NEW Rocket Japanese Level 1 Audio Lessons

Hi Everyone!

We've updated the Interactive Audio Course for Rocket Japanese Level 1! You'll see a "NEW" label next to these lessons. You'll notice that the conversations are similar, but this update provides you with clearer explanations, a whole host of new audio examples, and new voices - all of which will help you with your Japanese learning.

Since these changes have involved adding new lessons to the course, your progress will unfortunately start from scratch for these. However, we are sure that you will find them a massive improvement on the old lessons!

Enjoy the new content - and please let us know what you think!

Best wishes,

The Rocket Languages Team

I was just finishing my first completion of level 7 when suddenly all my greens went half green! It was my intention to revise the whole lot before moving on, so it's interesting to have different material to work on. So far so good!

Is there any way to find the old audios, just for old times sake?

Keep up the good work.

Hi JimH50,

We're glad you're looking forward to the new audio lessons! Unfortunately, there is no way to access the old audio tracks anymore. These have been completely replaced and only the new audio tracks will be available going forward. 

I hope this helps!

Hello, some of the words for hot seem to wrong on this, from my understanding Atsui was hot weather, and atatakai was hot to the touch, here it says the opposite

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こんにちは (Konnichiwa) Victoria-P8,

Thanks for double-checking on this! 

The words “atsui” and “atatakai” can be a little confusing at times! 

You're correct that “atsui” means “hot (weather)” and that “atatakai” means “hot (to the touch)”; however, the meaning of these words can vary depending on the context and the kanji that is used. 

The word “atsui” can be written in two ways: 
1. 暑い (atsui) “hot (weather)”
2. 熱い (atsui) “hot (to the touch)”

The word “atatakai” can also be written in two ways: 

1. 1. 暖かい (atatakai) “hot (weather)”
2. 2. 温かい (atatakai) “hot (to the touch)”

In Lesson 2.2, the narrator explains: 

“The word atatakai ‘warm’ is used to describe things that are warm to the touch … You can use atatakai to talk about the air temperature too; however, when it means ‘warm' in terms of air temperature, it’s actually written a little differently! You can see this in the vocabulary section of this lesson.”

“Now, when you’re talking about drinks, the word atatakai ‘warm' actually implies a temperature that’s just right: not too hot and not too cold - like Goldilocks’ porridge! In English, we’ll usually say ‘hot’ to describe this perfect drink temperature, so that’s how we’ve translated atatakai in Shota’s question. The Japanese word for something that is really ‘hot’ to the touch is atsui. If Shota used that here, it would imply that he wants something that’s piping hot - which he probably doesn’t!”

I hope this helps! 

Enjoy the new lessons!

べんきょう　を　がんばって　ください！ (Benkyō o ganbatte kudasai!)

Hi Team,

Thankyou for updating Lesson 1 Audio Lessons. So far I am enjoying them. I do miss the  Keni and Sayaka ones though. Hey just a couple of typos. Lesson 3.2 Sayaka san is mispelled in Hiragana. Lesson 2.1. “Can you speak English” in Hiragana has a Go in the sentence instead of a Ga. 

Thanks

Mal

Hi MalcolmG4, 

It's great to hear that you are enjoying the new lessons!

Thanks as well for pointing out these typos, these have now been corrected. 

All the best!

Hi,

I'll be finishing Level 1 soon, with only a few lessons to go, and I've really enjoyed the audio lessons. Are there any plans to update the Level 2 and Level 3 audio lessons to the same quality?

Thanks!

Hi Colin-tzoq, 

Good question, and great news! We are well underway with updating the Level 2 Audio lessons. Keep an eye out and the new lessons will be ready in the next 2-3 months. 

After this, it'll be full steam ahead with updating the Level 3 Audio lessons. 

All the best!

Thank you, looking forward to it!

I had just finished level 1 when it was updated so I did the whole lot again. Although I missed the old voices for a while, the new course seemed more logical and accessible, that is until the talking heads update! Any chance of reviving the old system? It seemed easier to navigate. 

BTW I found moving to level 2 quite a big step with some (to my poor brain) very complicated sentences to get my head (and tongue) around. 
Keep up the good work!