だしあい 出し合い dashiai

Meaning - To contribute jointly


教師は学生の興味を高め、彼ら同士の間で考えさせ、問題を出し合い、議論させる。

Teachers stimulate the students' interest, have them think, ask questions, and debate among themselves.

教師　－　きょうし
興味　ー　きょうみ
高める－　たかめる  -to enhance, raise, lift
同士　－　どうし      -fellow, companion
間　　－　あいだ
議論　－　ぎろん
させるー　to make someone do, to allow

エジソン 十ページ Edison Page 10

友人            を　たくさん　よんで,
(ゆうじん)

アイデア　を　だしあい、
　　　　　　　出し合い　

思いついた　ものは　どんどん　ためしていくのが

Edison called out to many of his friends, asking them to contribute their ideas. He will than try out all his ideas. This is Edison's style.

「しっぱいしたら、はずかしい」なんて　
考えてちゃだめだ。

tara たら

Sentence Patterns

So let's check out the sentence patterns of たら (tara) sentence...

Sentence 1	たら、	Sentence 2
Affirmative
Verb た-form	ら、	Sentence 2
い-Adj (～い) かった	ら、	Sentence 2
な-Adj　だった	ら、	Sentence 2
Noun　だった	ら、	Sentence 2
Negative
Verb ない-form (～ない)	なかったら、	Sentence 2
い-Adj (～い) く	なかったら、	Sentence 2
な-Adj で	なかったら、	Sentence 2
Noun で	なかったら、	Sentence 2

There is another shorter and simple way to show the sentence pattern...

Sentence 1	たら、	Sentence 2
Affirmative/Negative
Plain-form Past	ら、	Sentence 2

Note: For な-Adj and Noun Negative
な-Adj/Noun で は なかったら

Examples of Japanese Conditional Form たら (tara) Sentence

1.	安かったら、たくさん買います。 yasukattara, takusan kaimasu Meaning: If it's cheap, I'll buy a lot.
2.	コートを着たら、寒くありません。 ko-to wo kitara, samukuarimasen Meaning: If you wear coat, you won't feel cold.
3.	明日元気だったら、20km走ります。 ashita genki dattara, 20km hashirimasu Meaning: If I feel energetic tomorrow, I'll run 20km.
4.	雨だったら、出かけません。 ame dattara, dekakemasen Meaning: If it rains, I won't go out.
5.	時間がなかったら、映画を見ません。 jikan ga nakattara, eiga wo mimasen Meaning: If I don't have time, I won't watch the movie.
6.	寒くなかったら、T-シャツを着ます。 samukunakattara, T-shatsu wo kimasu Meaning: If it's not cold, I'll wear T-shirt.
7.	静かでなかったら、寝られません。 shizuka denakattara, neraremasen Meaning: If it's not quiet, I cannot sleep.
8.	いい天気でながったら、うちでテレビを見ます。 ii tenki denakattara, uchi de terebi wo mimasu Meaning: If the weather is not good, I'll watch TV at home.

nodesuka のですが

First of all, "no desu ga" is written "のですが" in japanese, so in alphabet, it should be "nodesuga". No spaces. 

This expression could be used for a sentence of contrast. 
For example, "I want to go, but I sleep today." 
⇒行きたいのですが、きょうはねます。 
　Ikitai "nodesuga"、kyouha namasu。 
In this case, "nodesuga" was used as "but". 

There is also another type of sentence which doesn't have the last half part of sentence. 
⇒行きたいのですが・・・ 
　Ikitai"nodesuga".....(end) 
This is a sentence that the speaker is "indicating" that the speaker has a negative condition from the first part of sentence. So that a listener would be able to "guess" that she/he can not go. 

-TEMO -ても - even if

雨が降っても、ピクニックに行きます
I will go on a picnic even if it rains.

雨がふったら、ピクニックに行きません。
I will not go on a picnic if it rains.

dokoka どこか

(exp, n, adv) somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

どこかに電話はありませんか。
Is there a telephone anywhere?

と言えば [といえば] (toieba)

Meaning: speaking of ~ 
    Example: Speaking of rain, what is the weather like tomorrow?
    JLPT Level: 2

春と言えば、卒業の季節。 
Speaking of spring, it is the season for graduation.  


果物と言えばバナナだ。 
Speaking of fruit, it is a banana.