2021-Apr-12 Level 1 かわいいですよ。プレゼントですか？

Lesson Dialogues

Situation 1

Yutaka is looking at broaches in a show case.

Comprehension Quiz (Skip if you don't understand the conversation yet)

ユタカは____を見(み)ている。

A 映画(えいが)
B プレゼント
C ケーキ
D 本(ほん)

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ユタカ：これ、いいですね。

• これ this, these; この this, these (possessive): この車くるま this car
• いい good: 映画えいがよかった！ The film was great!; you may use this to indicate your preference or choice: 私わたし、ラーメンがいい。I'd like to choose ramen; いいね is the Japanese version of "like" on social media.
• ～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).

店員(てんいん)：出(だ)してみましょうか？

• 出だして te-form of 出だす; te-form is often used to connect to other expressions; te-form may indicate a command; 食(た)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(きのうがっこうい)って、勉強(べんきょう)して。。。I went to school yesterday, studied, and...
• 出だす to take out; to pay; to send (a letter)
• ～てみましょう ましょう form of ～てみる; ～ましょう is a keigo form of ～よう which expresses desire; let's __
• ～てみる to try and ___; to try something; to attempt to do something: 食たべてみる。I'll try eating.

ユタカ：はい、よく見(み)たいです。

• よく good; well; often: 日本にほんによく行いきます。 I go to Japan often.
• 見みたい たい form of 見みる; ～たい expresses desire; I want to __
• 見みる to see; to look; to watch; to check; we use 観みる for things like sports or TV shows

店員(てんいん)：かわいいですよ。プレゼントですか？

• かわいい cute; nice; lovely
• ～よ introduces new information; emphasises a sentence: 朝あさだよ！It's morning!
• プレゼント present; gift

ユタカ：はい。そうなんです。

• そう so (as in "I think so"): そう思おもう。 I think so. ; そうなんだ。 I see.; that is so, that's right
• ～んです actually, as a matter of fact: 明日あした、映画えいが見みたいんですよね/だよね。I actually want to watch a movie tomorrow; often used with けど: すいません、トイレに行いきたいんですけど/だけど。。。Excuse me, I'd like to go to the bathroom; used to ask for a reason: なんで明日あした、会社かいしゃ来こないんですか/こないの？ Why are you not coming to work tomorrow?; used to confirm or react to your observation: もう帰かえるんですか/帰かえるの？ Are you going home already?; emphasizes discontentment or anger: 何なに言いってんだよ/んですか。 what the heck are you talking about?

Situation 2

Yutaka is looking at a number of items to find a present to buy.

Comprehension Quiz (Skip if you don't understand the conversation yet)

店員てんいんは、「これは、高(たか)いです。」と言(い)いましたか？

A はい
B いいえ

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ユタカ：他(ほか)に何(なに)かありますか？

• 他ほか other; another; else; 他ほかの人ひと other people
• 何なにか、なんか something; things like ..., or something like that ...; conversation filler: なんか、寒さむい。Well, it's cold; emphasises noun, often in a deprecating way: 魚さかななんか嫌きらい。I don't like something like fish.
• あります ます form of ある; ～ます makes a keigo (polite) sentence
• ある to be (existence); to have (possession); to happen; use ある for objects and いる for people and animals

店員(てんいん)：そうですね。例(たと)えば、こんなのもありますよ。

• 例たとえば for example; such as
• こんな so; such; like that; こんなに may indicate a great degree of quality or quantity: こんなに食たべたの？ Did you eat this much?
• の thing; object; stuff

ユタカ：あー、これもきれいですね。

• きれい beautiful; pretty; clean

店員(てんいん)：はい、これ、そんなに高(たか)くないんですよ。

• そんな that; such: そんな事ことはできない。I can't do such a thing; そんなに so much; so; like that; often そんなに～ない: そんなに食たべれない。I can't eat that much.
• 高たかくない negative form of 高たかい 
• 高たかい high; tall; expensive

Situation 3

Haru and Yuka are in a fashion building on their way home from work.

Comprehension Quiz (Skip if you don't understand the conversation yet)

「あの人」(ひと)」は____のとこにいた。

A 学校(がっこう)
B 店(みせ)
C レストラン
D エスカレーター

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ユカ：あ、あの人(ひと)。

• あの that; those
• 人ひと person; people; human being

ハル：え、どの人(ひと)？

• え expresses surprise or disappointment: えー、本当ほんとう？ What? Really?
• どの which; what; どの映画えいが見みる？What (which) film are we going to watch?

ユカ：今(いま)、エスカレーターのとこにいる人(ひと)。ハルの友達(ともだち)じゃない？

• 今いま now
• エスカレーター escalator
• 所(ところ)、とこ place: 広ひろい所ところ a big place; point: わからない所ところある？Is there anything you don't understand?; part; aspect: どんなところが好すき？ What part do you like?; area; explains the current situation: 食たべているところ I'm in the middle of eating; 食たべたところ I just finished eating (= at the point where I finished eating.)
• いる to be; to exist; to stay; use ある for objects and いる for people and animals
• 友達ともだち friend
• じゃない、じゃん じゃん: common way of ending a sentence mainly in Kanto region, a colloquial form of じゃない; isn't it; 今日きょう寒さむいじゃん。だから出でかけない。It's cold today, right? So I won't go out; You know I don't have money, right?; 鈴木すずきさん、会社かいしゃ来きたじゃないですか？何なんでですか？ Suzuki-san came to work, right? Why?; expresses a slight surprise or emphasizes a remark: へえ、歌うた、うまいじゃん。Wow, you are a good singer.

ハル：え、どこ？わかんない。

• どこ where
• ～んない a colloquial form of ～らない; 分わかんない = 分わからない I don't understand
• わからない negative form of わかる
• わかる to understand; to see

ユカ：あー、上(うえ)に行(い)っちゃった。

• 上うえ top; above; up; on
• 行いく to go
• ～ちゃった past form of ～ちゃう
• ～ちゃう to end up doing; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do; to connect a verb to ちゃう, simply remove た from the paste form: 食たべちゃう to end up eating

Situation 4

Yuka was walking with Haru. She says she just saw one of Haru's friends.

Comprehension Quiz (Skip if you don't understand the conversation yet)

「あの人(ひと)」は一人(ひとり)でしたか？

A はい
B いいえ

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ユカ：あの人(ひと)、ハルの友達(ともだち)に見(み)えたけど。

• 見みえた past form of 見みえる
• 見みえる to be seen, to be able to be seen, to be in sight; to look, to seem, to appear
• けど but; however; although; though; a lot of people finish a sentence with (だ)けど because it makes the sentence less direct.

ハル：ほんと？私(わたし)、全然(ぜんぜん)わかんなかった。

• ほんと truth; right; really
• 全然ぜんぜん (not) at all; utterly; completely; usually used with a negative form: 全然ぜんぜん分わからない。I don't understand at all; (a lot of people use it with affirmative forms lately): 全然ぜんぜんできるよ。I can easily do it.
• わかんなかった  past form of わかんない

ユカ：でも、確(たし)かにそうだったよ。

• でも but; however: でも、日本にほんに行いきたい。But, I want to go to Japan; even: プロでも出来できない。Even professionals can't do it.; or something; things like; how about; often used to soften a word and doesn't have a lot of meanings: お茶ちゃでもどう？How about tea?; ラーメンでも食たべる？Do you want to eat (things like) ramen?
• 確たしか adj. sure, certain, reliable; adv maybe, probably, if I remember rightly, it's my understanding that; 確たしかに surely, certainly; you're right: 確たしかに天気てんきが悪わるいね。The weather is certainly bad.

ハル：一人(ひとり)だった？

• 一人ひとり one person; alone

ユカ：うん、そう見(み)えたけど。

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