Lesson 4

This lesson is about shopping. We'll learn how to ask for a product how much it costs and how the counting system in Japanese works etc. and more vocabulary to memorize.

Here is an example of a conversation which takes place in a store where our fictitius character Ms. Sakura is shopping.

Mise no hito : Irasshaimase.
Sakura : (she is pointing something) Sore o misete kudasai.
Mise no hito : Hai, doozo.
Sakura : Arigatoo. Kore wa ikura desu ka.
Mise no hito : Rokusen-en
Sakura : (she points something else) Sore wa ikura desu ka.
Mise no hito : Kore mo rokusen-en desu.
Sakura : Ja, sore o kudasai.
Mise no hito : Hai, arigatoo gozaimasu.

Salesperson : Welcome. May i help you?
Sakura :Please show me that one.
Salesperson :Yes, here it is.
Sakura :Thank you. How much is this?
Salesperson :It's 6000 yen.
Sakura :How much is that one?
Salesperson : This is also 6000 yen.
Sakura : I'll take that one, then.
Salesperson : All right. Thank you.

See Lesson 3 for how the Kore, Sore and Are system works.

Vocabulary
Mise: shop, store, restaurant
irasshaimase: may i help you, welcome
sore: that one
Misete Kudesai: please show me
ikura: how much
rokusen-en: 6000 yen
-en: yen
mo: alsoo, too, either
ja: well then
kudasai: please give me

Sore o misete kudasai.
Use (something)o misete kudasai when you want to take a closer look at an item in a store.

Kore mo rokusen-en desu.
The particle mo means too, also,either etc. and it is used in both affirmative and negative sentences.
Ex. Sore wa rokusen-en desu. Kore mo rokusen-en desu.
That onis is 6000 yen. This one is 6000 yen, too.
Kore wa watashi no keitai dewa arimasen. Sore mo watashi no dewa arimasen.
This is not my cellphone. That's not mine either.

Ja, kore o kudasai.
Ja and dewa correspond to "well" or "well then"and are interjections that express conclusion or resignation.
Kore o kudasai means i'll take this one and is the phrase to use when you have decided what you want to buy.

Vocabulary
Terebi: television
rajio: radio
pasokon: computer
Konpyuutaa: computer
dejikame: digital camera
bideo-kamera: video camera
bideo: video
cd-pureeyaa: cd player
shiidii: cd
zasshi: magazine
diibuidii: Dvd
shaapupenshiru: mechanical pencil
boorupen: ballpoint pen
Furansu-go: french(language)
Furansu: France
-go: language
jisho: dictionary
Eigo: English(language)
kaado: (credit) card
demo ii desu ka: is.... all right
hai, kekkoo desu: yes. its fine

The phrase demo ii desu ka is used to ask if something is permissible. It means "is .... alright"
For example when your shopping you want to pay with your credit card here is how you ask if that is possible.

Kaado demo ii desu ka : is it all right to use a credit card?
hai, kekkoo desu: yes. its fine.

Kekkoo: fine, good, nice.

Numbers
100: Hyaku....................................1000: sen................................10.000: ichiman
200: nihyaku..................................2000: nisen.............................20.000: niman
300:sambyaku...............................3000: sanzen...........................30.000: samman
400:yonhyaku................................4000: yonsen...........................40.000:yomman
500:gohyaku..................................5000: gosen............................50.000: goman
600:roppyaku.................................6000: rokusen.........................60.000: rokuman
700:nanahyaku...............................7000: nanasen........................70.000: nanaman
800:happyaku.................................8000: hassen..........................80.000: hachiman
900:kyuuhayku...............................9000: kyuusen........................90.000: kyuuman

How to count from a thousand to a trillion;
sen: 1000
ichi-man: 10.000
juu-man: 100.000
hyaku-man:1.000.000
sen-man: 10.000.000
ichi-oku:100.000.000
juu-oku: 1.000.000.000
hyaku-oku:10.000.000.000
sen-oku:100.000.000.000
it-choo:1.000.000.000.000

Decimals. the word for decimal point is: ten
0: rei
0.8: rei ten hachi
0.23: rei ten ni san
0.465: rei ten yon roku go
as you can see for deciimal point rei is been used instead of zero.

Fractions: Bun means part.
1/2: ni-bun no ichi
1/4:yon-bun no ichi
2/3:san-bun no ni

That was it for lesson 4. Have fun learning them. See you soon with some exercises. I'll try to put them as soon as possible.
Mata ne.[b]

Thanks for your hard work Nodame This lesson seems to be very helpful for people who want to go to Japan

Ahh finally a respond Thank you Akailili san. Yeah its a bit hard work to write those all infos which takes alot of time. good to see that someone appreciates it. I was think about stopping with these lesson. I dont think anyone takes a look at it. ne?

Don't say that I feel the same way for my own lessons in the forum actually, but I'm sure some people look at them. Don't worry But if you're tired of it, you can stop (if this is really what you want to do), but I think it's interesting. I look at your lessons when I have time, and I really appreciate them

no im not tired of it but im starting to think that it is all for nothing, when i see no one responding to it. But now that i know that you following the lessons at im definitly gonna continue

Thank you
Ganbatte ne