JAPANESE:

Yota: Kon'nichi wa.¹

Jason: Kon'nichi wa.

Yota: Watashi² wa Suzuki Yota desu. Hajimemashite.³

Jason: Watashi wa Jeson Miraa desu. Hajimemashite. Doozo yoroshiku.

Yota: Miraa-san, anata wa Amerika-jin desu ka. (?)

Jason: Hai⁴, watashi wa Amerika-jin desu. Anata wa. (?)

Yota: Nihon-jin desu.

Listen to Dialog up to this point.

Jason: Suzuki-san, anata wa daigaku-sei desu ka. (?)

Yota: Hai, soo desu. Miraa-san wa. (?)

Jason: Watashi wa kookoo-sei desu.

Yota: Otomodachi⁵ mo kookoo-sei desu ka. (?)

Jason: Hai. Suzuki-san wa nan'nen-sei desu ka. (?)

Yota: Daigaku ninen-sei⁶ desu.

Listen to the rest of the Dialog.

Yota: Hello.

Jason: Hello.

Yota: My name is Yota Suzuki. Nice to meet you.

Jason: My name is Jason Miller. Nice to meet you. (May I ask you to be kind to me.)

Yota: Mr. Miller, are you an American?

Jason: Yes. I am American. How about you?

Yota: I am Japanese.

Jason: Mr. Suzuki, are you a college student?

Yota: Yes. How about you, Mr. Miller?

Jason: I am a high school student.

Yota: Is your friend also a high school student?

Jason: Yes. Mr. Suzuki, what year are you in college?

Yota: I am a sophomore (second year student).

 

ohayoo gozaimasu	good morning
sore	that
kore	this
are	that over there
nan	what
kamera	camera
dare	whose
kono	this (possessive)
konpyuutaa	computer
Nihon-go	Japanese
denwa	telephone
hon	book
zasshi	magazine

NEW VOCABULARY: (added July 29, 1998)

 

kon'nichi wa	good afternoon, hello
konban wa	good evening
sayoonara	good bye
pen	pen
koppu	cup
teeburu	table
isu	chair

 

kono	this (noun)
sono	that (noun)
dono	which (noun)
wakarimasu	I understand
wakarimashita	I understood
doko umare	where from (birth place)