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Japanese/Lessons/Giving directions
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Dialogue
Write an actually interesting dialogue that uses the various phrases.
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エーさん Mr. A ビーさん、シーさんの家はどちらですか。 Where is Mr. C place, Mr. B?
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Vocabulary
+JapaneseEnglishReadingNotesまっすぐ行ってGo straightmassugu itte〜へ曲 まがるTurn to the 〜he ma garu次の (つぎ の)"(at the) next"tsugi no角 (かど)"corner"ka do左 (ひだり)"left"hidari右 (みぎ)"right"migi曲がって (まがって)"turn"magatte
See Japanese/Vocabulary/Direction for more vocabulary.
Grammar
The grammar here is pretty straight forward.
「まっすぐ行ってください。」 "Please go straight."
Please go to the left/right.
左右 へ行ってください。
"Please go to the left/right."
Please turn left/right at the next corner.:
次の角を 左右 へ曲がってください
If you are in a taxi and want to let the driver know when and where to stop and not throw you out the door, you say:
「あそこで止まってください。」 "Please stop there."
Review
Practice
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