Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 2

52 We’ll go to Kyoto and visit around shrines, temples, etc. Tanaka ：そう？いいわねえ。 Sou? Ii wa nee. Really? Good for you. (I envy you) Michael ：お土産 み や げ 、買 か ってきますよ。 Omiyage, katte kimasu yo . We’ll bring back a souvenir for you! 単語 Vocabulary raishuu らいしゅう 来週 next week ＋ konshuu こんしゅう 今週 this week ＋ senshuu せんしゅう 先週 last week to と with tomodachi to ともだちと 友達と with a friend ryokou りょこう 旅行 trip ＋ shucchou しゅっちょう 出張 business trip dochira e どちらへ where to? jinja じんじゃ 神社 (Shinto) shrine otera おてら お寺 (Buddhist) temple ＋ kyoukai きょうかい 教会 church ＋ oshiro おしろ お城 castle mawarimasu まわります 回ります go around X をまわります take a tour of X katte かって 買って buy (te-form) katte kimasu かってきます 買ってきます go and buy, buy and come bask 文法 Grammar Notes 7-3-1 Verb ~ te Form Every verb ends in ~ masu/mashita and their negative forms ~ masen/~masen deshita . In this lesson we introduce another form, the ~ te form. This form has many uses including for making requests and for linking sentences in chronological order. 1. To make an informal style request, just use the ~ て form. To make a formal style request, add kudasai . 見て。 Mite. Look. 見てください。 Mite kudasai . Please look. ちょっと手伝ってください。 Chotto tetsudatte kudasai . Please give me a hand.