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🇯🇵 Japanese · Beginner Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

The Subway

Ben and Yui cross Tokyo by subway, with their bags, to catch the bullet train to Kyoto. Say how you're getting somewhere, buy a ticket, ask if a train stops at a station, change trains, and get off a crowded train.

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THE STORY

It's the morning Ben and Yui leave for Kyoto. Their bullet train goes from Tokyo station, some distance away, so first they have to cross Tokyo by subway, with their bags, at rush hour. They change trains at Kanda, and Ben keeps asking if they're there yet. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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なん でnan deby what
なん で いきます か？nan de ikimasu kaHow are we getting there?
ちかてつchikatetsusubway
ちかてつ で いきます。chikatetsu de ikimasuBy subway.
バスbasubus
タクシーtakushītaxi
でんしゃdenshatrain
あるいてaruiteon foot
あるいて いきません か？aruite ikimasen kaShall we walk?
にもつnimotsuluggage

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