Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 1

17 3. Ms. Honda has asked you if you eat sushi a lot. Tell her not very often. 4. You heard Ms. Honda say that she does not drink at all. Check if you heard her correctly. Dialogue 2 Ms. Honda and Mr. Smith are in a store. Honda: Are, kaimasu ka. Will you buy that? か あれ、買いますか。 Smith: Ee, kaimasu kedo… Yes, I will, but… か ええ、買いますけど …. Honda: Kore wa? How about this? これは？ Smith: Aa, sore mo chotto irimasu ne. Oh, we need a few of those, too, don’t we? ああ、それもちょっといりますね。 Vocabulary are あれ that (GN 1-2-1) kaimasu かいます 買います buy kedo けど but ( GN 1-2-2) kore これ this (GN 1-2-1) wa は Particle of contrast (GN 1-2-3) sore それ that near you (GN 1-2-1) mo も Particle of Addition (GN 1-2-4) chotto ちょっと little bit, a few irimasu いります need ＋ ga が but (more formal than kedo ) ＋ takusan たくさん a lot ＋ mimasu みます 見ます look, watch ＋ tsukaimasu つかいます 使います use ＋ kikimasu ききます 聞きます listen, ask ＋ yomimasu よみます 読みます read ＋ kakimasu かきます 書きます write, draw ＋ hanasimasu はなします 話します talk, speak