2.4: Dialogue 4

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Michael checks the schedule.

Michael: Doyou to nichiyou wa yasumi desu ne. We’re off on Sat. and Sun., right?

土曜どようと日曜にちようは休やすみですね?

Honda: Mochiron desu. Of course.

もちろんです。

Michael: Ajia ginkou no apo wa getsuyoubi deshita ne. The appointment with Bank of Asia was on Mon. right?

アジア銀行ぎんこうのアポは、月曜日げつようびでしたね。

Honda: E? Kayoubi ja nakatta desu ka. Huh? Wasn’t it on Tues?

え？火曜日かようびじゃなかったですか。

Michael: Aa, sou deshita ne! Sumimasen. Oh, that’s right! Sorry.

ああ、そうでしたね。すみません。

Vocabulary

doyou(bi) どよう（び）土曜日 Saturday

to と and

nichiyou(bi) にちよう（び）日曜日 Sunday

mochiron もちろん of course

apo あぽアポ appointment

getsuyoubi げつようび月曜日 Monday

deshita でした was (the Past form of desu)

e え？ What? Oh? (Surprise/‘Couldn't hear’)

kayoubi かようび火曜日 Tuesday

X ja nakatta desu ka X じゃなかったですか Wasn’t it X?

＋itsu いつ when

＋jugyou じゅぎょう授業 class

＋shukudai しゅくだい宿題 homework

＋shiken しけん試験 exam

＋kaigi かいぎ会議 meeting, conference

＋orienteishon おりえんていしょんオリエンテーション orientation

＋purezen ぷれぜんプレゼン presentation

＋hon ほん本 book

＋kyoukasho きょうかしょ教科書 textbook

＋manga まんが manga, comic, anime

＋anime あにめアニメ anime

＋nooto のおとノート notebook

＋kami かみ紙 paper

＋enpitsu えんぴつ鉛筆 pencil

＋pen ぺんペン pen

Grammar Notes

Days of the Week

Youbi indicates days of the week. There are three variations for each day of the week.

getsu, getsu-you, getsu-youbi

The longer, the more formal. Abbreviations like the following are also very common.

Getsu-sui-kin Mon-Wed-Fri

Kaa-moku Tue-Thurs.

Do-nichi Sat-Sun

The question word nan-youbi ‘what day of the week’ cannot be used to ask ‘what day of the month’, which will be introduced later.

Noun to Noun

/X to Y/ means ‘X and Y’. Unlike English ‘and’, which can connect various elements including adjectives, verbs, or sentences, the particle to can only connect nouns or noun phrases.

Nihon to America Japan and America

Asia Ginkou no Oda-san to J-Netto no Sumisu-san

Mr. Oda from Asia Bank and Mr. Smith from J-Net

Kayoubi to mokuyoubi no jugyou Classes on Tuesday and Thursday

Kono nihongo no kyoukasho to ano hon this Japanese textbook and that book

Like other particles, to follows a noun, and when pronouncing, there is no pause between the noun and to (in English, you can pause before ‘and.’) There is no limit to the number of nouns connected, but it’s rare for an adult speaker to list more than three or four.

The Past Form of /X desu/ X deshita, X ja nakatta desu

The forms of /X desu/ including the Non-Past, Past, Affirmative and Negative are shown in the chart below. Make sure you do not use deshita in the Past Negative form.

The Past forms are also used to express recollection of information, even when it is information about an event scheduled in the future.

Kaigi wa ashita deshita ne. The meeting was tomorrow, right?

-Iya, asatte ja nakatta desu ka? No, wasn’t it the day after tomorrow?