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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Mike's call

Saturday in the flat in Kyoto, Mike on the phone from Tokyo: he is thinking of proposing to Aya and asks how Ben did it, Ben says her father first and three weeks of keigo, then if it were me, Aya first, and Yui takes the phone to say Aya already knows.

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THE STORY

The flat in the north of Kyoto on a Saturday afternoon, Mike on the phone from Tokyo. Mike is polite with Ben, with his word for a senior; Ben is plain with him; Yui is plain.

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プロポーズ しよう と おもって います。puropōzu shiyō to omotte imasuI'm thinking of proposing.
やっと か！ いつ？yatto ka! itsuFinally! When?
どう やって しました か？dō yatte shimashita kaHow did you do it?
さき に、 おとうさん に。 けいご で、 さんしゅうかん。saki ni, otōsan ni. keigo de, sanshūkanHer father first. In keigo, three weeks.
せんぱい だったら、 どう します か？senpai dattara, dō shimasu kaIf it were you, what would you do?
ぼく だったら、boku dattaraif it were me: me, then the word for if it were
ぼく だったら、 さき に あや さん。 りょうしん は、 あと。boku dattara, saki ni Aya-san. ryōshin wa, atoIf it were me, Aya first. Her parents after.
あや さん は、 もう しって る。Aya-san wa, mō shitte ruAya already knows.
いつ から です か！？itsu kara desu kaSince when?!