Module 30.1 Dialogue
Title
Naomi Johnson and Takeshi Yamada talk about where they are going today
Language |
Script & Translation
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Japanese |
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Romanization |
1 Yamada: Jonson san, konnichiwa. Doko ni ikimasu ka?
2 Jonson: Daigaku ni ikimasu. Yamada san wa? 3 Yamada: Korekara ie ni kaerimasu. 4 Jonson: Dewa, mata. 5 Yamada: Dewa, mata. |
English translation |
1 Yamada: Hello Ms. Johnson. Where are you going?
2 Johnson: I’m going to the university. How about you, Mr. Tanaka? 3 Yamada: I am going home from here on. 4 Johnson: See you later. 5 Yamada: See you later. |
Vocabulary
More Useful Words
(Most of the words below are review words from Module 25.1)
Grammar Notes
Particle に (ni) |
Particle に can be used as a direction marker to describe “to” a place one will go.
The general word order in Japanese is as follows.
Without a time word:
Person | は | place | に | verb |
(topic marker) | (direction marker) | |||
田中さん | は | 東京 | に | 行きます。 |
Tanaka san | wa | toukyou | ni | ikimasu |
Mr. Tanaka | Tokyo | to | (will) go | |
Mr. Tanaka will go to Tokyo. |
With a time word:
Person | は | time word | に | Place | に | verb |
(topic marker) | (time marker) | (direction marker) | ||||
田中さん | は | 金曜日 | に | 東京 | に | 行きます。 |
Tanaka san | wa | kinyoubi | ni | toukyou | ni | ikimasu |
Mr. Tanaka | Friday | on | Tokyo | to | (will) go | |
Mr. Tanaka will go to Tokyo on Friday. |
*Note: the word order between the person and the time word can be switched. However, remember to move the particle with the word accordingly.
やまだ
い
だいがく
いえ
かえ
たなか
とうきょう
きんようび