Pimsleur Language Program Japanese Level 1 - Lesson 13 - Notes

Pimsleur Language Program Japanese Level 1 - Lesson 13

Review Japanese Conversation

M –Moshi Moshi. - Hello

Itto San Onegaishimas – Ms. Itto. Could you please?

Ah. Intto san desu ka? – Ah. Is it Itto San?

Konnichiwa Tanaka desu – Hello. This is Tanaka

W - Tanaka San, Konnichiwa – Mr. Tanaka. Hello

M - Itto san, Konban watsahi to bangohan o tabemasen ka? – Ms. Itto, Won’t you have dinner with me today evening?

W - Sumimasen. Konban wa chotto – Sorry. Tonight won’t work

M - Ja. Ashita no ban wa? – Then How about tomorrow evening?

W - Eh. Doko de? Nan ji ni? – Yes. Where? What time?

M - Watshi no thokolo de. Sichi ji ni – At my place. At seven o clock

W - Eh. ii desu ne. Ja.Ashita no ban sicihi ji ni – Yes. Ok. Then tomorrow evening at seven o clock

W - Domo arigato gozaimsu – Thank you very much

M - Ja mata ashita – See you tomorow

New Japanese Words

Konbanwa – Good Evening

Okkane – How many / How much

Mottheimasu – I have / I have got

Mottheimasen-  I don’t have

Ippong – One bottle

Hai dozou – Here you are/ Here it is

Doru de – In dollars

Japanese Grammar Notes

·         In Japanese forming sentences is relaxed than English, words can be placed before or after and the meaning remain same. For ex - Ikkura okkane o mottheimasu ka? and Okkare o ikkura mottheimasu ka? are both right.

·         No use of o when telling a specific number you have. For ex – San zen en mottheimasu

Form Japanese Sentences

What time it is? - Nan ji desu ka?

It is 10 o clock - Jyu ji desu

Won’t you have dinner with me? - Watashi to bangohan o tabemasen ka?

Today won’t work - Khyo w chotto

How about Tomorrow evening? - Ashita no ban wa?

Fine - Kheko desu / ii desu

It is Seven thousand yen - Nana sen yen desu

No. It is six thousand yen - Iie. Roku sen yen desu

When? Today?  - Itsu? Khyo?

Or tomorrow? - Soretomo ashita?

Tomorrw evening six o clock or at seven o clock - Ashita no ban roku ji ka sichi ji ni?

Good evening Ms. Itto - Konbanwa itto san

I have money - Okkane o mottheimasu

How much money do you have? - Ikkura okkane o mottheimasu ka?

How much money do you have? -Okkare o ikkura mottheimasu ka?

How much yen do you have? - En oikkura mottheimasu ka?

How much do you have? - Ikkura mottheimasu ka?

I have three thousand yen - San zen en mottheimasu

As of today I have five thousand ten  - Khyo wa go sen en mottheimasu

2 bottles of beer - Beeru ni hong.

One beer. Please - Beeru ippong. Onegaishimasu

Sorry. I don’t have yen - Sumimasen. En o mottheimasen

In dolloars. Fine - Doro de. Kheko desu

How much is one beer? - Beeru ippong ikkura desu ka?

In dollars? - Doru de?

Or in yen? - Soretomo en de?

Here it is - Hai dozou

How many dollars do you have? - Doru o ikkauru mottheimasu ka?

I have fifteen dollars - Jyu go doru mottheimasu

Do you have sixteen dolloars? - Jyu roku doru mottheimasu ka?

No. I don’t have - Iie. Mottheimasen

I don’t have fifteen dollars - Doru wa jyu go mottheimasen

But I have four thousand in yen - Demo en wa yon sen en mottheimasu

Two thousand yen and thousand ten is three thousand yen - Ni sen yen soshite sen yen san zen yen desu

How much it is in dolloars? - Doru de ikkura desu ka?

Conversation

Konbanwa – Good evening

Konbanwa – Good evening

Nani o nomimasu ka? – What do you want to drink?

Beeru. Onegaishimasu – Beer. Please

Beeru o ikkura desu ka? * - How many beers?

Ippong. Onegaishimasu – One. Please

Beeu ippong ikkura desu ka? – How much is one beer?

San yen desu – three thousand yen

Moshi Moshi. Konbanwa – Hello. Good evening

Konbanwa. Nani o shimas ka? – Good evening. What you want to do?

Wakharimasen. Suzuki san wa nani o shimas ka? – I don’t know. Mr. Suzuki what you want to do?

Okkane motheimasen – I don’t have monry

En wa mottheimasen – I don’t have yen

Demo watashi wa okkane o motheimasu – But I have money