The next few lessons for Absolute Pimsleur's Japanese I deal heavily with numbers. I covered most of the numbers in my vocabulary post on numbers, so please refer to that post if you'd like to get a quick overview.
Coincidently, I've also covered how to tell time in my vocabulary posts and that is also what this lesson is about. Because of that, I don't list every single variation of what they say in this lesson, so please refer to the vocabulary post on how to tell time, as well.
As we go on, I might start using the kanji for the numbers, as they are pretty straight forward and easy to read, but for now I'll simply use the hiragana readings.
Coincidently, I've also covered how to tell time in my vocabulary posts and that is also what this lesson is about. Because of that, I don't list every single variation of what they say in this lesson, so please refer to the vocabulary post on how to tell time, as well.
As we go on, I might start using the kanji for the numbers, as they are pretty straight forward and easy to read, but for now I'll simply use the hiragana readings.
Intro Conversation
さとうさんこんにちは。
Hello / Good afternoon, Sato-san.
すずきさんこんにちは。
Hello / Good afternoon, Suzuki-san.
さとうさんいまなにをしますか。
What are you going to do now, Sato-san?
ひるごはんをたべます。すずきさんもたべませんか。
I'm going to eat lunch. Won't you eat too, Suzuki-san?
ええどこでたべますか。
Ya, where [do you want to eat] at?
そうですね。なんばんては。
Let's see / I don't know / *stalling for time or thinking*. [At] Nanbante / How about Nanbante?
ええいいですね。
Ya, that's fine / that sounds good.
Previous Vocabulary
-さん
Mr./Mrs./Ms.
ひるごはん
lunch / dinner / noon time meal
おねがいします
please / could you please [do me a favour]
か
or
します
to do
だれ
who
New Vocabulary
に
at
じ
time, o'clock
なんじに。
at what time?
いちじ
one o'clock
いちじに
at one o'clock
いちじにおねがいします。
At one o'clock, could you please?
にじ
two o'clock
にじに
at two o'clock
はちじ
eight o'clock
はちじに
at eight o'clock
くじにおねがいします。
At nine o'clock, could you please?
いいえくじに。
No, at nine o'clock.
いちじかにじに。
At one o'clock or two o'clock.
さとうじゃありません。たなかです。
[My name / It is ] Not Sato. It's Tanaka.
それとも
or (see Notes)
それともくじ。
Or at nine o'clock?
はちじかくじ。
At eight o'clock or nine o'clock?
わかりました
understood (see Notes)
ええわかりました。
Yes, understood.
ああわかりましたね。
Ah, you understood, right / didn't you?
Notes
それとも
We already learned that か means 'or' when used between two words. それとも is used typically at the start of a sentence and for questions, such as, "How about 8? Or maybe 9?". Both mean the same thing, but be careful not to confuse when to use each.
わかりました
This is just another variation of わかる, much like わかります and わかりません. You'll more than likely learn the different tenses and conjugations of verbs as we go along, but you should be starting to notice the verb stems of some of the words being used by now.
さとうさんこんにちは。
Hello / Good afternoon, Sato-san.
すずきさんこんにちは。
Hello / Good afternoon, Suzuki-san.
さとうさんいまなにをしますか。
What are you going to do now, Sato-san?
ひるごはんをたべます。すずきさんもたべませんか。
I'm going to eat lunch. Won't you eat too, Suzuki-san?
ええどこでたべますか。
Ya, where [do you want to eat] at?
そうですね。なんばんては。
Let's see / I don't know / *stalling for time or thinking*. [At] Nanbante / How about Nanbante?
ええいいですね。
Ya, that's fine / that sounds good.
Previous Vocabulary
-さん
Mr./Mrs./Ms.
ひるごはん
lunch / dinner / noon time meal
おねがいします
please / could you please [do me a favour]
か
or
します
to do
だれ
who
New Vocabulary
に
at
じ
time, o'clock
なんじに。
at what time?
いちじ
one o'clock
いちじに
at one o'clock
いちじにおねがいします。
At one o'clock, could you please?
にじ
two o'clock
にじに
at two o'clock
はちじ
eight o'clock
はちじに
at eight o'clock
くじにおねがいします。
At nine o'clock, could you please?
いいえくじに。
No, at nine o'clock.
いちじかにじに。
At one o'clock or two o'clock.
さとうじゃありません。たなかです。
[My name / It is ] Not Sato. It's Tanaka.
それとも
or (see Notes)
それともくじ。
Or at nine o'clock?
はちじかくじ。
At eight o'clock or nine o'clock?
わかりました
understood (see Notes)
ええわかりました。
Yes, understood.
ああわかりましたね。
Ah, you understood, right / didn't you?
Notes
それとも
We already learned that か means 'or' when used between two words. それとも is used typically at the start of a sentence and for questions, such as, "How about 8? Or maybe 9?". Both mean the same thing, but be careful not to confuse when to use each.
わかりました
This is just another variation of わかる, much like わかります and わかりません. You'll more than likely learn the different tenses and conjugations of verbs as we go along, but you should be starting to notice the verb stems of some of the words being used by now.
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