The Derailing Thread

[Angel]

Hmm I looked for where I live and there is no way I can travel to the other places. Can they give the tests online?

Ill bookmark the page anyway

 

[KevinK]

Hmm I looked for where I live and there is no way I can travel to the other places. Can they give the tests online?

Ill bookmark the page anyway

No, it's a proctored test, so must be taken in person. You must show an ID and sit in an assigned seat. Most common infraction is a cellphone or watch chiming during a live section. Instant red card and you have to turn in your answer sheet and leave, no grade.

However, sounds like the perfect excuse for a trip to Japan. Purpose of Trip: Culture. Would Matt like Japan, you think?

 

[Angel]

Matt wouldn't mind visiting, but he wouldn't want to live there. He could change his mind :D
Sometimes I wonder if my interest in Japan is God molding me to be a missionary there?
We'll see. Life can go in many different ways.

 

[KevinK]

My one sadness about Japan is that it is not a Christian country. Certainly there are Christians there, just not in abundance. In this age of high-tech comunication, a single person could make a difference. Maybe that's you, Maria.

 

[Angel]

Maybe

 

[Angel]

Ok so I'm officially starting in jpod101 and the video keeps freezing :angry

 

[Angel]

ok its working now

 

[KevinK]

What lesson are you listening to?

 

[Angel]

The first one :

1. Why Learn Japanese?

 

[Angel]

ugh freezing that's distracting

 

[Angel]

maybe it will be better if i watch it on my ipad

 

[Angel]

im going to bed. oyasumi KevinK

 

[KevinK]

Oyasumi.

 

[KevinK]

The first one :

1. Why Learn Japanese?

Oh, good. Risa cracks me up. (Risa is the Japanese version for Lisa).

 

[Angel]

Tabemashita pizza konban

I ate pizza tonight

I don't know if this is grammatically correct?

 

[Angel]

(I'm studying a grammar book so I will learn the proper placement for words.)

 

[KevinK]

Tabemashita pizza konban

I ate pizza tonight

I don't know if this is grammatically correct?

Very close! I would put the time modifier out front, and the pizza needs an object marker. The verb is correctly conjugated into the past tense.

Konban pizza o tabemashita.

 

[KevinK]

I registered for the N4 this evening. Could be a big mistake.

 

[Angel]

I registered for the N4 this evening. Could be a big mistake.

When are you taking it? And the N4 is lower than 2 or 1 right? I recall the video you posted said that there are five levels.

 

[Angel]

Very close! I would put the time modifier out front, and the pizza needs an object marker. The verb is correctly conjugated into the past tense.

Konban pizza o tabemashita.

Why the o ?