Basic Japanese - Words Connection

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Words Family

	nedan				haitatsu				shoohin
price				[sv] delivery				goods, products

	kaimono
[sv] shopping

	takai				kaimasu				yasui
expensive, high				to buy				inexpensive, low price

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Examples

Watashi wa kinoo Ginza de kaimono o shimashita.

I did shopping in Ginza yesterday.

	Uchi ni kaeru mae ni, suupaa de kaimono o shimasu.
	Niku to yasai o kaimasu.

Before going home, I will do my shopping at a supermarket.

I will buy some meat and vegetables.

Netto de shoohin no nedan o shirabemasu.

I'll check the price on the Internet.

Kono shoohin wa ima hangaku desu.

This goods is half price now.

Kono resutoran wa takai desu.

The food at this restaurant is expensive.

Greg-san wa netto de yasui hoteru o sagashite imasu.

Greg-san is looking for a low-priced (room) hotel on the Internet.

	Kono tsukue o kudasai.
	Haitatsu, onegai shimasu.

Can I have this desk?

Please deliver (this).

3000-en ijoo kau to, sooryoo wa muryoo desu.

If you buy 3,000 yen or more, the delivery charge is free.

Functional patterns used in the examples

Particles ni, o and de:direction marker, object marker, place marker, means marker

See Building Up Conversation Level 1 Chapter 6 and 7

Adjectives takai, yasui, etc.:expensive, inexpensive, etc.

See Building Up Conversation Level 1 Chapter 8

Verb root form + mae ni:"before doing"

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 10

Verb te form + -te imasu:expressing present progressive or state

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 4

Verb root form + to (-to):"When" or "If"

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 15

Vocabulary

particle indicating a place involving an action, "in", "at"

particle indicating a means, way or method, "by"

Japanese Yen

haitatsu

[sv] delivery

hangaku

half price, half amount

hoteru

hotel

ijoo

more than, over

ima

now, present, current

kaeru

root form of kaerimasu

kaerimasu

to return, go home

kau

to buy, purchase

kaimasu

to buy

kaimono

[sv] shopping

kinoo

yesterday

kono

this (object)

kudasai

I'll take it, May I have, lit. give me

mae (-mae ni)

(fp) before

muryoo

free of charge

nedan

price

netto

Internet

niku

meat

particle indicating an object

onegai shimasu

please

resutoran

restaurant

sagashite

te form of sagashimasu

sagashimasu

to look for, search

shimasu

to do, play, forming shimasu verb

shirabemasu

to investigate, check, inquire, find out

shoohin

goods, products, article

sooryoo

postage, shipping cost, delivery charge

suupaa

supermarket

takai

expensive, high, tall

and

to (-to)

(fp) when, if

tsukue

desk

uchi

house, home

yasai

vegetables

yasui

inexpensive, low price, cheap

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