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| In today’s lesson, we will cover some phrases that will help you enhance your language learning while in Japan. We will cover, can you say it again? So you can beef up your listening comprehension skills and please speak slowly. So you can keep trying patiently. Like with any other language, the more you listen to Japanese, the more you will pick up. So take advantage of your access to native Japanese speakers while you are here. The first phrase, Can you say it again? Is Mō ichi-do itte kudasai. Mō ichi-do itte kudasai. Now let’s break it down by syllable Mo-u-i-chi-do-i-tte-ku-da-sa-i. Mō ichi-do itte kudasai. Now let’s look at it word by word. |
| The first word Mō ichi-do means once again, Mō ichi-do. Mō ichi-do this is followed by itte which is a form of iu the verb to say itte, itte and the last word kudasai which some of you are probably familiar with means please ku-da-sa-i. Kudasai. So altogether we have Mō ichi-do itte kudasai. Literally this means again say please or please say it again. Now if someone just keeps repeating the same sentence at lightning speed, you may want to ask that person to slowdown but you want to ask it a little bit more politely. In Japanese, please speak slowly is Yukkuri hanashite kudasai. Yu-kku-ri-ha-na-shi-te-ku-da-sa-i. Yukkuri hanashite kudasai. The first word yukkuri means slowly yukkuri, yukkuri. This is followed by hanashite which is a conjugated form of the root verb hanasu which means to speak ha-na-shi-te, hanashite and the last word is our favorite kudasai which means please ku-da-sa-i, kudasai. |
| So altogether we have Yukkuri hanashite kudasai. Literally this means slowly speak or please speak slowly. For Sachiko Secret, we will give you another quick and dirty way of getting through today’s phrases. Now obviously it’s much more polite to say the entire sentence we covered today but if it’s a bit too long to remember, you can get away with just the first half of the sentences. Mō ichi-do which is literally just once again is enough to say can you say it again Mō ichi-do, mō ichi-do and you can simply say yukkuri which means slowly yukkuri, yukkuri but because these phrases alone might sound a little bit abrupt and it might come off as rude, you may want to bow your head a little as you say it because that’s a gesture of respect in Japan or maybe even add the English word please at the end Mō ichi-do please Mō ichi-do please. You know, they will know that you are trying to be polite or you can try yukkuri please. |
| I know it’s not even the same language but it still comes off as very, very polite and that’s kind of important in Japan. Now most Japanese people will know the English word please. So there is nothing to worry about here. Okay so to close our today’s lesson, let’s practice what you’ve just learned. I will give you the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for shouting it out loud in Japanese. You got that? I will give you a few seconds before I give you the answer. So good luck Ganbatte kudasai. please say it again. Mō ichi-do itte kudasai. Mo-u-i-chi-do-i-tte-ku-da-sa-i. Mō ichi-do itte kudasai. speak slowly please. Yukkuri hanashite kudasai. Yukkuri hanashite kudasai. and from Sachiko Secret, the quick and dirty once again mō ichi-do, mō ichi-do, mō ichi-do. and the quick and dirty way of saying slowly yukkuri, yukkuri, yukkuri. |
| All right. That’s going to do it for today. See you later which in Japanese is Matane. |
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HideMina-san! Today's phrase will make speaking Japanese more enjoyable! :)
Hello Chindy,
Great to have you here!
Please stay tuned, as we'll have new lessons for you every week! And if you have any questions, feel free to ask us.:)
Sincerely,
Cristiane (クリスチアネ)
Team Japanesepod101.com
arigatou sensei
Ima san,
Konnichiwa.:smile:
Both mean ‘please.’
However, ‘kudasai’ indicates ‘give me something.’
The ‘something’ may be physical objects or services.
On the other hand onegaishimasu doesn’t indicate ‘give me.’
Yuki 由紀
JapanesePod101.com
i wanted to ask what the difference between kuudasai and onegaishimasu?
Lexie-san,
konnichiwa!
First, here are literal meanings:
mou ichido onegaishimasu: once again, please.
yutkuri onegaishimasu: slowly, please.
mou ichido itte kudasai: please say (that) again slowly.
yutkuri hanashite kudasai: please speak slowly.
So, as you see, the meanings are slightly different.
The politeness level is same in all sentences.
Hope this helps!
Natsuko (奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com
Is there a difference in politeness if you ask "mo ichido onegaishimasu" or "yutkuri onegaishimasu" vs ""mo ichido itte kudasai" or " yutkuri hanashite kudasai"? Do they roughly translate to the same thing? Is one preferred over the other?
Arigatou Gozaimasu!
Andrew san,
Konnichiwa.
That must be ‘Mo ichido yutkuri itte kudasai ’:wink:
Yuki 由紀
JapanesePod101.com
Konnichiwa,
Could you use the following phrase to incorporate both phrases in the lesson
Mo ichido itte yutkuri kudasai ?
What I'm trying to say is "Can you say it again slowly please"
Andrew
Sumimasen...
Thank's for your post,YUKI-san!:thumbsup:
I mean that you"get it"(understand).
However,I'm glad you're"O.K."ofcourse.:thumbsup:
It's "O.K"with me too!(well,i hate this time of the year...pollen!!!):angry::sleeping::disappointed:
Though,i'm trying to think"positive thoughts"...:thumbsup::smile:
ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU!:thumbsup::smile:MATA NE!:thumbsup::heart::thumbsup:
Ruth M san,
Konnichiwa.:smile:
I am good, thank you.
I hope you are good, too.
Yuki 由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com
"Ohayo,YUKI-san!":thumbsup::smile:
I'm sure you'll right,YUKI-san!:thumbsup:
That's good,to make it so much enjoyable as it can be,to talk Japanese!!:thumbsup::smile:
This lesson was also good!:thumbsup:
ARIGATO GOZAIMASU!:thumbsup:MATA NE!:thumbsup::heart::thumbsup:
ayah san san,
konnichiwa.
Thank you for the question.
I personally can’t learn languages without letters or characters because I am a visual learner. :disappointed:
If you are good at listening, you could be able to learn it.
Yuki 由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com
hello
can someone learn Japanese without learning how to read and write?
Thanks
Thanks for all of those helpful tips, トーマスさん! :D
Ah, sorry,there is something I forgot: You could also fight yourself through the intermediate lessons. Try to figure out, what they are speaking, try to write it down, translate it, if you can, write a comment to ask, if your writing is correct or to get help...
This way may be a bit harder, but そうすると必ず聴解が上達することが可能になるのですね。:wink:
@Tess Dasey
I don´t agree with you. For me, there is too less Japanese in the intermedate level seasons. But I like the new Season 5 :wink:
You see, there are different opinions about that. As the intermedate seasons are designed for more advanced listeners, there should be more Japanese, so that they can practice there listening comprehencion more and more. No, there shouldn´t be less Japanese, please!
In your case, I would advice, that you reinforce the beginner level sessions. Did you really learn all the vocabs, grammar structures, Japanese expressions and hints?
Try to write sentences by your own, using the grammar structures, vocabs and Japanese expressions, that you´ve learnt here, post it here or ask a Japanese Teacher or so to correct your writings. This will help to improve your ability to build sentences AND as a side effect you´ll imprive also your comprehension to figure out sentence structures - and this will help you to understand Japanese better.
In addition you should practice to speak Japanese LOUDLY. Use the voice recorder here to improve your pronunciation. Try to speak as fast and as fluently as the native speakers at the audio files. Be honest: Try to use the same intonation, as the Japanese voice actors. This will build up your speaking AND your listening comprehension very much, so that you will be able to understand spoken Japanese better.
Try to use the line-by-line audio transcript as a dictation tool. You could use the lesson dialogs as a dictation also, when you hear them the fist time. And if you need more advanced exercises, you could try to figure out, what they say in the informal tracks and the special intros (very funny! :) ).
Also you should use some other sources, as clips on video websites like youtube, vimeo or videomotion and so on, to do the same. To get more advanced, you should use more sources than JapanesePod101. All this will push up your listening comprehension.
Next I would suggest, you can search for a japanese language exchange partner, i. e. on skype. This will boost up your listening comprehension very much.
And last but not least: Do all this with fun and enthusiasm :smile: this will push up the effect of your actions.
I hope, these suggestions will help you a bit.
This lesson was definitely needed. But I have a suggestion. Can more time be given while we are asked to :razz:"shout it out in Japanese". Just that it takes a while to recollect the word.
Arigato gozaimasu
sensei,
In the Granmmar Bank concerning し
https://www.japanesepod101.com/learningcenter/reference/grammar/90?
The two examples missed english translation
2 彼は背が高いし頭もいいしお金持ちだし、文句のつけようがありません。
Kare wa se ga takai shi atama mo iishi okanemochi dashi monku no tsukeyōga arimasen.
3 この部屋はきれいだし広いし安いです。
Kono heya wa kirei dashi hiroi shi yasui desu
What is mean by 文句??
I have to agree with Eric and Chano. These days I don't feel like I am progressing with my Japanese. I have ploughed my way through all the Beginner and Newbie lessons, and I'm even up to Lesson 48 in the Lower intermediate. However, I feel it is nearly time for Lower Intermediate and me to part ways, as there is far too much Japanese in these lessons for someone who has no exposure to Japanese except in the daily iPod lessons. There really is nowhere to go except to do all the Beginner and Newbie lessons over again (so why bother having a subscription?). Whilst I enjoy listening to Survival Phrases and All About, I don't feel like I'm "growing". I'd love to see some new lessons to cater for Beginners such as myself who have progressed beyond Survival Phrases, even to pretty godd Beginner, but not quite at Intermediate level yet. However, I can't live without my daily JapanesePod101 fix, so you can count on having my subscription for many years to come! Tess
Naomi-sensei,
Thank you for your explanation :)
Nori-sensei,
Haha, yes, cause that was the translation i did myself and corrected by Ayaka.
Initially i put : 希望 instead of 望む, Ayaka said that is wrong as 希望 is a Noun.
Thank you too.
:oops: