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Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing
Are you learning Japanese and looking for more opportunities to speak? This Podcast drill is exactly for you. Simply repeat after me - while you are commuting, cooking or even in your bed. The drill also includes plain style dialogue, which is an informal style spoken in daily life among friends and family, and also in Anime. Now more shadowing practices are available, too. Have a go and get fluent soon! --- Learning Nihongo is fun, ne. More drills and full transcripts/translations (on your smartphone! + PDF) are available on Patreon.
Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing
71 [✐2] Due to various reasons... +Shadowing
[✐2. Andante] State the reason or cause : 「Vて、〜。Nで、〜。」
“Due to various reasons, I quit the company.”
[00:08]
Hello everyone. Have you ever been late? Or are you always on time?
[00:17]
Today, you were late for work. Why were you late? Please answer the reason.
Repeat after me
[00:27]
1. oversleeping, I was late
→ Due to an oversleeping, I was late.
2. I get up too late, I was late
→ As I got up too late, I was late.
3. an incident, I was late
→ Due to an incident, I was late.
4. There is an incident, I was late
→ As there was an incident, and I was late.
So far so good!?
[01:28]
Now, make a sentence as follows.
[01:32]
For example,
train stops, I’ll be 30 mins late
→ As the train stops(between stations, = stuck on the train), I will be 30 mins late.
Ready?
[01:46]
1. → As I made a mistake in changing trains, I’ be 15 minutes late.
2. → As there was an accident on the way, I’ll be late for the party.
3. → As I forgot the concert ticket, I will go back home (to pick it up).
4. → As I get lost, I cannot make it in time.
[03:40]
You didn’t study yesterday. Why?
Repeat after me
[03:48]
1. Because I didn’t have much time…(that’s why I didn’t/couldn’t do it)
2. Because I forgot, sort of….
3. Because I was busy yesterday…
4. Because I didn’t motivated, kind of…
(yaruki ga denai = not motivated)
[04:17]
There are times when you are not motivated…
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「いろいろあって、かいしゃをやめました。」
[00:08]
みなさん、こんにちは。おげんきですか。みなさんは ちこくした ことがありますか。いつもon time! ですか。
[00:17]
きょう、みなさんは しごとにおくれました。どうしておくれましたか。こたえましょう。
Repeat after me
[00:27]
1. ねぼう、おくれました
→ ねぼうで おくれました。
2. ねぼうします、おくれました
→ ねぼうして おくれました。
3. じこ、おくれました
→じこで おくれました。
4. じこがあります、おくれました。
→じこがあって おくれました。
ここまでOKですね。
[01:28]
では、つぎのようにぶんをつくってください。
[01:32]
たとえば、
でんしゃがとまります、30ぷんおくれます
→ バスがとまって、30ぷんおくれます。
いいですか。
[01:46]
1. のりかえを まちがえます、15ふんおくれます
→のりかえをまちがえて、15ふんおくれます。
2. とちゅうでじこが あります、パーティに おくれます
→ とちゅうで じこがあって、パーティに おくれます。
3. コンサートのチケットをわすれます、うちにもどります
→ コンサートのチケットをわすれて、うちにもどります。
4. みちに まよいます、ちょっとまに あいません
→みちにまよって、ちょっとまにあいません。
[03:40]
みなさんは、きのう、べんきょうをしませんでした。どうしてですか。
Repeat after me
[03:48]
1. ちょっと、じかんがなくて…(しませんでした/できませんでした)。
2. ちょっと、わすれて…。
3. きのうは いそがしくて…。
4. ちょっと、やるきが でなくて…。
(やるきがでない = not motivated)
[04:17]
やるきがでないときも ありますよねぇ。
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Note: English translations might sound occasionally unnatural as English, as I try to preserve the structure and essence of the original Japanese.