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1 ABSOLUTE BEGINNER

Conversational Patterns
S Speaking

Can Talk About Well-Being

元気ですか。 元気です。
Genki desu ka. Genki desu.
How are you? I'm fine.

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fine 元気 genki
so-so まあまあ māmā 元気 genki
not good じゃない ja nai
sugoku
great すごく元気 genki not so あまり amari
good よくない yokunai 具合が guai ga
調子が bad 悪い warui
in good chōshi ga ii
health いい sleepy ねむい nemui
busy 忙しい isogashii
excellent 絶好調 zekkōchō bored 退屈 taikutsu

Can Talk About The Weather

TIP
To continue
天気はどうですか。
Simply insert one of the responses the conversa
can reciproc tio
ate the ques n, you
below into the pattern to answer the someone ab
out the wea
tion and ask
Tenki wa dō desu ka. question. they are. ther where

How's the weather? Place


は?
It’s________. Place
wa?

晴れです。
What about
Place?
________ です。 Make sure to
say this with
Hare desu. intonation. a rising

It's sunny. ________ desu.

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sunny 晴れ hare cloudy 曇り kumori rainy 雨 ame


kaze ga cold 寒い samui
warm 暖かい atatakai windy 風が強い tsuyoi

hot 暑い atsui chilly 肌寒い hadazamui snowy 雪 yuki

nice いい ii すっきり bad 悪い warui


gloomy sukkiri shinai
しない
1.1 ABSOLUTE BEGINNER

Can Talk About Your Hobby

趣味は何ですか。 買い物です。
Shumi wa nan desu ka. Kaimono desu.
What's your hobby? It’s shopping.

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本を読む
音楽 reading hon o yomu
shopping 買い物 kaimono
music ongaku books こと koto

ピアノ 写真をとる
旅行 piano piano taking shashin o toru
ryokō こと
travel
pictures koto
漫画 ギター
manga gitā 絵をかくこと e o kaku
manga guitar
drawing
koto
movies 映画 eiga karaoke カラオケ karaoke 歌を歌う uta o utau
こと
singing
koto

Can Talk About Things You Like

TIP

猫は好きですか。
To reciprocat
Simply insert one of the responses e
following pa the question, use the
ttern to ask
below into the pattern to answer the “and you?”
Neko wa suki desu ka.
question. name さんは?
Do you like cats? name
san wa?
Yes, I like ______. さん is a polit
e
a person’s na suffix attached to
はい、猫が好きです。
m
more comm e. In Japanese, it’s
はい、______ が好きです。
on
by their nam to address a person
e and polite
Hai, neko ga suki desu. than directly suffix
with “you.”
Yes, I like cats. Hai, ______ ga suki desu.

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猫 歌舞伎
cats neko
sushi すし sushi kabuki kabuki

動物 格闘技
animals dōbutsu
natto なっとう nattō martial arts kakutōgi
ザ・ドリフ
The Za いかのしお ロック
ターズ squid ika no rock music rokku
Drifters Dorifutāzu shiokara から shiokara
Southern サザンオー Sazan Ōru アイスホ
All Stars ルスターズ Sutāzu yakitori やきとり yakitori ice hockey ッケー aisu hokkē

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