Lesson 9 家族 Family
Lesson 9.3
Dialogue 3
Showing family photos
Yamamoto: Onii-san wa otou-san ni yoku nite (i)masu nee.
にい とう に
お兄さんは、お父さんによく似てますねえ。Your brother looks very much like your dad.
Michael: Ee, seikaku mo sokkuri desu.
せいかく
ええ、性格もそっくりです Yes, his personality is also an exact copy (of Da
Yamamoto: Donna hito? どんな人？ What kind of person is he
Michael: Yasashikute majime de…やさ優しくて、まじめで。。He is sweet, earnest, and….
Yamamoto: Nani o nasatte iru n desu ka. 何をなさっているんですか？What does he do(job)?
Michael: Guuguru ni tsutomete imasu. つと グーグルに勤めています He works for Google
Vocabulary
| niru にる 似る resemble (get resembled)
nite iru にている 似ている resemble (is resemble) seikaku せいかく 性格 personality; characteristics sokkuri そっくり exactly like; clear resemblance donna どんな what kind See 9-3-2 ＋konna こんな this kind ＋sonna そんな that kind (near the addressee) ＋annna あんな that kind (away from both of us) yasashii やさしい 優しい kind; sweet; considerate ＋tsumetai つめたい 冷たい cold yasashikute やさしくて 優しくて ~te form of adjective See 9-3-1 majime (na) まじめ（な） earnest, square, unplayful ＋akarui あかるい 明るい cheerful; spirited; bright (by light) ＋kurai くらい 暗い gloomy; somber; dark Nasaru なさる honorific form of suru (Group 4) tsutomeru つとめる 勤める be employed; serve; X ni tsutomeru ＋hataraku はたらく 働く work; X de hatarakuniru |
Occupations and Job Titles
| keiei 経営 けいえい management
keieisha 経営者 けいえいしゃ business owner; entrepreneur shachou 社長 しゃちょう company president buchou 部長 ぶちょう division chief kachou 課長 かちょう section chief kakarichou 係長 かかりちょう subsection chief maneejaa マネージャー manager hisho 秘書 ひしょ secretary kaisha-in 会社員 かいしゃいん company employee sarariiman サラリーマン white collar worker isha 医者 いしゃ medical doctor; physician bengoshi 弁護士 べんごし attorney; lawyer kyoushi 教師 きょうし teacher (in a school) hon yaku 翻訳 ほんやく translation hon yakuka 翻訳家 ほんやくか translator tsuuyaku 通訳 つうやく (language) interpretation; interpreter ten-in 店員 てんいん store clerk eki-in 駅員 えきいん train station attendant ginkou-in 銀行員 ぎんこういん banker koumu-in 公務員 こうむいん civil servant jimu-in 事務員 じむいん office clerk bijinesuman ビジネスマン businessman konsarutanto コンサルタント consultant jaanarisuto ジャーナリスト journalist enjinia エンジニア engineer weetoresu ウェイトレス waitress |
Grammar Notes
9-3-1 やさしくて the ~te form of adjectives
The ~te forms are used to link sentences. So far, we have covered the ~te form of verb and noun sentences.
Kyouto ni itte, otera o mimasu. I’ll go to Kyoto and see temples.
Kyou wa yasumi de, ashita wa shigoto desu.
Today I’m off and tomorrow I’ll work.
To make the ~te-form of an adjective, add te to the ~ku form. The negative ~nai is an adjective, and its ~te form is ~nakute.
furuià furukute ‘old’
furuku naià furuku nakute ‘not old
Kono hoteru wa furukute takai desu. This hotel is old and expensive.
Kono hoteru wa takaku nakute ii desu.
This hotel is not expensive and that’s good.
In the examples below, you can see the negative ~nakute is used for verbs and noun sentences as well.
Ame ja nakute yokatta desu nee. Isn’t it great that it’s not raining?
Nihongo ja nakute, eigo desu. It’s not Japanese; it’s English.
Okane harawanakute ii desu. It’s okay if you don’t pay.
Eigo ga wakaranakute taihen deshita. I didn’t understand English and it was hard.
Let’s review how English ‘and’ can be translated into different forms in Japanese.
I went to Tokyo and Kyoto.
Tokyo to Kyoto ni ikimashita.
I went to Tokyo. And I went to Kyoto.
Tokyo ni ikimashita. Sore kare Kyoto ni ikimashita.
I went to Kyoto and saw temples.
Kyoto ni itte, otera o mimashita.
I like this restaurant because the service is good and food is tasty.
Saabisu ga ii shi, oishii shi, kono resutoran ga suki desu.
Father is 50 years old and Mother is 40 years old.
Chichi wa 50-sai de, haha wa 40-sai desu.
This apartment is small and inexpensive.
Kono apaato wa chiisakute yasui desu.
9-3-2 どんな what kind of X
We learned five sets of the so-called ko-so-a-do series earlier. this: kore-sore-are-dore
this X: kono-sono-ano-dono
here: koko-soko-asoko-doko
this direction: kochira-sochira-achira-dochira
this side: kocchi-socchi-acchi-docchi
We add another set in this lesson.
this kind of X: konna-sonna-anna-donna
Remember that unlike the other sets, the kono and konna sets cannot be used alone. A noun must follow them. Note what happens when the noun is already known.
kono hon this book à kore konna hon this kind of book à konna
Drills and Excercises
Cue and Response
Cue: 安いですねえ。 It’s cheap, isn’t it?
Response: ええ、安くて、いいですねえ。 Yes, it’s cheap and good.
Cue: 新しいですねえ。 It’s new, isn’t it?
Response: ええ、新しくて、いいですねえ．Yes, it’s new and good.
Cue: 先生に似ていますねえ。 He looks like the teacher.
Response: えっ、だれに似ているんですか．What? Whom does he look like?
Cue: グーグルに勤めています。 I work for Google.
Response: えっ、どこに勤めているんですか。
What? Which company do you work for?
Say it in Japanese.
You’ve been asked to describe the personality of various people.
- My father is scary and serious.
- The president of our company is cool and wonderful.
- The division chief is cheerful, looks exactly like a panda, and laughs a lot.
- My grandfather was gloomy and looked like Lincoln.
- My husband is sweet, cute, and the best.
Act in Japanese.
You’ve just met a person at a reception. Find out what she does for a living.
- You’ve heard she works for a company, but you didn’t catch the name. Find out.
- Find out from a classmate a) what kind of personalities his/her family members have, b) who resembles whom, and c) what kind of jobs they have.
- Discuss with classmates your dream jobs and why they are your dream jobs.
- Show a family picture or a group picture to a business associate and comment on each person in the picture.
