Unit 5 of Pimsleur Japanese

Unit 5 of Pimsleur Japanese 1 Notes:

Conversation:

A: sumimasen. sumimasen.

   Excuse me! Excuse me!

B: hai, nanika.

   Yes, something? (What is it you want to ask?)

A: Ueno koen wa doko desu ka.

   Where is Ueno park?

B: asoko desu.

   It's over there.

A: Ueno eki wa.

   And Ueno station?

B: koko desu.

   It's here.

A: domo arigatou gozaimasu.

   Thank you very much.

Review:

konnichiwa - Hello / Good afternoon!

eigo ga wakarimasu ka - Do you understand English?

sukoshi wakarimasu - I understand a little.

sukoshi hanashimasu - I speak a little.

anata wa - And you?

nihongo ga wakarimasu ka - Do you understand Japanese?

iie, yoku wakarimasen - No, I don't understand well.

jouzu ni hanashimau ne - You speak well, don't you?

mada jouzu ja arimasen - I am not skilled yet.

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

watashi wa nihon-jin desu - I am Japanese.

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

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

Ueno eki - Ueno station

Shinjuku eki - Shinjuku station

Ueno koen - Ueno park

Ueno koen wa koko desu - Ueno park is here.

koko desu ka - Is it here?

iie, asoko desu - No, it's over there.

koko ja arimasen - It's not here.

asoko ja arimasen - It's not over there.

Shinjuku eki wa koko ja arimasen - Shinjuku station is not here.

demo Ueno eki wa koko desu - But Ueno station is here.

sumimasen, Ueno koen wa doko desu ka - Excuse me, where is Ueno park?

Ueno eki wa - And Ueno station?

wakarimasen - I don't understand. / I don't know.

wakarimasu - I understand. / I know.

wakarimasu ka - Do you know?

ja mata - See you / Good bye!

New Vocabulary:

tabemasu - Eat / I eat / I am going to eat.

tabemasu ka - Are you going to eat?

tabemasen - Not going to eat / I don't eat.

nanika - something

nanika tabemasu - I am going to eat something.

tabemasen ka - Won't you eat?

nanika tabemasen ka - Won't you eat something?

nomimasu - I drink / I am going to drink.

nomimasen - Not going to drink / I don't drink.

nomimasu ka - Are you going to drink?

nanika nomimasu ka - Are you going to drink something?

nomimasen ka - Won't you drink?

nanika nomimasen ka - Won't you drink something?

iie, kekko desu - No, thank you. / No, I am alright as is./ No, I don't need anything now. (refuse politely)

nanika tabemasu ka - Are you going to eat something?

iie, demo nanika nomimasu - No, but I am going to drink something.

watashiwa tabemasu - I am going to eat. (emphatically)

sou desu ne - Well, let me see. (thinking) / Yes, that's right, 

isn't it?

~ Cherry-san