Japanese Volume 2 with original hiragana - Earworms
Japanese Volume 2 with original hiragana - Earworms
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.