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INTRODUCTION
Eric: Lori’s Story, Lesson 38. Make your Japanese colorful. In this lesson, you will learn how to describe people’s personalities and appearances. We are also going to introduce another type of adjective.
Naomi: I-adjectives such as 大きい (ōkii).
Eric: Big.
Naomi: Or かっこいい (kakkoii).
Eric: Cool. This conversation takes place at
Naomi: ロリーさんのうち。(Rorī-san no uchi.)
Eric: Lori’s apartment. The conversation is between
Naomi: ロリーさんと静さん。(Rorī-san to Shizuka-san.)
Eric: Lori and Shizuka. Lori and Shizuka are talking about a boy. Uh, girls talk ah!
Naomi: そうですね。(Sō desu ne.)
Eric: Let’s listen.
DIALOGUE
ロリー (Rorī) : ああ... 大きくて 面白い ドリューさん?(Ā... Ōkikute omoshiroi Doryū-san?)
静 (Shizuka) : ちがいます。ちがいます。中国人で... 細くて かっこいい リュウさん。(Chigaimasu. Chigaimasu. Chūgoku-jin de... hosokute kakkoii Ryū-san.)
ロリー (Rorī) : ああー。リュウさん。やさしくて おとなしい人ですね。はいはい。わかります。友だちでした。(Ā. Ryū-san. Yasashikute otonashii hito desu ne. Hai hai. Wakarimasu. Tomodachi deshita.)
静 (Shizuka) : でした?(Deshita?)
ロリー (Rorī) : ええ。もう 友だちじゃないです。私の彼氏です。(Ee. Mō tomodachi ja nai desu. Watashi no kareshi desu.)
静 (Shizuka) : ええーっ。うそぉ〜。(Ē. Usō.)
もう一度、お願いします。今度は、ゆっくりお願いします。(Mō ichi-do, onegai shimasu. Kondo wa, yukkuri onegai shimasu.)
ロリー (Rorī) : ああ... 大きくて 面白い ドリューさん?(Ā... Ōkikute omoshiroi Doryū-san?)
静 (Shizuka) : ちがいます。ちがいます。中国人で... 細くて かっこいい リュウさん。(Chigaimasu. Chigaimasu. Chūgoku-jin de... hosokute kakkoii Ryū-san.)
ロリー (Rorī) : ああー。リュウさん。やさしくて おとなしい人ですね。はいはい。わかります。友だちでした。(Ā. Ryū-san. Yasashikute otonashii hito desu ne. Hai hai. Wakarimasu. Tomodachi deshita.)
静 (Shizuka) : でした?(Deshita?)
ロリー (Rorī) : ええ。もう 友だちじゃないです。私の彼氏です。(Ee. Mō tomodachi ja nai desu. Watashi no kareshi desu.)
静 (Shizuka) : ええーっ。うそぉ〜。(Ē. Usō.)
今度は、英語が入ります。(Kondo wa, Eigo ga hairimasu.)
ロリー (Rorī) : ああ... 大きくて 面白い ドリューさん?(Ā... Ōkikute omoshiroi Doryū-san?)
LORI: Ahh... Drew, the big, funny guy?
静 (Shizuka) : ちがいます。ちがいます。中国人で... 細くて かっこいい リュウさん。(Chigaimasu. Chigaimasu. Chūgoku-jin de... hosokute kakkoii Ryū-san.)
SHIZUKA: No, no. He's Chinese. He's slim and good-looking, and his name is Ryu.
ロリー (Rorī) : ああー。リュウさん。(Ā. Ryū-san.)
LORI: Ahh! Ryu.
ロリー (Rorī) : やさしくて おとなしい人ですね。(Yasashikute otonashii hito desu ne.)
LORI: The nice, quiet guy.
ロリー (Rorī) : はいはい。わかります。(Hai hai. Wakarimasu.)
LORI: Okay okay, I got it now.
ロリー (Rorī) : 友だちでした。(Tomodachi deshita.)
LORI: He was my friend.
静 (Shizuka) : でした?(Deshita?)
SHIZUKA: Was your friend?
ロリー (Rorī) : ええ。もう 友だちじゃないです。(Ee. Mō tomodachi ja nai desu.)
LORI: Yeah. He's not my friend anymore.
ロリー (Rorī) : 私の彼氏です。(Watashi no kareshi desu.)
LORI: He's my boyfriend.
静 (Shizuka) : ええーっ。うそぉ〜。(Ē. Usō.)
SHIZUKA: What?! No way!
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Eric: Whoa, didn’t see that coming, Naomi-sensei.
Naomi: ねぇ!三角関係ですね。(Nee! Sankaku kankei desu ne.) By the way, 三角 (sankaku) is triangle and 関係 (kankei) is relationship.
Eric: Wait, wait, wait so you think that Shizuka also likes Ryu?
Naomi: と、思いますけどね。(To, omoimasu kedo ne.) I think so.
Eric: Fu! Things are getting hot open here. So okay – so Lori said that Ryu is her 彼氏 (kareshi) right which means boyfriend.
Naomi: はい、そうです。(Hai, sō desu.) Right, but the word 彼氏 (kareshi) literally means he or him.
Eric: But it’s not really ever used as he or him, right? It’s usually used as a boyfriend.
Naomi: そうですね。Boyfriend ですね。(Sō desu ne. “Boyfriend” desu ne.)
Eric: On to the vocabulary.
Naomi: 次は、単語です。(Tsugi wa, tango desu.)
VOCAB LIST
Eric: The first word is
Naomi: 違います (chigaimasu)
Eric: To be different, to differ.
Naomi: (slow) ちがいます (chigaimasu) (natural speed) 違います (chigaimasu)
Eric: The next word is
Naomi: 細い (hosoi)
Eric: Thin, slender.
Naomi: (slow) ほそい (hosoi) (natural speed) 細い (hosoi)
Eric: The next word is
Naomi: 優しい (yasashii)
Eric: Kind, gentle.
Naomi: (slow) やさしい (yasashii) (natural speed) 優しい (yasashii)
Eric: The next word is
Naomi: 大人しい (otonashii)
Eric: Quiet, calm.
Naomi: (slow) おとなしい (otonashii) (natural speed) 大人しい (otonashii)
Eric: The last word is
Naomi: 彼氏 (kareshi)
Eric: Boyfriend.
Naomi: (slow) かれし (kareshi) (natural speed) 彼氏 (kareshi)
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
Eric: What’s the first word we are going to look at today, Naomi-sensei?
Naomi: 彼氏 (kareshi) and 彼氏 (kareshi)
Eric: Boyfriend. So it’s the same word with different pronunciations.
Naomi: Right. そうです。(Sō desu.)
Eric: By the way, what’s girlfriend in Japanese?
Naomi: 彼女 (kanojo) or 彼女 (kanojo)
Eric: Which like 彼氏 (kareshi) also means her, right?
Naomi: Uhh.
Eric: And in this case, it’s pretty common to actually say 彼女 (kanojo) to mean her.
Naomi: Umm, if you are going to say he or him, 彼 (kare) is more common and 私の彼氏 (watashi no kareshi) or 私の彼女 (watashi no kanojo) implies your steady lover. It doesn’t mean male friend or female friend.
Eric: Oh okay. So you can talk about your friend saying hey, that’s my 彼女 (kanojo), that’s my 彼氏 (kareshi). People would assume that’s your girlfriend or boyfriend.
Naomi: そうです。(Sō desu.)
Eric: So how do you say male friend then?
Naomi: 男友達。(Otoko tomodachi.) 男 (otoko) is man. 友達 (tomodachi) is friend.
Eric: So what about a female friend?
Naomi: 女友達。(Onna tomodachi.) 女 (onna) is woman. 友達 (tomodachi) is friend.
Eric: You know but in my experience, people don’t usually specify what gender their friend is, right?
Naomi: No, no.
Eric: People will say like oh I went out with my 友達 (tomodachi) yesterday.
Naomi: そうそうそうそう。(Sō sō sō sō.)
Eric: And you are left, you know, guessing what kind of friend.
Naomi: But if like somebody asks you like おー、彼氏 (ō, kareshi)?
Eric: Ah then you say... いいえ (iie).
Naomi: あ~、いいえ。彼氏じゃないです。男友達です。(Ā, iie. Kareshi ja nai desu. Otoko tomodachi desu.)
Eric: Sounds good. On to the grammar.
Naomi: 次は、文法です。(Tsugi wa, bunpō desu.)

Lesson focus

Eric: In this lesson, you are going to learn how to describe people or items using more than two adjectives. We will also review i-adjectives. So look out for the bonus track of extra i-adjectives on the japanesepod101.com feed. Okay Naomi-sensei, give us two i-adjectives.
Naomi: 面白い (omoshiroi)
Eric: Interesting.
Naomi: 優しい (yasashii)
Eric: Kind. How do you say interesting and kind?
Naomi: 面白くて優しい (omoshirokute yasashii)
Eric: So when you want to combine two i-adjectives, the first adjective you say has to be changed to te-form, right? So to create the te-form of an i-adjective, you have to drop the final い (i) sound and add
Naomi: くて (kute)
Eric: All right. This is better explained with an example. So the dictionary form of interesting is
Naomi: 面白い (omoshiroi)
Eric: Drop the い (i)
Naomi: 面白 (omoshiro)
Eric: And add くて (kute)
Naomi: 面白くて (omoshirokute)
Eric: So how do you say sweet and delicious?
Naomi: Sweet is 甘い (amai), delicious is 美味しい (oishii). So 甘くて美味しい (amakute oishii).
Eric: What about cake?
Naomi: ケーキは甘くて美味しいです。(Kēki wa amakute oishii desu.)
Eric: Cake is sweet and delicious. 京都は?(Kyōto wa?) What about Kyoto?
Naomi: 京都は古くて面白いです。(Kyōto wa furukute omoshiroi desu.)
Eric: Kyoto is old and interesting.
Naomi: じゃあエリックさん。マイアミは?(Jā Erikku-san. Maiami wa?)
Eric: マイアミは暑くて楽しい。(Maiami wa atsukute tanoshii.)
Naomi: Hot and fun.
Eric: That’s right. なおみ先生、千葉は?(Naomi-sensei, Chiba wa?)
Naomi: 千葉?千葉は…うーん。(Chiba? Chiba wa… ūn.) I have to use i-adjectives, right? 千葉は東京から近くて楽しいです。(Chiba wa Tōkyō kara chikakute tanoshii desu.)
Eric: Ah, adding a condition to it. It’s close to Tokyo and it’s fun.
Naomi: 東京から近い (Tōkyō kara chikai) is close from Tokyo, so... 東京から近くて楽しいです。(Tōkyō kara chikakute tanoshii desu.)

Outro

Naomi: 皆さんの町はどんなところですか。(Mina-san no machi wa donna tokoro desu ka.)
Eric: What’s your hometown like everybody? Let us know in the comments section for this episode.
Naomi: そうですね。I-adjectives を使ってください。(Sō desu ne. “I-adjectives” o tsukatte kudasai.)
Eric: Yeah, please use i-adjectives.
Eric: So that does it for today but I will see you guys next time.
Naomi: じゃ、また。(Ja, mata.)

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