Module 31.1 Dialogue

Title

Naomi Johnson and Takeshi Yamada talk about where they are going today


Language
Script & Translation
Japanese
1 山田: ジョンソンさん、今日はどこへ行きますか。 

2 ジョンソン: 友達の家に行きます。 

3 山田: そうですか。何時に行きますか。 

4 ジョンソン: 3時ごろに行きます。 

5 山田: 友達の家で何をしますか。 

6 ジョンソン: 音楽を聞きます。山田さんは今日、何をしますか。 

7 山田: 家で勉強します。明日、テストがありますから。 

8 ジョンソン: 明日? テスト?? 
Romanization
 1 Yamada: Jonson san, kyou wa doko e ikimasu ka?

2 Jonson: Tomodachi no ie ni ikimasu.

3 Yamada: Soudesu ka? Nanji ni ikimasu ka?

4 Jonson: Sanji goro ni ikimasu.

5 Yamada: Tomodachi no ie de nani o shimasu ka?

6 Jonson: Ongaku o kikimasu. Yamada san wa kyou nani o shimasu ka?

7 Yamada: Ie de benkyou shimasu. Ashita, tesuto ga arimasu kara.

8 Jonson: Ashita? Tesuto??
English translation
 1 Yamada: Ms. Johnson, where are you going today?

2 Johnson: I am going to my friend’s house.

3 Yamada: Is that so? What time are you going today?

4 Johnson: I am going around 3:00.

5 Yamada: What are you doing at your friend’s house?

6 Johnson: We are going to listen to music. What are you doing today, Mr. Yamada?

7 Yamada: I am going to study at home. (It’s) because we have a test tomorrow. 

8 Johnson: Tomorrow? A test??

Vocabulary

  Japanese Romanization Kanji English
きょう kyou 今日 today
どこ doko where
へ e particle: direction marker that indicates the direction where one is going
いきます ikimasu 行きます to go
ともだち tomodachi 友達 friend
の no particle: indicates possessive
いえ or うち ie or uchi 家 house; home
なんじ nanji 何時 what time
に ni particle: to; at
さんじ sanji 三時 3 o’clock
ごろ goro 頃 around
で de particle: location marker that indicates the location of action
なに nani 何 what
を o particle: object marker
します shimasu to do
べんきょう benkyou 勉強 to study
あした ashita 明日 tomorrow
テスト tesuto test; exam
が ga particle: indicates sentence subject
あります arimasu to be; to exist
から kara because; since

More Useful Words

For location words, review Module 25.1 and Module 30.1

Grammar Notes

Particle で (de)

Particle で can be used as a place marker to describe “at” a place one will do something.

The general word order in Japanese is as follows.

Without a time word:

Person は place で Object を verb
(topic marker) (place marker: action) (object marker)
田中さん は 喫茶店 で コーヒー を 飲みます。
Tanaka san wa kissaten de ko-hi- o nomimasu
Mr. Tanaka coffee shop at coffee (will) drink
Mr. Tanaka drinks coffee at the coffee shop. (Or Mr. Tanaka will drink coffee at the coffee shop.)

 

With a time word:

Person は time word に Place で Object を verb
(topic marker) (time marker) (place marker for action) (object marker)
田中さん は  金曜日 に 喫茶店 で コーヒー を 飲みます
Tanaka san wa kinyoubi ni kissaten de ko-hi- o nomimasu
Mr. Tanaka Friday on coffee shop at coffee (will) drink
Mr. Tanaka will drink coffee at the coffee shop on Friday. (or Mr. Tanaka will drink coffee at the coffee shop on Friday.)

*Note: the word order between the person, time, and place can be switched as long as one anchors down the object word and verb at the end of the sentence. However, remember to move the particle with the person, time, and place respectively.

 

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