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Lesson Transcript

Do you know how to give instructions and describe sequential actions in Japanese?
Welcome to Three Step Japanese Practice by JapanesePod101.com. In this lesson, you will practice how to give instructions and describe sequential actions.
Let’s look at the main dialogue.
Two people are having a conversation.
ホテルを出て、まっすぐ行ってください｡ (Hoteru o dete, massugu itte kudasai.)
Leave the hotel and go straight.
さいしょのしんごうを左にまがってください｡右がわにびじゅつかんがあります｡ (Saisho no shingō o hidari ni magatte kudasai. Migigawa ni bijutsukan ga arimasu.)
Turn left at the first traffic light. The art museum will be on the right side.
In this dialogue, we use the pattern
[Verb]-て [Verb]-てください ([Verb]-te [Verb]-ttekudasai)
Please [verb] and then [verb].
to give instructions.
[Verb]-て form can also be used to describe sequential actions. When we use it this way, the sentence ends with a regular polite verb—
～ます／ました／ません/—not with ください.
Let’s practice using the て-form more in this lesson.

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