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Lesson 4

Two acquaintances meet on the street and talk while walking to the station. Yamashita: Good morning. Today's a fine day, isn't it? S: What time do you go to bed? Y: About eleven.

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Lesson 4

Two acquaintances meet on the street and talk while walking to the station. Yamashita: Good morning. Today's a fine day, isn't it? S: What time do you go to bed? Y: About eleven.

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Beith BOkA & Dialogue (Yamashita and Suzuki, two acquaintances, meet on the street and talk while walking to the station.) HE: BUELIOVORT, BR: BaD MST. Re Fld vy RATT A, we: 24 TTA, 7 a Sp: LEAL BS Aye Beate. ar > BAST. s BAL WeoctA, HAL AMOS Beat. 4s MCR nate, . 1 aE: oss nat, BR: BE fae te kUR0 TS, ' QE: ae aad|t, BAI Meee BV ata, “ at: 4 ct. BAD 2D BL TO IBN HRIRTH. " boa. AOTC REET ZoE-#e DAaT. CSUR MME 234, 7 " & Lath brnsta, MT BAI BB RBA WAate UE: 22. " BA AMAL Wsats, 32 Lesson 4 Cassette tape—Pack 1, Side B WEI Woe ORAS BRI ba RTA, WE: Sb5e5. Dialogue Lesson 4 WHAT TIME DO YOU GET UP? Yamashita : Good morning. Suzuki: Good morning. Today's a fine day, isn’t it? Ys Yes, isn't it? S: What time do you get up in the morning, Mr. Yamashita ? Ys At seven. Si That's early. I get up around ight. What time do you go to bed? Ys About eleven. S: What time does your office start? At nine, What time does it close? About six: Do you go home immediately after that? No. T usually have a cup of coffee at a coffee shop. Sometimes I go to the movies. S: What will you do this evening? Y: [don't know yet oe we “4 S: Do you go to the office every day ? Ys Yes, I do, BRL PFATT " cot AMLIAT. 2 Dai:yonka WANJI-NI OKIMASU-KA Yamashita’ Ohayoo-gozaimasu. Suzuki, Ohayoo-gozaimasu. Kyoo: wal tenki-desune. ¥. Soodesu-ne. S. Yamashita-san-wa asa “ranji-ni okimasuke. ¥ “Shichii-ni okimasu, S: Hayardesune — Watashi-we ‘hachii-goro okimasu. Yoru-wa ‘nanji-goro nemasu-ka, ¥. Suvichij-goro nemasu S: Kaisha-wa ‘hanji-ni hajimar masu-ka ‘ujirni hajimarimasy. ‘Nanji-goro owaumasu-ka. Rokuji-goro-desu. oxox Sono ato “sugu uchi-e keer masuka ¥ tie. Taitee kissaten-de ‘koohi-o nomimasu. Tokidoki tega-o Konban-wa‘hani-o shimasu-ka. Y. Mada Ywakarimasen % Mainich kaisha-e ikimasu-ka ® Y Ee S Doyoobi-nimo ikimasu-ka S: On Saturdays, to Y: No, Saturdays are holidays. fe. ikimasen. Doyoobi-wa YYasurni-desu. Si Oh, we're at the station now. ——S) 4. moo*bki-desu-ne. ‘Koko-de Please excuse me shitsuree-shimasu Y: Goodbye ¥: Sayoonara Explanation (In this lesson you will learn several verbs, objects of verbs, particles indicating time and place, and the names of the days of the week.) bag Seat, ine 4 Ohayoo-gozaimasu. Ohayoo-gozaimasu. Good morning Memorize the following greetings. Konnichiwa. Good afternoon ; Good day ; Hello Kohbanwa. Good evening. Oyasumi-nasai. Good night. Sak ow RATA line 2 Kyoo-wa ii tenki-desu-ne. yoo today a good ; fine tenki weather 4i (o/tenki-desu-ne is a very common form of greeting. When the weather is bad, one says, /yana (o-)tenki-desu-ne. (0- is a polite prefix) LTESAW be Bsate, ine Yamashita-san-wa asa nanjini okimasu-ka. asa morning eae at what time okimagu-ka do you get up? (dictionary form okiru) 34 Lesson 4 Cassette tape—Pack 1, Side 8 Personal pronouns are used far less often in Japanese than in European languages. When addressing someone, it is more common to use his first or last name where you would use the second person pronoun ‘you’ in English. ‘To find the verb okimasu in the dictionary you must look it up under its dictionary form okitu Masy is called a “formal affirmative ending” and verbs in this form are more polite than verbs in the dictionary form. Okimasu can mean ‘T get up, ‘you get up.’ ‘he gets up, etc. as can okiru. Ni indicates the time of action, and corresponds to the English prepositions ‘at, ‘in,’ ‘on,’ ete. ex. gogo-ni (in the afternoon) doyoobi-ni (on Saturday) ee BSat. ine 5 Shichij-ni okimasu. Watashi-wa is left out, but is understood. GEOTH A, DELIZ QMS BAT. line 6 Hayai-desu-ne, Watashi-wa hachiji-goro okimasu. haya early watashi I hachitigdro about eight o'clook Before hayat-desu-ne, Anata (you)-wa, or Yamashita-san-wa is. left out because it is understood. However, Watashi-wa is mentioned in the second sentence to make the meaning clear. Goro is used to show approximate time. ex. gogo goji-goro (about five in the afternoon) doyoobi-goro (around Saturday) ke Mere nate, lines 8-7 Yoru-wa nanjigoro nemasu-ka. nemasu you go to bed (dict. neru) Sui Ae aca ate, tine 8 Kaisha-wa nanjini hajimarimasu-ka. 35 kaisha company ; here, your company hajimarindsu it starts (dict. hpayimaru) MHOA BY ste. tine 141 Nenji-goro owarimasucka. oWwanimasu it closes (dict. owara) 2D hE TO FBN HADATA tine 13 Sono ato sugu_uchi-e kaerimasu-ka. soho ato after that sugu immediately ; soon wehi (your) home uthie to your home kabrimasu you return (dict. kaeru) E is a particle indicating direction ex. Ginkoo-e ikimasu. ——_(U-go to the bank.) Doko-e ikimasu-ka. (Where are you going?) DOR AG REC 2s oast, line 44 ie. Taitee kissaten-de koohii-o nomimasu. taitee usually ; generally kissaten-de at a coffee shop koohi coffee © nomimasu I drink. .. (diet. nomu) Os a particle which indicates that the noun preceding it is the direct object of the verb following it. ex. Hon-0 yomimasu (I read a book.) De is used to indicate the place where an action is performed. ex. Uchi-de shinbun-o yomimasu. (I read a newspaper at home.) Kaisha-de shigoto-o shimasu {I work at the office.) EeCe me AST, tine 15 Tokidoki eega-o mimasu. tokidoki sometimes eega movies (© mimasu I see ...; I wateh ... (diet. miru) 36 Lesson 4 Cassette tape—Pack 1, Side B Amik we Lata. tine 16 Konban-wa nani-o shimasu-ka. konban this evening ; tonight nani what © shimasu you do ...(dict. suru) ‘The -masu form can be used for future as well as present tense. ex, Ashita ginkoo-e ikimasu. {111 go to the bank tomorrow.) AK ben dth, ine 17 Mada wakarimasen. mada (not) yet ; still wakarimasén I don't know; I don't understand (dict. wakar) The ending -masen is the negative equivalent of the -masu form, (See Note 1.) ex. Kyoo-wa kaisha-e skimasen. (I won't go to the office today.) BB AHA osata, tine 18 Mainichi kaisha-e ikimasucka. malnichi every day ‘himasu you go (dict. sku) AM GIE VARTA, ine 20 Doyoobi-nimo ikimasu-ka doyoobi Saturday doydobi-nimo on Saturday, too Mo is added after the particles -ni -e. and -de. (See Note 2.) See Note 3 for the names of the days of the week GOR OSEEA, ARB PTACT, line 21 lie, ikimasen. Doyoobi-wa yasumi-desu. ikimasen 1 do not go (dict. sku) yasum holiday bobF MCHA, So RULES. line 22 A, moo eki-desune, Koko-de shitsuree-shimasu. a oh, ... moo already 37 aki station shitsdree-shimasu excuse me Shitsuree-shimasu, which literally means ‘I'm going to be rude,’ is a polite expression used to excuse oneself. It is sometimes used, as in this sentence, as a polite way to say ‘Good-bye. scans, tine 23 Sayoonara. Sayonara. Good-bye. Note 1 “masu, “masen For purposes of conjugation, all Japanese verbs can be divided into two groups, with only two exceptions, suru and kuru. Group 1 Verbs (-u verbs) Verbs in Group 1 end with -v in their dictionary form. ‘The -masu form of these verbs is formed by replacing the final -v with -imasu ‘ku (to go) ikimasu nomu (to drink) norimasy hajimary (to start) hajimarimasu owaru (to end) owarimasu wakaru (to understand) wakarimasu Group 2 Verbs (rv verbs) Verbs in this group end in -ru, preceded by -e. or ~ in their dic- tionary form, ‘The -masu form of these verbs is formed by replacing the final -ry with -masu. cokity (to get up) okimasu rneru (to go to bed) nemasu ‘mina (to see) mimasu ‘The verb kaeru (to go home) is one of the few exceptions: it ends with -ery but belongs to Group 1. ‘The two irregular verbs are : suru (to do) shimasu kuru (to come) kimasy Note 2 Particles -e, -1i, -de and mo Mo is added after -e, -ni, and -de. 38 Lesson 4 Cassette tape—Pack |. Side B ex. Kyoo-wa kaisha-e ikimasu. Ginkoo-emo ikimasu. (1 will go to the office today. I will go to the bank, too.) Mainichi juuji-ni koohi-o nomimasy. Sanji-nime nomimasu (I drink coffee at ten every day. I drink it at three, too.) Uchide terebi-o mimasu. Kaisha-demo mimasu. (1 watch TV at home. I watch it at the office, too.) ‘Mo is not added after -wa (Lesson 2), -ga (Lesson 3),or -o (Lesson 5) Note 3 The names of the days of the week are as follows: (-bi at the end of each word is optional.) Ba —nichiyoobi Sunday AaB — geisuyoobi Monday KIER kaydobi Tuesday ‘AWA — suiyoobi Wednesday Aa mokuydobi ‘Thursday @Hn whyoobi Friday 488 dojoobi Saturday Drills I. -masu, -masen Structure Drill Answer the following questions first in the affirma- tive and then in the negative form. ex. Obimdsu K+ Has, okimasu li, okimasen 1. Neindbuka 2. thimdsu-k’. , 3, Kaerimabu-ka 4. Olwarimasu-ka. 8. Nomimasu-ka. 6. Shimasu-kd. 7. Mindsu-ks. 8 Hajtmarimabu-ké IL. Particles -ni, -e, -0, -de Structure Dr (ni) A. Complete the following expressions by adding hajimarimasu, 39 ex. shichijini + Shichiji-ni hajimarimasu. 1. hachijini 2 ulin 3. doyoobi-ni 4. rokuji:ni 5. fchyeni 6. nichiyoobini B. This time complete the expressions by adding owarimasu ex. shi¢hijini —*Shichiji-nl owanimasu. 1. rokujins 2. gétsuydobini = -3._sanyi-ni 4. kayOobini 5. gogo goji-ni 6. gozen juuji ni fe) Add ikimasu ex. kalshae —+Kaisha-e ikimasu a 1. ginkoo-e 2. byodin-e 3. yuubsnkyoku-e 4, kigsdtene 5, ekie 6. gakkoo (schoo!) -e (0) Put-o between the given words. ex. -koOhil, nomimasu —+Koohii-o nomimasu. 1. cogs, mimasu 2. terebi (TV), mimasu_ 3. hon. yomimasu (I read) 4. mizu (water), nomimasy 5. shigoto (work), shimasu de} Pat uchi-de in front of each given expression. _ ex. koOhi:o noinimasu —=Uchi-de koohi-o nomimasu L. trebi-o mimasu 2. hon-o yomnimast 3. acha (tea)-0 nomimasu 4. shigoto-0 shimasu Ill. Taitee ... masu Structure Drill Practice making sentences. You can make any variety of sentences by combining the words shown in braces below. ex, Taitee shichij-ni okimasu Taitee hachij-ni kabrimasu. ete. Say them aloud. Ay [Teltee || shih [cline faa | eect | Kipowe | [Aunt | | nay Lkcnban-wa! | jaujini koohito nomimasu 40 Lesson 4 Cassette tape—Pack 1, Side B B) Wetasir wa | (uchide — |; koohi-o nomimasu) Yainaita sanwa || kalsho-de || shigoto-0 shimasu.| Ano-hito wa || gakkoo-de CL | | Metashe tachi (We) -wa| | koko-de hon-o yomimasy Yemashita-san-no kissatende okusan-wa IV. -masu, -masen; -ni, -e, -0, -de Usage Drill Practice the following conversations, substituting the underlined part with the cue words given below, A) ex. kaisha Mainichi kaisha-e ikimasurk. Ee, ikimasu Doyabbinimo ihinasu-ke Iie, kimasen Doyoobi-wa yaSumidesu 1. gakkoo 2. ginkoo 3. byobin 4, toShdkan Guibrary) BPoD> B) ex. tetebio mimasu A: Nafji-goro uchi-e kabrimasu-ka B: Hachyi-goro kaerimasy. A: Yoru-wa_nani-o shitnasu-ka. B: Tate terebi-o mimau, 1. koohi-o nomimasu 2. sugu nemasu shigoto-o shifigsu —__—4.-hdno yofnimabu 5. benkyoo (study) -o shimasu ©) ex. getsuyoobi A Tobhokan-e ihimasuka B: £e, tokidoki skimau i A: Doydabinn’ ikimasu K 7 B: fle ikimasén. Taitee getsuyoobi-ni ifimabu. 1. kayoobi 2. suiyoobi 3. mokuyobbi 4. kityoobi 5. nichiyoobi D) Carry out the following conversation using the names of you and your instructor (or fellow student) and the actual times you go to sleep and get up, 4 As... san-wa nanji-ni okimasu-ka, B: ... jini okimasu Haya Watashi-wa .. jini ckimasu. Yoru-wa nanji-golo nema- suk, Bs... Jigofo neasu (IFA feels B gets up late, he says Oso/-desu-ne) Pronunciation Practice Practice saying the following, paying careful attention to the accent. A 1 2. 3 e Huo 4 5. 6 kei -ku -0 : 8 90 9. ge "gu -0 10. ML. ho Fhe 12 hes fu -0 1. ddyoobr 2. kayoobi 3. toshaken 4. ofenki 5. Yamashita 6. Mizutani (personal name) 7. Shithazaki (personal name) 8. Harajuku (place name) ©. Add -desu-ne to the words in B and say the sentences first with a rising and then a falling intonation. ex. Doyoobi-desu-ne + Doyobbi-desu-ne.>, Reading Comprehension Read the following passage. RULER AMER SET, PRAM EELS ET, BBDVET, OHERUTOF CI BAHANAT, EAL sat, £6036 CMM ELET TUPLE EAL, Awe eRL ee he ROCHE LAT ° 42 Lesson 4 Cassette tape—Pack 1, Side B (0) a little (2) magazine *Here, -0 after benkyoo js left out. Some nouns can be used with: out -o when followed by shimasu (dict. suru) Aural Comprehension Listen to the conversations on the tape and answer the following questions. way 2 3 @B) © ‘What time of the day is it? What time does Mr. Yoshida go to bed? What does he do at night? Where is the woman going? What time is it? What day of the week is it? What are the man and woman going to do tomorrow? When and where will they meet? 43

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