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| INTRODUCTION |
| Sakura: さくらです。 (Sakura desu.) |
| Peter: Peter here. Gift from Grand daddy. |
| Sakura: はい。 (Hai.) |
| Peter: Sakura-San, can you make this into Japanese please? |
| Sakura: おじいちゃんからのお土産。 (Ojīchan kara no omiyage.) |
| Peter: And this is what we are going to be talking about today. |
| Sakura: はい。 (Hai.) |
| Peter: Now Sakura-San, can you give us a little bit of background about this conversation? |
| Sakura: Grand daddy comes to visit and gives a souvenir. |
| Peter: Gives him a choice of two souvenirs. Now for more details, listen to the following conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| 祖父: こんにちは。 (Konnichi wa!) |
| 花子: ワァーおじいちゃんだ!いらっしゃい。 (Wā ojiichan da! Irasshai.) |
| 祖父: オー花子、元気だったかい。 (Ō Hanako, genki datta kai?) |
| 花子: うん。 (Un.) |
| 祖父: 花子はいい子だね。はい、おみやげだよ。これは大きい箱、これは小さい箱。花子はどっちが好き? (Hanako wa ii ko da ne. Hai, omiyage da yo. Kore wa ōkii hako, kore wa chiisai hako. Hanako wa docchi ga suki?) |
| 花子: もちろん大きい箱! (Mochiron ōkii hako!) |
| 祖父: じゃあ、どうぞ。 (Jā, dōzo.) |
| 花子: ワーイ、くまのぬいぐるみだ!!ありがとう、おじいちゃん。ところで小さい箱は何? (Wāi, kuma no nuigurumi da!! Arigatō, ojiichan. Tokoro de, chiisai hako wa nani?) |
| 祖父: 「ゲームボーイ」だよ。 (Gēmubōi da yo.) |
| 花子: えーっ。(小さい声で)それがいい... (Eee. (Chiisai koe de) Sore ga ii...) |
| 祖父: 残念でした。 (Zannen deshita.) |
| もう一度、お願いします。今度は、ゆっくりお願いします。 (Mōichido, onegaishimasu. Kondo wa, yukkuri onegaishimasu.) |
| 祖父: こんにちは。 (Konnichi wa!) |
| 花子: ワァーおじいちゃんだ!いらっしゃい。 (Wā ojiichan da! Irasshai.) |
| 祖父: オー花子、元気だったかい。 (Ō Hanako, genki datta kai?) |
| 花子: うん。 (Un.) |
| 祖父: 花子はいい子だね。はい、おみやげだよ。これは大きい箱、これは小さい箱。花子はどっちが好き? (Hanako wa ii ko da ne. Hai, omiyage da yo. Kore wa ōkii hako, kore wa chiisai hako. Hanako wa docchi ga suki?) |
| 花子: もちろん大きい箱! (Mochiron ōkii hako!) |
| 祖父: じゃあ、どうぞ。 (Jā, dōzo.) |
| 花子: ワーイ、くまのぬいぐるみだ!!ありがとう、おじいちゃん。ところで小さい箱は何? (Wāi, kuma no nuigurumi da!! Arigatō, ojiichan. Tokoro de, chiisai hako wa nani?) |
| 祖父: 「ゲームボーイ」だよ。 (Gēmubōi da yo.) |
| 花子: えーっ。(小さい声で)それがいい... (Eee. (Chiisai koe de) Sore ga ii...) |
| 祖父: 残念でした。 (Zannen deshita.) |
| 次は英語が入ります。 (Tsugi wa eigo ga hairimasu.) |
| 祖父: こんにちは。 (Konnichi wa!) |
| Peter: Hello. |
| 花子: ワァーおじいちゃんだ!いらっしゃい。 (Wā ojiichan da! Irasshai.) |
| Peter: Wow! Grandpa, come in. |
| 祖父: オー花子、元気だったかい。 (Ō Hanako, genki datta kai?) |
| Peter: Oh Hanako. Have you been well? |
| 花子: うん。 (Un.) |
| Peter: Yeah. |
| 祖父: 花子はいい子だね。はい、おみやげだよ。これは大きい箱、これは小さい箱。花子はどっちが好き? (Hanako wa ii ko da ne. Hai, omiyage da yo. Kore wa ōkii hako, kore wa chiisai hako. Hanako wa docchi ga suki?) |
| Peter: You are a good kid, aren’t you? I have souvenirs. Here is a big box and here is the small box. Which do you prefer? |
| 花子: もちろん大きい箱! (Mochiron ōkii hako!) |
| Peter: The big box of course. |
| 祖父: じゃあ、どうぞ。 (Jā, dōzo.) |
| Peter: All right, here you go. |
| 花子: ワーイ、くまのぬいぐるみだ!!ありがとう、おじいちゃん。ところで小さい箱は何? (Wāi, kuma no nuigurumi da!! Arigatō, ojiichan. Tokoro de, chiisai hako wa nani?) |
| Peter: Yeay a Teddy Bear! By the way, what’s the small box? |
| 祖父: 「ゲームボーイ」だよ。 (Gēmubōi da yo.) |
| Peter: It’s a game boy. |
| 花子: えーっ。(小さい声で)それがいい... (Eee. (Chiisai koe de) Sore ga ii...) |
| Peter: I want that one. |
| 祖父: 残念でした。 (Zannen deshita.) |
| Peter: Ah that’s too bad. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Peter: さくらさんどう思いましたか？ (Sakura-san dō omoimashita ka?) |
| Sakura: うーん。 (U ̄n.) |
| Peter: どう思いましたか？ (Dō omoimashita ka?) |
| Sakura: ちょっと可哀想。 (Chotto kawaisō.) |
| Peter: Poor kid. |
| Sakura: Poor kid. |
| Peter: Now I don’t know if a lot of you got the nuance out there but what the granddaddy did was a little bit of – we can call him 意地悪 (ijiwaru). A little bit. |
| Sakura: Maybe. |
| Peter: When we recorded this with the voice-actors, they were quite shocked. What a mean grand daddy. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Peter: With that said, let’s take a look at today’s vocabulary. Sakura-San, first word please. |
| Sakura: 元気 (genki) |
| Peter: Healthy, robust, vigor. |
| Sakura: (slow)げんき (genki) (natural speed)元気 (genki) |
| Peter: Next we have |
| Sakura: 箱 (hako) |
| Peter: Box. |
| Sakura: (slow)はこ (hako) (natural speed)箱 (hako) |
| Peter: Next we have |
| Sakura: 大きい (ōkii) |
| Peter: Big, large, great. |
| Sakura: (slow)おおきい (ōkii) (natural speed)大きい (ōkii) |
| Peter: Now the pronunciation of this word, two long vowels, right Sakura-San. Can you give it to us nice and slow? It’s |
| Sakura: おおきい。 (ōkii.) |
| Peter: So you want to hold the お (o) and then the い (i) at the end. One more time, Sakura-San? |
| Sakura: 大きい (ōkii) |
| Peter: Okay following this we have. |
| Sakura: 小さい (Chiisai) |
| Peter: Small. |
| Sakura: (slow)ちいさい (Chiisai) (natural speed)小さい (Chiisai) |
| Peter: After this |
| Sakura: 声 (koe) |
| Peter: Voice. |
| Sakura: (slow)こえ (koe) (natural speed)声 (koe) |
| Peter: Next we have |
| Sakura: 残念 (zan'nen) |
| Peter: Regrettable. |
| Sakura: (slow)ざんねん (zan'nen) (natural speed)残念 (zan'nen) |
Lesson focus |
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| Peter: Okay now let’s take a look at the conversation. Sakura-San, first tline. |
| Sakura: こんにちは。 (Konnichiwa.) |
| Peter: Hello. |
| Sakura: わぁ、おじいちゃんだ。いらっしゃい。 (Wā, ojīchan da. Irasshai.) |
| Peter: Sakura-san, just by the words in the sentence, we can tell what about the speaker. |
| Sakura: Speaker is a kid. |
| Peter: Okay. What’s the tell sign? What gives it away? |
| Sakura: おじいちゃん。ちゃん。 (Ojīchan. Chan.) |
| Peter: The very affectionate ちゃん (chan) suffix is used here. |
| Sakura: Yes. |
| Peter: Now it’s usually what? |
| Sakura: おじいさん (ojīsan) |
| Peter: This is a normal way to refer to one's grandfather. |
| Sakura: Yes. |
| Peter: But the kid changes the さん (san) and replaces it with |
| Sakura: ちゃん (chan) |
| Peter: Then he follows it with |
| Sakura: だ (da) |
| Peter: The informal form of the copula. This is followed by |
| Sakura: いらっしゃい (irasshai) |
| Peter: This too is very casual. |
| Sakura: Yes |
| Peter: And what does it mean? |
| Sakura: Welcome. |
| Peter: So if you go to a store or business establishment, you will hear |
| Sakura: いらっしゃいませ。 (Irasshaimase.) |
| Peter: And in more casual places, you may also hear this |
| Sakura: いらっしゃい。 (Irasshai.) |
| Peter: Which is a more casual way of welcoming somebody. |
| Sakura: Yes. |
| Peter: At homes, you wouldn’t hear いらっしゃいませ (irasshaimase). You would hear いらっしゃい (irasshai). |
| Sakura: Yes. |
| Peter: Just by this alone, we could tell that the kid is speaking. This is followed by |
| Sakura: 元気だったかい。 (Genki datta kai.) |
| Peter: A little bit of explanation is necessary here. We have 元気 (genki) which is very straightforward. This is a very common greeting. |
| Sakura: Yes. |
| Peter: When you meet somebody but here this is followed by |
| Sakura: だった (datta) |
| Peter: The plain past. So well, were and the subject is inferred. たろう (tarou) so “well, were you?” And then finally we have. |
| Sakura: かい (kai) |
| Peter: Sakura-San, help us out with かい (kai). Now we know か (ka) is a question marking particle. |
| Sakura: Yes. |
| Peter: What is かい (kai)？ |
| Sakura: かい (kai) is the same but it’s used by male speakers and usually from people who are older to people who are younger. |
| Peter: Yeah very informal. You don’t want to throw this around at a Japanese business meeting. You don’t want to use this in very formal situations. Extremely informal and kind of used by older gentlemen. |
| Sakura: Yes I would say. |
| Peter: Yeah. Needless to say, this is some very interesting Japanese. 元気だったかい？ (Genki datta kai?) So just to give you kind of idea how to use it in context. Sakura-San, if I saw you at the company and I said, hey Sakura-San, 元気だったかい？ (Genki datta kai?) |
| Sakura: No. 元気だった？ (Genki datta?) |
| Peter: Yeah and again, this is casual because Sakura and I are friends. |
| Sakura: Friends yeah. |
| Peter: Yeah. So the intonation, can you give it to us one more time? |
| Sakura: 元気だった？ (Genki datta?) |
| Peter: Hear the intonation at the end. The past tense here indicates that there has been some time since they last met. |
| Sakura: Yes, right. |
| Peter: Sakura-San, we record it today, if I came in tomorrow and said, Sakura-San 元気だった？ (Genki datta?) |
| Sakura: あ～ちょっと (ā chotto) Weird ね (ne). |
| Peter: Yeah a little bit of time should elapse before you have the right to use this. |
| Sakura: Right. |
| Peter: With the party you are speaking with. So grandpa and Hanako probably haven’t seen each other for quite a while. |
| Sakura: Uh. |
| Peter: All right, very interesting stuff. Next we have. |
| Sakura: うん。 (Un.) |
| Peter: Which is an informal version of |
| Sakura: はい。 (Hai.) |
| Peter: Meaning yes. So have you been well? Yeah, this is followed by |
| Sakura: いい子だね。 (ii koda ne.) |
| Peter: Good kid you are literally. You are a good kid right and that’s what that ne at the end indicates. This is followed by |
| Sakura: はい。お土産だよ。 (Hai. omiyage yo.) |
| Peter: A souvenir. Now what is this はい (hai) symbolize because does it mean yes here? Yes, souvenir. |
| Sakura: Here you are? |
| Peter: And this stems from the fact that はい、どうぞ (hai, dōzo), when you give somebody something. So it gets shortened here. Long wait is probably はい、どうぞ、お土産 (Hai, dōzo, omiyage) Here you are, a souvenir but goodbye どうぞ (dōzo). Just はい (hai). So when we hear this, we can realize that grandpa is taking something out of a bag or something. |
| Sakura: Yes. |
| Peter: Or he has just finished that and he is in the midst of passing it. はい、お土産です。 (Hai, omiyage desu.) That’s a souvenir followed by |
| Sakura: これは大きい箱。 (Kore wa ōkii hako.) |
| Peter: This is a big box. |
| Sakura: これは小さい箱。 (Kore wa Chiisai hako.) |
| Peter: This is a little box. |
| Sakura: どっちが好き？ (Dotchi ga suki?) |
| Peter: Which do you like and here we want to show you どっち (dotchi) is short for Sakura-san? |
| Sakura: どちら (dochira) |
| Peter: Which – which like. |
| Sakura: Yes. |
| Peter: どっちが好き？ (Dotchi ga suki?) Of course which do you like? |
| Sakura: Yes. |
| Peter: Is how we’d make it into English but that’s what’s so much fun about Japanese. Sakura-san, どっちが好き？ (Dotchi ga suki?) Which do you like with those simple two words and the ga particle, you can ask tons of questions. |
| Sakura: Right. |
| Peter: You are out eating with some Japanese friends どっちが好き？ (Dotchi ga suki?) Which do you like? Ah a great, great phrase. |
| Sakura: Yes and you can say, こっち (kotchi). |
| Peter: This one which is short for |
| Sakura: こちら (kochira) |
| Peter: This is followed by |
| Sakura: もちろん、大きい箱。 (Mochiron, ōkii hako.) |
| Peter: もちろん。 (Mochiron.) Of course. The big box followed by |
| Sakura: じゃあ、どうぞ。 (Jā, dōzo.) |
| Peter: Here you are followed by |
| Sakura: わーい、くまのぬいぐるみだ。 (Wa ̄ i, kuma no nuigurumi da.) |
| Peter: First we get the why, what’s this. Why, what’s this? |
| Sakura: Fuuuu |
| Peter: And then we have |
| Sakura: クマのぬいぐるみだ。 (Kuma no nuigurumi da.) |
| Peter: クマ (kuma) is bear. の (no) is the possessive and then we have |
| Sakura: ぬいぐるみ (nuigurumi) |
| Peter: Which is a stuffed animal. ぬい (nui) is based on 縫う (nuu) which means to saw. Then we have |
| Sakura: ぐるみ (gurumi) |
| Peter: Ms. Sakura-San. |
| Sakura: Comes from くるむ (kurumu) to wrap something. |
| Peter: Sow and wrap stuffed animals. |
| Sakura: Yes. |
| Peter: Okay then we have. |
| Sakura: ありがとう、おじいちゃん。 (Arigatō, ojīchan.) |
| Peter: Thank you Grand daddy. |
| Sakura: ところで小さい箱は何？ (Tokorode Chiisai hako wa nani?) |
| Peter: ごころで (Go koro de) By the way, a great expression. ところで (tokorode) Very nice for changing the topic. Asking for additional information, very good expression ところで (tokorode). |
| Sakura: Yes. |
| Peter: Now here he uses it to change the topic. He got something great. He is really happy but you know what, he is a kid and he can’t let go of what is in that other box. |
| Sakura: Yeah. |
| Peter: He asks this by |
| Sakura: 小さい箱は何？ (Chiisai hako wa nani?) |
| Peter: The answer here we have |
| Sakura: ゲームボーイだよ。 (Gēmubōi da yo.) |
| Peter: Game Boy. Nintendo’s Game Boy. What a nice, nice present. Now can you break this down for us? |
| Sakura: ゲームボーイ (gēmubōi) |
| Peter: Notice the long vowels, ゲームボーイ (gēmubōi). Two long vowels right in the beginning there. This is followed by |
| Sakura: だよ (da yo) |
| Peter: だ (da) with the よ (yo) at the end adding emphasis. |
| Sakura: Yes. |
| Peter: And then the kid realizes what a mistake he has made or at now, he made a mistake. He says |
| Sakura: え～。 (Ē.) |
| Peter: Which is the Japanese interjection expressing surprise or shock or here he is shocked. |
| Sakura: Disappointment there. |
| Peter: Yes. |
| Sakura: それがいい。 (Sore ga ii.) |
| Peter: That’s good and then granddaddy steps in with |
| Sakura: 残念。 (Zan'nen.) |
| Peter: And here is the part for the voice actors and for other people when they hear, it’s kind of shocking to most granddaddies. Most grandparents will be like okay, here you are and he says, too bad. |
| Sakura: そうだよね。 (Sō da yo ne.) |
| Peter: 残念。 (Zan'nen.) And you can use this in a playful manner when talking with friends. If they want something, oh I want that too and you want to tell them, well you can’t have it 残念。 (Zan'nen.) |
| Sakura: Yeah. |
| Peter: Or I wanted to go too 残念 (zan'nen)。 but oh! I love to use this one with Sakura-San. |
Outro |
| Peter: Okay all right. Way too long today. Sakura-San, that’s going to do it for today. |
| Sakura: またね。 (Mata ne.) |
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