Give & Receive Tuesday, Oct 31 2006 

Today I am going to cover the usage of Give (~te ageru / ~te sashi ageru) & Receive (~te itadaku / ~te morau / ~te kureru). Similar with some words, there are Polite & Inpolite way of usage. When translating back to English, there won’t be any

Very Polite
I lend you a car- Kuruma o kashite sashi agemasu
I buy you a bicycle - Jidensha o katte sashi agemasu

Polite
I lend you a car- Kuruma o kashite agemasu
I buy you a bicycle - Jidensha o katte agemasu

Impolite
I lend you a car- Kuruma o kashite yarimasu
I buy you a bicycle - Jidensha o katte yarimasu

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Conversation Wednesday, Oct 11 2006 

Today, I will cover some complicated conversations. Be ready….

Conversation 1
Tony : Ohayƍ gozaimasu. Ame ga (furu)futtari (Yamu)yandari shite, iya na tenki desu ne. Good Morning. The weather is bad as the rain comes and goes.

Kobayashi : Ee, Nihon no 6 gatsu wa tsuyu to itte, mai nichi konna tenki ga (tsujiku)tsujikun desu yo. Yeah, In Japan, rainy season falls in every June. During this season, this kind of weather will go on every day.

Tony : Tsuyu ake wa itsu desu yo. When the rainy season ends?

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