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| INTRODUCTION |
| Eric: Lori’s Story, lesson 40. Here is something you like. In this lesson, you will learn how to share your passions. Actually I mean just talk about what you like, right? |
| Naomi: そうですね。チョコレートが好きです。(Sō desu ne. Chokorēto ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: I have a passion for chocolate. |
| Naomi: I like chocolate. |
| Eric: Yeah, I like chocolate. Yeah, it’s better, right? And where is it this time? |
| Naomi: 道、かな？(Michi, ka na?) |
| Eric: On the street. |
| Naomi: はい。(Hai.) |
| Eric: And who is talking? |
| Naomi: ロリーさんと静さん。(Rorī-san to Shizuka-san.) |
| Eric: It seems like they just met up on the street and they are walking to the university together. So they will be speaking in |
| Naomi: Formal Japanese. |
| Eric: Okay, let’s listen. |
| DIALOGUE |
| ロリー (Rorī) : おはようございます、静さん。いい天気ですね。静さん... し・ず・かさん。(Ohayō gozaimasu, Shizuka-san. Ii tenki desu ne. Shizuka san... Shi-zu-ka san.) |
| 静 (Shizuka) : え？ああ、ロリーさん。ああ、そうですね。いい天気ですね。(E? Ā, Rorī-san. Ā, sō desu ne. Ii tenki desu ne.) |
| ロリー (Rorī) : 静さんはスポーツが好きですか。(Shizuka-san wa supōtsu ga suki desu ka.) |
| 静 (Shizuka) : ええ、好きですよ。スノボが好きです。(Ee, suki desu yo. Sunobo ga suki desu.) |
| ロリー (Rorī) : スノボ...。ああ、スノーボードですか。私もスノーボードが大好きです。リュウさんも、スノボをします。あ、今度、一緒にスノボをしませんか。(Sunobo... Ā, sunōbōdo desu ka. Watashi mo sunōbōdo ga daisuki desu. Ryū-san mo, sunobo o shimasu. A, kondo, issho ni sunobo o shimasen ka.) |
| 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.) |
| ロリー (Rorī) : おはようございます、静さん。いい天気ですね。静さん...し・ず・かさん。(Ohayō gozaimasu, Shizuka-san. Ii tenki desu ne. Shizuka san... Shi-zu-ka san.) |
| 静 (Shizuka) : え？ああ、ロリーさん。ああ、そうですね。いい天気ですね。(E? Ā, Rorī-san. Ā, sō desu ne. Ii tenki desu ne.) |
| ロリー (Rorī) : 静さんはスポーツが好きですか。(Shizuka-san wa supōtsu ga suki desu ka.) |
| 静 (Shizuka) : ええ、好きですよ。スノボが好きです。(Ee, suki desu yo. Sunobo ga suki desu.) |
| ロリー (Rorī) : スノボ...。ああ、スノーボードですか。私もスノーボードが大好きです。リュウさんも、スノボをします。あ、今度、一緒にスノボをしませんか。(Sunobo... Ā, sunōbōdo desu ka. Watashi mo sunōbōdo ga daisuki desu. Ryū-san mo, sunobo o shimasu. A, kondo, issho ni sunobo o shimasen ka.) |
| 今度は、英語が入ります。(Kondo wa, Eigo ga hairimasu.) |
| ロリー (Rorī) : おはようございます、静さん。いい天気ですね。(Ohayō gozaimasu, Shizuka-san. Ii tenki desu ne.) |
| LORI : Good morning Shizuka. Great weather today huh? |
| ロリー (Rorī) : 静さん...し・ず・かさん。 (Shizuka san... Shi-zu-ka san.) |
| LORI : Shizuka? Shi –Zu – Ka... |
| 静 (Shizuka) : え？ああ、ロリーさん。(E? Ā, Rorī-san.) |
| SHIZUKA : Whu... Oh, Lori. |
| 静 (Shizuka) : ああ、そうですね。いい天気ですね。(Ā, sō desu ne. Ii tenki desu ne.) |
| SHIZUKA : Yeah, great weather. |
| ロリー (Rorī) : 静さんはスポーツが好きですか。(Shizuka-san wa supōtsu ga suki desu ka.) |
| LORI : Do you like sports, Shizuka? |
| 静 (Shizuka) : ええ、好きですよ。スノボが好きです。(Ee, suki desu yo. Sunobo ga suki desu.) |
| SHIZUKA : Yes I do. I like ‘suno-bo.’ |
| ロリー (Rorī) : スノボ...。ああ、スノーボードですか。(Sunobo... Ā, sunōbōdo desu ka.) |
| LORI : ‘Suno-bo’?... Oh you mean ‘snowboarding.’ |
| ロリー (Rorī) : 私もスノーボードが大好きです。リュウさんも、スノボをします。(Watashi mo sunōbōdo ga daisuki desu. Ryū-san mo, sunobo o shimasu.) |
| LORI : I like to snowboard too and so does Ryu. |
| ロリー (Rorī) : あ、今度、一緒にスノボをしませんか。(A, kondo, issho ni sunobo o shimasen ka.) |
| LORI : Hey, why don’t we all go together? |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Naomi: It sounds like Shizuka is out of it. |
| Eric: Yeah. And you know what I think I could take a stab as to why that is, all right. If you remember from the last time, Shizuka got a phone call from her friend’s boyfriend. |
| Naomi: そうですね。リュウさんですね。(Sō desu ne. Ryū-san desu ne.) |
| Eric: So she is probably thinking, should I tell Lori or should I say nothing and go to karaoke with Ryu? More dilemma, right Naomi-sensei? |
| Naomi: はい。(Hai.) |
| Eric: Has this happened to you before? |
| Naomi: It doesn’t happen to me but I think it often happens. Don’t you think? |
| Eric: Uhh drawing from a real life situation hah! Naomi-sensei in your script writing. |
| Naomi: はい。(Hai.) |
| Eric: So what do you think she is going to do? |
| Naomi: どうだろうね。(Dō darō ne.) If I were Shizuka, I would tell Lori nothing. |
| Eric: Wow Naomi-sensei, why? |
| Naomi: え～、だって…。(Ē, datte...) I don’t want to hurt my friend’s feeling. |
| Eric: Do you think it will hurt her or help her? |
| Naomi: あ～、そうね。(Ā, sō ne.) Good question. |
| Eric: Uhh all right. Well, let’s think about that while we do our vocabulary. |
| Naomi: 次は単語です。(Tsugi wa tango desu.) |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Eric: What’s the first word? |
| Naomi: 天気 (tenki) |
| Eric: Weather. |
| Naomi: (slow) てんき (tenki) (natural speed) 天気 (tenki) |
| Eric: The next word is |
| Naomi: スノーボード (sunōbōdo) |
| Eric: Snowboard. |
| Naomi: (slow) スノーボード (sunōbōdo) (natural speed) スノーボード (sunōbōdo) |
| Eric: The next word is |
| Naomi: スノボ (sunobo) |
| Eric: Snowboarding, abbreviation of snowboard. |
| Naomi: (slow) スノボ (sunobo) (natural speed) スノボ (sunobo) |
| Eric: The next word is |
| Naomi: 好き (suki) |
| Eric: Likable, to like. |
| Naomi: (slow) すき (suki) (natural speed) 好き (suki) |
| Eric: The next word is – the last word is |
| Naomi: スポーツ (supōtsu) |
| Eric: Sport, sports. |
| Naomi: (slow) スポーツ (supōtsu) (natural speed) スポーツ (supōtsu) |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Eric: Naomi-sensei, that last word we just looked at was sports or sport, which one? |
| Naomi: Both. |
| Eric: But in Japanese, it is スポーツ (supōtsu). It sounds like plural. It sounds like sports. |
| Naomi: そうね。スポーツ。(Sō ne. Supōtsu.) |
| Eric: So sports can mean one sport or ten sports? |
| Naomi: Right again there is no difference between plural and singular in Japanese. |
| Eric: You know, you are here talking about words that came from English, but isn’t there a natural Japanese word that means sports? |
| Naomi: あ～、運動かな？(Ā, undō ka na?) |
| Eric: Ah 運動 (undō), but doesn’t that mean exercise just like the general act of you know exercising? |
| Naomi: 運動 (undō) means exercise but it also means sport but 運動 (undō) sounds more serious than sport. I mean スポーツ (supōtsu). |
| Eric: So how would you say to play a sport? |
| Naomi: スポーツをします。(Supōtsu o shimasu.) スポーツします (supōtsu shimasu) or of course, 運動をします (undō o shimasu) or 運動します (undō shimasu). |
| Eric: All right, exactly. You would say スポーツをします (supōtsu o shimasu), right? Literally to do sport. So let’s introduce some sports. To play tennis. |
| Naomi: テニスをします。(Tenisu o shimasu.) |
| Eric: How about to play golf? |
| Naomi: ゴルフをします。(Gorufu o shimasu.) |
| Eric: To skateboard. |
| Naomi: スケートボードをします (sukētobōdo o shimasu) or スケボをします (sukebo o shimasu). |
| Eric: To surf. |
| Naomi: サーフィンをします。(Sāfin o shimasu.) |
| Eric: How about martial arts? |
| Naomi: うーん、空手をします。柔道をします。レスリングをします。(Ūn, karate o shimasu. Jūdō o shimasu. Resuringu o shimasu.) |
| Eric: Yeah, so that was karate, judo, wrestling. You know basically any sport you do plus します (shimasu). Will be playing that sport, right? |
| Naomi: そうですね。(Sō desu ne.) |
| Eric: On to the grammar. |
| Naomi: 次は文法です。(Tsugi wa bunpō desu.) |
Lesson focus |
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| Eric: Okay, let’s talk about what we like. What do you like, Naomi-sensei? |
| Naomi: うーん...。チョコレート。(Ūn... Chokorēto.) |
| Eric: Right you said that at the beginning but what do we have in dialogue though? |
| Naomi: スノボが好きです。(Sunobo ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: I like snowboarding. This sentence should really be |
| Naomi: 私はスノボが好きです。(Watashi wa sunobo ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: You know but it’s so obvious that you are talking about what you like. So the 私は (watashi wa) is dropped. Say it one more time. |
| Naomi: スノボが好きです。(Sunobo ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: And by using something が好きです (ga suki desu) you can express what you like. So if you like skateboarding, |
| Naomi: スケートボードが好きです。(Sukētobōdo ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: If you like movies, |
| Naomi: 映画が好きです。(Eiga ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: If you like music, |
| Naomi: Music in Japanese is 音楽 (ongaku), so... 音楽が好きです。(Ongaku ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: What if you like traveling? |
| Naomi: Traveling in Japanese is 旅行 (ryokō), so... |
| Eric: 旅行が好きです。(Ryokō ga suki desu.) |
| Naomi: そうです。(Sō desu.) |
| Eric: All right. Time to practice. I am going to say an English word and Naomi-sensei is going to give you the corresponding Japanese word and what you have to do is say that you like it before we give you the answer. Tennis. |
| Naomi: テニス (tenisu) |
| テニスが好きです。(Tenisu ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: Football. |
| Naomi: フットボール (futtobōru) |
| フットボールが好きです。(Futtobōru ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: Japanese animation. |
| Naomi: アニメ (anime) |
| アニメが好きです。(Anime ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: Japan. |
| Naomi: 日本 (Nihon) |
| 日本が好きです。(Nihon ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: Japanese food. |
| Naomi: 日本食 (Nihonshoku) |
| 日本食が好きです。(Nihonshoku ga suki desu.) |
| Or Japanese food could be 和食 (washoku), so... 和食が好きです (washoku ga suki desu) is also fine. |
| Eric: You. |
| Naomi: あなた (anata) |
| あなたが好きです。(Anata ga suki desu.) |
| Eric: Ah Naomi-sensei, and you blush. |
| Naomi: エリックさんは何が好きですか。(Erikku-san wa nani ga suki desu ka.) |
| Eric: 犬が好きです。(Inu ga suki desu.) |
| Naomi: You like dogs? |
| Eric: I love dogs. I should have said 大好きです (daisuki desu), hah! |
| Naomi: あ～、犬が大好き。(Ā, inu ga daisuki.) |
| Eric: 大好き！(Daisuki!) |
Outro |
| Naomi: なるほどね。皆さんは何が好きですか。(Naruhodo ne. Mina-san wa nani ga suki desu ka.) Please let us know. |
| Eric: Yeah drop by japanesepod101.com and leave a comment. |
| Naomi: お願いします。(Onegai shimasu.) |
| Eric: See you next time. |
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