Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 1

viii 1-4-1 Verbs in the Past Form.......................................................................................25 1-4-2 Compound Verbs .....................................................................................................26 Drills and Exercises...............................................................................................................26 Review..................................................................................................................................27 Grammar Review ..............................................................................................................27 Practical Application .........................................................................................................27 Drill Tape Script....................................................................................................................28 Dialogue 1 .........................................................................................................................28 Dialogue 2 .........................................................................................................................29 Dialogue 3 .........................................................................................................................29 Dialogue 4 .........................................................................................................................30 Lesson 2 - Meeting People ........................................................................................................31 Dialogue 1 .......................................................................................................................31 Vocabulary .......................................................................................................................31 Clock Time ..................................................................................................................32 Grammar Notes .....................................................................................................................32 2-1-1/Noun + desu / ‘is N’ / Noun + ja nai des u/ ‘is not N’...............................................32 2-1-2 Clock Time ..............................................................................................................33 2-1-3 Hesitation Noises: Anou and Etto .............................................................................33 Drills and Exercises...............................................................................................................34 Dialogue 2 ......................................................................................................................35 Vocabulary ......................................................................................................................36 Country Nationality (add – jin to the country name) ....................................................37 Subjects in Business School ......................................................................................37 Academic Disciplines ........................................................................................................37 Grammar Notes .....................................................................................................................38 2-2-1 Noun no Noun..........................................................................................................38 2-2-2 Loan Words .............................................................................................................39 2-2-3 Introductions and Exchange of Business Cards.........................................................39 Drills and Exercises...............................................................................................................40 Dialogue 3.............................................................................................................................40 Vocabulary ......................................................................................................................41 Languages .........................................................................................................................42 Grammar Notes .....................................................................................................................42