Pimsleur Language Program Japanese Level 1 - Lesson 28 - Notes

Pimsleur Language Program Japanese Level 1 - Lesson 28

Review Japanese Conversation

Jones San. Mo osoi desu ne – Mr. Jone. It is late aleready isn’t it?

Mada khairimasen ka? – are you not going home yet?

Khairitai desu demo takusan shigoto ga arimasu – I want to go but a lot of work is there

Watashi wa america khairimasu – I am going to america

America e? – To america?

Eh. demo honto ni khairithaku arimasen – Yes, but I really don’t want to go

Nihon ni itai desu – I want to stay in Japan

New Japanese Words

Sugoshitai – want to spend / want to pass time

Hitori  - alone

Maye – ago

Maye kara – since

Jikan – time/hours

Jikan ja arimasen – don’t have time

Koko ni imas – I have been here

Itsu – when

Itsu kara – since when

Yokka – four days

Imi – meaning

Doyu – what sort of

Sore – it/that

Grammar Notes

Asking someone ‘khairimasen ka’ literally means ‘are you not returning’ however in office it is usually understood ‘ are you not going home’

‘Hitori desu’ is used when someone is alone. ‘hitori de’ is used when some action is done alone.

‘Koko ni imas’ means ‘I am here’ but it’s used as ‘ I have been here’

Form Japanese Sentences

Are you going to return now? - Ima khairimasu ka?

No. I am going to return later - Iie. Aatode khairimasu

I want to stay here - Koko ni itai desu

I am going to return today - Khyo wa khairimasu

How much money do you have? - Okkane wo ikkura motheimasu ka?

One hundred and ninty nine yen - Hyaku kyu jyu kyu en

I don’t have any - Zen zen motheimasen

Please give me ninety yen - Kyu jyu en kudasai

I give you ninety six yen - Kyu jyu roku en aagemasu

I want to spend a few days - nisan nichi sugoshithai desu

Perhaps I am seeing friends - tabun thomodachi ni aimasu

Are you going by taxi? - takusi de ikimasu ka?

No I am going by car - Iie kuruma de ikimasu

Are you going to return with me? Watashi to isshu ni khairimasen ka?

Yes. I want to return with you - Hai. Anata to isshu ni khairitai desu

I want to return alone - Hitori de khairithai desu

Are you going to return alone? - Hitori de khairimasu ka?

I don’t want to return alone - Hitori de khairithaku arimasen

Are you going to Tokyo alone? - Hitori de tokyo e ikimasu ka?

Perhaps I am going alone - Tabun hitori de ikimasu

I want to spend two days - Hutsuka sugoshithai desu

Are you alone? - Hitori desu ka?

No. I am with friends - Iie thomodchi to isshu desu

Are you with family? - Gokozaku to isshu desu ka?

No. I am alone - Iie. Hitori desu

I am going to work and then going to Tokyo - Shigoto o shimas sorekara tokyo e ikimasu

I am going with my wife - Khanai to isshu ni ikimasu

My children are in America - Kodomo wa america ni imas

We are staying here - Watashi thachi wa koko ni imas

Since two days - Hutsuka mayekara

Since few days - Nisan nichi mayekara

Since how many days? - Nan nichi mayekara?

Since three days - Mika maye kara

Three hours - San jikan

How much time? - Nan jikan?

Few hours - Nisan jikan

Since how much time? - Nan jikan maye kara?

Since few hours - Nisan jikan maye kara

Since when are you staying here? - Itsu kara koko ni imas ka?

are you going to stay? - Imas ka?

How many days you going to stay? - Nan nichi imas ka?

What is the meaning of this/it? - Sore wa doyo imi desu ka?

What is the meaning of ‘Mika’ - Mika wa doyu imi desu ka?

‘it means ‘ three days’ - ‘three days’ doyu imi desu

What is the meaning of ‘Sugoshitai’-  Sogoshitai wa doyu imi desu?

I want to spend a few days - Nisan nichi sugoshitai desu

I want to stay for four days - Yokka itai desu

But I don’t have time - Demo jikan ja arimasen

Since when? - Itsu kara?

Since four days - Yokka maye kara

Since when are you staying in Tokyo? - Itsu kara tokyo ni imas ka?

I want to stay here - Koko ni itai desu

I don’t want to return - Khairithaku arimasen

Since when you are staying here? - Itsu kara koko ni imas ka?

Since four days - Yokka maye kara