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LESSON.5
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mimasu
hanashimasu
wakarimasu
yomimasu
eiga
eigo
nihongo
hashi
issho ni
ocha
to see
to speak
to understand
to read
movie
english
japanese
chopsticks
together
tea
Kaerimashita.
They returned.
Kaimono o shimashita.
They shopped.
Ikimashita.
They went.
Tabemasen deshita.
I didn't eat.
Kimasen deshita.
I didn't come.
Ikimashita.
He went.
Nomimashita.
He drank.
Sumimasen.
If you knock into someone in a department store say:
Gomen nasai.
I am sorry.
Mimashita.
He saw.
Domo.
You recieve change from a cashier and you say:
Domo arigato.
You thank a friend for a present by saying:
Domo arigato gozaimasu.
You thank your boss for his thoughtfullness by saying:
Wakarimasen.
I don't understand.
The past tense in Japanese is formed by cutting the `masu' off of the masu
form of the verb and by adding in its place -mashita (mah-shta). For example:
they ate = tabemashita
they drank = nomimashita
they did = shimashita
To form the negative in the past we add on the ending masen deshita.
For example: they didn't drink = tabemasen deshita
he didn't do = shimasen deshita
we didn't go = ikimasen deshita
*********REMEMBER-----USE Q TO QUIT***********
Excuse me is `sumimasen'. However, a slight bump in a train station
requires little or no notice or apology.
To say `I am sorry' use gomen nasai.
To make someone feel better about their situation say 'gomen nasai'
and then add on 'gambatte kudasai' which means `I am sorry but try harder.'
There are a couple of different ways to say thanks. Least formal is `domo`.
It means `thanks' and is used when receiving change or getting service.
`Domo arigato' is a thank you for slightly more formal occasions. `Domo
arigato gozaimasu' is the most formal of the three and is reserved for
special occasions.