Learn slang expressions related to phones
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| INTRODUCTION |
| James: Phone Idioms |
| James: Hi everyone, and welcome back to JapanesePod101.com. I'm James. |
| Risa: And I'm Risa! |
| James: This is Must-Know Japanese Slang Words and Phrases, Season 1, Lesson 9. In this lesson, you'll learn phone idioms. |
| James: Here are some useful terms in your comfortable smartphone life. |
| SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
| James: The expressions you will be learning in this lesson are: |
| Risa: 写メ (shame) |
| Risa: アプリ (apuri) |
| Risa: スマホ (sumaho) |
| Risa: ガラケー (garakē) |
| James: Risa, what's our first expression? |
| Risa: 写メ (shame) |
| James: literally meaning "mobile phone email with an attached photo." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "photo taken with mobile phone." |
| Risa: [SLOW] 写メ [NORMAL] 写メ |
| James: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Risa: 写メ |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| James: Use this slang expression when you refer to a photo taken by smartphone or mobile phone. The word originally stands for |
| Risa: 写メール (shamēru), |
| James: meaning "photo-mail," but now it just refers to a photo, or the act of taking a picture with a smartphone or mobile phone. |
| James: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Risa: [NORMAL] あとで写メ送ってね。 [SLOW] あとで写メ送ってね。 |
| James: "Send me the photos later." |
| Risa: [NORMAL] あとで写メ送ってね。 |
| James: Okay, what's the next expression? |
| Risa: アプリ (apuri) |
| James: literally meaning "application," and when it's used as a slang expression, it means the same. |
| Risa: [SLOW] アプリ [NORMAL] アプリ |
| James: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Risa: アプリ |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| James: Use this slang expression when you want to refer to an application. |
| James: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Risa: [NORMAL] このゲームアプリは、すごくおもしろい。 [SLOW] このゲームアプリは、すごくおもしろい。 |
| James: "This is a really great game app." |
| Risa: [NORMAL] このゲームアプリは、すごくおもしろい。 |
| James: Okay, what's our next expression? |
| Risa: スマホ (sumaho) |
| James: literally meaning "smartphone," and when it's used as a slang expression, it means the same. |
| Risa: [SLOW] スマホ [NORMAL] スマホ |
| James: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Risa: スマホ |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| James: Use this slang expression when you want to refer to a smartphone. |
| James: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Risa: [NORMAL] 彼はいつもスマホをやっている。 [SLOW] 彼はいつもスマホをやっている。 |
| James: "He plays with his smartphone all the time." |
| Risa: [NORMAL] 彼はいつもスマホをやっている。 |
| James: Okay, what's the last expression? |
| Risa: ガラケー (garakē) |
| James: literally meaning "Galapagos mobile phone." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "flip phone." |
| Risa: [SLOW] ガラケー [NORMAL] ガラケー |
| James: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Risa: ガラケー |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| James: Use this slang expression when you want to refer to a feature phone, in contrast to a smartphone. It's an abbreviation for |
| Risa: ガラパゴス・ケータイ (Garapagosu kētai), |
| James: meaning "cell phone like the Galapagos." It's because Japanese feature phones have gone through unique and different developments from the world's market. |
| James: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Risa: [NORMAL] 父はずっとガラケーを使っている。 [SLOW] 父はずっとガラケーを使っている。 |
| James: "My father is still using a flip phone." |
| Risa: [NORMAL] 父はずっとガラケーを使っている。 |
| QUIZ |
| James: Okay listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the expressions you just learned? I will describe four situations, and you will choose the right expression to use in your reply. Are you ready? |
| James: You can watch videos on your smartphone if you download the... |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Risa: アプリ |
| James: "app" |
| James: You took a picture of your cute puppy with your smartphone, it is a: |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Risa: 写メ |
| James: "photo taken with a mobile phone" |
| James: Your friend prefers a flip phone to a smartphone, so he uses a: |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Risa: ガラケー |
| James: "flip phone" |
| James: You can not only call or email someone, but enjoy games, movies, music, photos and many other things with your... |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Risa: スマホ |
| James: "smartphone" |
Outro |
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| James: There you have it; you have mastered four Japanese Slang Expressions! We have more vocab lists available at JapanesePod101.com so be sure to check them out. Thanks everyone, and see you next time! |
| Risa: またね! |
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