecture is really very practical! I like it !

by: wael

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:32:47 +0000

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

by: Alex

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:40:27 +0000

なおみさん、

ありがとうございました〜　

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

by: Naomi

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:17:24 +0000

Alex-san
よくできていますよ～。
Well done!! 　I think it’s a very good dialogue.
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.

●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.

I hope this helps.

by: Alex

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:01:35 +0000

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〜

by: Naomi

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:26:53 +0000

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!
Phillip-san
Thank you for pointing out nicely! I should be careful.
Jason-san
大丈夫ですか？　お大事に。 Please take care. 早くよくなってください。I hope you get well soon.

by: Jason

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:20:29 +0000

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！

by: Phillip

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:36:04 +0000

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

by: mark

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:35:15 +0000

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 !!!

by: Jessi

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:45:06 +0000

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