Activities: What are “unagi” sentences in Japanese?
Activity 1: Translate the dialogue
Imagining the given situation, translate the following Japanese unagi sentences. Don’t forget to consider what mutual knowledge between speakers is left out in the unagi sentences as, in most cases, you must recover the word(s) to translate them into English.
Vocabulary | ||
|---|---|---|
お正月 oshōgatsu the New Year | 海外 kaigai overseas, foreign countries | 血液型 ketsuekigata blood type |
庭 niwa garden | 買い物 kaimono shopping | |
Situation 1: 3 people (A, B and C) are talking about the New Year’s holidays.
- Person A:
お正月休みは、どこに行きたいですか。私は京都に行きたいです。
Oshōgatsu yasumi wa, doko ni ikitai desu ka. Watashi wa Kyōto ni ikitai desu.
As for the New Year’s holidays, where do [you] want to go? As for me, [I] want to go to Kyoto.
- Person B:
私は沖縄です。
Watashi wa Okinawa desu.
Translation:
- Person C:
僕は海外です。
Boku wa kaigai desu.
Translation:
Situation 2: Three students visit a blood donation center.
- Receptionist
血液型は何ですか。
Ketsuekigata wa nan desu ka.
As for blood type, what is [yours]?
- Student A:
僕はA型です。
Boku wa eigata desu.
Translation:
- Student B
私もA型です。
Watashi mo eigata desu.
Translation:
- Receptionist:
O型の人はいませんか？
Ōgata no hito wa imasen ka?
As for the person of blood type O, is [he/she] not here?
- Student C
あ、僕がO型です！
A, boku ga ōgata desu.
Translation:
Situation 3: A girl asks her elder brother at home about their parents.
- Girl
お父さんとお母さんはどこ？
Otōsan to Okāsan wa doko?
As for father and mother, where are [they]?
- Older Brother
お父さんは庭だ。お母さんは買い物だ。
Otōsan wa niwa da. Okāsan wa kaimono da.
Translation:
Activity 2: Add the particles
Add the correct particles to the below sentences.
ご注文 ＿ お決まりですか。
Go-chūmon __ okimari desu ka.
Are orders ready?
- Customer A
ぼく ＿ カレーライスです。
Boku __ karēraisu desu.
As for me, curry and rice.
- Customer B:
わたし ＿ みそラーメンです。
Watashi __ miso rāmen desu.
As for me, miso ramen.
