Lesson 4
I'm home.
Anna comes home to her dormitory, bringing Sakura with her. The dorm mother comes out to greet them.
Key phrase:
TADAIMA
Scripts
| アンナ | ただいま。 | I'm home.
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| Anna | TADAIMA.
I'm home.
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| 寮母 | お帰りなさい。 | Welcome back.
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| Dorm Mother | OKAERINASAI.
Welcome back.
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| さくら | こんにちは。 | Hello.
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| Sakura | KONNICHIWA.
Hello.
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| 寮母 | あなたも留学生ですか。 | Are you an international student, too?
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| Dorm Mother | ANATA MO RYÛGAKUSEI DESU KA.
Are you an international student, too?
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| さくら | いいえ、私は留学生ではありません。 日本人の学生です。 |
No, I'm not an international student. I'm a Japanese student. |
| Sakura | IIE, WATASHI WA RYÛGAKUSEI DEWA ARIMASEN. NIHON-JIN NO GAKUSEI DESU. No, I'm not an international student. I'm a Japanese student.
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Grammar tips
DEWA ARIMASEN
DESU is a polite word that ends a sentence.
e.g.) HAI, WATASHI WA NIHON-JIN DESU. (Yes, I'm a Japanese.)
DEWA ARIMASEN is the negative form of DESU.
e.g.) IIE, WATASHI WA NIHON-JIN DEWA ARIMASEN. (No, I'm not a Japanese.)
To learn more, please read "Teach Us, Teacher".
Teach Us, Teacher
How to make negative sentences
Let me explain this with a sentence, "I am a Japanese."
Sound Words
Doors
Japanese is a language with lots of onomatopoeia. A wide range of onomatopoeia in the Japanese language, from noises made by animals to expressions of feelings, is explained by audio.
Anna's Tweets
When Sakura-san entered the dorm and took her shoes off, she turned them around and placed them neatly at the entrance hall. I will do that when I visit somebody's home next time!
