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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
102 [✐3,4] Change in state + Shadowing
[✐3. Moderato, 4. Allegretto] Change in state – to make into (noun), to make (adj.)
“Excuse me, halve the amount of rice, please.” (= Please reduce the volume of rice in half.)
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Hello, everyone. Please listen to the following dialogue.
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“Excuse me, my room is dark…”
“Press this button to make adjustment. I will make it bright. (pipipi) How is it? “
“I see, the room became bright. Thanks.”
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Today’s topic is “describing a change in state”. First, change the word with “〜shimasu”, as follows.
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For example,
short
→ shorten, abbreviate, clip
Ready?
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1. long
→ lengthen, prolong
2. big
→ make bigger, expand, enlarge
3. small
→ make smaller, shrink, diminish
4. thick
→ thicken
5. quiet
→ keep it down, make quieter
6. fine, fit, vial
→ make energetic, set up
7. clean, good-looking
→ make clean, smarten up, make beautiful
8. good
→ improve, make better
9. double
→ duplicate
10. half
→ reduce to half, downsize by half
[01:52]
Now, make a sentence using ”〜te kudasai” as follows.
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For example,
straps on the bag, short
→ Please shorten the straps on the bag.
OK?
[02:08]
1. LAN calbe, long
→ Please lengthen the LAN cable.
2. size of copy, big
→ Increase the size of the copy.
3. garbage, few
→ Please reduce the amount of garbage.
4. amount of water, 3 times
→ Please triple the amount of water.
5. meeting room, clean
→ Please clean the meeting room.
6. price, cheap
→ Please reduce the price.
7. colour, dark
→ Please darken the colour.
8. amount of cooked rice, half
→ Please reduce the volume of rice in half.
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「すみません、ごはん、はんぶんで。」(= ごはんをはんぶんにしてください。)
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みなさん、こんにちは。さっそく、つぎのホテルでの かいわを きいてください。
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「あのう、へやが くらいんですが。」
「このボタンを おして ちょうせいします。(わたしが)あかるくしますね。(ピピピ) どうですか。」
「あぁ、(へやが)あかるく なりました。どうも。」
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きょうのトピックはdescribing a change in stateです。まず、つぎのように「〜します」にかえてください。
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たとえば、
みじかい
→ みじかくします
いいですか。
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1. ながい
→ ながくします
2. おおきい
→ おおきくする
3. ちいさい
→ ちいさくします
4. ふとい
→ ふとくします
5. しずか
→ しずかにします
6. げんき
→ げんきにします
7. きれい
→ きれいにします
8. いい
→ よくします
9. 2ばい
→2ばいにします
10. はんぶん
→ はんぶんにします
[01:52]
では、こんどは、つぎのように「〜てください」のかたちのぶんをつくりましょう。
[01:58]
たとえば、
バッグのひも、みじかい
→ バッグのひもを みじかくして ください。
いいですか。
[02:08]
1. LANケーブル、ながい
→ LANケーブルを ながくしてください。
2. コピーのサイズ、おおきい
→ コピーのサイズを おおきくしてください。
3. ごみ、すくない
→ ごみをすくなくしてください。
4. みずのりょう、3ばい
→ みずのりょうを3ばいにしてください。
5. かいぎしつ、きれいに
→ かいぎしつを きれいにしてください。
6. ねだん、やすい
→ ねだんを やすくしてください。
7. いろ、こい
→ いろを こくしてください。
8. ごはんのりょう、はんぶん
→ ごはんのりょうを はんぶんにしてください。
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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.