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Exercise 7: Requests

 

Sample Dialogue 2

(The parts in red are the core request statement.  The parts in blue are important supporting strategies.)

先輩:あ、まずい、お金がない!けいちゃん、あの、悪いんだけど、ちょっと1000円貸してくれない?  Mazui, okanega nai!  Kei chan, ano, waruin dakedo, chotto sen en kashite kurenai?  ‘Shoot, not enough money!  Kei, I’m sorry but can you loan me 1000 yen for just a while?’

 

後輩:あの、すみません、今月ちょっときびしいんですけど。  Ano, sumimasen, kongetsu chotto kigishiin desukedo.  ‘Well, I’m sorry but my budget is tight this month.’

 

先輩:えー、そんなこと言わないで、コンサート見られないから。あの、このコンサートが終わったらすぐATMに行ってお金返すからさ。  Ee, sonna koto iwanaide, konsaato mirarenai kara.  Ano, kono konsaatoga owattara sugo ATMni itte okane kaesu karasa. ‘Oh, don’t say that. I won’t be able to see the concert.  I’ll go to an ATM and pay you back immediately after the concert.’

 

後輩:そうですか。  Sou desuka?  ‘Really?’

 

先輩:うん。  Un.  ‘Yeah.’

 

後輩:じゃあ、わかりました。  Jaa, wakari mashita. ‘Okay, all right.’

 

先輩:ありがとう。  Arigatou.  ‘Thanks.’

 

後輩:はい。  Hai. ‘Sure.’

 

 
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