Lesson 22
I’m late.
Anna had such a good time at a Karaoke place with her friends that it was past the dorm curfew when she came back.
Key phrase:
OSOKU NARIMASHITA
Scripts
アンナ | お母さん、ごめんなさい。遅くなりました。 | Mother, I'm sorry. I'm late.
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Anna | OKÂSAN, GOMENNASAI. OSOKU NARIMASHITA.
Mother, I'm sorry. I'm late.
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寮母 | アンナさん、10分も遅刻です。 約束を破ってはいけません。 |
Anna, you are ten minutes late. You shouldn't break promises. |
Dorm Mother | ANNA-SAN, JIPPUN MO CHIKOKU DESU. YAKUSOKU O YABUTTE WA IKEMASEN. Anna, you are ten minutes late. You shouldn't break promises.
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アンナ | すみません。気をつけます。 | I apologize. I'll be careful.
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Anna | SUMIMASEN. KI O TSUKEMASU.
I apologize. I'll be careful.
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Grammar tips
FUN / PUN: a counter for minutes
2 minutes = NIFUN
10 minutes = JIPPUN / JUPPUN
To memorize how to say from one to ten minutes, please go to "Learning Tools" page.
TE-form verb + WA IKEMASEN
If you say a TE-form verb and then WA IKEMASEN, you mean, "You shouldn't do it".
e.g.)
YAKUSOKU O YABUTTE WA IKEMASEN.
(You shouldn't break promises.)
Teach Us, Teacher
How to change adjectives to adverbs
Japanese adjectives conjugate to become adverbs. We can change I adjectives that end with syllable I, such as HAYAI (early), to adverbs by changing the final I to KU.
Sound Words
Anger
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
I worried my dorm mother a lot. I've learned that if I might be late, I should tell people about that beforehand.