Songs for review

For you counter word review.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3PjzsrFQi38

For your verb review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pdDfyy9-cBs

Additional Kanji Vocab for Genki Lesson 17

Additional Kanji Vocab Sheet for Genki Lesson 17 is now downloadable.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14406494/Kanji%20Vocab%20L17.docx

Tense in とき clause

I noticed many people are confused about what tense should be used in とき　clause. Apparently the textbook explanation is confusing. For now, I want to say only one thing I think you need to remind:
"present tense" in Japanese is not the same as present tense in English. In Japanese, it's mostly a future action. Sometimes it's habitual action. Please have this in mind and go over the example sentences in the textbook again. See if it does make sense now.

For example, if you say　おもしろい映画を見るとき笑います。　This sounds strange because it sounds like you laugh when you are about to watch a funny movie. It's because of the present tense that's saying a future action. おもしろい映画を見るとき　is referring to a point at which you did not start watching the movie yet. That makes me think why are you laughing before you watch it? Is it out of anticipation? It's weird. You should say 面白い映画を見たとき笑います。Or 面白い映画を見ているとき笑います。

More Doraemon Trivia

Doraemon is a cat-robot.

He used to have ears. But his ears were bitten off by a mouse-robot.

So he is scared of mice.

His favorite food is どら焼き（どらやき）
https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%81%A9%E3%82%89%E7%84%BC%E3%81%8D&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=CuU&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvnse&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=5MBcUKijJ4LA8ASA6IGYAQ&ved=0CC8QsAQ&biw=1094&bih=649

His pocket is called 四次元ポケット（よじげんポケット） - four dimensional pocket.

どこでもドア works like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XMekcu9THMg#t=3145s
 
ドラ as in ドラえもん　is a cat's nickname. Other common nicknames of cats are クロ、トラ、ミケ　etc.

ドラえもん　is a pun for どざえもん, which means a drawn dead body.

How to draw ドラえもん

Here is how to draw Doraemon by a song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksCqV7J_PLE
The song is sung by the first voice actor of Doraemon (大山のぶ代) and the drawing was done by the original manga author (藤子・F・不二雄) who already passed. This is epic!

ドラえもん videos

Here is the link to download the Doraemon video we saw today.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14406494/%E3%83%86%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%81%AB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%91%E3%83%B3.mp4

I just found the the same (Ankipan) episode of Doraemon, more recently made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fz4Dnw06HA

Here is the trailer of the remade version of my favorite Doraemon movie. It's really really cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oLPTdEqKA4

－てくれてありがとう。

We just learned how to say "Sorry for (doing something)." Here is how to say "Thank you for (doing something)" Similar to -てすみません, you can use te-form with ありがとう（ございます。）

For example,
宿題を手伝ってくれてありがとう。（Thank you for helping me with homework）
迎えに来てくれてありがとう。（Thank you for coming to pick me up）

As in the examples, most of the time you use -てくれてありがとう。 We learned -てくれる as one of grammar topic in the lesson.

Here is a song that contains a log of examples of てくれてありがとう。
井上陽水　奥田民生　－　ありがとう
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QiB5VxtMP4

悲しい時

Examples of ～時 expressions, for Genki Lesson 16.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN6PzEDHNFk

－てあげる・くれる songs

Here are some songs whose titles are all examples of －てあげる・くれる, lesson 16 grammar.

さよならしてあげる　―　上田まり
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmj-SO195ZA&feature=player_embedded

お嫁さんになってあげないゾ　―　キテレツ大百科（TVアニメ）
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww-Ir_WvFgw&feature=related

ユア メディスン～私があなたの薬になってあげる　―　一青 窈
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8fhZBRUYTo

あなたがいてくれたから　―　AKB48
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuimplPjA6s&feature=fvwrel

きれいだと言ってくれた　―　宇徳敬子
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKunPNWwTII&feature=related

守ってあげたい　―　松任谷由実
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbsjVANG8Zc