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
127 [✐3,4] if/when : ba? ra?+ Shadowing
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How do you leave a message on the answering machine?
[✐3.Moderato, 4.Allegretto] conditional form
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“If the fever doesn’t go down, I will take a day off.”
[00:08]
Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Today’s topic is a conditional form. Please make a sentence in conditional form after masu-form♫.
For example,
“make a mistake” ♫ - “if I make a mistake”
Ready?
Repeat after me
[00:27]
1. go [masu-form – conditional form]
2. take a day off / rest
3. warm up
4. cool / refrigerate
5. go down
6. become
7. to be
8. there is / I have
9. throw away
10. forget
11. look / watch / see
12. eat
13. do
14. come
[02:02]
Now, listen to the key words [KW] and then repeat the sentence.
[02:08]
1. [KW] hurry up, Shinkansen(bullet train)
→ If you hurry, you can catch the Shinkansen.
2. [KW] I have a navigation, fine / OK
→ If I have a navigation, I should be fine.
3. [KW] warm up, tasty
→ If you warm it up, it will taste even better.
4. [KW] the fever goes down, work
→ If the fever goes down, I will go to work.
5. [KW] turn twenty years old, alcohol
→ When you turn twenty, you can drink alcohol.
6. [KW] Bucho (manager) is not here, meetingl
→ If Bucho is not here, I think s/he is attending a meeting.
7. [KW] you have questions, anytime
→ If you have any questions, ask me anytime.
8. [KW] see it in the film theatre, gripping / punch / impressive
→ If you see it in a film theatre, it is more powerful / punchy.
9. [KW] order today, the day after tomorrow
→ If you order today, it will arrive the day after tomorrow.
10. [KW] bring it tomorrow, can be replaced
→ If you bring it tomorrow, it can be replaced.
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「ねつがさがらなければ、やすみます。」
[00:08]
みなさん、こんにちは。おげんきですか。きょうはconditional formですね。ますFormのあと♫、じょうけんけいconditional formをつくってください。
たとえば
まちがえます♫ - “まちがえれば”
いいですか。
Repeat after me
[00:27]
1. いきます - いけば
2. やすみます - やすめば
3. あたためます – あたためれば
4. ひやします - ひやせば
5. さがります - さがれば
6. なります - なれば
7. います - いれば
8. あります - あれば
9. すてます – すてれば
10. わすれます - わすれれば
11. みます - みれば
12. たべます - たべれば
13. します - すれば
14. きます - くれば
[02:02]
では、キーワード[KW]をきいてから、ぶんをリピートしてください。
[02:08]
1. [KW] いそぎます、しんかんせん
→ いそげば、しんかんせんにまにあいます。
2. [KW] ナビがあります、 だいじょうぶ
→ ナビがあれば、だいじょうぶです
3. [KW] あたためます、おいしい
→ あたためれば、もっとおいしくなります。
4. [KW] ねつがさがります、しごと
→ ねつがさがれば、しごとにいきます。
5. [KW]はたちになります、おさけ
→ はたちになれば、おさけをのめます。
6. [KW] ぶちょうがここにいません、かいぎ
→ ぶちょうがここにいなければ、かいぎにでているとおもいます。
(かいぎにでる = attend a meeting)
7. [KW] しつもんがあります、いつでも
→ しつもんがあれば、いつでも きいてください。
8. [KW]えいがかんでみます、はくりょく
→ えいがかんでみれば、もっと はくりょくがあります。
(はくりょくがある = have a tremendous impact, gripping)
9. [KW] きょう ちゅうもんします、あさって
→ きょう ちゅうもんすれば、あさってとどきます。
10. [KW] あしたもってきます、とりかえてもらえます
→ あしたもってくれば、とりかえてもらえます。
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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.