Lesson 26
Spoken Japanese at Work
- 1 普通形の 会話 futsuukei no kaiwa Conversation in plain form Japanese with the distance taken out — talking to close people without です／ます.
- 2 〜かい ~kai A soft yes/no question A warm "is it?" asked downward to someone close — it wants a yes or a no.
- 3 〜じゃないか ~ja nai ka It is fine, isn't it! Pushing the other person to agree — "but it is like this, come on".
- 4 〜かな / 〜かしら ~kana / ~kashira I wonder… Not sure yet — you say it half to yourself.
- 5 そんなに 〜ない sonnani ~nai Not that much It is not as big as the other person thinks — "not that much".
- 6 それでも soredemo But still You accept the reason, and the result still does not change — "but still".
- 7 さすが sasuga As expected — nicely done! Praise for skill — "that is exactly what I expected from you".
- 8 〜て よかったです ~te yokatta desu I am glad I did it Relief about something already done — "I am glad that happened".
- 9 〜て すみません ~te sumimasen Sorry for doing that An apology that names exactly what you are sorry for.
- 10 普通形と です・ます、どっち？ futsuukei to desu-masu, docchi? Who gets which Where the line falls at work — who gets casual speech and who gets です／ます.