Learn how to tell someone that you have or don't have some particular experience
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Naomi: ใชใใฟใงใใ(Naomi desu.) |
| Peter: Peter here. Iโve never lied to you in Japanese. In this lesson, you will learn how to talk about one's experience. |
| Naomi: Such as ่กใฃใใใจใใใ (itta koto ga aru) |
| Peter: I've been to. |
| Naomi: Or ่ใใใใจใใใ (kiita koto ga aru) |
| Peter: I've heard. This conversation takes place at a cafe. |
| Naomi: ใใใงใใๆญฉใใใจๆฐใใใฏใใคใณใบใจใใใซใใงใซใใพใใ(Sล desu. Ayumu-san to Shin-san wa Tsuinzu to iu kafe ni imasu.) |
| Peter: Ayumu and Shin are at a cafe called Twins. Since this conversation is between a boyfriend and a girlfriend, you'll hear... |
| Naomi: ใซใธใฅใขใซใชๆฅๆฌ่ช (kajuaru na Nihon-go) |
| Peter: Informal or casual Japanese. Let's listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| ้ ไบ ๆญฉ (Tลi Ayumu) : ใจใผใใชใใงใ๏ผ(Tobokenai de yo!) |
| ไธๅฑฑ ๆฐ (Shimoyama Shin) : ใจใผใใฆใใชใใใๅฐใ ่ฝใก็ใใฆใ(Tobokete inai yo. Sukoshi ochitsuite.) |
| : ็พ้จใจใใๅๅใฏ ่ใใใใจใใชใใใ(Miu to iu namae wa kiita koto ga nai yo.) |
| ้ ไบ ๆญฉ (Tลi Ayumu) : ใใใๅตใจใใๅๅใฏ ่ใใใใจใใใ๏ผ(Ja, Arashi to iu namae wa kiita koto ga aru?) |
| ไธๅฑฑ ๆฐ (Shimoyama Shin) : ๅต๏ผ่ใใใใจใชใใ(Arashi? Kiita koto nai.) |
| : ๆฌๅฝใ ใใไฟบใฏ ๆญฉใซ ๅใ ใคใใใใจใฏ ใชใใใ(Hontล da yo. Ore wa Ayumu ni uso o tsuita koto wa nai yo.) |
| : ๅฑฑๅท็ ้ขใซ่กใฃใใใจใฏใชใใ(Yamakawa byลin ni itta koto wa nai.) |
| : ใใฎๅฅณใฎไบบใซ ไผใฃใใใจใ ใชใใใปใปใปไฟกใใฆ ๆฌฒใใใ(Sono onna no hito ni atta koto mo nai. ...Shinjite hoshii.) |
| ้ ไบ ๆญฉ (Tลi Ayumu) : ใปใปใป(...) |
| ๅคง็ฉบ ้ขจๆญ (ลzora Fลซka) : ใใฐใใกใใใใใฃใกใๆฉใใใปใปใปใใใใ๏ผ(O-bฤ-chan, kotchi. Hayaku.... A, papa!) |
| ้ ไบ๏ผไธๅฑฑ (Tลi &Shimoyama) : ใใ๏ผ(Papa?) |
| ไธๅฑฑ ๆฐ (Shimoyama Shin) : ใใใฃใ(Ita.) |
| ้ ไบ ๆญฉ (Tลi Ayumu) : ๆไฝใ(Saitei.) |
| ไธๅฑฑ ๆฐ (Shimoyama Shin) : ใฉใใใฆ๏ผใใใฆใใใฎๅญใฏใปใปใป่ชฐ๏ผ(Dลshite? Soshite, kono ko wa... dare?) |
| : ใญใใใๅฌขใกใใ ๅใซ ไผใฃใใใจใ ใใ๏ผ(Nee, o-jล-chan mae ni atta koto ga aru?) |
| ๅคง็ฉบ ้ขจๆญ (ลzora Fลซka) : ใใ๏ผ้ขจๆญใฎ ใใใใใชใใปใปใปใ(Are? Fลซka no papa ja naiโฆ) |
| Naomi: ใใไธๅบฆใใ้กใใใพใใไปๅบฆใฏใใฃใใใ้กใใใพใใ(Mล ichi-do, onegai shimasu. Kondo wa yukkuri onegai shimasu.) |
| ้ ไบ ๆญฉ (Tลi Ayumu) : ใจใผใใชใใงใ๏ผ(Tobokenai de yo!) |
| ไธๅฑฑ ๆฐ (Shimoyama Shin) : ใจใผใใฆใใชใใใๅฐใ ่ฝใก็ใใฆใ(Tobokete inai yo. Sukoshi ochitsuite.) |
| : ็พ้จใจใใๅๅใฏ ่ใใใใจใใชใใใ(Miu to iu namae wa kiita koto ga nai yo.) |
| ้ ไบ ๆญฉ (Tลi Ayumu) : ใใใๅตใจใใๅๅใฏ ่ใใใใจใใใ๏ผ(Ja, Arashi to iu namae wa kiita koto ga aru?) |
| ไธๅฑฑ ๆฐ (Shimoyama Shin) : ๅต๏ผ่ใใใใจใชใใ(Arashi? Kiita koto nai.) |
| : ๆฌๅฝใ ใใไฟบใฏ ๆญฉใซ ๅใ ใคใใใใจใฏ ใชใใใ(Hontล da yo. Ore wa Ayumu ni uso o tsuita koto wa nai yo.) |
| : ๅฑฑๅท็ ้ขใซ่กใฃใใใจใฏใชใใ(Yamakawa byลin ni itta koto wa nai.) |
| : ใใฎๅฅณใฎไบบใซ ไผใฃใใใจใ ใชใใใปใปใปไฟกใใฆ ๆฌฒใใใ(Sono onna no hito ni atta koto mo nai. ...Shinjite hoshii.) |
| ๅคง็ฉบ ้ขจๆญ (ลzora Fลซka) : ใใฐใใกใใใใใฃใกใๆฉใใใปใปใปใใใใ๏ผ(O-bฤ-chan, kotchi. Hayaku.... A, papa!) |
| ้ ไบ๏ผไธๅฑฑ (Tลi &Shimoyama) : ใใ๏ผ(Papa?) |
| ไธๅฑฑ ๆฐ (Shimoyama Shin) : ใใใฃใ(Ita.) |
| ้ ไบ ๆญฉ (Tลi Ayumu) : ๆไฝใ(Saitei.) |
| ไธๅฑฑ ๆฐ (Shimoyama Shin) : ใฉใใใฆ๏ผใใใฆใใใฎๅญใฏใปใปใป่ชฐ๏ผ(Dลshite? Soshite, kono ko wa... dare?) |
| : ใญใใใๅฌขใกใใ ๅใซ ไผใฃใใใจใ ใใ๏ผ(Nee, o-jล-chan mae ni atta koto ga aru?) |
| ๅคง็ฉบ ้ขจๆญ (ลzora Fลซka) : ใใ๏ผ้ขจๆญใฎ ใใใใใชใใปใปใปใ(Are? Fลซka no papa ja naiโฆ) |
| Naomi: ไปๅบฆใฏใ่ฑ่ชใๅ ฅใใพใใ(Kondo wa, Eigo ga hairimasu.) |
| ้ ไบ ๆญฉ (Tลi Ayumu) : ใจใผใใชใใงใ๏ผ(Tobokenai de yo!) |
| Don't try to play dumb! |
| ไธๅฑฑ ๆฐ (Shimoyama Shin) : ใจใผใใฆใใชใใใๅฐใ ่ฝใก็ใใฆใ(Tobokete inai yo. Sukoshi ochitsuite.) |
| I'm not!! Calm down a little. |
| : ็พ้จใจใใๅๅใฏ ่ใใใใจใใชใใใ(Miu to iu namae wa kiita koto ga nai yo.) |
| I've never heard the name Miu. |
| ้ ไบ ๆญฉ (Tลi Ayumu) : ใใใๅตใจใใๅๅใฏ ่ใใใใจใใใ๏ผ(Ja, Arashi to iu namae wa kiita koto ga aru?) |
| Okay then, does the name Arashi ring a bell? |
| ไธๅฑฑ ๆฐ (Shimoyama Shin) : ๅต๏ผ่ใใใใจใชใใ(Arashi? Kiita koto nai.) |
| Arashi? Never heard it either. |
| : ๆฌๅฝใ ใใไฟบใฏ ๆญฉใซ ๅใ ใคใใใใจใฏ ใชใใใ(Hontล da yo. Ore wa Ayumu ni uso o tsuita koto wa nai yo.) |
| I'm serious. I've never lied to you, Ayumu. |
| : ๅฑฑๅท็ ้ขใซ่กใฃใใใจใฏใชใใ(Yamakawa byลin ni itta koto wa nai.) |
| I've never been to Yamakawa Hospital. |
| : ใใฎๅฅณใฎไบบใซ ไผใฃใใใจใ ใชใใ(Sono onna no hito ni atta koto mo nai.) |
| I've never met with that woman either. |
| : ใปใปใปไฟกใใฆ ๆฌฒใใใ(... Shinjite hoshii.) |
| ...I want you to believe me. |
| ๅคง็ฉบ้ขจๆญ (ลzora Fลซka) : ใใฐใใกใใใใใฃใกใๆฉใใ(O-bฤ-chan, kotchi. Hayaku.) |
| Grandma, this way! Hurry up!! |
| : ใปใปใปใใใใ๏ผ(... A, papa!) |
| โฆOh, it's Daddy! |
| ้ ไบ๏ผไธๅฑฑ (Tลi &Shimoyama) : ใใ๏ผ(Papa?) |
| Daddy?! |
| ไธๅฑฑ ๆฐ (Shimoyama Shin) : ใใใฃใ(Ita.) |
| Ow! |
| ้ ไบ ๆญฉ (Tลi Ayumu) : ๆไฝใ(Saitei.) |
| You jerk. |
| ไธๅฑฑ ๆฐ (Shimoyama Shin) : ใฉใใใฆ๏ผ(Dลshite?) |
| Why? |
| : ใใใฆใใใฎๅญใฏใปใปใป่ชฐ๏ผ(Soshite, kono ko wa... dare?) |
| Andโฆwho is this girl? |
| : ใญใใใๅฌขใกใใ ๅใซ ไผใฃใใใจใ ใใ๏ผ(Nee, o-jล-chan mae ni atta koto ga aru?) |
| Hey little girl, have I met you before? |
| ๅคง็ฉบ ้ขจๆญ (ลzora Fลซka) : ใใ๏ผ้ขจๆญใฎ ใใใใใชใใปใปใปใ(Are? Fลซka no papa ja naiโฆ) |
| Huh? You're not my daddy... |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Naomi: ๆญฉใๆใฃใฆใใพใใญใ(Ayumu, okotte imasu ne.) It seems like Ayumu is quite upset. ใจใผใใชใใงใ๏ผ(Tobokenaide yo!) |
| Peter: Don't try and play dumb! So...what's going on? ใฉใใชใฃใฆใใพใใใ(Dล natte imasu ka.) Why was she so angry from the beginning? |
| Naomi: ใ๏ผ่ฆใใฆใพใใใใ(E? Oboete masen ka.) You donโt remember the last episode? In the previous episode, Ayumu saidโฆ ๆ ็ป้คจใ ๅบใๆใใใชใใ ่ฆใใฎใใๅฑฑๅท็ ้ขใง ็พ้จใจใใๅฅณใฎไบบใจ ไผใฃใใงใใใ(Eigakan o deta toki, anata o mita no yo. Yamakawa byลin de Miu to iu onna no hito to atta desho.) |
| Peter: When I left the movie theater, I saw you. You met up with a woman named Miu at Yamakawa Hospital, didn't you? |
| Naomi: And Shin replies with ใฏ๏ผใใใปใปใป่ชฐ๏ผ(Ha? Sore โฆdare?) |
| Peter: What? Who is THAT? Ahh, I see. So he is trying to lie. No. So Ayumu thought that Shin was lying. |
| Naomi: ใใใงใใ(Sล desu.) And in this lesson, Fuka appears and called Shin "Daddy". ใใใใ๏ผ(A, papa!) |
| Peter: This is like crazier than a soap opera. By the way, how do you say soap opera in Japanese? Is it a literal translation like ใใฃใใใใฉใ (sekken dorama)? |
| Naomi: I think we just call them ใฝใผใใชใใฉใใใช (sลpu opera, ka na). ใใใ ๆผใใฉ๏ผๆผใฎใใฉใใ(ฤ, hirudora! Hiru no dorama.) |
| Peter: Afternoon drama. |
| Naomi: ใใใงใใ(Sล desu.) |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Peter: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| First word: |
| ใจใผใใ (tobokeru) [natural native speed] |
| to play dumb, to play innocent |
| ใจใผใใ (tobokeru) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| ใจใผใใ (tobokeru) [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| ่ฝใก็ใ (ochitsuku) [natural native speed] |
| to calm down, to feel at ease |
| ่ฝใก็ใ (ochitsuku) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| ่ฝใก็ใ (ochitsuku) [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| ๅใใคใ (uso o tsuku) [natural native speed] |
| to tell a lie |
| ๅใใคใ (uso o tsuku) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| ๅใใคใ (uso o tsuku) [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| ไฟกใใ (shinjiru) [natural native speed] |
| to trust, to believe |
| ไฟกใใ (shinjiru) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| ไฟกใใ (shinjiru) [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| ๆไฝ (saitei) [natural native speed] |
| lowest, worst, disgusting, yuck |
| ๆไฝ (saitei) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| ๆไฝ (saitei) [natural native speed] |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Peter: Let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. First we have? |
| Naomi: ใคใ (tsuku) as in ๅใใคใ (uso o tsuku) |
| Peter: โto tell a lieโ |
| Naomi: ๅ (uso) is |
| Peter: "lie" |
| Naomi: And ใคใ (tsuku) is a verb, meaning |
| Peter: "to exhale" or "to say". So ๅใใคใ (uso o tsuku) literally means "to exhale a lieโ or โto say a lie" But of course it means "to tell a lie" or "to lie." |
| Naomi: You can also say ๅใ่จใ (uso o iu) to mean "to tell a lie" or "to lie." |
| Peter: And ๅใคใ (usotsuki) is a liar, right? |
| Naomi: Right. ใคใ (tsuki) is a noun form of a verb ใคใ (tsuku), soโฆ ๅใคใ (usotsuki) means liar. |
| I hope you don't ever have to use this phrase though. |
| Peter: Hmm. But you will hear it in anime, dramas and movies and things like this. |
| Naomi: Right. |
| Peter: Ok. Next word? |
| Naomi: ๆไฝ (saitei) |
| Peter: โlowestโ, โworstโ, โdisgustingโ |
| Naomi: The first kanji means "the most" or "-est". |
| Peter: In the sense of comparative. |
| Naomi: Right. And the second kanji means "low" |
| Peter: So ๆไฝ (saitei) literally means "the lowest" or "lowest rank". Now I can use to describe someoneโs personality. And it can also means, literally meaning like minimum. |
| Naomi: ใใใงใใญใใ ใใใๅคฉๆฐไบๅ ฑใงใใ่ใใพใใญใ(Sล desu ne. Dakara, Tenki yohล de yoku kikimasu ne.) |
| Peter: Thatโs right. You often hear this word in the weather forecast. |
| Naomi: ๆฐๆธฉ (kion) is temperature, so ...ๆไฝๆฐๆธฉ (saitei kion) is |
| Peter: "the lowest temperatureโ |
| Naomi: Here's a sample sentence. ไปๆฅใฎๆไฝๆฐๆธฉใฏ๏ผๅบฆใงใใใใ(Kyล no saitei kion wa ichi-do deshล.) |
| Peter: Today's lowest temperature would be 1 degree. And of course, that is celcius. |
| Naomi: ใฏใใ(Hai.) |
| Peter: So about..what is that about aโฆ 36 degrees or something. |
| Naomi: Hm. Donโt ask me. |
| Peter: Alright. But Naomi-sensei, Ayumu may be a weather forecaster, but I don't think she was talking about temperature in this case. |
| Naomi: ใใใใใงใใญใ(A, sล desu ne.) When ๆไฝ (saitei) is used to describe a person, it means that that person has low integrity. It is a very strong word. |
| Peter: Right. I think in this case we can kind of translate it into English as "you jerk" or โjerkโ. |
| Naomi: Hmm. |
| Peter: So these be frighten words. It is a pretty good bucket to put this phrase into. So please be careful when using it. |
| Naomi: ใใใๆฐใใคใใฆใใ ใใใ(Un, ki o tsukete kudasai.) |
Lesson focus |
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| Peter: The focus of this lesson is how to talk about one's experience - what someone has done before. |
| Naomi: [Ta-form of a verb] plus ใใจใใใ (koto ga aru) |
| Peter: I have the experience of... |
| Naomi: And [ta-form of a verb] plus ใใจใใชใ (koto ga nai) |
| Peter: I don't have the experience of...something something |
| Naomi: sentence structures. |
| Peter: Naomi-sensei, how do you say "I've seen." as in "I've seen it before"? |
| Naomi: ่ฆใใใจใใใ (mita koto ga aru) |
| Peter: ่ฆใ (mita), the ta-form of the verb ่ฆใ (miru), to see plus ใใจใใใ (koto ga aru). The formation is [informal past form of a verb, or ta-form] plus ใใจใใใ (koto ga aru). OK. Letโs listen to Naomi-sensei, and repeat. |
| Naomi: ่ฆใใใจใใใใ(Mita koto ga aru.) |
| Peter: [pause] โIโve seen.โ Next, let's construct the phrase "I've eaten" as in "I've eaten something before", using same pattern. Naomi-sensei, how do you say "to eat"? |
| Naomi: ้ฃในใ (taberu) |
| Peter: What's the informal past tense or the ta-form? |
| Naomi: ้ฃในใ (tabeta) |
| Peter: To that, we append? |
| Naomi: ใใจใใใ (koto ga aru) |
| Peter: So we get? |
| Naomi: ้ฃในใใใจใใใ (tabeta koto ga aru) |
| Peter: โI've eaten.โ OK. Listeners, please repeat after Naomi-sensei. |
| Naomi: ้ฃในใใใจใใใ (tabeta koto ga aru) |
| Peter: [pause] Next, letโs quickly introduce how to form the negative. |
| Naomi: It's very simple. Just change the final ใใ (aru) to ใชใ (nai). |
| Peter: So ้ฃในใใใจใใใ (tabeta koto ga aru), โI've eaten it beforeโ, becomes |
| Naomi: ้ฃในใใใจใใชใ (tabeta koto ga nai) |
| Peter: "I've never eaten it." And ่ฆใใใจใใใ (mita koto ga aru), โI've seen it beforeโ, becomes |
| Naomi: ่ฆใใใจใใชใ (mita koto ga nai) |
| Peter: โI have never seen it.โ OK. Let's review this lesson with a quiz. Say..."I've heard of it." Here's a hint - "to hear" is? |
| Naomi: ่ใ (kiku) |
| Peter: [pause] Naomi-sensei? |
| Naomi: ่ใใใใจใใใ (kiita koto ga aru) |
| You can also put the object in front of it. Likeโฆ ใใฎๅๅใ่ใใใใจใใใใ(Sono namae, kiita koto ga aru.) |
| Peter: "I've heard the name." Now, we've only introduced the informal way of talking about one's experience in this lesson, but there is of course a formal way as well. |
| Naomi: Right. [Ta-form of a verb] plus ใใจใใใใพใ (koto ga arimasu), and [ta-form of a verb] plus ใใจใใใใพใใ (koto ga arimasen) |
| Peter: For more information on the formal expressions, read and write up in the Lesson Notes. |
| Naomi: ใฌใในใณใใผใใ่ชญใใงใใ ใใใใใใใใพใ๏ผ(Ressun nลto o yonde kudasai. Jฤ, mata!) |
| Peter: See you later. |
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