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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Grandparents from Toronto

Kyoto station, then the Yamamotos' door: Emma greets Hana in the Japanese she practised for a month, Ben relays his mother's thanks humbly to Yui's mother, Emma asks whether her mum may hold the baby, and the two crying fathers are sent fishing.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Kyoto station, then the Yamamotos' door, with Ben's parents speaking English and Ben in the middle. Emma is polite and slow; Ben is humble with Yui's mother and plain with Emma; Yui is polite with Emma.

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はな ちゃん、 おばさん です よ。Hana-chan, obasan desu yoHana, I'm your aunt.
はは が、 ありがとう と、 もうして おります。haha ga, arigatō to, mōshite orimasuMy mother says thank you.
とんでもない。 どうぞ、 おあがり ください。tondemonai. dōzo, oagari kudasaiNot at all. Please come in.
はは が、 だきたい って。haha ga, dakitai tteMum wants to hold her.
もちろん。 はな の おばあちゃん です から。mochiron. Hana no obāchan desu karaOf course. She's Hana's grandmother.
ちち が、 ないて います。chichi ga, naite imasuDad is crying.
ちち は、 えき でも なきます。chichi wa, eki demo nakimasuMy father cries even at a station.
おとうさん も、 おなじ です。 ふたり で、 つり です ね。otōsan mo, onaji desu. futari de, tsuri desu neYui's father is the same. Fishing, the two of them.