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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Sota's job offer

Sota and Mio bring the news to the old house: a job offer, the interview question about his weakness, which he answered with my sister, and Yui's father on the phone with two words that count as a speech.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The old house on a Sunday afternoon, Sota and Mio at the kitchen table, Hana on Mio's lap. Everyone is plain with everyone; Mio is polite with Ben; Yui's father, on the phone, is plain with Sota.

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おれ さ、 ないてい、 もらった！ore sa, naitei, morattaMe, I got an offer!
そうた！ おとうさん、 なく よ。Sōta! otōsan, naku yoSota! Dad will cry.
じゃくてん の しつもん も、 こたえた そう です。jakuten no shitsumon mo, kotaeta sō desuHe answered the question about his weakness too, apparently.
「あね です」 って いった。"ane desu" tte ittaI said "my sister".
めんせつ で、 いった の？mensetsu de, itta noYou said that in an interview?
だって、 わらった もん。datte, waratta monWell, they laughed, so there.
そうた。 よく やった。Sōta. yoku yattaSota. Well done.
ふたこと で、 スピーチ だ よ。futakoto de, supīchi da yoTwo words, and that's a speech.