Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 2

Table of Contents Before We Begin ……………………………………………………………………..v Lesson 5: In the Town …………………………………………………………….1 Dialogue 1 …………………………………………………………………….1 5-1-1 Particle De indicating the Location of Activity …………………….2 5-1-2 Particle Ni indicating the Location of Existence …………………….3 5-1-3 Irasshaimasu : Honorific Verbs …………………………………….3 5-1-4 Ko-so-a-do series #3 …………………………………………………….4 Dialogue 2 …………………………………………………………………….6 5-2-1 Location Nouns …………………………………………………….6 Dialogue 3 …………………………………………………………………….8 5-3-1 Deshou ‘Probably’ …………………………………………………….9 5-3-2 Mou and Motto ‘More’ ……………………………………………10 5-3-3 More classifiers: 〜 kai 、 〜 do / 〜 kai ……………………………………10 Dialogue 4 ……………………………………………………………………12 5-4-1 More classifiers : 〜 ko , 〜 mai , 〜 satsu ……………………………13 5-4-2 Colors Nouns and Adjectives ……………………………………14 Review ……………………………………………………………………15 Drill Tape Scripts ……………………………………………………………18 Lesson 6: Let’s Take a Train …………………………………………………………….21 Dialogue 1 …………………………………………………………………….21 6-1-1 Location Particles ni and e …………………………………………….22 6-1-2 〜 fun/pun : Naming and Counting Minutes …………………….22 6-1-3 Time Particle ni …………………………………………………….23 Dialogue 2 …………………………………………………………………….25 6-2-1 Counting Hours …………………………………………………….27 6-2-2 Approximation: 〜 gurai 、〜 hodo 、 yaku 〜 …………………………….27 6-2-3 Particle de “by means of” …………………………………………….28 6-2-4 The Starting Point ~ kara , The Ending Point ~ made …………………….28 Dialogue 3 …………………………………………………………………….31 6-3-1 Nan-ji goro : Approximation of Naming Time …………………….32 6-3-2 sugi/ mae: More about telling time …………………………………….33 6-3-3 Learning Verbs with Particles …………………………………………….33