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INTRODUCTION
Eric: Lori’s Story, lesson 40. Here is something you like. In this lesson, you will learn how to share your passions. Actually I mean just talk about what you like, right?
Naomi: そうですね。チョコレートが好きです。(Sō desu ne. Chokorēto ga suki desu.)
Eric: I have a passion for chocolate.
Naomi: I like chocolate.
Eric: Yeah, I like chocolate. Yeah, it’s better, right? And where is it this time?
Naomi: 道、かな?(Michi, ka na?)
Eric: On the street.
Naomi: はい。(Hai.)
Eric: And who is talking?
Naomi: ロリーさんと静さん。(Rorī-san to Shizuka-san.)
Eric: It seems like they just met up on the street and they are walking to the university together. So they will be speaking in
Naomi: Formal Japanese.
Eric: Okay, let’s listen.
DIALOGUE
ロリー (Rorī) : おはようございます、静さん。いい天気ですね。静さん... し・ず・かさん。(Ohayō gozaimasu, Shizuka-san. Ii tenki desu ne. Shizuka san... Shi-zu-ka san.)
静 (Shizuka) : え?ああ、ロリーさん。ああ、そうですね。いい天気ですね。(E? Ā, Rorī-san. Ā, sō desu ne. Ii tenki desu ne.)
ロリー (Rorī) : 静さんはスポーツが好きですか。(Shizuka-san wa supōtsu ga suki desu ka.)
静 (Shizuka) : ええ、好きですよ。スノボが好きです。(Ee, suki desu yo. Sunobo ga suki desu.)
ロリー (Rorī) : スノボ...。ああ、スノーボードですか。私もスノーボードが大好きです。リュウさんも、スノボをします。あ、今度、一緒にスノボをしませんか。(Sunobo... Ā, sunōbōdo desu ka. Watashi mo sunōbōdo ga daisuki desu. Ryū-san mo, sunobo o shimasu. A, kondo, issho ni sunobo o shimasen ka.)
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) : おはようございます、静さん。いい天気ですね。静さん...し・ず・かさん。(Ohayō gozaimasu, Shizuka-san. Ii tenki desu ne. Shizuka san... Shi-zu-ka san.)
静 (Shizuka) : え?ああ、ロリーさん。ああ、そうですね。いい天気ですね。(E? Ā, Rorī-san. Ā, sō desu ne. Ii tenki desu ne.)
ロリー (Rorī) : 静さんはスポーツが好きですか。(Shizuka-san wa supōtsu ga suki desu ka.)
静 (Shizuka) : ええ、好きですよ。スノボが好きです。(Ee, suki desu yo. Sunobo ga suki desu.)
ロリー (Rorī) : スノボ...。ああ、スノーボードですか。私もスノーボードが大好きです。リュウさんも、スノボをします。あ、今度、一緒にスノボをしませんか。(Sunobo... Ā, sunōbōdo desu ka. Watashi mo sunōbōdo ga daisuki desu. Ryū-san mo, sunobo o shimasu. A, kondo, issho ni sunobo o shimasen ka.)
今度は、英語が入ります。(Kondo wa, Eigo ga hairimasu.)
ロリー (Rorī) : おはようございます、静さん。いい天気ですね。(Ohayō gozaimasu, Shizuka-san. Ii tenki desu ne.)
LORI : Good morning Shizuka. Great weather today huh?
ロリー (Rorī) : 静さん...し・ず・かさん。 (Shizuka san... Shi-zu-ka san.)
LORI : Shizuka? Shi –Zu – Ka...
静 (Shizuka) : え?ああ、ロリーさん。(E? Ā, Rorī-san.)
SHIZUKA : Whu... Oh, Lori.
静 (Shizuka) : ああ、そうですね。いい天気ですね。(Ā, sō desu ne. Ii tenki desu ne.)
SHIZUKA : Yeah, great weather.
ロリー (Rorī) : 静さんはスポーツが好きですか。(Shizuka-san wa supōtsu ga suki desu ka.)
LORI : Do you like sports, Shizuka?
静 (Shizuka) : ええ、好きですよ。スノボが好きです。(Ee, suki desu yo. Sunobo ga suki desu.)
SHIZUKA : Yes I do. I like ‘suno-bo.’
ロリー (Rorī) : スノボ...。ああ、スノーボードですか。(Sunobo... Ā, sunōbōdo desu ka.)
LORI : ‘Suno-bo’?... Oh you mean ‘snowboarding.’
ロリー (Rorī) : 私もスノーボードが大好きです。リュウさんも、スノボをします。(Watashi mo sunōbōdo ga daisuki desu. Ryū-san mo, sunobo o shimasu.)
LORI : I like to snowboard too and so does Ryu.
ロリー (Rorī) : あ、今度、一緒にスノボをしませんか。(A, kondo, issho ni sunobo o shimasen ka.)
LORI : Hey, why don’t we all go together?
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Naomi: It sounds like Shizuka is out of it.
Eric: Yeah. And you know what I think I could take a stab as to why that is, all right. If you remember from the last time, Shizuka got a phone call from her friend’s boyfriend.
Naomi: そうですね。リュウさんですね。(Sō desu ne. Ryū-san desu ne.)
Eric: So she is probably thinking, should I tell Lori or should I say nothing and go to karaoke with Ryu? More dilemma, right Naomi-sensei?
Naomi: はい。(Hai.)
Eric: Has this happened to you before?
Naomi: It doesn’t happen to me but I think it often happens. Don’t you think?
Eric: Uhh drawing from a real life situation hah! Naomi-sensei in your script writing.
Naomi: はい。(Hai.)
Eric: So what do you think she is going to do?
Naomi: どうだろうね。(Dō darō ne.) If I were Shizuka, I would tell Lori nothing.
Eric: Wow Naomi-sensei, why?
Naomi: え~、だって…。(Ē, datte...) I don’t want to hurt my friend’s feeling.
Eric: Do you think it will hurt her or help her?
Naomi: あ~、そうね。(Ā, sō ne.) Good question.
Eric: Uhh all right. Well, let’s think about that while we do our vocabulary.
Naomi: 次は単語です。(Tsugi wa tango desu.)
VOCAB LIST
Eric: What’s the first word?
Naomi: 天気 (tenki)
Eric: Weather.
Naomi: (slow) てんき (tenki) (natural speed) 天気 (tenki)
Eric: The next word is
Naomi: スノーボード (sunōbōdo)
Eric: Snowboard.
Naomi: (slow) スノーボード (sunōbōdo) (natural speed) スノーボード (sunōbōdo)
Eric: The next word is
Naomi: スノボ (sunobo)
Eric: Snowboarding, abbreviation of snowboard.
Naomi: (slow) スノボ (sunobo) (natural speed) スノボ (sunobo)
Eric: The next word is
Naomi: 好き (suki)
Eric: Likable, to like.
Naomi: (slow) すき (suki) (natural speed) 好き (suki)
Eric: The next word is – the last word is
Naomi: スポーツ (supōtsu)
Eric: Sport, sports.
Naomi: (slow) スポーツ (supōtsu) (natural speed) スポーツ (supōtsu)
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
Eric: Naomi-sensei, that last word we just looked at was sports or sport, which one?
Naomi: Both.
Eric: But in Japanese, it is スポーツ (supōtsu). It sounds like plural. It sounds like sports.
Naomi: そうね。スポーツ。(Sō ne. Supōtsu.)
Eric: So sports can mean one sport or ten sports?
Naomi: Right again there is no difference between plural and singular in Japanese.
Eric: You know, you are here talking about words that came from English, but isn’t there a natural Japanese word that means sports?
Naomi: あ~、運動かな?(Ā, undō ka na?)
Eric: Ah 運動 (undō), but doesn’t that mean exercise just like the general act of you know exercising?
Naomi: 運動 (undō) means exercise but it also means sport but 運動 (undō) sounds more serious than sport. I mean スポーツ (supōtsu).
Eric: So how would you say to play a sport?
Naomi: スポーツをします。(Supōtsu o shimasu.) スポーツします (supōtsu shimasu) or of course, 運動をします (undō o shimasu) or 運動します (undō shimasu).
Eric: All right, exactly. You would say スポーツをします (supōtsu o shimasu), right? Literally to do sport. So let’s introduce some sports. To play tennis.
Naomi: テニスをします。(Tenisu o shimasu.)
Eric: How about to play golf?
Naomi: ゴルフをします。(Gorufu o shimasu.)
Eric: To skateboard.
Naomi: スケートボードをします (sukētobōdo o shimasu) or スケボをします (sukebo o shimasu).
Eric: To surf.
Naomi: サーフィンをします。(Sāfin o shimasu.)
Eric: How about martial arts?
Naomi: うーん、空手をします。柔道をします。レスリングをします。(Ūn, karate o shimasu. Jūdō o shimasu. Resuringu o shimasu.)
Eric: Yeah, so that was karate, judo, wrestling. You know basically any sport you do plus します (shimasu). Will be playing that sport, right?
Naomi: そうですね。(Sō desu ne.)
Eric: On to the grammar.
Naomi: 次は文法です。(Tsugi wa bunpō desu.)

Lesson focus

Eric: Okay, let’s talk about what we like. What do you like, Naomi-sensei?
Naomi: うーん...。チョコレート。(Ūn... Chokorēto.)
Eric: Right you said that at the beginning but what do we have in dialogue though?
Naomi: スノボが好きです。(Sunobo ga suki desu.)
Eric: I like snowboarding. This sentence should really be
Naomi: 私はスノボが好きです。(Watashi wa sunobo ga suki desu.)
Eric: You know but it’s so obvious that you are talking about what you like. So the 私は (watashi wa) is dropped. Say it one more time.
Naomi: スノボが好きです。(Sunobo ga suki desu.)
Eric: And by using something が好きです (ga suki desu) you can express what you like. So if you like skateboarding,
Naomi: スケートボードが好きです。(Sukētobōdo ga suki desu.)
Eric: If you like movies,
Naomi: 映画が好きです。(Eiga ga suki desu.)
Eric: If you like music,
Naomi: Music in Japanese is 音楽 (ongaku), so... 音楽が好きです。(Ongaku ga suki desu.)
Eric: What if you like traveling?
Naomi: Traveling in Japanese is 旅行 (ryokō), so...
Eric: 旅行が好きです。(Ryokō ga suki desu.)
Naomi: そうです。(Sō desu.)
Eric: All right. Time to practice. I am going to say an English word and Naomi-sensei is going to give you the corresponding Japanese word and what you have to do is say that you like it before we give you the answer. Tennis.
Naomi: テニス (tenisu)
テニスが好きです。(Tenisu ga suki desu.)
Eric: Football.
Naomi: フットボール (futtobōru)
フットボールが好きです。(Futtobōru ga suki desu.)
Eric: Japanese animation.
Naomi: アニメ (anime)
アニメが好きです。(Anime ga suki desu.)
Eric: Japan.
Naomi: 日本 (Nihon)
日本が好きです。(Nihon ga suki desu.)
Eric: Japanese food.
Naomi: 日本食 (Nihonshoku)
日本食が好きです。(Nihonshoku ga suki desu.)
Or Japanese food could be 和食 (washoku), so... 和食が好きです (washoku ga suki desu) is also fine.
Eric: You.
Naomi: あなた (anata)
あなたが好きです。(Anata ga suki desu.)
Eric: Ah Naomi-sensei, and you blush.
Naomi: エリックさんは何が好きですか。(Erikku-san wa nani ga suki desu ka.)
Eric: 犬が好きです。(Inu ga suki desu.)
Naomi: You like dogs?
Eric: I love dogs. I should have said 大好きです (daisuki desu), hah!
Naomi: あ~、犬が大好き。(Ā, inu ga daisuki.)
Eric: 大好き!(Daisuki!)

Outro

Naomi: なるほどね。皆さんは何が好きですか。(Naruhodo ne. Mina-san wa nani ga suki desu ka.) Please let us know.
Eric: Yeah drop by japanesepod101.com and leave a comment.
Naomi: お願いします。(Onegai shimasu.)
Eric: See you next time.

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