Dialogue

Lesson Transcript

Welcome to Can Do Japanese by JapanesePod101.com.
みなさん、こんにちは。かのうかなです。(Mina-san, konnichiwa. Kanō Kana desu.)
"Hi everyone! I'm Kana Kano."
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask what a word is in Japanese.
This is Ben Lee, and he's at a cafe doing a language exchange with his classmate, Hana Hashimoto.
It’s the Japanese portion of the exchange, and he points at the textbook and asks,
"How do you say "textbook" in Japanese?"
Textbookは、にほんごで なんと いいますか。(Textbook wa, Nihon-go de nan to iimasu ka.)
Listen to the conversation, and focus on the question.
Ready?
Textbookは、にほんごで なんと いいますか。(Textbook wa, Nihon-go de nan to iimasu ka.)
きょうかしょです。(Kyōkasho desu.)
Once more with the English translation.
Textbookは、にほんごで なんと いいますか。(Textbook wa, Nihon-go de nan to iimasu ka.)
How do you say “textbook” in Japanese?
きょうかしょです。(Kyōkasho desu.)
It’s “textbook.”

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