Practice making plans in Japanese
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| Do you know how to make plans in Japanese? |
| Welcome to Three Step Japanese Practice by JapanesePod101.com. In this lesson, you will practice how to make plans. |
| Let’s look at the main dialogue. |
| Two people are having a conversation. |
| あした、よていがありますか｡(Ashita, yotei ga arimasu ka.) |
| Do you have plans for tomorrow? |
| いいえ、あしたはひまですよ｡(lie, ashita wa hima desu yo.) |
| No, I’m free tomorrow. |
| じゃ、わたしの ジムでトレーニングをしますか｡ |
| Ja, watashi no jimu de torēningu o shimasu ka. |
| Well then, would you like to train at my gym? |
| Let's break it down a little. |
| When this character |
| Says |
| わたしの ジムでトレーニングをしますか(watashi no jimu de torēningu o shimasu ka.) |
| They are asking this character |
| If he wants to do something together. To establish what they plan to do, he says |
| トレーニングをしますか(torēningu o shimasu ka) |
| Which means, "do you want to train?" トレーニング, training, is followed by the object marking particle を (o). |
| That means when he says します (shimasu), a verb that means "to do," training is what they will do. |
| To say where they plan to train, he starts the sentence with わたしの ジムで (watashi no jimu de). |
| わたしの (watashi no) means "my," ジム (jimu) means "gym," and で (de) is the location marking particle. So, it's like saying "at my gym." |
| Let’s practice with more location vocabulary in this lesson, so you can make plans in different places. |
| Here is a list of common location words. |
| First is, |
| がっこう (gakkō), がっこう (enunciated). がっこう. |
| カフェ (kafe), カフェ (enunciated). カフェ. |
| いえ (ie), いえ (enunciated). いえ. |
| ジム (jimu), ジム (enunciated). ジム. |
| スーパー (sūpā), スーパー (enunciated). スーパー. |
| Do you know what がっこう (gakkō) means? |
| school |
| How about カフェ (kafe)? |
| Café |
| And いえ (ie)? |
| House. It can also be used for "home." |
| And what about ジム (jimu)? |
| gym |
| And スーパー (sūpā)? |
| supermarket |
| Circle the correct answer. |
| What does スーパー mean? |
| supermarket |
| coffee shop is カフェ(kafe) |
| Let's do another. Circle the correct answer. |
| What does がっこう mean? |
| school |
| campus is キャンパス (kyanpasu) |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| What are they saying? |
| でテレビをみます。(___ de terebi o mimasu.) |
| でテレビをみます。 |
| いえ |
| いえ |
| いえでテレビをみます。(Ie de terebi o mimasu.) |
| I will watch TV at home. |
| Let's do another one. What are they saying? |
| でおちゃをのみます。(_____ de ocha o nomimasu.) |
| でおちゃをのみます。 |
| カフェ (kafe) |
| カフェ |
| カフェでおちゃをのみます。 |
| kafe de ocha o nomimasu. |
| I will drink tea at the café. |
| Let's answer some true or false questions. |
| True or false — |
| キャンパス (kyanpasu) means school. |
| False |
| がっこう (gakkō) means school. |
| キャンパス (kyanpasu) is campus, like a university campus. |
| One more. True or false — |
| スーパー (Sūpā) means supermarket. |
| True |
| スーパー (Sūpā) means supermarket. |
| Listen as I speak. Which word am I saying? |
| ジムでトレーニングをします。(jimu/sūpā) de torēningu o shimasu. |
| Did you hear the word? I'll say it one more time. |
| ジムでトレーニングをします。 |
| ジム (jimu) |
| [slowly] ジム |
| ジムでトレーニングをします。 |
| I will train at the gym. |
| Listen as I speak. Which word am I saying? |
| スーパーでやさいをかいます。(gakkō or sūpā) de yasai o kaimasu. |
| Did you hear the word? I'll say it one more time. |
| スーパーでやさいをかいます。 |
| スーパー (sūpā) |
| [slowly] スーパー |
| スーパーでやさいをかいます。(sūpā de yasai o kaimasu.) |
| I will buy vegetables at the supermarket. |
| がっこう (gakkō) is school. |
| Listen to me as I speak. |
| Can you match the location in the sentence to the word on the right? |
| いえで ほんを よみます。(Ie de hon o yomimasu.) |
| Let’s listen one more time. |
| いえで ほんを よみます。 |
| Did you hear, いえ? |
| いえ means house, or can also mean home. |
| いえで ほんを よみます。 |
| I will read a book at home. |
| How about...? |
| ジムで うんどうを します。(Jimu de undō o shimasu.) |
| Let’s listen one more time. |
| ジムで うんどうを します。 |
| Did you hear, ジム (jimu)? |
| ジム means gym. |
| ジムで うんどうを します。 |
| I will exercise at the gym. |
| Next... |
| がっこうで きょうかしょを よみます。(Gakkō de kyōkasho o yomimasu.) |
| One more time. |
| がっこうで きょうかしょを よみます。 |
| Did you hear, がっこう? |
| がっこう (Gakkō) means school. |
| がっこうで きょうかしょを よみます。 |
| I will read a textbook at school. |
| Next... |
| カフェで コーヒーを のみます。(Kafe de kōhī o nomimasu.) |
| One more time. |
| カフェで コーヒーを のみます。 |
| Did you hear, カフェ? |
| カフェ means café. |
| カフェで コーヒーを のみます。 |
| I will drink coffee at a café. |
| And... |
| スーパーで くだものを かいます。(Sūpā de kudamono o kaimasu.) |
| One more time. |
| スーパーで くだものを かいます。 |
| Did you hear, スーパー? |
| スーパー (Sūpā) means supermarket. |
| スーパーで くだものを かいます。 |
| I will buy fruit at the supermarket. |
| Thank you for watching. |
| Now you know making plans in japanese. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway. |
| またね (mata ne)! |
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