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| INTRODUCTION |
| Becky:Hi everyone! Welcome back to JapanesePod101.com. This is Japanese for Everyday Life Lower Intermediate Series, Lesson 22 - Telling a Friend You’re Running Late |
| Kaori:こんにちは！古橋香織 です！Hi everyone, Kaori Furuhashi here! |
| Becky:I'm Becky. In this lesson, you'll learn a useful skill for talking on the phone - How to tell your friend that you’ll be late for an appointment. |
| Kaori:Becky さん、友達との約束に遅れたことはありますか。 |
| Becky:Yes, I've been late for an appointment with my friend, because something happened. |
| Kaori:そんな時、待ち合わせに遅れることを伝えるために、友達に電話をかけますよね。伝えるポイントは、どんなことでしょう。 |
| Becky:When you call your friend to say you’ll be late on the phone, you need to tell them - Point 1, the reason why you’ll be late |
| Kaori: 遅れる理由 |
| Becky:Point 2, how long you’ll be late. |
| Kaori:どれくらい遅れるか |
| Becky:Point 3, what you want the friend to do, such as to keep waiting or to go ahead. |
| Kaori:友達にどうしてほしいか。たとえば、待っていてほしいか、先に行っててほしいか。 |
| Becky:Okay, in this lesson you’ll find out how to tell your friend these three points. |
| MODEL DIALOG |
| Becky:Listen to the dialogue and participate when prompted by speaking aloud in Japanese. Use the patterns of Japanese you studied in the Beginner-level lessons. After you speak, you'll hear a model line of dialogue. Your answer doesn't need to be exactly the same, but do compare your response to the model line. |
| In this lesson, you'll play the role of a person who will be late for an appointment with your friend. Your goal is to tell the friend that you’ll be late on the phone. |
| Becky: You're calling your friend to say you’ll be late for your appointment with them today. Say, “Hello Ken, I’m calling about meeting up with you today." |
| You : もしもし、ケン。今日の待ち合わせのことなんだけど。。 |
| Ken: え、どうしたの？ |
| Becky: He asked "What's wrong?" Say to him, “I’ve got something urgent on, and it looks like I’ll be late by about one hour." |
| You : 急用ができちゃって、1時間くらい遅れそうなんだ。 |
| Ken: 1時間か。。 |
| Becky: He said “for one hour…” Ask him, “Sorry, but can I ask you to go ahead and go into the restaurant? " |
| You : 悪いけど、先に店に入っててもらえる？ |
| Ken: わかった。 |
| Becky: He said “Okay.” Tell him, “I'm sorry. I’ll be there as soon as possible.” |
| You : ごめんね。なるべく早く行くから。 |
| Ken: うん。じゃ、後で。 |
| Becky: He said “Okay. See you soon.” |
| VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Becky:Here are some useful words and phrases for this task. The first word is, |
| Kaori:急用、 |
| Becky:"something urgent" |
| Kaori:急用 (slow), 急用 |
| Kaori:急用ができる |
| Becky:"have got something urgent" |
| Kaori:急用ができる |
| Kaori:それから、「残業」も、よく、待ち合わせに遅れる理由になりますね。 |
| Kaori:残業 |
| Becky:"overtime work." “Overtime work” can often be used as a reason for your lateness. |
| Kaori:残業(slow)、残業 |
| Kaori:残業になる |
| Becky:"need to work overtime" |
| Kaori:残業になる |
| Becky:A few more reasons are, |
| Kaori:渋滞 |
| Becky:"traffic jam" |
| Kaori:渋滞(slow), 渋滞 |
| Kaori:渋滞にはまる |
| Becky:"run into a traffic jam" |
| Kaori:渋滞にはまる |
| Kaori:寝坊 |
| Becky:"oversleeping" |
| Kaori:寝坊(slow), 寝坊 |
| Kaori:寝坊する |
| Becky:"wake up late, oversleep" |
Lesson focus |
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| Becky:Now, this task requires a few key expressions. First is, "I’m calling about meeting up with you today. ” |
| Kaori:今日の待ち合わせのことなんだけど。 |
| Becky:The first part of this sentence is the phrase "meeting up with you today" |
| Kaori:今日の待ち合わせ |
| Kaori: これが、電話で話したい主題（E- subject) ですね。 |
| Becky:This is the subject you want to talk about. So, when you want to tell why you are calling first, you say, |
| Kaori:主題 (E- “subject” plus) のことなんだけど |
| Becky:If you're calling about “this Saturday”, you say, |
| (Pause) |
| Kaori:今週の土曜日のことなんだけど。 |
| Kaori: 「のことなんだけど」は、カジュアルな会話で使います。 |
| Becky:When you say “I’m calling about tomorrow’s meeting” in a formal way, you say, |
| Kaori:明日の会議のことで、お電話しました。 |
| Becky:In this case, the past tense (J- お電話しました) |
| is used in Japanese, like “I’m calling” in English. |
| Becky:The next key expression is, "since I’ve got something urgent, it looks like I’ll be late by about one hour." |
| Kaori:急用ができちゃって、1時間くらい遅れそうなんだ。 |
| Becky:The first part of this sentence is, “As I’ve got something urgent” |
| Kaori:急用ができちゃって |
| Becky:This is a casual way of saying it. If you say it formally, you say, |
| Kaori:急用ができてしまったので |
| Becky:In this phrase, an auxiliary verb (J- しまう) is used in the past tense to express your “unwillingness or regret”. |
| Kaori: 「てしまった」は、カジュアルな会話では、「ちゃった」となります。 |
| Becky:The part of (J- てしまった）is changed to (J- ちゃった）in a casual conversation. |
| Kaori:「急用ができちゃった」 |
| Becky:Also, in a casual conversation, you can use the te-form to indicate a reason without using (J- ので) |
| Kaori:急用ができちゃったので、(E- can be said as) 急用ができちゃって |
| Becky:The second part of the key expression is, “It looks like I’ll be late by about one hour.” |
| Kaori:1時間くらい遅れそうなんだ。 |
| Becky:The first part is “I’ll be late by about one hour” |
| Kaori:1時間くらい遅れる |
| Becky:It’s followed by a phrase meaning “looks like” |
| Kaori:そうだ |
| Becky:You need to change the verb (J- 遅れる） to a masu stem (J- 遅れ）to be followed by （J- そうだ）. Altogether, they are, |
| Kaori:1時間くらい遅れそうだ。 |
| Becky:And add a casual sentence-ending phrase explaining the situation |
| Kaori:んだ |
| Becky:You need to change （J- そうだ）to (J- そうな） to be followed by (J- んだ）. Altogether, they are, |
| Kaori:1時間くらい遅れそうなんだ。 |
| Becky:Again, the key expression is, |
| Kaori:急用ができちゃって、1時間くらい遅れそうなんだ。 |
| Becky:The sentence pattern is, [reason] + [how many hours] + [it looks like I’ll be late. (J- 遅れそうなんだ。) |
| Becky:Say, “Because I woke up late, it looks like I’ll be late by 30 minutes." |
| (Pause) |
| Kaori:寝坊しちゃって、30分ぐらい遅れそうなんだ。 |
| Becky:Did you notice Furuhashi-sensei said, (J- 30分ぐらい） instead of (J- 30分くらい）. |
| Kaori:「くらい」と「ぐらい」のどちらを使うかは、ルールはないので、読みやすい方でOKです。 |
| Becky:Here’s another practice sentence - say, “Because I ran into a traffic jam, it looks like I’ll be late by 2 hours." |
| (Pause) |
| Kaori:渋滞にはまっちゃって、2時間ぐらい遅れそうなんだ。 |
| TIP |
| Becky:One more key expression is “Sorry, but can I ask you to go into the restaurant?" |
| Kaori:悪いけど、先に店に入っててもらえる？ |
| Becky:The first is a useful phrase you can use when you want to say “Sorry, but can you do something for me?” |
| Kaori: 「悪いけど」 |
| Becky:The last part of the sentence pattern is "to ask someone to do something for me" |
| Kaori:てもらえますか。 |
| Becky:...in casual conversation, |
| Kaori: てもらえる？ |
| Becky:If you want your friend to wait at a shop nearby, you say, |
| Kaori:悪いけど、近くの店で待っててもらえる？ |
| PRACTICE OF DIALOG |
| Becky:Now try to participate in the dialogue using some alternative words you learned in this lesson. This time you'll play the role of a person who will be late by one hour because you need to work overtime. Use as many of the expressions you learned in this lesson as possible. Let's get started! |
| Becky: You're calling your friend to say you’ll be late for your appointment with them today. Say, “Hello Ken, I’m calling about our appointment for tonight. " |
| You : もしもし、ケン。今夜の約束のことなんだけど。。 |
| Ken: え、どうしたの？ |
| Becky: He asked "What's wrong?" Say to him, “Since I need to work overtime, and it looks like I’ll be late by about one hour." |
| You : 残業になっちゃって、1時間くらい遅れそうなんだ。 |
| Ken: 1時間か。。 |
| Becky: He said “By one hour…” Ask him, “Sorry, but can I ask you to wait at a coffee shop nearby? " |
| You : 悪いけど、近くの喫茶店で待っててもらえる？ |
| Ken: わかった。 |
| Becky: He said “Okay.” Say to him, “I'm sorry. I’ll be there as soon as possible.” |
| You : ごめんね。なるべく早く行くから。 |
| Ken: うん。じゃ、後で。 |
| Becky: He said “Okay. See you soon.” |
| Becky:How did you do? There are actually a large number of variations you can use in this situation. Make sure to look for them in the lesson notes. |
Outro |
| Becky:Okay, That’s all for this lesson. |
| Kaori:友達に電話で、待ち合わせに遅れると伝えたことはありますか。 |
| Becky:In the next lesson, you’ll learn how to confirm with your friend about an appointment you made with them. |
| Kaori:それではまた！ |
| Becky:See you all next time! |
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