We're just rounding the half way point for Absolute Pimsleur's Japanese I and Lesson 16 is a relatively simple chapter with only one small quirk to watch out for in the form of the polite form, んですが added to some sentences. It's nothing that should cause anyone any grief, but it can be a little odd pronouncing at first.To be honest, I was pretty wrapped up in my JLPT studying last week and never got around to making any posts on that topic. I know it's still pretty early, seeing as the test isn't until December and applications haven't even been released yet (at least in Canada, as far as I know), but I've never taken one before and am looking to skip the first level, JLPT4, and go straight to JLPT3.
As such, I'm kind of nervous and probably a little too gung-ho out of the gate. I did manage to make a short post on the Japanese form of glottal stops, though, and will try to get around to some JLPT introduction and vocabulary posts this week.
Enjoy the Absolute Pimsleur's transcript and make sure to let me know if there are any questions or mistakes in the transcript. As always, these are abridged transcripts and I don't bother repeating older vocabulary or sentences or even duplicates of the current new vocabulary. Hit the jump for the full transcript!
Intro Conversation
もしもし。鈴木さん（すずきさん）。ジョンソンです。こんばんは。
Hello, Suzuki-san. This is Johnson. Good evening.
ジョンソンさんこんばんは。
Johnson-san! Good evening.
鈴木さん（すずきさん）私（わたし）とばんごはんをたべませんか。
Suzuki-san, would you like to / won't you eat supper / dinner with me?
こんばん。こんばんはちょっと。。。
Tonight / This evening? That's a little...
じゃあ明日（あした）のばんは。
Then, what about tomorrow evening / night?
明日（あした）のばん。ええいいです。何時（なんじ）に。
Tomorrow evening / night? Ya, that's fine / good. [At] What time?2.
七時（しちじ）は。
[How about] 7 o'clock?
ええ。いいですね。
Ya, that's fine.
Previous Vocabulary
ドル
dollars
たくさん
many / a lot
たべられます
I can eat
たべられません
I can't eat
かえます
I can buy
かえません
I can't buy
ぜんぜん
not at all
と
and
で
with
New Vocabulary
何（なん）ですか。
what is it?
すしです。
it's sushi
たくさんです。
that's a lot
たくさんですね。
that's a lot isn't it?
おおすぎます。
it's too much
二十四（にじゅうよん）
24
二十八（にじゅうはち）
28
三十（さんじゅう）
30
四十（よんじゅう）
40
おおすぎますか。
is it too much?
じゅうぶんです。
it's enough
じゅうぶんじゃありません。
it's not enough
んですが。
Polite form for requesting / asking something. (See Notes)
四十八（よんじゅうはち）ドルほしいんですが。
I would like to have 48 dollars but.. (only if it's convenient)
おかねがほしいんですが。
I would like to have some money but.. (only if it's convenient)
どういたしまして。
you're welcome
Notes
んですが。
It was hard for me to make out how they were pronouncing this when I first started out and it's basically just adding an ん sound to the end of the preceeding word followed by the usual ですか with が replacing the か. It takes some practice to get the prounciation down, as it's odd making the ん sound at first, but it's fairly straightforward for the most part.
もしもし。鈴木さん（すずきさん）。ジョンソンです。こんばんは。
Hello, Suzuki-san. This is Johnson. Good evening.
ジョンソンさんこんばんは。
Johnson-san! Good evening.
鈴木さん（すずきさん）私（わたし）とばんごはんをたべませんか。
Suzuki-san, would you like to / won't you eat supper / dinner with me?
こんばん。こんばんはちょっと。。。
Tonight / This evening? That's a little...
じゃあ明日（あした）のばんは。
Then, what about tomorrow evening / night?
明日（あした）のばん。ええいいです。何時（なんじ）に。
Tomorrow evening / night? Ya, that's fine / good. [At] What time?2.
七時（しちじ）は。
[How about] 7 o'clock?
ええ。いいですね。
Ya, that's fine.
Previous Vocabulary
ドル
dollars
たくさん
many / a lot
たべられます
I can eat
たべられません
I can't eat
かえます
I can buy
かえません
I can't buy
ぜんぜん
not at all
と
and
で
with
New Vocabulary
何（なん）ですか。
what is it?
すしです。
it's sushi
たくさんです。
that's a lot
たくさんですね。
that's a lot isn't it?
おおすぎます。
it's too much
二十四（にじゅうよん）
24
二十八（にじゅうはち）
28
三十（さんじゅう）
30
四十（よんじゅう）
40
おおすぎますか。
is it too much?
じゅうぶんです。
it's enough
じゅうぶんじゃありません。
it's not enough
んですが。
Polite form for requesting / asking something. (See Notes)
四十八（よんじゅうはち）ドルほしいんですが。
I would like to have 48 dollars but.. (only if it's convenient)
おかねがほしいんですが。
I would like to have some money but.. (only if it's convenient)
どういたしまして。
you're welcome
Notes
んですが。
It was hard for me to make out how they were pronouncing this when I first started out and it's basically just adding an ん sound to the end of the preceeding word followed by the usual ですか with が replacing the か. It takes some practice to get the prounciation down, as it's odd making the ん sound at first, but it's fairly straightforward for the most part.
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