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| Hi everyone! I’m Alisha. |
| Welcome to Conversational Phrases! |
| We’ve found that the best way to learn a language is to speak it from day one! And the best way to start speaking is to learn phrases that you’ll use in real conversations. |
| In this lesson, you’ll learn conversational phrases to answer the question, "What are you good at?" After watching this video, you’ll be able to talk about what you’re good at doing. |
| Now, let’s take a look at some conversational phrases! |
| Listen to the dialogue. |
| なにがとくいですか。 (Nani ga tokui desu ka.) |
| ごがくがとくいです。 (Gogaku ga tokui desu.) |
| Once more with the English translation. |
| なにがとくいですか。 (Nani ga tokui desu ka.) |
| “What are you good at?” |
| ごがくがとくいです。 (Gogaku ga tokui desu.) |
| “I'm good at languages.” |
| First of all you'll need to learn how to say “What are you good at?” |
| That's: |
| なにがとくいですか。 (Nani ga tokui desu ka.) |
| Listen to it again: |
| なにがとくいですか。, なにがとくいですか。 (Nani ga tokui desu ka., Nani ga tokui desu ka.) |
| This Japanese sentence literally translates as “What good at are you?" But it means “What are you good at?”. |
| Now, how do you answer this question? |
| The pattern is: |
| [skill] がとくいです。 ([skill] ga tokui desu.) |
| This Japanese sentence literally translates as “[skill] good at I am.” But it means “I'm good at [skill].”. |
| For example: |
| “I'm good at languages.” |
| ごがくがとくいです。, ごがくがとくいです。 (Gogaku ga tokui desu., Gogaku ga tokui desu.) |
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