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Gengo Japanese S1 #41 - Master Speaking on the Phone and Put All of Your Japanese Friends a Touch Away

Gengo Japanese S1 #41 - Master Speaking on the Phone and Put All of Your Japanese Friends a Touch Away

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Gengo Japanese S1 #41 - Master Speaking on the Phone and Put All of Your Japanese Friends a Touch Away

Gengo Japanese S1 #41 - Master Speaking on the Phone and Put All of Your Japanese Friends a Touch Away

Gengo Japanese S1 #41 - Master Speaking on the Phone and Put All of Your Japanese Friends a Touch Away

Gengo Japanese S1 #41 - Master Speaking on the Phone and Put All of Your Japanese Friends a Touch Away

Thursday, 2nd May 2024
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0:03

Master speaking on the phone and put all of

0:05

your Japanese friends at touch away. In

0:07

the previous lesson, you learned how to ask for permission and

0:09

how to express what you can do. Right,

0:12

such as, May I take a

0:14

picture? And

0:19

I can speak Japanese. In this

0:22

lesson, we'll look more into the usage of dekiru,

0:24

to be able to. We'll also introduce you

0:26

to some set phrases used when saying goodbye. Namisense,

0:29

what's going to happen in this dialogue?

0:32

Ashu-ri-san wa mitsuoka san

0:34

ni demaoshimasu. Ashley

0:37

calls, miz mitsuoka. Demo,

0:39

mitsuoka san wa demaasen.

0:42

But, miz mitsuoka doesn't answer the

0:44

phone, so Ashley is going to leave a

0:46

message. The level of formality of this

0:48

dialogue is, FOMO. Let's

0:51

listen to the conversation. hurr

1:47

one time slowly. yong,

2:01

san, ni, hai,

2:05

mitsuoka desu, ima,

2:09

deungwani, delu, kotoga,

2:12

tekima, sen. Meseji

2:16

wo one

2:18

gaishimasu. Musimoshi,

2:23

asuri desu, iro

2:28

iro arigato

2:30

kozaimashita, okage

2:33

sama de shuchou

2:36

wo tanoshimu

2:39

kotoga, dekimashita,

2:43

minasan ni al

2:46

kotoga dekite,

2:50

yokata desu,

2:53

otousan to

2:56

okasan ni

2:59

yoroshikusta tsu, tstare

3:02

te kudasai, asita,

3:07

juu ichi ji no

3:10

shikouji de,

3:14

nuyoku ni

3:17

kairimasu. Zeshii,

3:22

nuyoku ni,

3:25

tstare kudasai,

3:28

ne matame

3:31

lu shimatsu, ogenki

3:34

de, sayouonara.

3:39

Now with the English translation. Tseirokyu,

3:43

zerunou, 090, kyu hachi

3:46

nana roku no, 9876,

3:48

goyong, san ni, 5432. Hui,

3:58

mitsuoka desu. This is Mitsuyoka.

4:01

Kima, I can't answer the phone right now.

4:06

Please leave a message. Hello,

4:11

this is Ashley. Thank

4:18

you so much for everything. Thanks

4:20

to you, I was able to enjoy my business trip. I'm

4:27

so glad to have met everyone. Please

4:35

say hello to your father and mother for me. I'm

4:42

going back to New York tomorrow on an 11 o'clock

4:45

flight. Please

4:48

come to New York. I'll

4:54

email you. Take care. Goodbye. I'm

4:57

going to say hello to you.

5:00

Please say hello to

5:03

your father and mother for me.

5:06

Please send me a

5:09

note for your father or daughter. But

5:11

some people also omit these, right? Yes,

5:13

I'm going to say hello. And

5:15

we'll just give you the whole number. And what's

5:17

important here is that this note is actually how

5:19

you read the hyphen or dash. So,

5:21

for the address, you cannot omit

5:24

dash or hyphen. So you need

5:26

to say no. When

5:28

you see the phone number, the dash is

5:31

written between the numbers. And

5:33

when we say it, we say no. Now,

5:35

Japanese cell phone numbers have 11

5:37

digits. So, the sine. 090

5:40

is cell phone. Now

5:43

080 is also cell

5:45

phone because the numbers got scarce. And

5:49

070 is usually PHS. So,

5:51

the sine, right. 0q000080, wow.

5:58

게다 있만에 나 바고, the sine. So

6:01

in the dialogue, they didn't answer

6:03

the phone, so Ashley had to leave a message.

6:10

Now the line of the answering machine

6:12

sounds really authentic. Yeah, it's close

6:14

enough to what you might hear. So

6:17

it looks like Ashley is leaving Japan tomorrow.

6:21

She said, New

6:25

York そそかいます. So,

6:28

あした is tomorrow. means

6:32

11 o'clock flight. New

6:35

York そそそそます is going

6:37

back to New York. Now, Misansei, you

6:39

said あした. Hi. But some people

6:41

say あし for tomorrow. そそそそそ,

6:45

both そそそ and あし means

6:48

tomorrow. What's the difference? I'd

6:50

say あした is more common. And

6:53

あした sounds a bit formal.

6:55

So of these, あした is the

6:58

more common way to say tomorrow. あしたそそそ,

7:01

and the kanji for tomorrow are kind of

7:03

nice, don't you think? They

7:05

mean bright day. Right,

7:07

the first kanji means bright, and the

7:09

second kanji means day. So bright day.

7:12

Tomorrow is a bright day. That's

7:15

a very nice way to remember it. In

7:17

fact, there's a very well-known Japanese expression that's

7:20

something along those lines, right? あしたそそそ,

7:22

what is it? Oh,

7:26

there's always tomorrow. Yeah, so

7:29

it's kind of very forward thinking. Okay,

7:32

on to the vocabulary. あのしま

7:36

あのしま. Various. Next,

7:43

あのしま. To

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enjoy oneself. Next,

7:52

あし. Certainly,

7:54

without fail. Next,

7:59

あしあ. Next, 你們們們? Take

8:02

care. 你們們們們們們?

8:05

Next, 你們們們? Goodbye. 你們們們們?

8:18

Let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words

8:20

and phrases from this lesson. Now, Misansei,

8:23

what's the first word we'll look at? To

8:25

meet. It's a class 1 verb,

8:28

so the must form is? To meet. The

8:31

person you meet is marked by

8:33

either tō, wō, or mō. Direction

8:37

marking particle. So, 你們們? I meet Peter.

8:41

I'll meet Peter. Or you

8:43

can say, 你們們? I meet with Peter. I'll

8:47

meet with Peter. Next, let's take a

8:49

look at some expressions used when saying goodbye. What's

8:52

the first one? 你們們們?

8:55

Arigato gozaimasu. Thank you for

8:57

everything you've done. 你們

8:59

is a word that means various or all kinds

9:01

of. When coupled with, 你們們們? Arigato

9:03

gozaimasu. The implication is that the listener did

9:05

many things for the speaker. Can we hear

9:08

the sentence again? 你們們? Arigato gozaimasu.

9:12

Sugiwa nandiska? What's next? 你們們?

9:14

Thanks for asking. 你們?

9:19

Originally means your support

9:21

or your help. So the literal

9:23

meaning of 你們們們們? Okage samade? Is

9:26

because of your great support or

9:28

thanks to your help. However,

9:30

it can be used even when the listener

9:32

hasn't specifically done anything for the speaker. Right?

9:37

你們? In that case, the closest translation

9:39

would be thanks for asking. This

9:41

usage of 你們們們們? Okage samade also appeared in

9:43

lesson 13. Ok. Sugiwa,

9:46

what's next? 你們? What's next? 你們? What's next? 你們?

9:49

What's next? 你們? What's next? 你們?

9:51

Please give my regards to so-and-so. Please

9:54

say hello to so-and-so. Now this phrase

9:56

is used when you want to tell someone to give your

9:58

regards to someone else. The person's

10:00

name comes before the particle ni. Can

10:02

we have a sample sentence? Sure. Minasan

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ni. Yoroshiku stai-te kudasai.

10:08

Please say hello to everyone. Let's break it

10:10

down. Minasan ni. To

10:12

everyone. Yoroshiku. Well? Stai-te.

10:17

Tae form of the verb stai-ru.

10:19

To pass on. To convey. Kudasai.

10:22

Please. Again, it means, please

10:24

pass on my regards to everyone. Please

10:26

give my best to everyone. I recommend that

10:28

you memorize this phrase as a set phrase.

10:31

So and so. Mi. Yoroshiku

10:34

stai-te kudasai. Now, stai-te

10:36

kudasai. This phrase is used

10:38

to get a message to a third person. So

10:40

for example, if I was in the US and

10:42

Naomisensei was in Japan and we were talking on

10:44

the phone. Now we have a mutual friend, Jack.

10:47

Jack's not in the conversation. But if

10:49

I wanted to get a message to Jack or

10:51

say hi to Jack, I can say to Naomisensei,

10:53

Jack-kuni. Yoroshiku stai-te kudasai. Please

10:56

say hi to Jack. But

10:58

in a casual situation, you can drop

11:00

stai-te kudasai. So Jack-kuni yoroshiku. Say hi

11:02

to Jack. The last phrase we have is, ogen-ki-de. This

11:09

phrase means take care and is used towards someone that

11:11

you will not see again for a long time or

11:14

possibly ever. So desu ne?

11:17

This sentence was originally, ogen-ki-de

11:20

itte kudasai. Which means

11:22

stay in good health. But

11:24

we usually stop at de and

11:26

just say, ogen-ki-de. Take

11:28

care. But you can't use

11:31

ogen-ki-de for everyday goodbyes. So

11:33

desu ne? On to the ground point. In

11:37

this lesson, you learn how to talk about what you can do. In

11:40

the previous lesson, you learned noun

11:42

plus dekiru, sentence structure. Such

11:45

as e go ga dekiru.

11:48

Literally, can do English. Of

11:50

course it means can understand, read,

11:52

or speak English. As you

11:55

can tell from the English translation, noun

11:57

plus dekiru is very bad. vague,

12:00

게가 대기를

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could mean be able to speak English

12:05

or be able to read English or

12:07

even can understand English. If

12:10

you want to specify the skill, you have to use the

12:12

verb. That's what we're going to learn in this section. Okay,

12:15

now, Ms. Hensei, how do you say, I

12:17

can swim? To swim is 어여구. So,

12:22

I can swim is 와타시와 어여구 게어가 대기를. Let's

12:27

break down the sentence. I

12:30

and the topic-marking particle. To

12:33

swim. Thing. Particle.

12:39

Can do. So, literally,

12:41

I, swim thing, can do. I

12:44

can do the thing to swim. Of

12:46

course, I can swim or I'm

12:48

able to swim. Be careful. You

12:50

cannot say 어여구 가 대기를. You

12:55

need to insert 게어 after

12:57

the verb dictionary form. So, 어여구 게어가 대기를.

13:02

This construction can be formed by attaching

13:05

게어 to the dictionary form of the chosen

13:07

verb. 가녕

13:10

시요.

13:13

So, the sentence structure is dictionary

13:15

form of a verb plus 게어가 대기를. Let's

13:19

practice with some examples. How do you say,

13:21

to enjoy? 가녕 시요 게어가

13:24

대기를. Follow this with 게어가 대기를. To

13:27

say, to be able to enjoy. Can

13:29

enjoy. How

13:32

do you say, to speak? Add

13:35

게어가 대기를. To say, to be able to

13:37

speak. Can speak. So,

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에고어 하나 시요 게어가 대기를. Means,

13:45

be able to speak English. 샠시요

13:49

도를 is to take pictures. So, 샠시요 도를 게어가

13:51

대기를 means, to be able to take pictures. Can

13:56

take pictures. is

14:00

to meet, so aukotoga

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tekiru. To be able to

14:05

meet, can meet. So minasa

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ni aukotoga tekiru. To

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be able to meet everyone. In

14:12

the dialogue, Ashui said, minasa

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ni aukotoga dekute, yokatadesu.

14:18

I'm so glad to have met everyone.

14:20

Literally, I can meet everyone and it was

14:23

good. Dekute, as

14:25

in, minasa ni aukotoga dekute

14:28

is the te form. So

14:31

minasa ni aukotoga dekute is

14:34

to be able to meet everyone and

14:37

yokata. It was good. So

14:40

minasa ni aukotoga dekute.

14:42

I can meet everyone and yokatadesu.

14:46

It was good. So remember, the last

14:48

verb or adjective decides the tense for

14:50

the whole sentence. So the final adjective

14:52

here is past. So we

14:54

actually say, the actual translation, it was

14:57

good that I could meet everyone. By

14:59

putting tekiru in the te form and

15:01

adding yokatadesu at the end, we can

15:03

create a sentence that means we are

15:06

glad to have been able to do

15:08

something. For example, hanasu

15:11

is to speak or to

15:14

talk. So hanasu kotogate-te

15:16

yokatadesu. I'm glad to have been able

15:18

to talk with you. Kuru is

15:21

to come. So kuru

15:23

kotogate-te yokatadesu. I'm

15:25

glad to have been able to come. Okay,

15:27

let's recap with a quiz. The quiz

15:29

will be multiple choice. We'll give you

15:31

a question and three possible answers. Your

15:34

job is to guess the answer. Okay? First

15:36

question, which of the following

15:38

expressions means please say hello to everyone?

15:41

A. The

15:54

answer is B. Please

15:59

say Say hello to everyone. What about

16:01

Chulis A? My name is Yoru Shikunen. Nice

16:04

to meet everyone. Chulis C? My

16:06

name is Sayonara. Goodbye everyone. Second

16:08

question. A. Iroiro

16:11

Arigato Gozaimashita. B. Ogenkite. C.

16:14

Okage-sama-de. The answer is A. Iroiro

16:16

Arigato Gozaimashita. Iroiro Arigato Gozaimashita. B. Ogenkite.

16:20

C. Okage-sama-de. The

16:22

answer is A. Iroiro Arigato Gozaimashita. C.

16:25

Iroiro Arigato Gozaimashita. C. Iroiro

16:28

Arigato Gozaimashita. What

16:30

about choice B? Ogenkite. It

16:32

means, take care. And choice C?

16:35

Okage-sama-de. Thanks for asking.

16:38

That concludes this lesson. The next

16:40

lesson will be our final lesson. A. Sayonara-lesundes.

16:44

You'll learn more goodbye phrases and find out how

16:47

the story ends. A. A.

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A. A. A.

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A. A. A.

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A. A. A.

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A. C. C.

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A. A. B. A.

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A. M. A.

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B. A. D.

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A. A. C. M.

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R. A. A.

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A. D. A.

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R. N. D. C.

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A. B. A.

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A. A. A. A.

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A. A. A.

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A. A. A.

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