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
126 [✐2] Is it OK if I don't wear a mask? + Plain Style practices
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There are lots of "Plain Style" practices today!
[✐2. Andante ] 〜てもいいですか ask permission to do something, 〜なくてもいいですか ask if you don’t have to
“Is it OK if I don’t wear a mask?”
[00:08]
Hello, everyone. How are you doing. Thank you for listening to Japanese Swotter today again.
Today we will practice “〜temo iidesuka”, namely “ask permission to do something“. First, please repeat in casual “Plain Style”.
Repeat as follows,
kakimasu>kaite [V-te Form] (♪repeat)
Then, repeat the sentence
Kaitemo iidesuka? (♪repeat)
OK?
Repeat after me
[00:37]
1. read
May I read it?
2. take a look/see/watch
May I take a look/see/watch?
3. ask/hear/listen to
May I ask/hear/listen to?
4. drink
May I drink?
5. buy
May I buy?
6. sleep
May I sleep?
7. take a nap
May I take a nap?
8. throw away
May I throw it away?
9. have/take it
May I have/take it?
10. take a rest/take a day off
May I take a rest/day off?
[03:03]
Repeat sentences in plain style.
Repeat after me
[03:09]
1. May I read it?
2. May I take a look/see/watch?
3. May I ask/hear/listen to?
4. May I drink?
5. May I buy?
6. May I sleep?
7. May I take a nap?
8. May I throw it away?
9. May I have/take it?
10. May I take a rest/day off?
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「マスクをしなくてもいいですか。」
[00:08]
みなさん、こんにちは。おげんきですか。きょうもJapanese Swotterをきいてくれて、ありがとうございます。
まず「〜てもいいです」を れんしゅうします。Ask permission to do something.ですね。
つぎのようにリピートします
かきます>かいて[VてForm] ♪repeat
それから、ぶんをリピートしてください。
かいてもいいですか。♪repeat
いいですか。
Repeat after me
[00:37]
1. よみます>よんで
よんでもいいですか。
2. みます>みて
みてもいいですか。
3. ききます>きいて
きいてもいいですか。
4. のみます>のんで
のんでもいいですか。
5. かいます>かって
かってもいいですか
6. ねます>ねて
ねてもいいですか。
7. ひるね(を)します>ひるね(を)して
ひるね(を)してもいいですか。
8. すてます>すてて
すててもいいですか。
9. もらいます>もらって
もらってもいいですか。
10. やすみます>やすんで
やすんでもいいですか。
[03:03]
つぎは、カジュアルなPlain Styleでリピートしてください。
Repeat after me
[03:09]
1. よんでもいい?
2. みてもいい?
3. きいてもいい?
4. のんでもいい?
5. かってもいい?
6. ねてもいい?
7. ひるねしてもいい?
8. すててもいい?
9. もらってもいい?
10. やすんでもいい?
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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.