Unit 3 of Pimsleur Japanese 1

Unit 3 of Pimsleur Japanese 1 Notes:

Conversation:

ohayou gozaimasu.

Good morning!

ii otenki desu ne.

It's good weather, isn't it?

aa, nihongo ga wakarimasu ne.

Ah, you understand Japanese, don't you?

hai, sukoshi demo mada jouzo ja arimasen.

Yes, a little but I'm not skilled yet.

anata wa amerika-jin desu ka.

Are you American?

hai.

Yes.

demo nihongo ga yoku wakarimasu ne.

But you understand well, don't you?

Review:

nihongo - Japanese language.

nihongo ga wakarimasu - I understand Japanese.

sukoshi - A little.

sukoshi wakarimasu - I understand a little.

nihongo ga sukoshi wakarimasu - I understand Japanese a little.

jouzo ja arimasen - not skilled

ii otenki desu ne - It's good weather, isn't it?

sou desu ne - It's so, isn't it?

ja mata. - See you / goodbye

nihongo ga wakarimasu ne. - You understand Japanese, don't you?

nihongo - Japanese language.

New Vocabulary:

demo - but

mada - yet

mada jouzo ja arimasen - not skilled yet

demo mada jouzo ja arimasen - But I am not very good at it yet / but I am not skilled yet

yoku - well (in knowledge, in skill, not health)

yoku wakarimasu - I understand well.

yoku wakarimasen - I don't understand well.

yana - bad / unpleasant / distasteful / disagreeable (in the sense of weather)

yana otenki desu ne - It's bad weather, isn't it?

arigatou gozaimasu - Thank you!

domo - very much

domo arigatou gozaimasu - Thank you very much!

sumimasen, yoku wakarimasen - Excuse me, I don't understand well.

konnichiwa - Hello / good afternoon (mid morning until it is dark)

anata wa amerika-jin desu ka - Are you American?

hai, watashi wa amerika-jin desu - Yes, I am American.

anata wa amerika-jin desu - You are American.

nihon - Japan

nihon-jin - Japanese (nationality)

watashi wa nihon-jin desu - I am Japanese.

anata wa nihon-jin desu ka - Are you Japanese?

watashi wa nihon-jin ja arimasen - I am not Japanese.

watashi wa amerika-jin ja arimasen - I am not American.

anata wa nihon-jin desu ka - Are you Japanese?

iie, watashi wa nihon-jin ja arimasen - No, I am not Japanese.

anata wa - You? / And you?

watashi wa amerika-jin desu. anata wa - I am American. And you?

demo nihongo ga wakarimasu - But I understand Japanese.

~ Cherry-san