2024-Aug-5 Level 1 どうですか?このコーヒー。

Lesson Dialogues

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Situation 1

Hiroto came to his friend Yuko's house.

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

ユウコは、ほん全部読ぜんぶよみましたか?

A はい
B いいえ


ヒロト:たくさん(ほん)ある

ユウコ:うん(ほん)()んだ

ヒロト:全部(ぜんぶ)()んだここある

ユウコ:ううんでもほとんど()んだ

Situation 2

Kaito came with his girlfriend Yuri to buy a smartphone.

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

スマホは、おもってたより____。

たか
やす
美味おいしい
面白おもしろい 


ユリ:どのスマホ()

カイト:やっぱやめようかな()

ユリ:やめちゃうなんで

カイト:(おも)ってより(たか)

Situation 3

Sato-san is drinking coffee at the home of her neighbor Matsui-san.

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

そのコーヒーは、すごく美味おいしいですか?

A はい
B いいえ


松井(まつい)どうですこのコーヒー

佐藤(さとう)すごく美味(おい)しいです

松井(まつい)ほんとです

佐藤(さとう)はい

松井(まつい)それよかったですもっと()みます

Situation 4

Matsui-san and her subordinate Yamada-san are talking.

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

山田やまださんは、____くるまった。

毎日まいにち 
B このまえ 
今日きょう 
いまから


松井(まつい)あれ(だれ)(くるま)だろう

山田(やまだ)(わたし)です

松井(まつい)山田(やまだ)さん(くるま)()った

山田(やまだ)はいこの(まえ)()いました

松井(まつい)そうんだ()らなかった

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Rossella
Rossella
1 month ago

Hello, in situation 3 I noticed a different pronunciation (versus previous lessons) of コーヒー, where ヒ sounds more as し ; is it common? Is it a regional sounding? This し pronunciation instead of ヒ, is it just for the coffee word? Or it happens often?

Hana-Sensei
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Hana-Sensei
1 month ago
Reply to  Rossella

This is an individual pronunciation quirk.
I can hear it as ヒ. It’s not a clear pronunciation, but it’s also not close to シ.
The sounds い and う tend to become voiceless when they are sandwiched between the consonants か, さ, た, は, and ば, which makes them difficult for some people to pronounce clearly.

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