Lesson Dialogues
Situation 1
Lisa's mother came to pick her up.
Comprehension Quiz (Skip if you don't understand the conversation yet)
リサは____がたくさんできた。
A 学校
B 車
C 友達
D 家
母:学校、楽しかった?
- 学校 school
- 楽しかった past form of 楽しい
- 楽しい pleasant; happy; enjoyable; fun
リサ:うん。すごい楽しかったよ。友達もたくさんできたよ。
- うん (casual, non-keigo) yes; yeah
- すごい i-adj fantastic, wonderful, terrible; adv awfully, very, immensely
- ~よ introduces new information; emphasises a sentence: 朝だよ!It's morning!
- 友達 friend
- たくさん many; much; a lot
- できた past form of できる
- できる to be able to do, to be good at; to be ready; to be made: 彼女ができる=to find a girlfriend; 友達ができる=to make a friend
母:へー、すごい。もう友達できたんだ。
- へー oh, yes?; really?
- もう already; soon; again; more; strengthens expression of an emotion; filler word: なんか、もう、帰ろうよ Like, let's go home already?
- ~んだ actually, as a matter of fact: 明日、映画見たいんですよね/だよね。I actually want to watch a movie tomorrow; often used with けど: すいません、トイレに行きたいんですけど/だけど。。。Excuse me, I'd like to go to the bathroom; used to ask for a reason: なんで明日、会社来ないんですか?/こないの? Why are you not coming to work tomorrow?; used to confirm or react to your observation: もう帰るんですか/帰るの? Are you going home already?; emphasizes discontentment or anger: お前、何言ってんだよ/んですか。 what the heck are you talking about?; ~なんだ with nouns, na-adjectives, and adverbs: 明日雨なんだ。It will rain tomorrow.
Situation 2
Sato-san and Suzuki-san are shopping at the supermarket.
Comprehension Quiz (Skip if you don't understand the conversation yet)
鈴木さんと佐藤さんは、バターを買いますか?
A はい
B いいえ
佐藤:バター、買いますか?
- バター butter
- 買います ます form of 買う; ~ます makes a keigo (polite) sentence
- 買う to buy
鈴木:え、家に無いですか?
- え、えー expresses surprise or disappointment: えー、本当? What? Really?
- 家 house; home
- 無い There is no . . . ; no . . .
佐藤:無いと思います。
- 思います ます form of 思う; ~ます makes a keigo (polite) sentence
- 思う to think; to believe; to feel; to expect; ~と思う to think that: 明日、行くと思う。I think I will go tomorrow.
鈴木:じゃあ、一つ、買いましょう。
- じゃあ well, so, then; if: 雨じゃ外で遊べないね。If it's raining, we can't play outside.
- 一つ one (a way of counting): ラーメン一つください. One ramen please.
- 買いましょう ましょう form of 買う; ~ましょう is a keigo form of ~おう which expresses desire; let's __
Situation 3
Jun called his mother.
Comprehension Quiz (Skip if you don't understand the conversation yet)
ジュンの母は____くらいに帰ってくる。
A 4時
B 5時
C 6時
D 7時
ジュン:今、家にいる?
- 今 now
- いる to be; to exist; to stay; use ある for objects and いる for people and animals
母:ううん、会社にいるよ。
- ううん nuh-uh; no (non keigo)
- 会社 company; firm
ジュン:何時に帰ってくるの?
- 何 what
- 時 time, when: 子供の時 when I was a child; 時 o'clock
- 何時 what time
- 帰って te-form of 帰る; te-form is often used to connect to other expressions; te-form may indicate a command; 食べて!Please eat!; it's common to end a sentence with a te-form. Japanese people often don't finish a sentence completely: 昨日学校行って、勉強して。。。I went to school yesterday, studied, and...
- 帰る to return; to go home; to go back
- ~てくる [1] go and ___; indicates that you will do something and come back to the original place; indicates you are doing something in addition to coming to a place: 学校に行ってくる。 I'll go to school (and come back.) [2] indicates a gradual process: 空が赤くなってくる。The sky is becoming red.
- ~の emphasises a sentence or question: 本当にできるの?Can you really do it?; できるの!I can do it!; may sound feminine in some cases; 私、できるの。 sounds feminine.
母:5時くらいかな。
- ~くらい about; around; as ... as ...; like; to there point where: 時間を忘れるくらい楽しかった。It was so fun that I almost forgot time.
- ~かな indicates uncertainty; softens a sentence: ちょっと寒いかな。I think it's a bit cold.
ジュン:そっか、わかった。
- そうか、そっか is that so?; I see; you're right; そっか is colloquial
- 分かった past form of 分かる
- 分かる to understand; to see
Situation 4
Suzuki-san and Sato-san are at the parking lot.
Comprehension Quiz (Skip if you don't understand the conversation yet)
佐藤さんの車は大きいですか?
A はい
B いいえ
鈴木:あの車、佐藤さんのですか?
- あの that; those
- 車 car; wheel
佐藤:はい。私の車です。
鈴木:小さくて、かわいい車ですね。
- 小さくて te-form of 小さい
- 小さい small; little; tiny
- かわいい cute; nice; lovely
- ~ね shares information or experiences; softens a sentence; expects an agreement; isn't it?; don't you?: 雨だね。Oh, it's raining (as you can see).
佐藤:ありがとうございます。
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I wonder if the voice actor actually speak really slow in speed 1x?
Just curious
it is too slow for real conversation.
true. I will be mad if someone speak slowly like that haha
haha! fun.