Lesson Dialogues
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Situation 1
Matsui-san is talking with her subordinate, Suzuki-san, after work.
Comprehension Quiz (Skip if you don't understand the conversation yet)
鈴木さんは今日、仕事が____。
A 楽しかった
B 多かった
C 簡単だった
D 同じだった
松井：お疲れ。今日も大変だったね。
鈴木：はい。仕事が多くて、大変でした。
松井：最近、仕事かなり多くない？
鈴木：はい。なんか多いですよね。
Situation 2
Yuko is talking to her junior Rika at school.
Comprehension Quiz (Skip if you don't understand the conversation yet)
リカは、____そのペンを買った。
A 今日
B この前
C 少しだけ
D やっぱり
ユウコ：そのペン、可愛いね。
リカ：ありがとうございます。
ユウコ：前から持ってた？
リカ：いえ。この前買いました。
ユウコ：やっぱりそうだよね？
Situation 3
Ami is talking to her older brother Takeshi at home.
Comprehension Quiz (Skip if you don't understand the conversation yet)
アミは、その本を自分で取りましたか？
A はい
B いいえ
アミ：ちょっとそこの本取って。
タケシ：えー？自分で取ってよ。
アミ：いいじゃん。取ってよ。
タケシ：もう、分かったよ。はい。
Situation 4
Hiroto is talking to his classmate Yuko in the classroom in the morning.
Comprehension Quiz (Skip if you don't understand the conversation yet)
ユウコが一番早かったですか？
A はい
B いいえ
ヒロト：おはよう。あれ、まだユウコだけ？
ユウコ：うん。まだみんな来てないよ。
ヒロト：へー。ユウコが一番早かったんだ。
ユウコ：そうみたいだね。
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In lesson 1 , 仕事が多くて vs なんか多いですよね. May I ask when it uses te-form or the other form?
It’s (i-adjective) + くて. It’s used when you want to connect two sentences.
仕事が多くて、大変でした。- There was a lot to do, and it was pretty rough.
In this case, くて indicates a reason.
It was a rough day for the speaker because there was a lot to do.
なんか多いですよね – It feels like we’ve had a lot of work lately, doesn’t it?
よね works to make a tag question (doesn’t it?)
In Situation 3 ちょっと is used in a way I don’t. I know ちょっと to mean “a little” but how exactly is it used in this case?
ちょっとそこの本ほん取とって。
That’s a good question.
The word ちょっと is used when the request is easy and doesn’t take much of the other person’s time or effort.
Thank you so much!
You’re very welcome!
Do you have an SRS system to track which words I know? Which ones need practice?
We don’t have flashcards as this course is about acquiring words through a lot of input instead of memorising them. But feel free to create flashcards yourself if you’d like to incorporate them into your learning.