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Japanese Volume 2 with original hiragana - Earworms

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from America Amelika no kata <br />

I'm Japan-ese. Nihon-jin desu. <br />

I’m American. Amelika jin desu. <br />

British Eikoku jin <br />

Canadian Kanada jin <br />

Australian Ôsutolalia jin <br />

New Zealander Nujilando jin <br />

...but I’m living in America.<br />

(...but - America in - liv-ing.)<br />

liv-ing, work-ing, wait-ing<br />

Is Osaka your hometown?<br />

(As for Osaka - is hometown?)<br />

...demo - Amerikan ni - sunde -<br />

imasu.<br />

<br />

<br />

sunde-imasu, hataraite-imasu, matteimasu<br />

<br />

<br />

Osaka wa - kokyô desu - ka? <br />

<br />

hometown Kokyô <br />

No.<br />

Ii e. <br />

Which is your hometown?<br />

Kokyô wa - dochira desu ka? <br />

(Regarding hometown - which is it?)<br />

which Dochira <br />

As for (my) hometown - it is Kyoto. Kokyô wa - Kyoto desu. <br />

A beautiful - town - it is. Kirei na - machi - desu. <br />

beautiful<br />

kirei na <br />

Yes, that's right. Hai, sono tôri desu. <br />

Have a pleasant stay / Enjoy the stay.<br />

(The stay - do enjoy, - please.)<br />

Taizai wo - o tanoshimi - kudasai. <br />

<br />

Have a nice weekend. / Enjoy the Shu-matsu wo - o tanoshimi - <br />

weekend.<br />

kudasai. <br />

(The weekend - do enjoy, - please.)<br />

<br />

weekend shu-matsu <br />

3. Nice to meet you again (A look at the past tense)<br />

Hallo, nice to meet you again.<br />

(Hello, again we have met, haven't<br />

we?)<br />

Konnichiwa, mata ai mashita, ne?<br />

<br />

<br />

again - have met mata - ai mashita <br />

I’m (John) Smith. How do you do? Sumisu desu. Hajime mashite. <br />

Glad to meet you. Yoroshiku. <br />

How are you?<br />

O genki desu ka? <br />

(How is your health?)<br />

Fine, thanks. And (as for) you? Genki desu. Anata wa? <br />

Fine, very well. Genki. <br />

Welcome to Japan. Nihon e yokoso. <br />

welcome yokoso <br />

How was the journey?<br />

Ryokô wa dô deshita ka?<br />

<br />

(As to the journey - how - was it?)<br />

How - was it?<br />

Dô - deshita ka? Or alternatively:<br />

Ikanga - deshita ka?<br />

<br />

<br />

How - is it? / How was it?<br />

Dô - desu ka? / Dô - deshita ka?<br />

<br />

<br />

It was fine. (past form) Yo-katta desu. <br />

It was pleasant. Tanoshi-katta desu. <br />

<br />

It is pleasant / It was pleasant<br />

Tanoshii desu. / Tanoshi-katta desu.

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