Lesson Dialogues
Situation 1
Tanaka and Naomi are working at the office.
田中：これ、誰のペン？
田中(たなか)：これ、誰(だれ)のペン？
Tanaka: Whose pen is this?
- これ this
- 誰(だれ) who; whose; whom
- の of; in; at; for; by
- ペン pen
ナオミ：あ、それ私の。
ナオミ：あ、それ私(わたし)の。
Naomi: Oh, that's mine.
- それ that
田中：へー、いいペンだね。
田中(たなか)：へー、いいペンだね。
Tanaka: Ah...It's a nice pen.
- へー oh, yes?; really?
- いい good
- ～ね shares information or experiences; softens a sentence; expects an agreement; isn't it?; don't you?; 雨(あめ)だね。Oh, it's raining (as you can see).
ナオミ：うん。
ナオミ：うん。
Naomi: Yes.
- うん yes; yeah
田中：ちょっと書いてみていい？
田中(たなか)：ちょっと書(か)いてみていい？
Tanaka: May I try writing with it a little?
- ちょっと (just) a little; a bit; (conversation filler)
- 書(か)いて te-form of 書(か)く; te-form is often used to connect to other expressions; te-form may indicate a command: 書(か)いて！Please write!
- 書(か)く to write
- てみて te-form of てみる
- てみる to try something out; to attempt to do something
ナオミ：うん、いいよ。
ナオミ：うん、いいよ。
- いいよ sure; ok
Situation 2
Toshio has come over to Ako while she is doing a jigsaw puzzle.
トシオ：おー、すごい！ほとんどできたね。
トシオ：おー、すごい！ほとんどできたね。
Toshio: Oh, wow! You're almost done.
- すごい fantastic; wonderful; terrible
- ほとんど almost; nearly; mostly
- できた past tense of できる
- できる to be able to do; to be ready; to be made; to be good at; e.g. 彼女(かのじょ)ができる=to find a girlfriend、 友達(ともだち)ができる=to make a friend
アコ：うん、もう少しで終わるの。
アコ：うん、もう少(すこ)しで終(お)わるの。
Ako: Yeah, after a little more I'll be finished.
- もう already; soon; again; strengthens expression of an emotion
- 少(すこ)し a little; a few
- で in; at; from; by; 家(いえ)で食(た)べる to eat at home
- 終(お)わる to end; to finish
トシオ：あ、これ、ここだよ。
トシオ：あ、これ、ここだよ。
Toshio: Ah, this one goes here.
- ここ here
- ～よ introduces new information; emphasises a sentence; 朝(あさ)だよ！It's morning!
アコ：もう！手を出さないで！
アコ：もう！手(て)を出(だ)さないで！
Ako: Tsk! Don't touch anything!
- 手(て) hand
- 出(だ)さないで negative from of 出(だ)して; can be used as a command: 出(だ)さないで！Don't take out!
- 出(だ)して te-form of 出(だ)す; te-form is often used to connect to other expression; te-form may indicate a command: 出(だ)して！Please take out!
- 出(だ)す to take out; to pay; to send (a letter)
- 手(て)を出(だ)す to reach out one's hand; to get involved in
Situation 3
Toshio is talking to Ako, who is watching a DVD.
トシオ：ねえ、ねえ。
トシオ：ねえ、ねえ。
Toshio: Hey, hey...
- ねえ hey
アコ：うん…。
アコ：うん…。
Ako: Yeah...
トシオ：ちょっと、話聞いてる？
トシオ：ちょっと、話(はなし)聞(き)いてる？
Toshio: Come on, are you listening to me?
- 話(はなし) story; talk
- 聞(き)いて te-form of 聞(き)く; te-form is often used to connect to other expressions; te-form may indicate a command: 聞(き)いて！Please listen!
- 聞(き)く to hear; to listen; to ask; to obey
- ～て(い)る verb form to express continuation; 食(た)べる + ている = 食(た)べている eating; てる is a colloquial version of ている
アコ：もう！今いいところなの！
アコ：もう！今(いま)いいところなの！
Ako: Enough already! This is the good part!
- 今(いま) now
- いいところ good thing; the right moment; good part
- 所(ところ) place; point; part; aspect; area
トシオ：あ、ごめんごめん。
トシオ：あ、ごめんごめん。
Toshio: Oh, sorry, sorry.
- ごめん I'm sorry
アコ：後で聞くね。
アコ：後(あと)で聞(き)くね。
- 後(あと) after; later; the rest; also; in addition
Situation 4
Mayu and Naomi are talking at a coffee shop.
マユ:問題です！
マユ:問題(もんだい)です！
Mayu: Here's a question!
- 問題(もんだい) problem; question
ナオミ：はい。
ナオミ：はい。
Naomi: Okay.
- はい yes
マユ：私、何を食べると思う？
マユ：私(わたし)、何(なに)を食(た)べると思(おも)う？
Mayu: What do you think I'll get to eat?
- 何(なに) what
- 食(た)べる to eat
- 思(おも)う to think; to believe; to feel; to expect
ナオミ：わかんないよ…。
ナオミ：わかんないよ…。
Naomi: I don't know...
- わかんない a colloquial form of ～らない: 分(わ)からない -> 分(わ)かんない I don't understand
- 分(わ)からない negative form of 分(わ)かる
- 分(わ)かる to understand; to see
マユ：考えて！
マユ：考(かんが)えて！
Mayu: Think about it!
- 考(かんが)えて te-form of考(かんが)える; te-form is often used to connect to other expressions; te-form may indicate a command: 考(かんが)えて！Please think!
- 考(かんが)える to think
ナオミ：えーと、ナポリタン？
ナオミ：えーと、ナポリタン？
Naomi: Well, let's see...Napolitan pasta?
- えーと well; let me see
- ナポリタン Napolitan pasta
マユ：そうです！
マユ：そうです！
Mayu: That's right!
- そう so; such; that is so; that's right
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It’s very minor but the last part of section 3 doesn’t have a translation. Thanks.
@YUTA I think I got now the ~てみる
will review the lesson after this comment 🙂
the way the site is structured is not super clear… but that is fine, now that it is clarified… and I was extremely suspicious about having all the 250 words here xD
Any way gonna study 🙂
In the sentence 「うん、もう少(すこ)しで終(お)わるの。」, is the particle で used here to indicate sequence?
Very good, but tricky question.
で here makes 少し about the time.
少しで終わる I’ll finish soon.
少し終わる I’ll finish a little bit (of work)
ありがとうございます。
@FRANKD763 now we are talking 😛
I guess this is some kind of limitation from wordpress?
Anyway I will take a look at the rest… domoarigatou gozaimasu… I need to figure a way to type Kana/kanji on linux…
Wait this page has already 250 words? I’m guessing this is going to be faster than I initially thought… I will study this as many times as I need anyway 🙂
Anyway I feel like should have gone to a more advanced level, but there were still new words… so I made the right choice xD
The only question I had is the same as Leonard… it is quite a confusing sentence… do you merge both て for convenience? Wouldn’t the correct sentence be something like: 「ちょっと書いててみていい？」?
My Japanese teacher mentions that many times words get aggregated or slightly modified for convenience or ease of speech… like on this case it would be harder to say 「ちょっと書いててみていい？」than 「ちょっと書いてみていい？」
It’s not only this page. Go to Archive and click on レベル１
There’s more.
Or click here 🙂
../../../../category/level-1/level-1-0-200/index.html
“ちょっと書いててみていい？” is incorrect. “ちょっと書いてみていい？” is the only correct one.
~てみる simply means it connect to the te-form. There’s only one て
Also, we don’t use all the 250 words in one lesson. We only use words from the list of the top 250 words in our conversations.
「田中(たなか)：ちょっと書(か)いてみていい？」 Is the first て from 書(か)いて or てみて (or both combined)?
「てみて」simply means it connects to the て form. So the first て is just the て of 書いて