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Before I move further on other usage of ~te, I will post some examples of how to converse using the ~te form we have learned so far.

Conversation 1
Tony : Excuse me, can you please take photo for me? – Sumimasen, shashin o (toru)totte kudasai?
Watanabe : Yes. Ready. I’m taking – Hai. Ii desu ka. Torimasu yo.
Meaning : Sumimasen (Excuse Me / Sorry), Shashin (Photo)

Conversation 2
Tony : Wait a moment. Please repeat again- Chotto (matsu)matte kudasai. Mou ichido (iu)itte kudasai.
Watanabe : Can’t you hear? – Kikoemasen deshita ka?
Tony : Yes, please say louder – Hai, motto ookii koe de itte kudasai.
Meaning : Chotto (A Moment), Matsu (Wait), Mou (Again), Ichido (One more time), Kikoemasen (Can’t hear), Motto (More), Ookii (Big / Large), Koe (Voice), Ookii Koe (Loud)

Conversation 3
Jen : Please come to the station at 7 o’clock tomorrow morning – Ashita no asa, 7 ji ni eki e (kuru)kite kudasai
Yoda : 7 o’clock. It’s too early – 7 ji desu ka. Zuibun hayai desu ne.
Jen : Yeah. Please don’t be late – Ee. (Okureru)Okurenaide kudasai.
Meaning : Ashita (Tomorrow), Asa (Morning), Zuibun (Very), Okureru (Late / Delay)

Conversation 4
Yoda : Hurry Up. Class is starting – (Isogu)Isoide kudasai. Jugyou ga (hajimaru)hajimarimasu yo.
Watanabe : OK, coming now – Hai, ima ikimasu.
Yoda : Oh, but please don’t run at the corridor – Aa, demo rouka wa (hashiru)hashiranaide kudasai.
Meaning : Isogu (Hurry), Jugyou (Class / Lesson), Hajimaru (Start / Begin), Rouka (Corridor), hashiru (Run)

Enjoy your lesson !!! 😉

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6 Responses to “Conversation – “~te””

1. Colin Says:
   February 8th, 2007 at 7:01 pm

   Tony, how does “kiku” become “kiko”(masen) when negative?

   thanks so much!

2. Tony Says:
   February 8th, 2007 at 9:30 pm

   Hi Colin,
   The conversion from a positive “verb” to negative “verb” is based on the last hiragana used. For example :

   “kiku” becomes “kikimasen” (Polite) ; “kikanai” (impolite / normal conversation)

   From the above example, all you need to do is to change the “ku” (3rd sound) to “ki” (2nd sound) and follow by “masen”. For impolite way, the “ku” will be changed to “ka” (1st sound) follow by “nai”

   For more example of how to convert verbs to negative, please refer to Verbs.

   For the understanding on the 5 japanese sound, please refer to Japanese Pronunciation

   For converting verbs to negative (impolite way), please refer to Impolite Verbs

   Hope this help

3. colin Says:
   February 9th, 2007 at 2:26 pm

   Hi Tony,
   So it should be “kikimasen”?

   Above in conversation 2 watanbe says “kikoemasen deshita ka?”

   how is “kikoemasen” formed?

   Thank you for your generosity!

4. Tony Says:
   February 9th, 2007 at 2:34 pm

   Hi Colin,
   Kikimasen means “can’t hear” where “kikoemasen” means “Unable to hear”

   Examples:
   Iku (Go) – Ikimasen (don’t go) – Ikemasen (unable to go)

   Kaku (Write) – Kakimasen (cannot write) – kakemasen (unable to write)

   Hope this help

5. Kewell Says:
   January 22nd, 2009 at 4:45 pm

   Hey Tony. I am very curious regarding domo sumimasen (thank you). Why domo sumimasen when most of the time we use domo arigato.

6. Tony Says:
   January 23rd, 2009 at 1:45 pm

   Hi Kewell,
   Thank You = Dōmō Arigatō Not Dōmō Sumimasen

   Thanks

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