1.2.1: Drills and Exercises

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A. Listen to the audio. Following the first two model exchanges, respond to each cue.
Cue: 家の家内です． This is my wife.
Response:ああ、奥さんですか。はじめまして。 Oh, Mrs. X. How do you do?
Cue: 家の主人です。 This is my husband.
Response: ああ、ご主人ですか。はじめまして. Oh. Mr. X. Hoe do you do?

B. Cue: あの人は、さくらさんですか． Is she Sakura?
Response:はい、さくらと言います。 Yes, she is called Sakura.
Cue:あの会社は、日野ですか。 Is that company Hino?
Response:はい、日野と言います。 Yes, it’s called Hino.

C. Cue: わかりますか。 Does he understand it?
Response: 分かると言いましたけど、分からないと思います．
He said that he did, but I don’t think he does.
Cue:日本人ですか． Is he Japanese?
Response: 日本人だと言いましたけど、日本人じゃないと思います。He said he was but I don’t think he is.

D. Cue: アポは何時ですか。 What time is your appointment?
Response: 何時だったっけ。 What time is it?
Cue:日本人、いますか。 Is there any Japanese person?
Response:いたっけ。 Is there?

E. Say it in Japanese.
Introduce the following people to a business associate at a company function.
1. your spouse
2. your son
3. your daughter and her husband
4. Yamamoto, the part-time student worker of your office
5. Prof. Oda from University of Kyoto and his wife

Congratulate Ms. Oda on:
6. graduating from college
7. her son entering University of California
8. her birthday
9. her child starting the elementary school
10. having a new baby

F. Act in Japanese
1. At a business reception, meet a) the spouse b) son c) daughter of a business associate.
Perform!
2. Ask your supervisor if she has children. Find out how many, and their names and ages.
3. In your self-introduction, mention when you entered and graduated from a)
elementary school b) middle school, c) high school, and d) college.
4. You’ve been served a dish you never had before. Find out what it is called.
5. At the end of a dinner at a restaurant, let your group know that you will split the bill
and each person should pay 3500 yen.