JAPANESE: INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATION

TOPIC: Personal problems: Kojinteki na nayami

[Sample Dialogue]

Student A: Aa, komatta naa. Doo sh-tara ii ka naa.

Student B: Doo shta n des ka?/ Nayami-goto des ka?/

A: Aa, -san. Ee, soo na n desu yo. Gengo-gaku no koosu, shken no seeseki ga warukte otosh-soo na n des. Gengo-gaku wa senkoo na node, otosu wake ni wa ikanai shi, hontoo ni komarimashta.

B: Koosu no tantoo no sensee ni wa moo soodan-shta n des ka?/

A: Iie, mada desu ga, seeseki ga warui kara, doomo hanshi-nikkte.

B: Sono kimochi yoku wakaru kedo, Anzuru yori umu ga yasushi de, omoi-ktte soodan ni itte mi-tara?/

A: Soo desu nee. Sore shka hoohoo ga nasa-soo desu ne. Konna koto dat-tara, hajime kara motto yoku benkyoo-shte oke-ba yokatta. Mattaku Kookai saki ni tatazu desu nee.

B: Sensee wa dare des ka?/

A: Kingu to iu sensee des.

B: Aa, Kingu-san. Ano hto nara, shinsetsu da shi, yoku gaksee no soodan ni notte kureru kara, daijoobu desu yo.

A: Soo da to ii n desu ga.

B: Shkkari yatte kudasai.

A: Arigatoo gozaimas. Sassoku kore kara hanashi ni itte kimas.

[Useful Expressions]

..... ka naa

..... wake ni wa ikanai

Anzuru yori umu ga yasshi "Fear is often greater than the danger."

..... -te mitara?/

Konna koto dat-tara, ..... -ba yokatta.

Kookai saki ni tatazu "It's no use crying over spilt milk."

..... da to ii

[Vocabulary]

kojin-teki (na) "personal"

nayami "worry"

seeseki "result"

tantoo (-suru) "to take charge"

omoi-ktte .....suru "to dare to do"

shinsetsu (na) "kind"

soodan ni noru "to give advice to"

sassoku "right away"