Today's Absolute Pimsleur’s Japanese I lesson has a few surprises for everyone. I've thrown a few kanji into the translations, but don't worry, I put the kana in brackets afterwards so you'll know how to read it. These are all place names and, as such, I thought they deserved their name written the proper way. I've put a note explaining this in more detail at the bottom.
Intro Conversation
すみませんあなたは日本(にほん)じんですか。
Excuse me, are you Japanese?
はいわたしは日本(にほん)じんです。
Yes, I am Japanese.
あなたは。
And you?
わたしはアメリカじんです。
I am American.
でも日本(にほん)ごがよくわかりますね。
But you understand Japanese well don't you?
ええすこしでもまだじょずじゃありません。
Yes a little,but I'm not skilled yet.
いいえおじょずです。
No, you are skilled.
ありがとうございます。
Thank you.
Previous Lesson's Vocabulary
でも
but
まだ
yet
よく
well
日本(にほん)
Japan
すこし
a little
New Vocabulary
ええ
yes (casual)
はなします
speak
じょずに
skilled/well
すこしはなします。
I speak a little
じょずにはなします。
You speak well
じょずにはなしますね。
You speak well don't you?
えき
station
新宿（しんじゅく）えき
Shinjuku Station
上野（うえの）えき
Ueno Station
こえん
park
上野（うえの）こえん
Ueno Park
どこ
where
どこですか。
where is?
新宿（しんじゅく）えきはどこですか。
Where is Shinjuku Station?
すみません上野（うえの）こえんはどこですか。
Excuse me, where is Ueno Park?
ここ
here
ここです。
It's here.
ここですか。
Is it here?
はいここです。
Yes, it's here.
いいえここじゃありません。
No it's not here.
新宿（しんじゅく）えきはここじゃありません。
Shinjuku Station is not here.
あそこ
over there
あそこです。
It's over there.
あそこじゃありません。
It's not over there.
Closing Conversation 1
こんにちは。
Hello / Good day or afternoon
こんにちは。
Hello / Good day or afternoon
いいおてんきですね。
It's nice weather, isn't it?
そうですね。
I agree / so it is / general agreement
ああ日本ごがわかりますね。
Ah, you understand Japanese!
すこし。はいすこしでもまだじょずじゃありません。
A little. Yes, a little bit, but I'm not skilled yet.
いいえおじょずです。あなたはアメリカじんですか。
No, you are skilled. Are you an American?
はいわたしはアメリカじんです。あなたは。
Yes, I am an American. And you / what about you?
わたしは日本じんです。
I'm Japanese.
Closing Conversation 2
すみません上野（うえの）えきはどこですか。
Excuse me, where is Ueno Station?
ここです。
It's here.
上野（うえの）こえんは。
And Ueno Park?
あそこです。
It's over there.
上野（うえの）えきはあそこじゃありません。
Ueno Station is not over there.
上野（うえの）こえんはあそこです。
Ueno Park is over there.
でも上野（うえの）えきはここです。
But Ueno Station is here.
Notes
上野 & 新宿
上野 is the kanji for Ueno and 新宿 is the kanji for Shinjuku. I included the kana for each in brackets and I only used their kanji because a) I want to get you used to seeing and using kanji and b) they are proper nouns and should be written that way. You wouldn't want your name always spelled out with a dictionary-like enunciation, would you? I'll be providing the kanji with kana in brackets for other such instances as we encounter them.
日本
Like 上野 & 新宿, I'm going to be using 日本 for Japan / Japanese from now on. I won't provide the kana for Japan, as it should be the simplest and most common kanji compound you encounter. Any others I decide to switch over to kanji will be marked with kana, though.
すみませんあなたは日本(にほん)じんですか。
Excuse me, are you Japanese?
はいわたしは日本(にほん)じんです。
Yes, I am Japanese.
あなたは。
And you?
わたしはアメリカじんです。
I am American.
でも日本(にほん)ごがよくわかりますね。
But you understand Japanese well don't you?
ええすこしでもまだじょずじゃありません。
Yes a little,but I'm not skilled yet.
いいえおじょずです。
No, you are skilled.
ありがとうございます。
Thank you.
Previous Lesson's Vocabulary
でも
but
まだ
yet
よく
well
日本(にほん)
Japan
すこし
a little
New Vocabulary
ええ
yes (casual)
はなします
speak
じょずに
skilled/well
すこしはなします。
I speak a little
じょずにはなします。
You speak well
じょずにはなしますね。
You speak well don't you?
えき
station
新宿（しんじゅく）えき
Shinjuku Station
上野（うえの）えき
Ueno Station
こえん
park
上野（うえの）こえん
Ueno Park
どこ
where
どこですか。
where is?
新宿（しんじゅく）えきはどこですか。
Where is Shinjuku Station?
すみません上野（うえの）こえんはどこですか。
Excuse me, where is Ueno Park?
ここ
here
ここです。
It's here.
ここですか。
Is it here?
はいここです。
Yes, it's here.
いいえここじゃありません。
No it's not here.
新宿（しんじゅく）えきはここじゃありません。
Shinjuku Station is not here.
あそこ
over there
あそこです。
It's over there.
あそこじゃありません。
It's not over there.
Closing Conversation 1
こんにちは。
Hello / Good day or afternoon
こんにちは。
Hello / Good day or afternoon
いいおてんきですね。
It's nice weather, isn't it?
そうですね。
I agree / so it is / general agreement
ああ日本ごがわかりますね。
Ah, you understand Japanese!
すこし。はいすこしでもまだじょずじゃありません。
A little. Yes, a little bit, but I'm not skilled yet.
いいえおじょずです。あなたはアメリカじんですか。
No, you are skilled. Are you an American?
はいわたしはアメリカじんです。あなたは。
Yes, I am an American. And you / what about you?
わたしは日本じんです。
I'm Japanese.
Closing Conversation 2
すみません上野（うえの）えきはどこですか。
Excuse me, where is Ueno Station?
ここです。
It's here.
上野（うえの）こえんは。
And Ueno Park?
あそこです。
It's over there.
上野（うえの）えきはあそこじゃありません。
Ueno Station is not over there.
上野（うえの）こえんはあそこです。
Ueno Park is over there.
でも上野（うえの）えきはここです。
But Ueno Station is here.
Notes
上野 & 新宿
上野 is the kanji for Ueno and 新宿 is the kanji for Shinjuku. I included the kana for each in brackets and I only used their kanji because a) I want to get you used to seeing and using kanji and b) they are proper nouns and should be written that way. You wouldn't want your name always spelled out with a dictionary-like enunciation, would you? I'll be providing the kanji with kana in brackets for other such instances as we encounter them.
日本
Like 上野 & 新宿, I'm going to be using 日本 for Japan / Japanese from now on. I won't provide the kana for Japan, as it should be the simplest and most common kanji compound you encounter. Any others I decide to switch over to kanji will be marked with kana, though.
3 comments:
Kirby-san,
Thanks for all your hard work on this. It is an excellent resource, especially the extra tips you add in which have sometimes stumped me as well.
I think the last line of Lesson 4 needs to have the 'But' moved to the front to make it correct though. Shouldn't it be as follows?
でも上野（うえの）えきはここです。
Thanks for pointing that out JT. I ended up copy and pasting the Ueno kanji into the sentences and must not have been paying attention to that sentence. I'll make sure to fix that.
Seems that there is a mistake is the script:
park should be こうえん
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