Module 34.1 Dialogue

Title

Naomi Johnson and Takeshi Yamada talk about their activities today and yesterday


Language
Script & Translation
Japanese
1 山田: 今日はは何をしますか。 

2 ジョンソン: 勉強をします。 

3 山田: そうですか。昨日は何をしましたか。 

4 ジョンソン: 昨日も勉強をしました。 

5 山田: そうですか。私は映画を見ましたよ。一時間ぐらい見ました。
Romanization
 1 Yamada: Kyou wa nani o shimasu ka?

2 Jonson: Benkyou o shimasu.

3 Yamada: Sou desu ka? Kinou wa nani o shimashita ka?

4 Jonson: Kinou mo benkyou o shimashita.

5 Yamada: Sou desu ka? Watashi wa eiga o mimashita yo. Ichijikan gurai mimashita.
English translation
 1 Yamada: What are you doing today?

2 Johnson: I am going to study

3 Yamada: Is that so? What did you do yesterday?

4 Johnson: I also studied yesterday.

5 Yamada: I see! I watched a movie, you know! I watched it for about an hour.

Vocabulary

  Japanese Romanization Kanji English
きょう kyou 今日 today
なに nani 何 what
べんきょう benkyou 勉強 study
そうですか soudesuka I see, Is that so
きのう kinou 昨日 yesterday
しました shimashita did
も mo particle: too; also
よ yo you know (to give out new information or when you assume if the other party does not have the infomation)
#じかん # jikan #時間 #  hours
いちじかん ichijikan 一時間 one hour
ぐらい gurai about, or so

More Useful Words: Verbs and Nouns

Time words
 Audio Japanese Romanization Kanji English
おととい ototoi 一昨日 the day before yesterday
せんしゅう senshuu 先週 last week
せんげつ sengetsu 先月 last month
きょねん kyonen 去年 last year
〜の　とき 〜no toki 〜の　時 (during) 〜 time
こどものとき kodomo no toki 子供の時 during my childhood time, when I was a kid
こうこうのとき koukou no toki 高校の時 during my high school time; when I was in high school
いちじかんはん ichijikanhan 一時間半 one and a half hours
Verbs and nouns
(personに)あう (person ni) au (personに)会う meet (a person)

U verb
ともだち tomodachi 友達 friend
(nounを)かう (noun o) kau (nounを)買う to buy

U verb
おみやげ omiyage お土産 souvenir
(nounを)かく (noun o) kaku (nounを)書く to write

U verb
てがみ tegami 手紙 letter
メール me-ru email
(nounを)とる (noun o) toru 撮る or 取る to take

U verb
しゃしんをとる  shashin o toru  写真を撮る  to take a picture
クラスをとる  kurasu o toru  クラスを取る  to take a class
(nounを)まつ (noun o) matsu (nounを)待つ to wait (for … )

U verb
ちかてつ chikatetsu 地下鉄 subway
でんしゃ densha 電車 train
バス basu bus
(nounが)わかる (noun ga) wakaru understand

U verb
Adverbs and other expressions
たくさん takusan a lot (in terms of quantity)

Grammar Notes

Past tense of verbs

Watch the following video to learn more about Japanese verbs in the past tense.

You can also read below to learn how to conjugate verbs from their present polite forms to past polite forms.

Affirmative Negative
Present Past Present Past
たべます たべました たべません たべませんでした
tabemasu tabemashita tabemasen tabemasendeshita
will eat ate will not eat did not eat
Affirmative Negative
Present Past Present Past
のみます のみました のみません のみませんでした
nomimasu nomimashita nomimasen nomimasendeshita
will drink drank will not drink did not drink
Affirmative Negative
Present Past Present Past
します しました しません しませんでした
shimasu shimashita shimasen shimasendeshita
will do will not do did did not do

Summary:

To change a verb in the affirmative form from present tense to past tense: change ます to ました

To change a verb in the negative form from present tense to past tense: change ません to ませんでした

 

#時間 

#時 is used to tell time on the hour.

#時間, however, is used to describe the length of time.

Japanese 今日は三時間テニスをします。
Romanization kyou wa sanjikan tenisu o shimasu.
English Today I will play tennis for three hours.

 

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