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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Aunt Fumiko's question

At the Yamamotos' table at Obon, Aunt Fumiko tells Ben in Osaka speech that he is a real Japanese now, asks when the second baby is coming, and gets the company's hedge, we'll consider it, which she knows is a no: Ben learned it from an aunt from Osaka.

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THE STORY

The Yamamotos' table at Obon, Aunt Fumiko down from Osaka with a box of sweets. She is polite with Ben and slips into Osaka speech; Ben is polite, then humble; Yui is plain.

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ほんま に にほんじん みたい や な。honma ni nihonjin mitai ya naYou're a real Japanese now.
おじぎ だけ です。 あと は、 カナダじん です。ojigi dake desu. ato wa, kanadajin desuOnly the bowing. The rest is Canadian.
で、 ふたり め は、 いつ？de, futari me wa, itsuSo, when's the second one?
おばさん、 まいとし、 それ。obasan, maitoshi, soreAunt Fumiko, every year.
けんとう いたします。kentō itashimasuWe'll consider it.
それ は、 ことわる とき の ことば です よ！sore wa, kotowaru toki no kotoba desu yoThat's what you say when you turn someone down!
おおさか の おばさん に、 ならいました。ōsaka no obasan ni, naraimashitaI learned it from an aunt from Osaka.
はな、 おばさん に、 ハグ して きて。Hana, obasan ni, hagu shite kiteHana, go and give Aunt Fumiko a hug.