Absolute Pimsleur’s Japanese I - Lesson 15 Transcript

Welcome back to another lesson of Absolute Pimsleur's Japanese I! This marks the second week of Kirby no Nihongo after returning from several months of hiatus. Hopefully everyone is enjoying the new site and return of the transcripts.

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Like last week's and all future transcripts, you will see kanji littered about the transcript in large fonts with the kana reading in brackets and small font immediately following. If you are this far along, I'd recommend beginning to learn a few kanji in the near future.

Enjoy the transcript and, as always, keep a look out for any mistakes I may have made while typing this up.

Intro Conversation

いってきます。

I'm leaving!

どこへ。

Where to? [Where are you going?]

なにかかいます。

[I'm going] To buy something. (the "I'm going" is understood)

でも円（えん）をもっていませんね。

But, I don't have any yen.

でもドルをもっています。

But, I do have some dollars.

いくらもっていますか。

How many [dollars do you have]?

八（はち）ドルか九（きゅう）ドル。

[I have] Eight or nine dollars.

じゃあ十（じゅう）ドルあげます。はいどうぞ。今（いま）十九（じゅうきゅう）ドルもっていますね。円（えん）もあげます。はい三千円（さんぜんえん）。

Then, I'll give you $10. Here you go. Now, you have $19, right? Here's some yen, too. Here you go, ￥3000.

どうもありがとうございます。

Thank you, very much!


Previous Vocabulary

いくら

how much

¥ or　円 or　えｎ

yen

ドル

dollars

たくさん

many / a lot

ください

please give me ____ / give me ____, please

あげます

will give


New Vocabulary

いってきます

I'm leaving (See Notes)

どこへ

where to? (See Notes)

私（わたし）に。

For me?

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

ぜんぜんありません。

There isn't any at all.

ぜんぜんもっていません。

I don't have any at all.

たくさんもっています

I have many

おさけがかえます

I can buy sake

と

and

で

with

二（に）と二（に）でいくらですか。

What is two and two? (See Notes)


Notes

いってきます

This literally means someting like, "I'm going and coming back". It's used when leaving the house or going somewhere with the intent to return. It's similar to words such as ごちそうさま and いただきます, which are words said before and after meals, respectively.

Do not confuse いってきます with いただきます, as they sound very similar, but mean completely different things.


へ

へ is a particle modifying どこ. Try to recognize instances where a particle is being used, as it will make your life much easier later on. For reference, へ is used to indicate a direction or recipient of the word it is modifying and is pronounced like え, similar to how を is pronounced as お when used as a particle.


Math

The math at the end was an odd addition to Pimsleur's and it shows up random in future lessons, but only at the end, if memory serves. I found the math rather difficult to make out and they went really fast. They use と to represent the addition of two numbers and the actual sentence given comes out as "2 and 2 are how many?" or some variation of that (いくら is "how much / many").

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