The other day I went to the podcast’s home in iTunes (Clicking here will open iTunes and go there) and discovered a comment.  Whohoo!  Our first comment.  The commenter had mixed feelings about it because he saw it as more of an advertisement for the site due to the small number of podcasts.

Well, I absolutely admit it is an advertisement for TheJapanesePage.com   I’m not above that.  But I thought we had seven podcasts which isn’t a bad start.  I hadn’t done one in two months because of the move from Japan to Florida, but I had been fairly consistent in getting one or two up a month before then.

Turns out I added the podcasts to TJP, but forgot to update the XML file which tells iTunes when a new podcast is there.  Oops.  I have fixed that and added another podcast with up to #12 coming soon.

If you are on iTunes, I would love to hear more comments–good or bad.  Here is the iTunes link again.

Here is the grand opening of #5:

Today’s podcast will review a few food names and then we’ll learn a new sentence construction. First listen and repeat after each food name.

ハンバーガー hanba-ga- Hamburger
ピザ piza Pizza
スパゲッティー supagetti- Spaghetti
パン pan Bread
カレーライス kare-raisu Curry and Rice
フライドポテト furaido poteto French Fries
お菓子 okashi Snack

Last time we learned how to say, I want to eat pizza:

ピザが食べたいです。 piza ga tabetai desu. I want to eat pizza.

Here’s how you say, I like pizza.
ピザが好きです。

Just replace が食べたい with が好きです。

ピザが好きです。

I like hamburgers.
ハンバーガーが好きです。

I like spaghetti.
スパゲッティーが好きです。

I like bread.
パンが好きです。

I like Curry and Rice.
カレーライスが好きです。

I like french fries.
フライドポテトが好きです。

I like snacks.
お菓子が好きです。

Beginning Japanese Conversational Phrases #4: Food

Reviewed Phrases:

何か食べたいですか。 nanika tabetai desu ka. Would you like something to eat?

はい、何か食べたいです。 hai nanika tabetai desu. Yes, I’d like something to eat.

Vocabulary:

Here are a few common food names.

ハンバーガー hanba-ga- Hamburger

ピザ piza Pizza

スパゲッティー supagetti Spaghetti

パン pan Bread

カレーライス kare-raisu Curry and Rice

フライドポテト furaido poteto French Fries

お菓子 okashi Snack

ピザが食べたいです。 piza ga tabetai desu. I want to eat pizza.

スパゲッティー が食べたいです。 supagetti- ga tabetai desu. I want to eat spaghetti.

ハンバーガーが食べたいです。 hanba-ga- ga tabetai desu. I want to eat a hamburger.

それじゃまたね！ sore ja mata ne - See you again!

それじゃまたね！ sore ja mata ne - See you again!

Beginning Japanese Conversational Phrases #3: Drinks

Reviewed Phrases:

何か飲みたいです。 nanika nomitai desu. I’d like something to drink.

何か食べたいです。 nanika tabetai desu. I’d like something to eat.

The focus is on the ーたい which adds the meaning of ‘want.’

食べる -> 食べ -> 食べたい

飲む -> 飲み -> 飲みたい

Then add a か ka to make it a question.

何か食べたいですか？ nanika tabetai desu ka? Would you like something to eat?

何か飲みたいですか？ nanika nomitai desu ka? Would you like something to drink?

Now let’s answer the question for drinks.

何か飲みたいですか？ nanika nomitai desu ka? Would you like something to drink?

はい、何か飲みたいです。 hai, nanika nomitai desu. Yes, I would you like something to drink.

Vocabulary:

Here are a few common drink names.

コーヒー ko-hi- Coffee

牛乳 gyuunyuu milk

コーラ ko-ra Cola

お茶 ocha tea

ビール bi-ru beer

ワイン wain wine

水 mizu water

ジュース ju-su juice

水が飲みたいです。 mizu ga nomitai desu. I would like to drink water.

お茶が飲みたいです。 ocha ga nomitai desu. I would like to drink tea.

コーヒーが飲みたいです。 ko-hi- ga nomitai desu. I would like to drink coffee.

Next podcast will continue with foods.

それじゃまたね！ sore ja mata ne - See you again!