Japanese-English dictionary of Manga de Go Go nihonGo!! Vol.1-1-2

                                                               
                                                                       


Verbs are shown by purple. Both masu-form and dictionary form are shown, and the masu-form is more polite.
Adjectives are shown by orange
Particles are shown by green
Other parts of speech are omitted so as not to confuse you.

The translated words are carefully chosen to be appropriate to the context of original sentences.

Dialogue Vol.1-1-2

Basutee de

neko:  Doko e ikimasu ka.
diver: Tokyoo.
neko:  Tokyoo? Norimasu.
neko:  Tasuketee!



at a bus stop


cat:     Where does this bus go?
driver:  Tokyo.      
cat:     Tokyo? I will take. 
cat:     Help me!    




Vocabulary

 Romaji  English  Hiragana
 Katakana
 Kanji
 first  appeared
 place
 in which  content


 small  category                       one point advice
 basutee
 <-basutei
 bus stop  バスてい  バス停  manga  1-1-2  driver: untenshu うんてんしゅ 運転手
 doko  where  どこ  manga  1-1-2  * ko-so-a-do words
 e  to  へ    manga  1-1-2  Particle "e": direction marcker
 Instead of  "e", "ni" is often used.
 
 ikimasu  to go  いきます
 いく
 行きます
 行く
 manga  1-1-2  "Doko e ikundesu ka" is more natural.
 ka  ?  か    manga  1-1-1  Particle "ka": question marker, put the end of the  sentence
 Tokyo  Tokyo  とうきょう  東京  manga  1-1-2  Pronunciation: "tookyoo"
 keemusho
 <-keimusho
 prison  けいむしょ  刑務所  manga  1-1-2  
 Narita  kuukoo  Narita airport  なりた くうこ
 う
 成田空港  manga  1-1-2  
 norimasu
 noru
 to step on
 to get into, take (a    transportation)
 to mount
 のります
 のる
 乗る  manga  1-1-2  take a bus: basu ni norimasu
                        takushii (taxi)
                        densha (train)
                        jitensha (bicycle)

 tasukemasu
 tasukeru
 to help  たすけます
 たすける
 助けます
 助ける
 manga  1-1-2  "tasukete" is called te-form (one form of verbal  conjugation)
 Do 〜!: te-forn
  ex.) Go! ( Itte!)    Get into a bus! (Basu ni notte!)
 
 The more polite way,
 "Please do 〜.": 〜te kudasai.
 " Could you please do 〜?" : 〜te kudasaimasen ka.

     


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