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| INTRODUCTION |
| Eric: Lori’s story, lesson 37. The most colorful Japanese. In this lesson, you are going to learn how to describe people or items using two or more adjectives. |
| Naomi: For example, 電車は安全で便利です (densha wa anzen de benri desu). |
| Eric: Trains are safe and convenient. Alright, this conversation takes place at |
| Naomi: ロリーさんのうち。(Rorī-san no uchi.) |
| Eric: Lori’s house. This conversation is between. |
| Naomi: ロリーさんと静さん。(Rorī-san to Shizuka-san.) |
| Eric: Lori and Shizuka. Okay so let’s listen. |
| DIALOGUE |
| (電話) (denwa) |
| ロリー (Rorī) : はい。もしもし。あ... 水木さん。こんばんは。... はい、行きました。いえ、遠くなかったです。... ええ、飲みました。はい、そうです。インフルエンザでした。... ありがとうございます。... はい、おやすみなさい。(Hai. Moshimoshi. A... Mizuki-san. Konbanwa. ... Hai, ikimashita. Ie, tōkunakatta desu. ... Ee, nomimashita. Hai, sō desu. Infuruenza deshita. ... Arigatō gozaimasu. ... Hai, oyasuminasai.) |
| (ドアベル) (doa beru) |
| ロリー (Rorī) : はーい。あ... 静さん。こんばんは。(Hāi. A... Shizuka-san. Konbanwa.) |
| 静 (Shizuka) : ねぇ... りゅうさんは ロリーさんの 友だち？(Nee... Ryū-san wa Rorī-san no tomodachi?) |
| ロリー (Rorī) : ドリュウーさん...？(Doryū-san…?) |
| 静 (Shizuka) : ほら、ハンサムで おしゃれで すてきな人。(Hora, hansamu de oshare de suteki na hito.) |
| もう一度、お願いします。今度は、ゆっくりお願いします。(Mō ichi-do, onegai shimasu. Kondo wa, yukkuri onegai shimasu.) |
| (電話) (denwa) |
| ロリー (Rorī) : はい。もしもし。あ... 水木さん。こんばんは。... はい、行きました。いえ、遠くなかったです。... ええ、飲みました。はい、そうです。インフルエンザでした。... ありがとうございます。... はい、おやすみなさい。(Hai. Moshimoshi. A... Mizuki-san. Konbanwa. ... Hai, ikimashita. Ie, tōkunakatta desu. ... Ee, nomimashita. Hai, sō desu. Infuruenza deshita. ... Arigatō gozaimasu. ... Hai, oyasuminasai.) |
| ロリー (Rorī) : はーい。あ... 静さん。こんばんは。(Hāi. A... Shizuka-san. Konbanwa.) |
| 静 (Shizuka) : ねぇ... りゅうさんは ロリーさんの 友だち？(Nee... Ryū-san wa Rorī-san no tomodachi?) |
| ロリー (Rorī) : ドリュウーさん...？(Doryū-san…?) |
| 静 (Shizuka) : ほら、ハンサムで おしゃれで すてきな人。(Hora, hansamu de oshare de suteki na hito.) |
| 今度は、英語が入ります。(Kondo wa, Eigo ga hairimasu.) |
| (電話) (denwa) |
| (Telephone) |
| ロリー (Rorī) : はい。もしもし。(Hai. Moshimoshi.) |
| LORI: Hello? |
| ロリー (Rorī) : あ... 水木さん。こんばんは。(A... Mizuki-san. Konbanwa.) |
| LORI: Oh, Mizuki-san. Good evening. |
| ロリー (Rorī) : … はい、行きました。(... Hai, ikimashita.) |
| LORI: ... Yes, I went. |
| ロリー (Rorī) : いえ、遠くなかったです。(Ie, tōkunakatta desu.) |
| LORI: It wasn't far. |
| ロリー (Rorī) : … ええ、飲みました。(... Ee, nomimashita.) |
| LORI: … Yes, I did drink some. |
| ロリー (Rorī) : はい、そうです。インフルエンザでした。(Hai, sō desu. Infuruenza deshita.) |
| LORI: That's right, I had the flu... |
| ロリー (Rorī) : … ありがとうございます。(... Arigatō gozaimasu.) |
| LORI: Thank you very much. |
| ロリー (Rorī) : … はい、おやすみなさい。(... Hai, oyasuminasai.) |
| LORI: ... Okay, good night. |
| (ドアベル) (doa beru) |
| (door bell) |
| ロリー (Rorī) : はーい。(Hāi.) |
| LORI: Coming! |
| ロリー (Rorī) : あ... 静さん。こんばんは。(A... Shizuka-san. Konbanwa.) |
| LORI: Oh, Shizuka-san. Good evening. |
| 静 (Shizuka) : ねぇ...りゅうさんは ロリーさんの 友だち？(Nee... Ryū-san wa Rorī-san no tomodachi?) |
| SHIZUKA: Hey... is Ryu a friend of yours? |
| ロリー (Rorī) : ドリュウーさん...？(Doryū-san…?) |
| LORI: Drew...? |
| 静 (Shizuka) : ほら、ハンサムで おしゃれで すてきな人。(Hora, hansamu de oshare de suteki na hito.) |
| SHIZUKA: You know, the nice, handsome, stylish guy. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Eric: Hey Naomi-sensei, was there a mistake in the dialogue? |
| Naomi: No. |
| Eric: Because they called Ryu as Drew? |
| Naomi: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Lori misunderstood. |
| Eric: Oh so she heard it Drew? |
| Naomi: うん。(Un.) |
| Eric: Even though it was Ryu. |
| Naomi: はい。(Hai.) |
| Eric: But Shizuka didn’t correct it? |
| Naomi: No, she is going to correct in the next lesson. |
| Eric: You always cliffhanger us, man! Can’t wait till the next one. By the way, the conversation at the beginning with Lori and someone was that Mizuki-san? |
| Naomi: そうです。水木さんですね。(Sō desu. Mizuki-san desu ne.) |
| Eric: Right. That was a one-sided conversation. |
| Naomi: Yeah. Mizuki-san’s line is not recorded. |
| Eric: But you can kind of guess what he is trying to say, right? |
| Naomi: そうですね。(Sō desu ne.) |
| Eric: So Naomi-sensei, can you tell us, fill in the blanks for us? |
| Naomi: Oh okay, so I will be Mr. Mizuki. So why don’t you read Lori’s line, Eric? |
| Eric: Some role playing ah? |
| Naomi: Um.. |
| Eric: All right, let’s go. |
| Naomi: エリックさんはロリーさんです。(Erikku-san wa Rorī-san desu.) |
| Eric: なおみ先生は水木さんです。(Naomi-sensei wa Mizuki-san desu.) |
| Naomi: はい。じゃ、いきますね。(Hai. Ja, ikimasu ne.) |
| Eric: はい。もしもし。(Hai. Moshimoshi.) |
| Naomi: ロリーさん？水木です。(Rorī-san? Mizuki desu.) |
| Eric: あ、水木さん。こんばんは。(A, Mizuki-san. Konbanwa.) |
| Naomi: 病院に行きましたか。(Byōin ni ikimashita ka.) Did you go to the hospital? |
| Eric: はい、行きました。(Hai, ikimashita.) |
| Naomi: 遠かったですか。(Tōkatta desu ka.) Was it far? |
| Eric: いえ、遠くなかったです。(Ie, tōkunakatta desu.) |
| Naomi: 薬を飲みましたか。(Kusuri o nomimashita ka.) Did you take medicine? |
| Eric: ええ、飲みました。(Ee, nomimashita.) |
| Naomi: インフルエンザでしたか。(Infuruenza deshita ka.) Was it the flu? |
| Eric: はい、そうです。インフルエンザでした。(Hai, sō desu. Infuruenza deshita.) |
| Naomi: あ～、お大事に。(Ā, o-daiji ni.) Please take care. |
| Eric: ありがとうございました。(Arigatō gozaimashita.) |
| Naomi: じゃ、おやすみなさい。(Ja, oyasuminasai.) |
| Eric: はい。おやすみなさい。(Hai. Oyasuminasai.) |
| Naomi: You copied Ushijima-san. You copied Lori. |
| Eric: Yes, did you catch that? So on to the vocabulary. |
| Naomi: 次は、単語です。(Tsugi wa, tango desu.) |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Eric: The first phrase is |
| Naomi: こんばんは (konbanwa) |
| Eric: Good evening. |
| Naomi: (slow) こんばんは (konbanwa) (natural speed) こんばんは (konbanwa) |
| Eric: The next word is |
| Naomi: 遠い (tōi) |
| Eric: Far, distant. |
| Naomi: (slow) とおい (tōi) (natural speed) 遠い (tōi) |
| Eric: The next phrase is |
| Naomi: おやすみなさい (oyasuminasai) |
| Eric: Goodnight. |
| Naomi: (slow) おやすみなさい (oyasuminasai) (natural speed) おやすみなさい (oyasuminasai) |
| Eric: The next word is |
| Naomi: 友達 (tomodachi) |
| Eric: Friend. |
| Naomi: (slow) ともだち (tomodachi) (natural speed) 友達 (tomodachi) |
| Eric: And the next word is |
| Naomi: ハンサム (hansamu) |
| Eric: Handsome. |
| Naomi: (slow) ハンサム (hansamu) (natural speed) ハンサム (hansamu) |
| Eric: And the last word is |
| Naomi: おしゃれ (oshare) |
| Eric: Stylish, smartly dressed. |
| Naomi: (slow) おしゃれ (oshare) (natural speed) おしゃれ (oshare) |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Eric: Let’s look at some of these words. What’s the first one we are going to look at? |
| Naomi: 飲みます (nomimasu) |
| Eric: To drink or to take medicine. |
| Naomi: 薬を飲みます (kusuri o nomimasu) |
| Eric: Literally, I will drink medicine but of course it means I will take medicine. |
| Naomi: You never say I drink medicine in English. |
| Eric: Well if the medicine is a liquid, yeah you could say it. |
| Naomi: あ～、そうなんだ。(Ā, sō nan da.) |
| Eric: But usually medicine is like a pill or something and it’s in a different form. |
| Naomi: Yeah, we use 飲みます (nomimasu) for take medicine. |
| Eric: Right for any type of medicine, right, for liquid medicine or for pills. |
| Naomi: はい。(Hai.) |
| Eric: The next phrase is |
| Naomi: おやすみなさい (oyasuminasai) |
| Eric: And おやすみなさい (oyasuminasai) is a phrase which corresponds to goodnight or sleep tight. おやすみなさい (oyasuminasai) is a formal expression but between friends, you would say |
| Naomi: おやすみ (oyasumi) |
| Eric: On to the grammar. |
| Naomi: 次は、文法です。(Tsugi wa, bunpō desu.) |
Lesson focus |
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| Eric: In this lesson, you are going to learn how to describe people or items using more than two adjectives and we are going to review な (na) ending adjectives. and Naomi-sensei and I recorded a list of na-adjectives in a bonus track. So check it out at japanesepod101.com. First introduce just two na-adjectives. |
| Naomi: おしゃれ (oshare) |
| Eric: Stylish. |
| Naomi: ハンサム (hansamu) |
| Eric: Handsome. So some English adjectives can be used as na-adjectives in Japanese. |
| Naomi: For example, リッチな人 (ritchi na hito) |
| Eric: A rich person. |
| Naomi: エレガントな人 (ereganto na hito) |
| Eric: Elegant person. So remember, when an na-adjective comes before a noun, you need to put な (na) between the adjective and the noun. So how do you say, a stylish person? |
| Naomi: おしゃれな人 (oshare na hito) |
| Eric: Handsome person. |
| Naomi: ハンサムな人 (hansamu na hito) |
| Eric: How about a stylish and handsome person? |
| Naomi: おしゃれでハンサムな人 (oshare de hansamu na hito) |
| Eric: おしゃれで (oshare de) is like stylish and – so that で (de) works as the sort of a glue, right? Na-adjectives that precede another adjective have to be in で (de) form. So おしゃれ (oshare) becomes |
| Naomi: おしゃれで (oshare de) |
| Eric: So how do you say a rich and elegant person? |
| Naomi: リッチでエレガントな人 (ritchi de ereganto na hito) |
| Eric: The rule of this conjugation is explained in the lesson notes. So please don’t forget to download the PDF. |
| Naomi: じゃあ、エリックさん。(Jā, Erikku-san.) How do you say stylish, handsome, rich and elegant person? |
| Eric: おしゃれで、ハンサムで、リッチで、エレガントな人。(Oshare de, hansamu de, ritchi de, ereganto na hito.) |
| Naomi: う〜ん、いいですね。(Ūn, ii desu ne.) |
| Eric: Do you know such a person? |
| Naomi: Unfortunately no. Do you? |
| Eric: Yeah, she is sitting right across to me. |
| Naomi: あ～、え？あたし？(Ā, e? Atashi?) |
Outro |
| Eric: Well that does it for today. I will see you guys next time. |
| Naomi: じゃ、また。(Ja, mata.) |
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