JFBP chp 19
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- My friend Linda came from America yesterday.
- Kinō Amerika kara tomodachi no Rinda-san ga kimashita.
- How long (lit. "until when")is Linda staying in Japan?
- Rinda-san wa itsu made Nihon ni imasu ka.
- She'll be in Tokyo until this Friday. She'll only be in Tokyo three days. Then she's taking a trip with me.
- Konshū no kin-yōbi made Tōkyō ni mikka dake imasu. Sorekara watashi to issho ni ryokō o shimasu.
- Where are you going?
- Doko ni ikimasu ka.
- We'll go to Kyoto and Nara and see (things like) old temples and gardens.
- Kyōto to Nara ni itte, furui o-tera ya niwa o mimasu.
- Then Linda returns to America on Thursday of next week.
- Soshite Rinda-san wa raishū no moku-yōbi ni Amerika ni kaerimasu.
- Mrs. Smith's friend Linda arrived yesterday from America.
- Sumisu-san no tomodachi no Rinda-san wa kinō Amerika kara kimashita.
- She is staying in Japan until Thursday of next week.
- Raishū no moku-yōbi made Nihon ni imasu.
- Linda
- Rinda
- stay
- imasu(iru)
- this week
- konshū
- (for) 3 days
- mikka
- only
- dake
- after that
- sorekara
- Nara (city and prefecture)
- Nara
- temple
- o-tera
- Yesterday, after work, I had a meal with my friends, and returned home at 9 o'clock.
- [Watashi wa] Kinō shigoto no ato de tomodachi to shokuji o shite, 9-ji ni uchi ni kaerimashita.
- Mr. Clark has been in Japan since last May and will stay until next March.
- Kurāku-san wa kyonen no 5-gatsu kara Nihon ni imasu. Soshite rainen no 3-gatsu made [Nihon ni] imasu.
- Mr. Tanaka studies two hours every day.
- Tanaka-san wa mainichi 2-jikan benkyō o shimasu.
- Mr. Hayashi listens to the news on the radio before breakfast. After the meal, he reads the newspaper.
- Hayashi-san wa asa-gohan no mae ni rajio de nyūsu o kikimasu. Shokuji no ato de shimbun o yomimasu.
- after work
- shigoto no ato de
- after
- no ato de
- (for) 2 hours
- 2-jikan
- (counter)
- -shūkan
- for
- -kan
- before breakfast
- asa-gohan no mae ni
- before
- no mae ni
- How long did you study Japanese?
- Howaito-san wa donogurai Nihon-go no benkyō o shimashita ka.
- Only 4 weeks, 2 hours a day.
- 4-shūkan dake shimashita. Mainichi 2-jikan shimashita.
- How did you find Japanese?
- Nihon-go no benkyō wa dō deshita ka.
- It was a little difficult but fun.
- Sukoshi muzukashikatta desu ga, omoshirokatta desu.
- Will you have some sake?
- O-sake wa ikaga desu ka.
- No, thank you, not today. (lit. "As for today, no thank you.")
- Kyō wa kekkō desu.
- Why?
- Dōshite desu ka.
- Because I came by car (and thus I'm driving).
- Kuruma de kimashita kara.
- 4 weeks
- 4-shūkan
- a little
- sukoshi
- Every morning I listen to the news and then go to the office.
- Maiasa nyūsu o kiite, kaisha ni/e ikimasu.
- I met Mr. Tanaka and had dinner with him. And then I went home.
- Tanaka-san ni atte, issho ni ban-gohan o tabemashita. Soshite uchi ni kaerimashita.
- How long do you study Japanese at home? Only 30 minutes. (lit. "(I) only do it for 30 minutes.")
- Donogurai uchi de Nihon-go no benkyō o shimasu ka. 30-pun dake shimasu.
- I didn't go anywhere yesterday. I was at home.
- Kinō doko ni/e mo ikimasen deshita. Uchi ni imashita.