Week 1 Discussion | Pages 7 - 13 Chapter 1: 型ぬき人魚グミ Start Date: 4th May Next Week: Chapter 1 Part 2 [Zenitendou] 銭天堂 Home Thread Last sentence of page 13 for eBook readers: 古銭の柄の入った、こい赤紫色の着物を着た人で、どっしりと太っていて、まるですもうとりのような迫力がある。 Part of the Beginner Book Club! Vocabulary List 銭天堂 …

Just went back and re-read it to double check, but I also didn’t find it particularly difficult to understand. I mean there were certainly a few words I had to look up, but overall it doesn’t come across as too convoluted, at least to me. Gonna ditto on @Saruko , was there a specific part that threw…

I should say that ようござんす did puzzle me at first, but I guess that’s just how the old lady speaks, so we should be expecting more like that throughout the book. (I don’t know why I was so surprised, though, since ござんしょ is right on the cover.)

[image] Saruko: …but it does, doesn’t it? Oh, I see! I should probably say „this week‘s reading“ then :wink:

Ah yea that part was definitely weird. Only got it because of @Kyasurin ’s explanation further up the post. [image] Kyasurin: It’s よい meaning good. She is saying いいですね, but using keigo. You can see the same pattern in set phrases like おはようございます (from はやい meaning early) and ありがとうございます (from ありがたい…

I was worried about this one being harder to read but so far it’s fine. Though I’m really bad at finding the start and end points. I’m not even sure I know where the prologue ends and chapter one begins. :confused: Enjoying this one so far though!

Okay, the consensus definitely seems to be that it’s fine, haha! I’ll take a look at it this morning and report back :wink: - I just started straight off with chapter 1. Update: okay, yep, no problems there! I suspect I tried to read it without a dictionary many months ago and got a bit stuck with …

[image] Airdramon: I’m not even sure I know where the prologue ends and chapter one begins. :confused: The prologue is on p7 if you have a physical book. Ch 1 starts on p10.

I think it might be a bit early for me to read anything, but I’m gonna try anyway, so marking this thread for later. Do you know where it’s better to buy an ebook? I’m looking for the best reader, because I’ve bought another book on Amazon.jp and ugh it could use some improvements. Anyway, thank yo…

[image] Houndstooth: I just took it as part of her voice, like it would be weird if in English a mysterious old shopkeeper was all “Ah sweet, that’s a pretty sick prize ya got there” instead of something like “Oohhh, a fortunate occurrence, that is”. But definitely wasn’t straightforward to unde…

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NicoleIsEnough May 6, 2019, 7:09am 28

In case people missed this one in the home thread, currently there is some interest in starting a reading group for this book, and I’ve set up a poll for prospective participants.

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