The 2nd article on simple Japanese conversational exercise is about ” Where are you going?”. How would you respond when someone asks you, “Where are you going?(Dokoe ikimasuka?,\u3000\u3069\u3053\u3078\u3000\u884c\u304d\u307e\u3059\u304b\uff1f Dokoe ikunodesuka? \u3069\u3053\u3078\u3001\u884c\u304f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u304b\uff1f) \u00a0Let me show you how you can respond to this question. Read on!<\/p>\n
Where are you going today? – Kyo dokoe ikimasuka?, Kyo dokoe ikunodesuka?<\/p>\n
(\u4eca\u65e5\u3000\u3069\u3053\u3078\u3000\u884c\u304d\u307e\u3059\u304b\uff1f\u4eca\u65e5\u3000\u3069\u3053\u3078\u3001\u884c\u304f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u304b\uff1f)<\/p>\n
==> I am going to school today. – Kyowa gakkou e ikimasu.<\/p>\n
(\u4eca\u65e5\u306f\u3001\u5b66\u6821\u3078\u884c\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002\u304d\u3087\u3046\u306f\u3001\u3000\u304c\u3063\u3053\u3046\u3078\u3000\u3044\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002\uff09<\/p>\n
==>I am going shopping this afternoon. – Kyono gogo shopping e ikimasu.<\/p>\n
(\u4eca\u65e5\u306e\u5348\u5f8c\u3001\u30b7\u30e7\u30c3\u30d4\u30f3\u30b0\u3078\u884c\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002\u304d\u3087\u3046\u306e\u3054\u3054\u3001\u30b7\u30e7\u30c3\u30d4\u30f3\u30b0\u3078\u3000\u3044\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n
==> I am going to work today. – Kyouwa shigoto ni ikimasu.<\/p>\n
(\u4eca\u65e5\u306f\u3001\u4ed5\u4e8b\u306b\u884c\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002\u304d\u3087\u3046\u306f\u3001\u3057\u3054\u3068\u306b\u3000\u3044\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n
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As you can see above,, \u201dIkimasu- \u884c\u304d\u307e\u3059\uff08\u3044\u304d\u307e\u3059\uff09\u201d in Japanese is ” I am going~”.<\/p>\n
Try the following words to make the similar sentences:<\/p>\n
1)\u00a0Ginko (\u9280\u884c\u3001\u304e\u3093\u3053\u3046\u3001bank)<\/p>\n
2) Concert (\u30b3\u30f3\u30b5\u30fc\u30c8\u3001concert)<\/p>\n
3) Toshokan (\u56f3\u66f8\u9928\u3001\u3068\u3057\u3087\u304b\u3093\u3001library)<\/p>\n
4) Su-pa- (\u30b9\u30fc\u30d1\u30fc\u3001grocery store, supermarket)<\/p>\n
5) Kouen (\u516c\u5712\u3001\u3053\u3046\u3048\u3093\u3001park)<\/p>\n
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Were you able to make sentences like:<\/p>\n
1) Ginko e ikimasu. \u9280\u884c\u3078\u3000\u884c\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002\u304e\u3093\u3053\u3046\u3078\u3000\u3044\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n
2) Concert e ikimasu.\u3000\u30b3\u30f3\u30b5\u30fc\u30c8\u3078\u884c\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002\u30b3\u30f3\u30b5\u30fc\u30c8\u3078\u3000\u3044\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n
3) Toshokan e ikimasu.\u3000\u56f3\u66f8\u9928\u3078\u884c\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002\u3068\u3057\u3087\u304b\u3093\u3078\u3000\u3044\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n
4) Su-pa- e ikimasu.\u3000\u30b9\u30fc\u30d1\u30fc\u3078\u884c\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002\u30b9\u30fc\u30d1\u30fc\u3078\u3000\u3044\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n
5) Kouen e ikimasu.\u3000\u516c\u5712\u3078\u884c\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002\u3053\u3046\u3048\u3093\u3078\u3000\u3044\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n
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What if you want to speficy “what time” you are going to a certain place. You can add “~ji ni (~\u6642\u306b)” right before “ikimasu(\u884c\u304d\u307e\u3059)”.<\/p>\n
For example:<\/p>\n
You can say:<\/p>\n
I am going to work at 9 am this morning. – Kesa kuji ni shigoto e ikimasu.<\/p>\n
(\u4eca\u671d\u3000\u4e5d\u6642\u306b\u3000\u4ed5\u4e8b\u3078\u3000\u884c\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002\u3051\u3055\u3000\u304f\u3058\u306b\u3000\u3057\u3054\u3068\u3078\u3000\u3044\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n
I am going shopping at 10 am. – juji ni shopping e ikimasu.<\/p>\n
(\u5341\u6642\u306b\u30b7\u30e7\u30c3\u30d4\u30f3\u30b0\u3078\u3000\u884c\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002\u3058\u3085\u3046\u3058\u306b\u3000\u30b7\u30e7\u30c3\u30d4\u30f3\u30b0\u3078\u3000\u3044\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n
This is a good time to review the times in Japanese.<\/p>\n
one o’clock – ichi ji, \u4e00\u6642\u3001\u3044\u3061\u3058<\/p>\n
two o’clock – ni ji\u3001\u4e8c\u6642\u3001\u306b\u3058<\/p>\n
three o’clock – san ji\u3001\u4e09\u6642\u3001\u3055\u3093\u3058<\/p>\n
four\u00a0o’clock – yo ji\u3001\u56db\u6642\u3001\u3088\u3058<\/p>\n
five\u00a0o’clock – go ji\u3001\u4e94\u6642\u3001\u3054\u3058<\/p>\n
six\u00a0o’clock – roku ji\u3001\u516d\u6642\u3001\u308d\u304f\u3058<\/p>\n
seven\u00a0o’clock – hichi ji\u3001\u4e03\u6642\u3001\u3057\u3061\u3058<\/p>\n
eight\u00a0o’clock-hachi ji\u3001\u516b\u6642\u3001\u306f\u3061\u3058<\/p>\n
nine\u00a0o’clock – ku ji\u3001\u4e5d\u6642\u3001\u304f\u3058<\/p>\n
ten\u00a0o’clock – jyu ji\u3001\u5341\u6642\u3001\u3058\u3085\u3046\u3058<\/p>\n
eleven\u00a0o’clock – jyu-ichi ji\u3001\u5341\u4e00\u6642\u3001\u3058\u3085\u3046\u3044\u3061\u3058<\/p>\n
twelve\u00a0o’clock – jyu-ni ji\u3001\u5341\u4e8c\u6642\u3001\u3058\u3085\u3046\u306b\u3058<\/p>\n
In addition, in Japanese, AM and PM are:<\/p>\n
AM – Gozen, \u5348\u524d\u3001\u3054\u305c\u3093<\/p>\n
PM – Gogo\u3001\u5348\u5f8c\u3001\u3054\u3054<\/p>\n
Hope you learned something new during this lesson today!<\/p>\n
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The 2nd article on simple Japanese conversational exercise is about ” Where are you going?”. How would you respond when someone asks you, “Where are you going?(Dokoe ikimasuka?,\u3000\u3069\u3053\u3078\u3000\u884c\u304d\u307e\u3059\u304b\uff1f Dokoe ikunodesuka? \u3069\u3053\u3078\u3001\u884c\u304f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u304b\uff1f) \u00a0Let me show you how you can respond to this question. Read on! Where are you going today? – Kyo dokoe ikimasuka?, Kyo dokoe…<\/p>\n