Ogawa, J: Colloquial Japanese

Introduction 1. Watashi wa Nihon-jin desu. I am Japanese 2. Tanjobi wa itsu desu ka? When is your birthday? 3. Otearai wa doko desu ka? Where is the toilet? 4. Ano kamera wa ikura desu ka? How much is that camera over there? 5. Donna ongaku ga suki desu ka? What kind of music do you like? 6. Watashi wa rainen Nihon e ikimasu. I will go to Japan next year 7. Watashi wa yoku supa de hiru-gohan o kaimasu I often buy lunch at the supermarket 8. Osaka ni yume na (o)shiro ga arimasu There is a famous castle in Osaka 9. Nichi-yobi issho ni ega o mimasen ka? Won't you watch film with me on Sunday? 10. Doshite atarashi pasokon ga hoshi desu ka? Why do you want to have a new PC? 11. Shinjuku Gyoen wa hirokute kire na koen desu. Shinjuku Gyoen is a spacious and beautiful park. 12. Musuko san wa se ga takai desu ne. Your son is tall, isn't he? 13. Koko ni suwatte mo i desu ka? May I sit down here? 14. Kino no yoru 8-ji goro ega o mite imashita I was watching a film at around 8pm yesterday 15. Puru de oyoidari, toshokan de hon o karitari shimasu I do various things such as swimming in the pool and borrowing books at the library 16. Sukoshi dake supeingo o hanasu koto ga dekimasu I can speak Spanish a little bit English translation of dialogues from unit 9 to unit 16 Grammar summary Appendix Key to exercises Japanese - English glossary English - Japanese glossary Index of Language Points

Junko Ogawa is Language Coordinator for Japanese at the University of Birmingham, UK Fumitsugu Enokida is Language Tutor in Japanese at the University of Birmingham, UK

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