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INTRODUCTION
Natsuko: おはよう長崎。ナツコです。(Ohayō Nagasaki. Natsuko desu.)
Peter: Peter here and we are back with another lesson. Again we have another great show for you.
Peter: So without further adieu, let’s get into today’s dialogue.
DIALOGUE
1973: 今日、暇ですか。(Kyō, hima desu ka.)
夏子 (Natsuko) : えええ、どうしてですか。(Eeee, dōshite desu ka.)
1973: 今日一緒に映画を見ませんか。(Kyō issho ni eiga o mimasen ka.)
夏子 (Natsuko) : 今日ですか。(Kyō desu ka.)
1973: はい、今夜ですけど。(Hai, kon’ya desu kedo.)
夏子 (Natsuko) : そうですね…。(Sō desu ne….)
1973: この映画はおもしろくて、たのしくて、とてもよい作品ですよ!(Kono eiga wa omoshirokute, tanoshikute, totemo yoi sakuhin desu yo!)
夏子 (Natsuko) : 本当ですか。(Hontō desu ka.)
1973: もちろんです!(Mochiron desu!)
夏子 (Natsuko) : 映画は何時ですか。(Eiga wa nan-ji desu ka.)
1973: 8時40分開演です。(Hachi-ji yon-juppun kaien desu.)
夏子 (Natsuko) : どこで見ますか。(Doko de mimasu ka.)
1973: 池袋で見ます。(Ikebukuro de mimasu.)
夏子 (Natsuko) : じゃあ、いいですよ。(Jā, ii desu yo.)
Peter: もう一度お願いします。ゆっくりお願いします。(Mō ichi-do onegai shimasu. Yukkuri onegai shimasu.)
1973: 今日、暇ですか。(Kyō, hima desu ka.)
夏子 (Natsuko) : えええ、どうしてですか。(Eeee, dōshite desu ka.)
1973: 今日一緒に映画を見ませんか。(Kyō issho ni eiga o mimasen ka.)
夏子 (Natsuko) : 今日ですか。(Kyō desu ka.)
1973: はい、今夜ですけど。(Hai, kon’ya desu kedo.)
夏子 (Natsuko) : そうですね…。(Sō desu ne….)
1973: この映画はおもしろくて、たのしくて、とてもよい作品ですよ!(Kono eiga wa omoshirokute, tanoshikute, totemo yoi sakuhin desu yo!)
夏子 (Natsuko) : 本当ですか。(Hontō desu ka.)
1973: もちろんです!(Mochiron desu!)
夏子 (Natsuko) : 映画は何時ですか。(Eiga wa nan-ji desu ka.)
1973: 8時40分開演です。(Hachi-ji yon-juppun kaien desu.)
夏子 (Natsuko) : どこで見ますか。(Doko de mimasu ka.)
1973: 池袋で見ます。(Ikebukuro de mimasu.)
夏子 (Natsuko) : じゃあ、いいですよ。(Jā, ii desu yo.)
Peter: Okay, you know the drill. Now Natsuko and
Natsuko: カゼ1973 (Kaze ichi kyū nana san). He is back again!
Peter: Back again! What a name! Okay, they are going to read the dialogue, and I’m going to give you the English. Okay? Here we go!
1973: 今日、暇ですか。(Kyō, hima desu ka.)
1973: Today, Are you free?
夏子 (Natsuko) : えええ、どうしてですか。(Eeee, dōshite desu ka.)
NATSUKO: Uhhmmm, why?
1973: 今日一緒に映画を見ませんか。(Kyō issho ni eiga o mimasen ka.)
1973: Shall we go and see a movie today?
夏子 (Natsuko) : 今日ですか。(Kyō desu ka.)
NATSUKO: Today?
1973: はい、今夜ですけど。(Hai, kon’ya desu kedo.)
1973: Yes, tonight.
夏子 (Natsuko) : そうですね…。(Sō desu ne….)
NATSUKO: Umm… Let me see…
1973: この映画はおもしろくて、たのしくて、とてもよい作品ですよ!(Kono eiga wa omoshirokute, tanoshikute, totemo yoi sakuhin desu yo!)
1973: This movie is interesting. It’s fun and it is really good work.
夏子 (Natsuko) : 本当ですか。(Hontō desu ka.)
NATSUKO: Really?
1973: もちろんです!(Mochiron desu!)
1973: Of course!
夏子 (Natsuko) : 映画は何時ですか。(Eiga wa nan-ji desu ka.)
NATSUKO: What time is the movie?
1973: 8時40分開演です。(Hachi-ji yon-juppun kaien desu.)
1973: The movie starts at 8:40.
夏子 (Natsuko) : どこで見ますか。(Doko de mimasu ka.)
NATSUKO: Where will we watch it?
1973: 池袋で見ます。(Ikebukuro de mimasu.)
1973: In Ikebukuro.
夏子 (Natsuko) : じゃあ、いいですよ。(Jā, ii desu yo.)
NATSUKO: Mmmm, OK.
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
Peter: Wow カゼ (Kaze) is a smooth talker, right?
Natsuko: Yes he is.
Peter: Okay, we got a lot to cover here. So let’s get right in. Natsuko, can you give us the first vocabulary word?
Natsuko: 一緒に (issho ni)
Peter: And what’s this?
Natsuko: Together.
Peter: Break it down.
Natsuko: (slow)いっしょに (issho ni)
Peter: And one time fast.
Natsuko: 一緒に (issho ni)
Peter: Okay, now there is a hard consonant in there, right?
Natsuko: Uhoo.
Peter: Which is that one, can you give us the pronunciation one more time?
Natsuko: 一緒に (issho ni)
Peter: Yeah, the ‘s’ is kind of held.
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: 一緒に (issho ni)
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: The ‘s’ is held and the ‘o’ is short.
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: 一緒 (issho)
Natsuko: Right.
Peter: Okay, and this means together.
Natsuko: Right.
Peter: Okay, now in the dialogue, we said
Natsuko: 一緒に映画を見ませんか。(Issho ni eiga o mimasen ka.)
Peter: Yes, together.
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: 一緒に (issho ni). Shall we see a movie together? Now what was the verb in there?
Natsuko: 見る (miru)
Peter: Yes, the dictionary form and what’s this?
Natsuko: See.
Peter: Yeah, see. Okay, break it down.
Natsuko: (slow)みる (miru)
Peter: And one time fast.
Natsuko: 見る (miru)
Peter: Okay Natsuko, sound this one out.
Natsuko: (slow)みる (miru)
Peter: I heard an いる (iru)
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: Did you hear an いる (iru). I heard an いる (iru).
Natsuko: Yes, exactly.
Peter: And when we hear いる (iru) that means
Natsuko: 一段 (ichi-dan) class 2 verb.
Peter: Which means we conjugate to the polite present by adding
Natsuko: ます (masu)
Peter: And the negative polite present by adding
Natsuko: ません (masen)
Peter: That’s it. It’s that easy.
Natsuko: Another easy verb.
Peter: Another easy one. Remember verbs that end in いる (iru) and える (eru) are very, very easy to conjugate.
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: So simple. How simple, we wish they were all 一段 (ichi-dan), right?
Natsuko: Oh right.
Peter: All class 2. Okay, now that we have that, let’s jump back to 一緒に (issho ni). Let’s pretend Natsuko is looking for Sakura and I am together with Sakura. So Natsuko gives me a call and watch how this dialogue unfolds.
Peter: はい。(Hai.)
Natsuko: ピーターですか。(Pītā desu ka.)
Peter: はい、ピーターです。(Hai, Pītā desu.)
Natsuko: さくらはどこにいますか。(Sakura wa doko ni imasu ka.)
Peter: さくらは私と一緒にいますよ。(Sakura wa watashi to issho ni imasu yo.)
Natsuko: あ、そうですか。(A, sō desu ka.)
Peter: Okay, can you run that dialogue back for us?
Natsuko: ピーターですか。(Pītā desu ka.)
Peter: Is this Peter?
Natsuko: はい、ピーターです。(Hai, Pītā desu.)
Peter: Yes, this is Peter.
Natsuko: さくらはどこにいますか。(Sakura wa doko ni imasu ka.)
Peter: Where is Sakura at?
Natsuko: さくらは私と一緒にいます。(Sakura wa watashi to issho ni imasu.)
Peter: Sakura is together with me.
Natsuko: あ、そうですか。(A, sō desu ka.)
Peter: Ah I see. Okay, it’s that easy. Whenever you want to say together, that’s it.
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: Yesterday we had the verb
Natsuko: 出る (deru)
Peter: Okay, how can we say leave the house together?
Natsuko: 一緒に家を出ます (issho ni ie o demasu)
Peter: Yes, leave together. Okay, next we have
Natsuko: 映画 (eiga)
Peter: This is
Natsuko: Movie.
Peter: Break it down.
Natsuko: (slow)えいが (eiga)
Peter: And one time fast.
Natsuko: 映画 (eiga)
Peter: Okay, next we have
Natsuko: 作品 (sakuhin)
Peter: A work as in a work of art.
Natsuko: Yes, anything, any work.
Peter: Okay, next we have
Natsuko: 開演 (kaien)
Peter: And what’s this?
Natsuko: The time to start.
Peter: Starting time.
Natsuko: Yes, and usually for performance things.
Peter: Exactly. That’s the key point. Starting time for performance.
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: And movies fall into this category.
Natsuko: Yes, right.
Peter: Okay, next we have
Natsuko: 池袋 (Ikebukuro)
Peter: And what’s this?
Natsuko: 池袋 (Ikebukuro) City.
Peter: Yes, inside of Tokyo, right?
Natsuko: Right.
Peter: Again on the famous Yamanote Line.
Natsuko: Right.
Peter: Okay. And it’s very, very popular for young people, lots of things to do, places to eat.
Natsuko: Yes, they have a large department store there.
Peter: Natsuko, always department stores.
Natsuko: And デパ地下 (depachika), I remember that.
Peter: Oh that’s good. Okay, so yes, 池袋 (Ikebukuro) and what is – they have a sun…
Natsuko: Yes, yes, yes Sunshine building. Sunshine City.
Peter: Thank you Natsuko for helping me out. A little tongue tied there, Sunshine City.
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: And again lots of things to do for young people.
Natsuko: Right.
Peter: Next we have
Natsuko: もちろん (mochiron)
Peter: And what’s this?
Natsuko: Of course.
Peter: Of course. Break it down.
Natsuko: (slow)もちろん (mochiron)
Peter: And one time fast.
Natsuko: もちろん (mochiron)
Peter: All the time we use this word.
Natsuko: Really?
Peter: Of course.
Natsuko: You can use this to agree with someone.
Peter: Right. Watch me make Natsuko say もちろん (mochiron) three times in a row.
Natsuko: Okay.
Peter: ナツコ、日本料理が好きですか。(Natsuko, Nihon ryōri ga suki desu ka.)
Natsuko: もちろん。(Mochiron.)
Peter: インド料理が好きですか。(Indo ryōri ga suki desu ka.)
Natsuko: もちろん。(Mochiron.)
Peter: アメリカ料理、好きですか。(Amerika ryōri, suki desu ka.)
Natsuko: Mmm...
Peter: Oh Natsuko, you are funny.
Natsuko: Well I do, I do like American foods, もちろん (mochiron).
Peter: Yes, this is a phrase we can use all the time. Great useful phrase.

Lesson focus

Peter: Now let’s get on to today’s point. Now again we covered this previously when we want to combine two i-adjectives.
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: For example, 面白い (omoshiroi) and 楽しい (tanoshii). How can we combine them into one sentence?
Natsuko: You drop い (i) for the first adjective and add くて (kute)
Peter: Nice, break it down.
Natsuko: (slow)くて (kute)
Peter: And one time fast.
Natsuko: くて (kute)
Peter: In the examples we gave you, how can we make them into one sentence?
Natsuko: 面白くて楽しいです。(Omoshirokute tanoshii desu.)
Peter: Yes, okay. One more time, nice and slow.
Natsuko: (slow)おもしろくてたのしいです。(Omoshirokute tanoshii desu.)
Peter: Yes, the 面白い (omoshiroi) loses the い (i) and adds
Natsuko: くて (kute)
Peter: And that’s how we combine them. Now we covered this in a previous lesson.
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: But we wanted to cover it again here. Okay, so now, let’s do some examples.
Natsuko: Okay. ブラピは好きですか。(Burapi wa suki desu ka.)
Hatsumi: はい、好きです。かっこよくてハンサムです。ナツコは?(Hai, suki desu. Kakkoyokute hansamu desu. Natsuko wa?)
Natsuko: 私は好きではないです。かっこよくないです。シュワちゃんは好きですか。(Watashi wa suki de wa nai desu. Kakkoyokunai desu. Shuwa-chan wa suki desu ka.)
Hatsumi: はい、好きです。強くてかっこいいです。ナツコは?(Hai, suki desu. Tsuyokute kakkoii desu. Natsuko wa?)
Natsuko: 私も好きです。強くてかっこいいですよね。(Watashi mo suki desu. Tsuyokute kakkoii desu yo ne.)
Peter: Okay Natsuko, let me in on this girl’s talk. What were you guys saying, sorry? What were you ladies saying?
Natsuko: We were talking about actors.
Peter: Actors, which actors?
Natsuko: Oh didn’t you get it?
Peter: Not at all. What were we talking about?
Natsuko: We were talking about Brad Pitt.
Peter: Brad Pitt!
Natsuko: Yes
Peter: What did you call him?
Natsuko: ブラピ (Burapi)
Peter: Hah! Break it down for us.
Natsuko: (slow)ぷらぴ (Burapi)
Peter: ブラピ (Burapi)
Natsuko: Yes, we Japanese love to abbreviate things and especially katakana words. So we took Brad Pitt’s ブラ (Bura) and ピ (Pi) to make it ブラピ (Burapi)
Peter: ブラピ (Burapi)
Natsuko: Yeah.
Peter: Wow! I wonder how he feels about that.
Natsuko: Don’t tell him, don’t tell him.
Peter: Brad, if you are listening, send us an email and let us know….
Natsuko: Oh oh!
Peter: How you feel about this…Okay, so ブラピ (Burapi), very, very interesting. Okay, can you give us what you said about him one more time?
Natsuko: ブラピはかっこよくてハンサムです。(Burapi wa kakkoyokute hansamu desu.)
Peter: So he is – Brad Pitt is good looking and handsome.
Natsuko: Right.
Peter: Okay, now I can understand Brad Pitt now, kind of. Who is the next person you are talking about?
Natsuko: Oh Arnold Schwarzenegger, the governor.
Peter: I know Nats -
Natsuko: Oh sorry, sorry!
Peter: You girls are like – you really rip me apart lately. Last weekend, Sakura shredded me…
Natsuko: Sorry.
Peter: No, I know that much. What I want to know is, what did you call him?
Natsuko: シュワちゃん (Shuwa-chan)
Peter: One more time.
Natsuko: シュワちゃん (Shuwa-chan)
Peter: Break it down.
Natsuko: (slow)しゅわちゃん (Shuwa-chan)
Peter: シュワちゃん (Shuwa-chan)
Natsuko: Yes, and ちゃん (chan) is kind of, you know, the cute way to say さん(san).
Peter: Yeah. I know like I understand – I thought it’s normally used for kids and like other things like that.
Natsuko: Yeah, but you know, kind of making fun.
Peter: It’s kind of the complete opposite of him.
Natsuko: Yes, right. Yeah, right.
Peter: I see. シュワちゃん (Shuwa-chan), I like that one.
Natsuko: I hope he likes that one.
Peter: Yes Arnold, if you are listening out there, send us an email and tell us what you think.
Natsuko: We are in trouble.
Peter: Yeah, but anyway, ブラピ (Burapi) and シュワちゃん (Shuwa-chan), I love it. Ah I really – and ブラピ (Burapi) wears ドルガバ (Dorugaba).
Natsuko: Right.
Peter: Interesting, very, very interesting. Okay, and what did you say about シュワちゃん (Shuwa-chan)?
Natsuko: シュワちゃんは強くてかっこいいです。(Shuwa-chan wa tsuyokute kakkoii desu.)
Peter: Okay, now I know that Schwarzenegger is something and cool-looking.
Natsuko: Right.
Peter: Good looking, cool. Now what’s the first one you gave us?
Natsuko: 強くて (tsuyokute)
Peter: Okay, this is
Natsuko: Strong.
Peter: Okay, but again this is the form くて (kute). What’s the original form?
Natsuko: 強い (tsuyoi)
Peter: Break it down.
Natsuko: (slow)つよい (tsuyoi)
Peter: And one time fast.
Natsuko: 強い (tsuyoi)
Peter: Yes, strong. Okay, well again we had too much fun with these. We always run so long.
Natsuko: Oh, oh sorry about that.
Peter: Yep, and you heard our new voice.
Natsuko: Oh yes!
Peter: Yes, the new voice. And who was that new voice?
Natsuko: She is ハツミ (Hatsumi).
Peter: Hatsumi. What a great name and we will be hearing more from Hatsumi in the future.
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: Okay, so よろしくお願いします。(Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.)
Natsuko: よろしくお願いします。(Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.)
Hatsumi: よろしくお願いします。(Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.)

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