Erik Adams

Yes you can say konbini to say convenience store. Actually most of Japanese people call this way in order to make it shorter ;)

Keep up the good study!

Cheers,

Sono

Team JapanesePod101.com

Wow, this really is quick and easy. ^^ Like a konbiniensu sutoa- (favorite word because it's all katakana, though I look forward to examining the kanji in the other words) for Japanese words! Could I also use konbini to say convenience store? Arigato gozaimasu!

Hello Shane Harrington-san,

Thanks for the postive feedback. Just let us know if there's anything you want to clarify about the lessons. :smile:

Have a fun day!

Erica

Team JapanesePod101.com

These are so quick and useful, the lesson notes are simple and easy too. Thanks!

Hi David,

Thank you for posting.

We will consider your suggestion.

For now you can find those word here:

https://www.japanesepod101.com/japanese-dictionary/

You just need to type in English: Bank account (for example), there you can add to your WordBank.

Let us know if you have questions.

Sincerely,

Laura

Team JapanesePod101.com

Good format!

Just one suggestion: could we have the vocab extension words - bank account, drop by (the convenience store) etc - also able to be added to the wordbank with just a couple of clicks? That would help the lessons to cover a wider range of students with a different levels of Japanese.

Hi JapanesePod101.com Listeners!

Thank you for posting!

We will keep you informed about the new series. :smile:

We are glad to hear that you are interested in these prototype lessons.

Feel free to post your comments, suggestions, and questions.

Sincerely,

Laura

Team JapanesePod101.com

奈津子先生、こんばんは。

なるほど。勉強になりました。「もらいます」の使い方について説明してくれてありがとうございます。これから私はその使い方に気付いています。よろしくお願いします。

( I see. Thank you for explaining about that usage of もらいます. That's a new one for me. I will be aware of that usage from now on. )

ファンタスティック！

I don't want to miss the next lesson. Will it be posted in this series of Prototype Lessons? Or will you start a new series? One way of the other, I will click "Add Course to Dashboard" to follow the Words of the Week.

どうぞよろしく、

デシェヌ

> thomas-san,

thank you very much for a kind comment! :smile:

> モノノフしょうがないさん、

こんにちは。

Medicines are, unfortunately, not free.

We use もらいます basically because the part of "paying" is not the main issue here.

I mean there's no such thing as "get a medicine free at chemist", so the focus of the speaker

is rather on "to receive" it. In this case, もらいます only focuses on the action on receiving.

When we use もらいます in the sense of "buy one get one free", it does have importance

on "for free". This is especially shown in potential form もらえます instead of もらいます.

But you are right; when we use もらいます, it's usually means "to receive (or to be given) something

without paying a penny".:wink:

Natsuko (奈津子),

Team JapanesePod101.com