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Situation 1
At home, Kaori is talking with her older brother, Kento.
Comprehension Quiz (Skip if you don't understand the conversation yet)
ケントは____ケーキを食べたかった。
A 毎日
B 別の
C ちょうど
D よく
カオリ：なんかケーキ食べたいな。
ケント：買ってこようか？
カオリ：いいの？
ケント：うん。ちょうど俺も食べたかったし。
カオリ：ほんと？じゃあ買ってきて！
Situation 2
Matsui-san is speaking with a neighbor, Ohnishi-san.
Comprehension Quiz (Skip if you don't understand the conversation yet)
松井さんの今の車は、____。
A 新しい
B 小さい
C 大きい
D 高い
松井：新しい車買いたくて。
大西：へー。どんな車ですか？
松井：大きいのがいいです。
大西：今の、小さいんですか？
松井：そうなんですよ。
Situation 3
In the library, Hiroto and his classmate Yuko are talking.
Comprehension Quiz (Skip if you don't understand the conversation yet)
ユウコは、その本を読みますか？
A はい
B いいえ
ヒロト：ユウコ、この本読んでみて。
ユウコ：いい。私、別の本読む。
ヒロト：えー、なんで？面白いよ。
ユウコ：知ってるよ。もう読んだから。
Situation 4
At the company, Saito-san spoke to a subordinate, Yamada-san.
Comprehension Quiz (Skip if you don't understand the conversation yet)
山田さんは今日、その仕事ができますか？
A はい
B いいえ
斉藤：山田さん、この仕事できる？
山田：いつまでですか？
斉藤：ごめん、今日。
山田：分かりました。すぐやります。
斉藤：ありがとう！
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Q1: is てくる what you usually use instead of ていく if you will return right after the task?
Q2: うん。ちょうど俺おれも食たべたかったし。am I right to assume this is the time usage of chodo (I.e. just now)?
Q3: 松井まつい：新あたらしい車くるま買かいたくて。Why たくて?
Q1: is てくる what you usually use instead of ていく if you will return right after the task?
ーー No, it doesn’t have to be “right after.”
買ってくる consists of 買う(buy) and くる (come back), and it means “go get something.”
xxxてくる can be used as long as you go to do xxx and come back.
Just in case, it isn’t used as an alternative of xxxていく since they are different.
xxxていく means go out and do xxx on the way, and then go somewhere.
Q2: うん。ちょうど俺おれも食たべたかったし。am I right to assume this is the time usage of chodo (I.e. just now)?
ーー ちょうど means “just.” The sentence means “I’ve just wanted to eat it.”
Q3: 松井まつい：新あたらしい車くるま買かいたくて。Why たくて?
ーー xxxたくて is used to express the reason or motivation for an action, or to describe a feeling or situation caused by a strong desire to do something.
Hi, I have a question, the second dialogue of situation 3 says:
ユウコ：いい。私わたし、別べつの本ほん読よむ。
I noticed that it’s missing the を between hon and yomu. In the quiz the question has it so, I don’t know if maybe the voice is saying it and I don’t notice it, or maybe in casual context you can omit the particle? Or maybe it is a mistake.
Thank you very much!
Good observation! Yes, we often omit を in daily conversation.