Comments on: Upper Intermediate Lesson S4 #5 - Do You Understand What I’m Telling You In Japanese?

by: Naomi

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:11:16 +0000

wael-san
Could you your kindly tell us which sentence from this lesson’s diaglogue you’re talking about?
という which appeared in this dialogue doesn’t mean “say”, but it’s a quotation marker. This grammar is covered in a beginner lesson.
Please check our beginner series season 5 lesson 11.

by: wael

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:50:06 +0000

PLEASE give me more details about という only
when refer to sentence I SAY OR SOMEONE SAYS

by: Naomi

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 02:25:29 +0000

タネ-san
Great question!!!!
Basically, 弊社 and 当社 mean the same.
However 弊　in 弊社 means “Bad” so 弊社is a humble way of calling the company the speaker belongs. Whereas 当to doesn’t have a humble connotation. 当 is in this case means “this” and 当社 is just a polite way to say “this (my) company”.
>>私共（Watakushi domo) V.S. 私達(watashi tachi)
Yes. 共 is the humble suffix expresses plural.
I hope this helps.

by: タネ

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 01:51:34 +0000

Just curious… do 弊社 and 当社 mean the same thing?
And is 私ども a more formal (therefore humble) was of saying 私たち？
Thanks.　お返事がいただければと思います。

by: kelly

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:24:00 +0000

いいレッスンです。一番役に立つのは確認するときに使う言葉です。たとえば”ということでよろしいでしょうか”とか。
ありがとうございました。

by: Mayumi

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:18:54 +0000

dongurikun-san,
ありがとうございます！お役に立ててうれしいです。
これからも、聞いていただければと思います！

by: dongurikun

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:59:40 +0000

I am very excited for this series! I work the register at a Japanese company in America called 天助マーケット and am often using polite Japanese when dealing with customers. I anticipate these lessons will be very useful to me! 今回の一番勉強になったのは「ーばっと思います」って言う使い方でした。再来週の火曜日にお楽しみにお待ちしております！

by: tat

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:18:14 +0000

Yuichi San, どうも　ありがとう　こざいました。
This is why I love Japan (日本人は優しいです。)　many countries now have been trying to invest in the constructions (建物) and technologies but forget the most important things, that is “people”. Even though you the most state-of-the-art technologies and many high rises but if people are nasty (悪い) it’s useless (including my country

by: Yuichi

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:52:54 +0000

Tatさん

I sympathize what you felt when you answer to “りょうしゅうしょはよろしいですか。”
“～は、よろしいですか？” is an ambiguous question even for Japanese people.　I guess it can be easier to understand this sentence like “DON’T you need the receipt?” （りょうしゅうしょは　いらないですか？） So, when you answer this question, you could say “はい（いらないです）” to show that you don’t need it. When you want it, you can just say いります. Anyways, I guess your gesture speaks louder than what you say in this kind of situation (e.g. Waving your hands to show you don’t need it.)

by: tat

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:04:57 +0000

Mayumi san and Ibanobu m-san ありがとう　こざいました
But I’m still wondering if it is “りょうしゅうしょはよろしいですか。”
at that time I said “はい。” and I got my stuff but not the receipt.
I can feel that it’s the correct answer by judging from her face (she doesn’t show any sign of “What are you talking about?”, you know what I mean?)
In “Family Mart”, I answered with “いいえ。” and I know right away that it’s not right by again judging from his face (he felt confusing).
　
とにかく　ありがとう　こざいました。　
タット

by: Mayumi

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:47:43 +0000

JulianK-san,
Thank you for your nice comment!

tat-san,
It might be “りょうしゅうしょ　は　よろしいですか” which means “do you need a receipt” as you think. You will hear that when you are trying to go without receiving a receipt.

ibanobu m-san,
なになに is used as a pronoun for something indefinite. So tat-san used なになに as tat-san doesn’t know the word.

by: ibanobu m

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:01:34 +0000

Naninani (何々) I found in the dictionary (tuttle concise) to be “something or other; so-and-so”; yoloshii is very well/satisfactory; and desu ka is copula and particle ka… So my best guess at the translation is ’something else’ - ’satisfy’ - ‘you ?’ –> Do you want something else/different? From work my equivalent English question is: “Would you like anything else?”

Now what amazes me is that you were properly able to write down the question… (I thought that would be the difficulty.)

by: tat

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:43:09 +0000

I just came back from a traveling trip to Japan. I know that it’s not related to this topic but I’m really curious to find out the answer and don’t know where to ask.
When I went to the convenient store or department store to buy something, at the cashier she said to me something like “なになに　よろしいですか。” I heard it many time but don’t know what they’re trying to say. I was guessing that “Do you want a receipt?” but I’m not sure. What exactly is it?

よろしく　お願いします。

by: JulianK

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:07:31 +0000

Really useful lesson, this one.

by: JapanesePod101.com

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 +0000

皆さん、こんにちは！

日本語でビジネスをしたことはありますか？
このレッスンはビジネスの場面で使える日本語の表現がたくさんあるのでぜひ使ってみてください！