Japanese for Beginners. Learning Conversational Japanese

Chapter 4
How Do You Do?
Dialogue: Hajimemashite (How Do You Do?)
Oshiro (Mrs. O) : Kyō wa ii tenki ne.
(It’s a nice day today, isn’t it?)
Miyagi (Mrs. M) : Sō nē.
(Yes, it is.)
Totemo kirei na aozora da ne.
(The sky is such a beautiful blue color.)
Oshiro : Ara, asoko kara kuru no wa Buraun-san kashira?
(I wonder if that person coming over here is Mr.
Brown?)
Miyagi : Shitteru no?
(Do you know him?)
Oshiro : Shujin to onaji kaisha na no.
(He works for the same company as my husband.)
Buraun (Mr. B) : Yā! Oshiro-san.
(Oh, hi! Mrs. Oshiro.)
Hisashiburi desu nē.
(It’s been a long time since I last saw you.)
Oshiro : Konnichiwa. Gokazoku desu ka?
(Ah, hello. Is this your family?)
Buraun : Ē. Kanai desu. Kore wa musuko no Kurisu desu.
(Yes. This is my wife and my son, Chris.)
Naomi (Mrs. B) : Naomi desu. Hajimemashite.
(I’m Naomi. How do you do?)