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UNIT 8 ~ tL ~:t l'~

Korewa dosa des"
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Kaiwa

Kimura: Anitasan, Korewa nandesuka.

Anita : Sorewa dosadesu. Minami Indono

tabemonodesu. Doozo.

Tanaka : Hai, itadakimasu.

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Tanaka : Oishiidesune. Gochisoosamadeshita.

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7:::.5: ~tJG~lv, -tnl'i ftlvC'-tiPo jJv/5,·~C'-tipo

Anita : Kimurasan, sorewa nandesuka. Karendaa desuka.

Kimura : lie, korewa karendaadewaarimasen. Nihonno

chizudesu.

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Kimura: Arewa nandesuka.

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Greetings and
Self-Introduction

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••• •••

Anita : Arewa Mosukudesu.

8.2 VOCABULARY A
see -1)5

dosa

south

J..;- ft J..;- -1 2/ 1" South India

t~r<to) dish

'tf map

mosque

please (have)

It's tasty/ delicious!

What is it?

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VOCABULARY B Identifying Things

~'n which

13 t: north

OiJ~ L east

I=:. L west

y-=cy samosa

/-\ ,/ bread

=:T-t/-\T-1 chapati

Y7!f salad

TL sushi

-ClvJ;,G tempura

V9:>5lflv'2:J:< post office

iJ~"':):. 5 school

:B-CG temple (Refer to ~1)

'2: J: 5 iJ)\;\ church

8.3 EXAMPLE SENTENCES

1. \; \ t: t~'2:~ To
Itadakimasu.

~'~-t 5 ~ ~ C' Lt=o

Gochisoosamadeshita.

2. '-t.nlj: i:JTC'TiJ)o J
"Sorewa chizudesuka."

'\;\\;\;t, :. fj: n ~ T C' fj: cbf) ~ it Iv 0

"lie, korewa chizudewaarimasen.

7J v,/ 7"'~ C'To J

Karendaadesu.

3. &'.nfj: V9:>5lflv'2:J:<C'fj:cbf)~itlvo
Arewa yuubinkyokudewaarimasen.

iJ~"':):. 5 C'To
Gakkoo desu.

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Greetings and 4. ibnli -1 .> 1<0) ~-r--eTo
Self-Introduction
Arewa Indono chizudesu.

8.4 EXERCISES
I) Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word for direction.

II) Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word.

Y-rY C'To

iO ib it i: li -1 /' I<G Iv C'T7.Po

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iv) --CIv;;:' G li

:.n C'To

Ill) Answer the following questions.

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8.5 TRANSI,;ATION
THIS IS DOSA
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Conversation

Kimura: Anita, what is this?

Anita : That is dosa. It is a South Indian dish. Please eat.

Tanaka: Thank you.

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Tanaka: It was good. Thank you.

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Anita: Mr. Kimura, what is that? Is that a calendar?

Kimura: No, this is not a calendar. This is a map of Japan.

III

Kimura: What is that?

Anita : That is a mosque.

Example sentences
1. Itadakimasu.

2. Gochisoosamadeshita.

3. "Is that a map?"

"No, this is not a map. This is a calendar."

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 Greetings and 4. &>nli -1 .> 1<'0)-~Te-To
SeU:'Introduction
Arewa Indono rhi711rl"'CII

Greetings and .4. That is not a post office. That is a school.

Self-Introduction
5. That is a map of India.

8.6 -0-EXPLANATION

-0-5 I ':'n', 'this', indicates a thing/things near the speaker, not near the listener.

'-rn', 'that', indicates a thing/things near the listener, not near the speaker.

'&>;11;,also meaning 'that', indicates a thing/things away from both the

speaker and the listener.

-0-6. 'v\t=-t::2:~T' and '~'~-rj ~"ic'Lt=-' are expressions used

before one starts eating and after one finishes eating, respectively. This is
to express gratitude to whoever has provided the food.

-0-7 Particle '7.p'is used at the end ofa sentence to change the sentence into
a question.

Ex: ':'nli Iflve-To This is a book.

-rnli Iflve-T7J"o Is that a book?

Note: There is no question mark (?) in Japanese. All sentences end with a '0 '

-0-8 Particle id.

Like 7J\ id. too is a sentence- final particle. It is used by the speaker
seeking agreement with the listener and normally the listener agrees with
her/him. It corresponds to question tags in English such as "Isn't it?",
"Don't you (think so)?"

Ex: ':'nli -1/' r-"O) ~Te-Tid.o This is a map of India, isn't it?

-0-9 If the subject is understood from the context (previous sentences), then it
is normally omitted. (See example sentences 2 and 3 in unit 8)

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