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| INTRODUCTION |
| John: Hi everyone, I'm John. |
| Risa: And I'm Risa. |
| John: And welcome to Must-Know Japanese Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 33 - Giving Advice. |
| John: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for giving advice. |
| PATTERN |
| John: For example, |
| John: "You'd better exercise." |
| Risa: 運動した方がいいですよ。 (Undō shita hō ga ii desu yo. ) |
| Risa: [slow] 運動した方がいいですよ。 (Undō shita hō ga ii desu yo. ) |
| John: The pattern for giving advice has four elements. First, a verb phrase meaning "to exercise" in the past tense. |
| Risa: 運動した (Undō shita). |
| John: Second, a phrase meaning "had better..." |
| Risa: 方がいい (hō ga ii ). |
| John: Third, a linking verb |
| Risa: です (desu). |
| John: And last, a sentence-ending particle expressing a strong conviction about something. |
| Risa: よ (yo). |
| John: Altogether, we have... "You'd better exercise." |
| Risa: 運動した方がいいですよ。 (Undō shita hō ga ii desu yo. ) [slow] 運動した方がいいですよ。 (Undō shita hō ga ii desu yo. ) [normal] 運動した方がいいですよ。 (Undō shita hō ga ii desu yo. ) |
| John: The sentence pattern for saying “You'd better...” in Japanese is made by the informal past form of the main verb or verb phrase plus a phrase meaning "had better" |
| Risa: 方がいい (hō ga ii ) |
| John: plus the linking verb |
| Risa: です (desu). |
| John: and finally the sentence ending particle |
| Risa: よ (yo). |
| John: So "You'd better exercise." would be |
| Risa: 運動した方がいいですよ。 (Undō shita hō ga ii desu yo. ) |
| John: So, to give someone advice, remember to first say your suggestion with the past tense of a verb, plus a phrase meaning "had better..." |
| Risa: 方がいい (hō ga ii ) |
| John: then add the linking verb |
| Risa: です (desu). |
| John: and finally the sentence ending particle |
| Risa: よ (yo). |
| John: Here is another example meaning, "You'd better go to the hot springs." First, a verb phrase meaning "to go to the hot springs" in the past tense, |
| Risa: 温泉に行った (Onsen ni itta). |
| John: Second, a phrase meaning "had better..." |
| Risa: 方がいい (hō ga ii ). |
| John: Third, a linking verb, |
| Risa: です (desu). |
| John: And last, a sentence-ending particle expressing a strong conviction about something. |
| Risa: よ (yo). |
| John: Altogether we have... |
| Risa: 温泉に行った方がいいですよ。 (Onsen ni itta hō ga ii desu yo.) [slow] 温泉に行った方がいいですよ。 (Onsen ni itta hō ga ii desu yo.) [normal] 温泉に行った方がいいですよ。 (Onsen ni itta hō ga ii desu yo.) |
| John: "You'd better go to the hot springs." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 温泉に行った方がいいですよ。 (Onsen ni itta hō ga ii desu yo.) |
| John: How do you say, "You'd better take a good rest." To give you a hint, "to take a good rest" is... |
| Risa: ゆっくり休む (yukkuri yasumu). [slow] ゆっくり休む (yukkuri yasumu). [normal] ゆっくり休む |
| (yukkuri yasumu). |
| John: "You'd better take a good rest." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ゆっくり休んだ方がいいですよ。 (Yukkuri yasunda hō ga ii desu yo.) [slow] ゆっくり休んだ方がいいですよ。 (Yukkuri yasunda hō ga ii desu yo.) [normal] ゆっくり休んだ方がいいですよ。 (Yukkuri yasunda hō ga ii desu yo.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ゆっくり休んだ方がいいですよ。 (Yukkuri yasunda hō ga ii desu yo.) |
| REVIEW |
| John: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I will give you the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for shouting it out loud in Japanese. Here we go. |
| John: "You'd better exercise." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 運動した方がいいですよ。 (Undō shita hō ga ii desu yo. ) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 運動した方がいいですよ。 (Undō shita hō ga ii desu yo. ) |
| John: "You'd better go to the hot springs." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 温泉に行った方がいいですよ。 (Onsen ni itta hō ga ii desu yo.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 温泉に行った方がいいですよ。 (Onsen ni itta hō ga ii desu yo.) |
| John: "You'd better take a good rest." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ゆっくり休んだ方がいいですよ。 (Yukkuri yasunda hō ga ii desu yo.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ゆっくり休んだ方がいいですよ。 (Yukkuri yasunda hō ga ii desu yo.) |
Outro |
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| John: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for giving advice, as in... |
| Risa: 運動した方がいいですよ。 (Undō shita hō ga ii desu yo. ) |
| John: meaning "You'd better exercise." |
| John: You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out on JapanesePod101.com. Thanks everyone, see you next time! |
| Risa: またね！(Mata ne!). |
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