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🇯🇵 Japanese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Eight in the Morning

Thursday, eight in the morning, and Ben's first English class at Tsubame Travel. Twelve sleepy staff sit round a table before work. They are customers now, so Ben asks them to come in, sit down and look at page three in respectful Japanese. Mister Ueda answers everything. Miss Kato says nothing, until the end. Learn respectful requests (ohairi kudasai, okake kudasai, goran kudasai), and when the everyday te kudasai is enough.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Thursday, February the third, twenty twenty-eight, eight in the morning. In a meeting room at Tsubame Travel, twelve sleepy staff sit down for their first English class, before work. Ben speaks to them respectfully, as customers. Mister Ueda answers every question. Miss Kato says nothing, until the class is over. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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おはいり くださいohairi kudasaiplease come in, respectfully
どうぞ、 おはいり ください。dōzo, ohairi kudasaiPlease, come in.
うえだ と もうします！ えいご が だいすき です！Ueda to mōshimasu! eigo ga daisuki desuI'm Ueda! I love English!
おかけ くださいokake kudasaiplease sit, respectfully
どうぞ、 おかけ ください。dōzo, okake kudasaiPlease, have a seat.
おかき くださいokaki kudasaiplease write, respectfully
なふだ に、 おなまえ を おかき ください。nafuda ni, onamae o okaki kudasaiPlease write your names on the name cards.
おひらき くださいohiraki kudasaiplease open, respectfully
きょうかしょ を おひらき ください。kyōkasho o ohiraki kudasaiPlease open your textbooks.
ごらん くださいgoran kudasaiplease look, respectfully

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