Module 12.1 Dialogue
Title
Takeshi Yamada and Naomi Johnson talk about their academic major fields
| Language | Script and Translation |
Japanese |
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Romanization |
1 Jonson: Konnichiwa.
2 Yamada: Konnichiwa. 3 Jonson: Yamada san, senkou wa nan desu ka? 4 Yamada: Eigo desu. Jonson san no senkou wa nan desu ka? 5 Jonson: Bijinesu desu. |
English translation |
1 Johnson: Good afternoon!
2 Yamada: Good afternoon! 3 Johnson: Mr. Yamada, what is your major? 4 Yamada: It’s English. What is your major, Ms. Johnson? 5 Johnson: It is Business. |
Vocabulary
| Audio | Japanese | Romanization | Kanji | English |
 |
こんにちは | konnichiwa | good afternoon | |
|
せんこう | senkou | 専攻 | major |
|
えいご | eigo | 英語 | English |
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ビジネス | bujinesu | Business |
Look up academic major names by using jisho.org
or read Academic majors (in downloadable PDF format) or see the list below:
Grammar Notes
| Particle の (no) |
の can be used in the following way to describe “possession”:
| Japanese | たか | の | ほん |
| Romanization | Taka | no | hon |
| English | Taka | ‘s | book |
| Japanese | ジョンソンさん | の | せんこう |
| Romanization | Jonson san | no | senkou |
| English | Johnson | ‘s | major |
| Particle の (no) as a modifier |
の (no) can also be used as a modifier to describe the noun that appears after it.
For example, にほんじん (nihonjin, Japanese person) in the phrase below modifies ともだち (tomodachi, friend).
| Japanese | にほんじん | の | ともだち |
| Romanization | nihonjin | no | tomodachi |
| English |
Japanese | friend | |
| (a friend from Japan, a friend that is Japanese) |
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definition
やまだ
せんこう
なん
えいご