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Filename : LESSON.6

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.


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


soko
asoko
doko
teari
inu
okane
denwa
tegami
train staion
here
there
way over there
where
toilet
dog
money
phone
paper