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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! After a long day at work in Japan, you look forward to heading home and watching some Japanese television shows. You usually cook a traditional Japanese dish for dinner and eat in front of the television. Then your favorite Japanese TV characters lull you into a relaxed state. Many nights you wake up at midnight, having fallen asleep with the television on. Life in Japan wears you out! In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make a suggestion in Japanese. Our Japanese conversation takes place at home in Japan. The speakers are relatives, and therefore they will be speaking formal Japanese. You’ll also learn a Japanese expression that you might find useful if your day has left you exhausted. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com, where you will find many more fantastic Japanese lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

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This entry was posted on Monday, October 29th, 2012 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Absolute Beginner Season 2 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

28 Responses to “Absolute Beginner S2 #22 - Let’s Drink to Learning Japanese!”

JapanesePod101.com says:

みなさん、にほんご を はなしましょう! ;)

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Samantha says:

Mina-san ohayo gozaimasu
Arigato gozaimasu
Ressun ga daisuki desu! :grin:
Sayonara

Samu

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Hi Samantha-san,
Arigatou gozaimasu! :mrgreen:
Keep listening ;)

Jessi
Team JapanesePod101.com

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Tekkuro says:

みなさん、2013に頑張りましょう!

I meant to say “Everyone, let’s do our best in 2013!”
Is it correct?

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Tekkuro-san,
It’s quite correct, but you might want to say “let’s do our best in 2013 TOO” in Japanese: みなさん、2013年も頑張りましょう!
because you have been doing your best, and hope to continue or do better in 2013, right? Or maybe you were lazy this year?? :mrgreen:
Just in case…if you want to say in a sence of “I wasn’t good this year, but well, everyone, in 2013, let’s do our best”, then みなさん、2013年は頑張りましょう!
This sounds a lot more like “not like this year” :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Which one would you say? :lol:

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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Cassandra says:

こんばんは!  :grin:

The PDF says that:
きんようびにおさけをのみましょう。 translates as:
“Let’s have a drink.”

If I’m not mistaken, shouldn’t it translate as: “On Friday, let’s have a drink.”

Is that how you add a specific suggestion of a time or day of the week, by listing 金曜日に。。。 or 月曜日に。。。 to the suggested activity?

ありがとうございます!
Cassandra

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Cassandraさん こんにちは。
Good catch! But the days of the week are not covered so it would be better to hide it for this series. Gomen :sad:
Yes, as you guessed, ‘ni’ follows the time and day of the week, and add the details.
e.g.
きんようびにおさけをのみましょう。
“Let’s have a drink on Friday.”

6がつにメキシコにいきます。
“I/We go to Mexico in June.”

いいえ! No worries!
Motoko
Team JapanesePod101.com

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Cassandra says:

Thanks for the explanation! I keep trying to learn more complex sentences because it feels like I’m at “see Spot run” level. :)

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Michelle says:

Mimashou? Nomimashou? Nugimashou? Speaking of ‘Shou’, isn’t it also used as names for people? Mainly boys I think.

Like Shou Kurusu! :D

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JapanesePod101.com says:

> Cassandra-san,
good luck! Gambatte :grin:

> Michelle-san,
:lol: true! There are some boys and men whose names (or part of names) are Shou.
There are also girls’ names such as Shouko. :wink:

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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Michelle says:

Aa, soo desu ne!
Shouko! Shouko wa ii namae desu ne. :D

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Michelle-san,
soudesu ne! :grin:
Michelle mo ii namae desu yo! :wink:

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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Chuck Young says:

It appears that ALL the examples use more formal Japanese.
Would the informal forms be used when speaking to small children and
pets? :) Maybe I heard informal Japanese used once in “Tonari no Totoro”.

I am enjoying the JapanesePod101 lessons.
Thanks very much for your replies. It is very striking that there are human beings on your end.

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Chuck Young san,
Yes, we do use informal Japanese :smile:
Some lessons cover informal Japanese with dialogs between friends and so on.

I love “tonari no totoro”! :mrgreen:
That movie is so lovely!!

Thank you very much for a kind comment, too! Hope you’ll continue enjoying with us! :grin:

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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パアル says:

こんばんは 奈津子 せんせい

カラエにいきましょ
コーヒをもめましょ

We should go to the Cafe,
We should drink Coffee!

(I am a complete coffee addict - but I should probably go to bed instead)

コーヒ ぢあつきですよ

I noticed in the lesson notes for this lesson that the Romanji version of the dialogue transcript is missing the “tsukaremashita”. It’s the “Kanji” transcript - but not the Romanji.

ありがとございます

おやすめなさい

Thank you and good night :-)

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パアル says:

Oops I meant

コーヒはだいすきよ。

(I) Really like Coffee! Yo!

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JapanesePod101.com says:

パアルさん、
こんにちは!
私もコーヒーがだいすきです! I love coffee, too!
いっしょにカフェにいきましょう!おいしいコーヒーをのみましょう :mrgreen:
Let’s go to cafe together! And let’s have a delicious coffee!

Oh :oops: Thank you very much for letting us know about mistake in PDF!!
We’ll fix it soon!

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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JapanesePod101.com says:

バアルさん こんにちは。
I’ve fixed the PDF. Thank you for your patience and letting us know!
Keep listening :wink:

Motoko
Team JapanesePod101.com

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Edison says:

Min-na san kon´nichiwa.

Kotoshi nihongo o mainichi benkyoshimasu.

Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.

Ja mata.

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Edison-san,
sugoi! :grin:
mainichi benkyou shimasu ka? Ganbatte kudasai!! :grin:

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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LKU says:

みんな、こんばんわ minna, konbanwa (everyone, good evening)

here is one for team spirit :grin:

一緒に頑張りましょう。 issho ni ganbari mashou (Let’s do our best together)

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JapanesePod101.com says:

LKU-san,
こんばんは :grin:
そうですね! みんなで、一緒に頑張りましょう!!

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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Diego says:

皆こんばんは

コロンビアにいきましょう

美しい所ですよ!

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Diegoさん、
コロンビア!!いいですね~。行きたいです! :grin:

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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Adonus says:

A-san: Kon’nichi wa B-san. Tabemashou ka.
B-san: Doumo. Tsukaremashita.
A-san: Onaka ga sukimasen ka.
B-san: Ano…hai. Sushii o tabemashou.
A-san: Yata.

A-san: Hello B-san. Shall we go eat?
B-san: Hi. I’m tired.
A-san: Are you not hungry?
A-san: Umm.. Yes, lets eat sushi.
B-san: Yay!

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Adonus-san,
brilliant!! :grin:
hmm….sushi…. :mrgreen: Yatta! I’ll join you guys :mrgreen:

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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Adonus says:

Arigatou gozaimashita sensei! totemo oishii!

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Adonus-san,
dou itashimashite!! :grin:
By the way, why “oishii” (= delicious)? :roll:

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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