こんにちは、Zさん！

Great question! In Japanese, "さ" is a sentence-ending particle that's often used in casual, conversational speech. It doesn't have a specific translation in English, but it's used to draw the listener's attention to what you're about to say. It's similar to saying "you know" or "like" in English.

For example, "でもさ" (demo sa) can be translated as "but, you know" and "その時さ" (sono toki sa) can be translated as "at that time, you know". It's a way to make your speech sound more casual and conversational.

Keep up the great work! You're doing wonderfully at picking up on these subtle aspects of Japanese conversation.

ありがとうございます！

Yoshimi

Team JapanesePod101.com

In this sentence ふーん。でもさ、ネットで彼女を見つけるのって、どうなの？

What is the さ after でも? I hear it a lot in everyday casual speech but I don't understand what it means. Like "何かさ" "その時さ"

Hi Ruth,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a comment😇

Looking forward to seeing you often here.

Cheers,

Ryoma

Team JapanesePod101.com

I think the bit I find hardest is when people are talking of 'converting verbs to nouns'. In my eyes, words like 'to eat' and 'eating' are not nouns, they're still verbs but now they're infinitive/present progressive forms. I think of nominalising as simply when you want to make more than one word the subject and especially if there's a verb involved.

Konnichiwa Nisan Gurung

コメントをありがとうございます。

そうですか、たのしんでくださいね！😉👍

Keep up the good work and Feel free to ask us any questions.

Sono

Team JapanesePod101.com

最近、vtubers を見るのが好き。

Andy`さん、

こんにちは。

そうですか。良かったです。:smile:

Yuki 　由紀

Team JapanesePod101.com

はい、わかりました！

Andy` さん、

こんにちは。:smile:

今回も難しい文に挑戦しましたね！:sunglasses::thumbsup:

(You've challenged again some difficult sentences!)

Here's my feedback:

1. ネット彼女を見つけるのは全然大丈夫と思いますよ。

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You'd need で in ネットで, but you've done a great job overall!

I've been actually wondering how we'd say this in the most natural way...

Maybe...

ネット上で彼女を探すのは全然問題ないと思います。

We might say 彼女を探す rather than 彼女を見つける (although 見つける

is of course not wrong). It's just a different expression used in a different language. :sunglasses:

2. 僕の兄はネットで夫人と会いました。

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そうなんですか？:open_mouth:

(Is it really?)

I'd upgrade/improve your sentence to:

僕の兄は、ネットで奥さんと知り合いました。

3. 一年後で、彼らは結婚して、すぐ後に子供が生まれました。

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兄は、一年後に結婚して、（その後）すぐ子供が生まれました。

Please note the particle 一年後に:wink:

4. 今彼らはアメリカで綺麗な家に住んでいて、とても幸せそうですよ。

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This sentence is actually perfect. Well done! :smile::thumbsup:

In natural Japanese, when we talk or write, we don't really say 彼ら, so just for your information...

今、二人はアメリカで（ORアメリカにある）綺麗な家に住んでいて、とても幸せそうですよ。

5. だから、誰とネットで付き合いのはよく未来になることができますよ。

So, dating someone you met online can lead to a great future.

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This sentence is very complicated. Please check this one below:

インターネット上で知り合った人との交際が、素晴らしい未来につながることもありますよ。

Regarding your sentence, please note the conjugations especially the sentence is

long and complicated like this one.

付き合いのは　⇒　付き合うのは

よく未来　⇒　よい未来

Natsuko (奈津子),

Team JapanesePod101.com

ネット彼女を見つけるのは全然大丈夫と思いますよ。

I think finding a girlfriend online is totally fine.

僕の兄はネットで夫人と会いました。

My older brother met his wife online.

一年後で、彼らは結婚して、すぐ後に子供が生まれました。

A year after they met, they got married and soon after had a baby together.

今彼らはアメリカで綺麗な家に住んでいて、とても幸せそうですよ。

Now they live in America in a beautiful home, and seem very happy.

だから、誰とネットで付き合いのはよく未来になることができますよ。

So, dating someone you met online can lead to a great future.

Roberto san,

Konnichiwa.:smile:

直接会って means ‘firstly people have a face to face contact (meeting).’

友達になる means ‘become friends (secondly)’

の is a nominalizer.

がis the subject marker.

普通 is a noun which means ‘normal’ or ‘ordinary.’

だろう? means ‘don’t you think so?’

Yes, it was normal however, we can become friends online SNS and so on before a meeting these days.

Yuki 由紀

Team JapanesePod101.com

Hi,

Can you help me matching the translation of the pdf sample sentence:

直接会って友達になるのが普通だろう?

Isn't it normal to meet in real life and then become friends?

直接会って won't give a nuance of "meeting and then right away becoming friends?".

If this is correct, perhaps, something like this might be closer:

I wonder if it is it usual to become friends right after meeting people?

Is this way of thinking correct?

Thanks a lot!

wael-san,

and I didn't understand your point, because you asked the question as if you

didn't even understand what "past tense" is all about. Then, there was no question, like I wrote.

Please clarify what you want to ask every time you ask something.

Some kind listeners of J-Pod wrote comments to you on some pages, so please read them

carefully as well as our replies.

Natsuko (奈津子),

Team JapanesePod101.com

I used capital letter just to make a point and nothing more...sorry for misunderstanding

wael-san,

1.

の is equivalent to a “that clause” in English.

do you mean “that(clause)” NOT “that clause”?

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Yes.

2.

-when の works as an (indefinite pronoun) ,it’s different from (の nominalizer)?.

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Yes; those are different.

3.

-the meaning of nominalizer: is to make the preceding sentence into a noun equivalent OR make the sentence can be used as either the subject or object?.

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It doesn't matter how it works; it could be subject and it could be object.

I think you're again missing the point and creating your own theory here.

4.

Natsuko sensei said before

“past tense” has the meaning of “past”.

I KNOW THAT. BUT

～たのは～です。

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Does capital letter "I KNOW THAT" mean this is an offense to me?

You have already received message/notice from other J-Pod listener regarding the use of

capital letters. It's very offensive. I also confirmed it. Please be reminded.

As to "past meaning past", do I have to explain from the beginning to you?

In Japanese sentences, "tense" basically appears at the end of the sentences.

In ～たのは・・・です kind of pattern, what's described in ～ must have occured in the past

and the statement itself ends with です which means ・・・です describes "non-past".

Can you understand this kind of complicated fact? If not, please go back to the beginner lesson

and do not continue intermediate level.

5.

IF we say の works to make the preceding sentence into a noun equivalent.

and preceding sentence in “past tense”.is this expresses a noun?”～たのは”.

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Yes.

6.

日本語で話すのは楽しいです。

it’s fun to speak in japanese.

[日本語で話すのは] it’s a noun phrase.

日本語の勉強を始めたのは３年前です。

3 years ago i started to learn japanese.

[日本語の勉強を始めたのは]:not noun it’s subject of the sentence.

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What's the question here?

You yourself used the tense perfectly and I don't understand why you had to ask about

"past tense" and "non past" in the first place.

Natsuko (奈津子),

Team JapanesePod101.com

in lesson note

の is equivalent to a "that clause" in English.

do you mean "that(clause)" NOT "that clause"?

-when の works as an (indefinite pronoun) ,it's different from (の nominalizer)?.

-the meaning of nominalizer: is to make the preceding sentence into a noun equivalent OR make the sentence can be used as either the subject or object?.

+++

Natsuko sensei said before

“past tense” has the meaning of “past”.

I KNOW THAT. BUT

～たのは～です。

IF we say の works to make the preceding sentence into a noun equivalent.

and preceding sentence in “past tense”.is this expresses a noun?"～たのは".

日本語で話すのは楽しいです。

it's fun to speak in japanese.

[日本語で話すのは] it's a noun phrase.

日本語の勉強を始めたのは３年前です。

3 years ago i started to learn japanese.

[日本語の勉強を始めたのは]:not noun it's subject of the sentence.

wael-san,

as I always tell you, "past tense" has the meaning of "past".

If you actually lied in the past, then you have to use the past tense and

if you're talking about general thing instead of specific past occasion, then it'd be non-past.

As to "no" or "koto", all the basic necessary information is given on Lesson Notes (not just

this lesson's), so please clarify your question. In which part of the lesson you've got

confused and why do you feel confused.

Natsuko (奈津子),

Team JapanesePod101.com

how could I determine the form of the sentence before "no or koto" ,if it non-past OR past?

親に嘘をついたのは よくない。

Oya ni uso o tsuita no wa yokunai.

Lying to your parents is not good.

(maybe)

親に嘘をつくのは よくない。

＋

子供のとき、カーカーをするのがすきなかった。

子供のとき、カーカーをしたのがすきなかった。

Teabag さん、

「いてくれて」の前の助詞は「が」ですよ:smile:

「（人）がいる」と同じです。

ニュアンスが伝わりましたか。よかったです。:heart:

「説明しこなす」・・・・残念ながら言わないと思います:sweat_smile:

説明は「上手」や「下手」で評価するので、きっと「自在にあやつる」という

ものではないのでしょうね。でも、Teabag さんが言いたいことは伝わってきましたよ。

ありがとうございます:smile:

Natsuko (奈津子),

Team JapanesePod101.com

Natsuko先生、

「いてくれて」前の助詞は「が」ですか？

ありがとうございます。

いつもそんなに優しくて私に正しい道を示してくれます。

詳しいご説明のおかげで、とうとう「着こなす」と「似合っている」

のニューアンスがわかるようになりました。

「Natsuko先生は日本語を説明しこなしていますね。」って言えますか。