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Newbie S5 #6
Japan Isn't Far Away
CONTENTS
2 INTRODUCTION
2 DIALOGUE
3 POST CONVERSATION BANTER
4 VOCAB LIST
5 VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
6 LESSON FOCUS
7 OUTRO
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INTRODUCTION
Naomi:
Kat: Hi everyone, Kat here! Welcome to Newbie Series Season 5, Lesson 6. Japan
isnt far away.Hello and welcome to JapanesePod101.com.The fastest,,easiest and the
most fun way to learn Japanese.
Naomi: And thanks again for been here with us for this Newbie Series lesson.Kat,
please tell us what we're going to learn in this lesson.
Kat: In this lesson you will learn how to make the negative forms of e adjectives.
Naomi: Where does this conversation take place and who is it between?
Kat: This conversation takes place at school and it looks like Madoka is showing Kent
around the school grounds.
Naomi: Whats the formality level of the conversation?
Kat: Madoka and Kent are cousins of the same age, so they are speaking informally.
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Kat: Okay, so lets listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUE
Kat: Is it new?
Kat: Oh.
Kat: So it looks like Kent is being shown around the school. He doesn't sound too
impressed with the size of the gym, though.
Naomi: Right, because he said It's not that big, is it?
Kat: Thats kind of rude isnt it? Maybe the gym at his school back home was much
bigger.or
VOCAB LIST
Kat: Lets have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this
lesson.
Naomi: The first word we will look at is
Kat: Gymnasium, gym. Now, this refers to a gym at a school, right?
Naomi: That's right. A gym at school where students play sports and do P.E.
Kat: So, not a gym where people go to work out then?
Naomi: , right.. that would simply be called ! The word has just been
taken from English.
Kat: So that's something to keep in mind. Going back to - we can break this
word down into two parts cant we?
Naomi: Yes. Kat - physical education) and (Kat - building, hall).However,
it's likely to be pronounced than .
Kat: Yes because is quite hard to say, so it runs together into
Naomi: .
Kat: This actually shows up in the names of lots of different buildings doesnt it?
Naomi: Yes, it does! Like, .
Kat: Cinema, or movie theater. That's the word for film or movie, , plus ,
building.So,movie building.
Naomi: Movie building, thats cute. The next word is probably much easier to
remember.
Kat: Oh, you mean the word for pool?
Naomi: Right. It's just .
Kat: Another loanword taken straight from English.
Naomi: Remember to lengthen the vowel in the middle. .
Kat: Okay, and now there are a couple of other vocabulary words I'd like to go over.
Naomi: , the new set of ko-so-a-do words, right?
Kat: Exactly! Do you remember the ko-so-a-do words we went over last time? Those
had meanings such as this, that, that over there, etc. This set of ko-so-a-do words
refers to location. What was the first one we heard in the dialogue?
Naomi: ,
LESSON FOCUS
Kat: In this lesson, you'll learn how to make the negative form of i-adjectives. That
means you'll be able to says phrases like not good, not bad, not big, not small,
etc. First, let's look at the different i-adjectives we saw in the lesson.
Naomi:
Kat: big
Naomi:
Kat: new
Naomi:
Kat: old. Notice how they all end in ? That's why they're called i-adjectives. Now,
how do we make all of these negative, as in not big, not new, not old? Let's go
through the steps using the word , old. First step, take off the final .
Naomi:
Kat: Then, add to the end of it.
Naomi: .
Kat: That's it! This means not old.
Naomi: . Not old.
Kat: Let's try it with the word , meaning new. First, take off the final .
Note that there are two s in this word.So be careful!
Naomi:
Kat: Then, add
Naomi: .
Kat: This means not new.
Naomi: . Not new.
Kat: Oh, I have an idea actually! Remember the word we learned last time, which
means
OUTRO