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- kaimono o shimasu
- benkyo o shimasu
- kikimasu
- kakimasu
- asa
- ban
- asa gohan
- ban gohan
- muzukashi
- teepu
- shopping
- studying
- to listen
- to write
- morning
- night
- breakfast
- dinner
- difficult
- audio tape
- Kohii kudasai.
- To ask for a coffee use:
- Ocha kudasai.
- To ask for a tea use:
- Dozo.
- Please take one.
- moshi moshi
- You answer a ringing telephone and say:
- Yamada-san onegai shimasu.
- You make a phone call to Yamada-san and say:
- Tokyoo e ikimasen deshita.
- I didn't go to Tokyo.
- Ashita gakkoo e kimasu ka.
- Will you come to school tomorrow?
- Uchi de nihongo o benkyo o shimasu.
- He will study Japanese at home.
- Osaka de bifuteki o tabemasu.
- I will eat steak at Osaka.
- Gakkoo de eigo o mimasu.
- I will watch a movie at school.
- Doko ni imasu ka.
- Where is he?
- Uchi ni arimasu.
- It is in the house.
- Uchi de shimasu.
- I will do it at home (remember- ni for existence de for action)
- Gakkoo ni arimasu.
- It is in the school.
- `Kudasai'means`please do this for me'.For example-`Biiru kudasai'means`Please
- bring me a beer'.( note: women will usually say O-kudasai to show respect).
- Dozo can be translated as either `please take one' or `please go first'.
- *POINT OF INTEREST*
- In Japan you can buy beer, whiskey, and even hot sake from vending machines.
- If you call on the phone and want to speak to someone, say: NAME- onegai
- shimasu. This means `please give me..'.`Mizuta-san onegai shimasu' means
- `Can I speak to Mr. Mizuta please'.
- When answering a phone you will usually answer `moshi moshi'. This is the
- Japanese version of `hello'. You can add `dare desu ka' or `who is it?'.
- While `de' is used with action verbs, `ni' is used with existance verbs.
- `Ni' can roughly be translated as `in'.
- Before we get to existence verbs and `ni', lets first review `de'.
- `De' indicates where an action takes place. For example-
- Gakkoo de kohii o nomimasu. = I will drink coffee at school.
- Both arimasu and imasu mean `to exist somewhere'. We use these if we
- want to say that something or someone is someplace. Arimasu is used
- for things(inanimate objects) and imasu is used for people or animals
- (but not plants). `Ni' is usually associated with both of these verbs.
- Watashi no gakkoo ni arimasu. = It is in my school.
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- gakkoo de eiga o mimasu
- I will watch a movie at school
- gakkoo de Nihongo benkyo o shimasu
- He studies Japanese at school
- Tookyoo de biiru o nomimasu
- They will drink beer in Tokyo
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- soko
- asoko
- doko
- teari
- inu
- okane
- denwa
- tegami
- train staion
- here
- there
- way over there
- where
- toilet
- dog
- money
- phone
- paper
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