Pimsleur Language Program Japanese Level 1 - Lesson 30 - Notes

Pimsleur Language Program Japanese Level 1 - Lesson 30

Review Japanese Conversation

Itsu osaka e ikimasu ka? – When are you going to Osaka

Ashita ikimasu – I am going tomorrow

Nan ji ni? – At what time?

Jyu ji ni – At ten o clock

Soshite itsu khairimasu ka? – And when you are going to return?

Ashita no ban khairimasu – I am going to return tomorrow night.

New Japanese Words

Kotoba – word

Kono – this

Iimasu – say

Nihongo de – In Japanese

Ikimashta – went (past form)

Hanashimashta – spoke (past form)

Nanimo – nothing / not anything

Asa – morning

Kesa – this morning

Tuskimasu – (to) arrive

Tsukimashita – arrived (past form)

Form Japanese Sentences

I bought a good book - Ii hon wo khaimashta

Yesterday what did you buy? - Kino nani o khaimashta ka?

I bought something to drink - Nanika nomimono wo khaimashta

Yesterday I bought good rice wine - Kino ii osake wo khaimashta

Did you eat lunch? - Hirugohan wa tabemashta ka?

No. I did not eat - Iie. Tabemasen deshta

‘what is the meaning of ‘Kotoba’ - ‘kotoba’ wa doyu imi desu ka?

The meaning is ‘word’ - ‘word’ doyu imi desu

How you say ‘like’? - ‘like’ wa nanto iimasu ka?

In dolloars it is too expensive - Doru de wa takasugimasu

‘How you say ‘word’ in Japanese - ‘word’ wa nihongo de nanto iimasu ka?

It is called ‘kotoba’ - ‘kotoba’ to iimasu

How you say ‘ suki desu’ in English? - ‘suki desu’ wa eigo de nanto iimasu ka?

It’s called ‘like’ - ‘like’ to iimasu

It is here - Koko ni imasu.

Are you alone - Hitori desu ka?

No. I am with my husband - Iie. Syujin to issho desu

But I am going to return alone -Demo hitori de khairimasu

Since when? - Itsu kara?

Since some time - Nisan jikan maye kara

Since how much time - Nan jikan maye kara?

Since four days - Yokka maye kara

We want to spend a week - Watashi thachi wa isshukan sugoshithai desu

We want to stay here for a week - Watashi thachi wa koko ni isshukan imas

We want to spend few weeks - Nisan shukan sugoshithai desu

But we don’t have time - Demo watashithachi wa jikan ga arimasen

I like Japan - Nihongo wa suki desu

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

Where did you go today? - Khyo doko e ikimashta ka?

I went to Yokohoma - Yokohoma e ikimashta

What did you buy?  - Nani o khaimashta ka?

Something to drink - Nanika nomimono

A good book - ii hon

And you? - anata wa?

I don’t want anything - Nanimo hoshiku arimasen

I ate yesterday - Kino tabemashta

I did not eat anything - Nanimo tabemasen deshta

I am not buying anything - Nanimo khaimasen

I did not buy anything - Nanimo khaimasen deshta

Did youy buy a book? - Hon wo khaimashta ka?

I went to a good restaurent - Ii restoran wa ikimashta

Did you eat Sushi? - Sushi wo tabemashta ka?

Did you speak Japanese? - Nihongo hanashimashta ka?

Did you speak English? - Eigo hanashimashta ka?

A little - Sukoshi

We spoke in Japanese - Watashi thachi wa nihongo hanashimashta

When? - Itsu?

Yesterday - Kino

When did you speak Japanese? - Itsu nihongo hanashimashta ka?

I spoke today morning - Kessa hanashimashta

When did you go? - Itsu ikimashta ka?

Did you go alone? - Hitori de ikimashta ka?

Whendid you arrive? - Itsu tsukimashta ka?

When did you arrive from Tokyo? - Itsu tokyo ni tsukimashta ka?

I arrived from Tokyo - Tokyo ni tsukimashta

When did you arrive from Japan? - Itsu nihong ni tsukimashta ka?

Today morning. With my family - Kessa. Kozaku to isshu ni

Since how long? - Nan jikan maye ni?

I arrived this morning - Kessa tuskimashta

And we went to a good restaurent - Soshite watashi thachi wa ii restoran wa ikimashta

I like Japan - Nihong ga suki desu

I want to stay in Japan - Nihong ni itai desu