chapter 3 - sushi shock

8/14/2019 Chapter 3 - Sushi Shock

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[OBAASAN ] jaa, ikimashou.

[FRANK ] doko?

[OBAASAN ] sushi resutoran.

[FRANK ]

sushi wa nan darou?

matte!

konnichi wa

konnichi wa! ogenki desu ka?

KANJIFOCUS

meaning: person,peoplepronounced: hito, nin, jin

examples: hito bito[people]

nan nin [Howmany

people?]

watashi waamerika jindesu. [I am

anAmerican.]


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[CLERK ] sore wa sushi desu yo.

[FRANK ]

aa! kore wa sushi desu.

konnichi wa sushi san

[CLERK ]

sumimasen. sore wa sushi desu. ningen ja nai

[FRANK ]

watashi mo ningen ja nai

[CLERK ]

a sou. sore nara douzo.

TO BE CONTINUED IN CHAPTER 4...

translation Obaasan - Well then, let's go.Frank - Where?Obaasan - A sushi restaurantFrank - I wonder what sushi is? Wait!Hello!Hello! How are you?Clerk - That's sushi, you know.Frank - Ah! This is sushi. Hello, Mr. Sushi!Clerk - Excuse me. That is sushi. It's not a humanFrank - I'm not human either.Clerk - Oh. Well if that's the case, please continue

jaa - Well then... Well...; Used to fill in spaces

ikimashou - Let's go!

doko - Where


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sushi resutoran - A sushi restaurant sushi - sushi

wa - the overall topic particle\ Although it is written with the hiragana HA itis pronounced WA when used as a particle

nan - what | Do you remember "namae wa nan desu ka?" (what isyour name) (Chapter 2 )

darou - I wonder

matte - wait!

sore wa - As for that... - just sore means 'that' the wa makes it themain topic of the sentence

kore wa - As for this... - same as above the kore means 'this' yo - added to give weight to the truth of what was stated

nin gen - people, human : you don't have to know the word, but the

kanji (your first kanji here!) is very useful. - people watashi mo - me too | the mo means 'too'

a sou - Oh, I see. Said when understanding someone elses

logic || The small tsu makes a small space in between a & sou sore nara - if that is the case... | Notice the sore (that)

douzo - please, go ahead, by all means...

jaa, ikimashou - [Well then, let'sgo] || jaa is often used when parting. tatoeba [For example]: jaa ne [wellthen... (good bye)] || mashou is a very useful ending for verbs. It means"Let's ..."For example: tabe masu (to eat) tabe mashou (let's eat)

doko? - [where?] Memorize these question words! ; Thelonger form with a verb is doko desu ka? (Where is it ?) However, veryoften in Japanese things are dropped when it is repeated information.In this case only doko is fine.

sushi resutoran - [sushi restaurant] |Notice there isn't a T sound at the end

sushi wa nan darou? - [I wonder what sushi is?] || To ask "What is sushi?" you would say sushi wa nandesu ka? But here Frank is talking to himself so he uses darou (Iwonder):


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tatoeba [For example]:itsu darou ? [I wonder when?]ame darou ? [I wonder if it is raining? lit. rain I wonder?]

matte! - [wait!] || very useful!

More polite:matte kudasai [please wait]

konnichi wa! ogenki desu ka? - [Hello! How are you?] Perhaps you are familiar withthis. The O added before genki is there for honor. When speaking of /to others you can use O but when answering for oneself, you shouldalways say, ' genki desu. ']

sore wa sushi desu yo - [Thatis sushi.] In this sentence and the next are 2 very useful words, sore (that) and kore (this). When it is sore WA it is 'That is...' but it can alsobe an object in the sentence.

aa! kore wa sushi desu. - [Oh! this is sushi.] kore (this)USEFUL:kore wa nan desu ka? [What is this ? (probably point to somethingnearby or holding the object]sore wa nihongo no hon desu. [That is a Japanese book.] (probablysomething a little ways from the speaker)kore - speaker is near or holding the objectsore - speaker is not near the object mentioned

konnichi wa, sushi-san - [Hello, Mr.Sushi] Frank mistakes the sushi for someone to talk to.

sumimasen. sore wa sushi desu. ningen ja nai. -

[Excuse me. That is sushi. It is not human.] You don't have to

remember ningen just remember the kanji for people It is easy!Usually the kanji is pronounced hito and means person.

watashi mo ningen ja nai. -[I am also not human] || watashi (I, me) + mo (too, also) = Me too, I amalso...

a sou. sorenaradouzo. - [Well if that is the case, go ahead] a sou is simply areactionary sound made to show a little surprise but acceptance of thetruth of what is said. || sorenara is useful (it that is the case) sore means 'that' and nara means 'if'

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