Hi Sarah,

Thank you for leaving the comment. I'm glad to hear you find the lesson very helpful! 😄

Sincerely,

Miki H

Team JapanesePod101.com

A very useful lesson. Thanks!

Joachim san,

こんにちは。

Thank you for the comment and question.

いらっしゃいませ is more polite than the other.:smile:

Yuki　由紀

Team JapanesePod101.com

こんにちはJoachim です.

In the absolute beginner series 2 we use いらっしゃい as "welcome". Please tell me what´s the difference to the いらっしゃいませ we used in this lesson.

ありがとうございます.

ジャパニーズポッド一丸一が好きです (^_^)

Joachim

エリックさん、

こんにちは。

「日本ではぼうしがにんきですか」ですね。

はい、にんきだとおもいます。I think it’s popular.

Yuki 由紀

Team JapanesePod101.com

日本にはぼうしがポピュラーですか。

Are hats popular in Japan?

Yob san,

Konnichiwa.

The first sentences are good.

However, the third one should be そして、あのドルチェアンドガッバーナのベルトも彼女のです.

:smile:

Yuki 由紀

Team JapanesePod101.com

ooops, correction on last sentence.. and more corrections are welcome.. :D

そひて、あのドルチェアンドがバーナのベルトも彼女のです。

thanks

Hi everyone..

このグッチの鞄は彼女のです。

そのプラダの帽子も彼女のです。

そひて、あのドルチェアンドがバーナのベルトは彼女のです。

This　Gucci bag is hers。

That　Prada hat is also hers.

And, that Dolce and Gabanna belt over there is also hers.

Not quite sure about my examples, but whoever she is, she must be a celebrity or somethin...

どうもありがとうございます。。。:grin:

Maarten Munter san,

konnichiwa!

I think what you've heard of was the short version of あのう・・・ which is an expression we

often use to talk to someone, instead of すみません or before すみません (in English,

あのう is more or less like "uh..." or sometimes even "hey" or "oi").

As you realised yourself, これ is used as stand-alone pronoun, but not この because

all この, その, あの and どの must be followed by a noun.

So, please pay attention to the sentence types:

1. これは.......です。

2. この[noun] は.........です。

This is very important and yet very confusing for many beginner learners.

Regarding "distance" issues of あれ and それ (or similar things), please just get a basic

idea for now, because this matter of あ and そ is actually way more complicated.

For now, the most important thing is to get a basic idea of those distances. After that,

we have to apply those ideas/concepts to advanced usages.

Hope this helps!

Natsuko (奈津子),

Team JapanesePod101.com

# Myself

I notice that the example in my first paragraph was beside the point, since I quote an example with これ whereas Peter and Sakura mention この, which I cannot say I have ever heard used separately. But あの I have heard used on its own as a sort of question.

"Can they be used alone?", Peter asks about この, その and あの. "No, they have to be added to a noun", Sakura answers. Perhaps that's true from a very strict grammatical point of view, but in spoken Japanese it is not uncommon to hear "これわ？" in the sense of "wh-what is happening here?". Or "あの....?" in the sense of "I don't quite get what is going on over there".

And perhaps the use of "あの" can then even signify distance in the sense of "I have walked in on a weird situation and I use "あの" to underline that I feel quite distant from it", as a figure of speech?

I notice how there seems to be some trouble finding an English equivalent for the greater distance from the speaker implied by "あの". Perhaps the rather arhaic English phrase "over yonder" could be considered as an illustration in stead of merely "over there"? Because "yonder" also means somewhat further away than just "over there". Just a thought...

Ryan-san,

good point!

When we translate those words into English, there's no much difference.

However, the way those words function are different.

kore, sore, are: work as 'stand-alone' noun

kono, sono, ano: modify other nouns

Above explanation means that if you want to say 'THIS is JapanesePod",

you have to say

KORE wa JapanesePod desu.

However, if you want tosay "THIS LESSON is (called) Japanese Pod",

you have to say

KONO ressun (= lesson) wa JapanesePod desu.

You see that the second sentence has "kono + [noun]", right? :wink:

Hope this helps!

Natsuko (奈津子),

Team JapanesePod101.com

Hello. Firstly awesome job! I am enjoying the lessons.

I am a bit confused on the use of ko-so-a-do.

Since the following words share the same meaning, when should you use kore, sore and are in sentences and when should you use kono, sono and ano?

Or are they interchangeable.

Please help. Thanks :)

Ja ne

Canaan san,

Good question!:smile:

You might have learnt こんにちはmeans “hello”.

However, many Japanese native speakers don’t use こんにちは.

Despite of that they use　どうも.

So どうもmeans “hello”.

こんにちはindicates distance so when people use it, they feel a bit cold and a bit too formal.

When they want to say “hello”in a friendly manner, they use どうも.

Yuki 由紀

Team JapanesePod101.com

Hi!

On many Japanese youtube videos, the first thing the speaker says is どうも. "Doumo" or "Hai doumo." Does どうも mean "thank you" in that context? I've noticed that some English-speaking Japanese 'youtubers' begin their videos with "Thank you for watching my video", so maybe this is what どうも means?

ありがとう

Shane Taylor san,

that's an interesting question:grin:

I think Japanese sentence would require different sentence type.

How about....

いご　に　つかう　いし　は、　どんな　いし　です　か。

Literally means "what kind of stone is it that you use for i-go?"

The name of the "game" can be "i-go" or "go". When we speak, we use "i-go" more often

to clarify what we mean. :wink:

Natsuko(奈津子),

Team JapanesePod101.com

その　ごばん　があります　どのせきですか？

What type of stones does that go board have?　

wael-san,

please study the lessons covering those grammar points and you can find the basic

explanation on PDF Lesson Notes. For instance, this lesson covers "konna" etc.:

https://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/01/beginner-lesson-s2-36-desert/

After studying the lessons which cover both types of expression,

if you still don't understand the meanings, please let us know what you understood and what

you didn't understand so that we can help you better.

Natsuko(奈津子),

Team JapanesePod101.com

What's mean of each[konnani&sonnani&annani&donnani]?.and what's different between them with or without particle"ni"?

{[konna/sonna/anna]ni }renshuu shimashita.

{[konna/sonna/anna]ni }renshuu shimasen deshita.

{[donna]ni }renshuu shimashita?.

+

{[konna/sonna/anna]}renshuu shimashita.

[konna/sonna/anna]hanashi o kikoemasuka?.

[donna/donnani]hanashi o kikoemasuka?.