Absolute Pimsleur’s Japanese I - Lesson 14 Transcript

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Intro Conversation

すみません。ビールはありますか。

Excuse me, do you have have / is there any beer?

ええ。あります。はいどうぞ。

Yes, there is. Here you are / go.

ありがとう。いくらですか。

Thank you. How much is it / does it cost?

三（さん）ドルです。

[It's / It costs] $3.

ビールいっぽん十三（じゅうさん）ドルですか。

One beer costs $13?

いいえ。十三（じゅうさん）じゃありません。三（さん）ドルです。

No, [it's] not $13. [It's] $3.

ああわかりました。じゃあ三（さん）ドル。ありがとうございます。

Ah / yes, I understand [now]. It's $3. Thank you very much.


Previous Vocabulary

こんばん

this evening / tonight

ばんごはん

evening meal / dinner / supper

いくら

how much

¥ or　円 or　えｎ

yen

そして

and, and then / also

あした

tomorrow

きょう

today

こんばんは

good evening

かね

money

もっています

I have/I have got

もっていません

don't have

いっぽん

one bottle

はいどうぞ

here you are / go

ドル

dollars


New Vocabulary

三千円（さんぜんえん）ほしいです。

I want ￥3000.

十七（じゅうしち）

17

十八（じゅうはち）

18

十九（じゅうきゅう）

19

ドルでいくらもっていますか。

In dollars, how many do you have? [How many dollars do you have / How much US currency do you have?]

円（えん）をたくさんもっています。

I have a lot of / many yen.

たくさん

many / a lot

でもドルはもっていません。

But, as for dollars, I don't have any.

円（えん）をすこしもっています。

I [only] have a few yen. (See Notes)

円（えん）もすこしもっています。

I also have a few yen / I have a few yen, too. (See Notes)

十七（じゅうしち）ドルもっています。

I have $17.

円（えん）をください。

Give me [some] yen, please.

ください

please give me ____ / give me ____, please

おかねをください

please give me money / give me money, please

ビールはありますか。

Is there / Do you have any beer? (lit. does beer exist?)

ええあります。

Yes, there is. (beer is understood) (casual)

はいあります。

Yes, there is. (beer is understood) (polite)

いいえありません。

No, there isn't any. (beer is understood)

すみません今日（きょう）はありません。

Sorry, as for today, there isn't any.

十（じゅう）ドルあげます。

I will give you $10.

あげます

will give

円（えん）をかいます。

I am going to buy some yen.

円（えん）をすこしあげます。

I will give you a few yen.


Notes

円（えん）をすこしもっています。 vs. 円（えん）もすこしもっています。

Not much to say about this other than that the only difference is the change in particle from を to も. を is basically making 円（えん） the object the verb is acting on while も is making it possessive and changes the sentence from referring only to円（えん） to making it an additional object the verb is acting on.

It's a small, but important, differences that you should pay attention to when reading, speaking or listening to Japanese.

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