A lunch time session for officers at Portsmouth City Council

1. Intermediate
Japanese Language
Lunch-time sessions at PCC
By Peter Missen
Session 3
Shopping

2. Objectives for this session
Shopping
Shop names
Grammar
with particle
polite request
Culture – Japanese holidays May
Golden week
Counters
More katakana
Communities of Practice for Public Service

3. Shopping
The Japanese love to shop!
Their professional salaries are generally
higher than the UK and prices reflect this!
Electrical consumer goods tend to be good
value but the user guides are in Japanese!

4. Shopping
Japan is a shopper's paradise, offering everything
from high-tech gadgetry and electronics to
traditional arts and crafts.
Large department stores, specialty shops, fashion
boutiques, hotel arcades, and shopping centres
abound.
Popular buys include cameras, watches, hi-fi
equipment, silk goods, lacquer ware, Japanese
dolls, and woodblock prints.

5. Shopping
Duty-free shopping is only available in
Japan's international airports but tax-free
shopping is possible in urban centres at
authorised tax-free stores.
In these stores, purchases of over ¥10,000
on selected items are exempt from
Japan's 5% Consumption Tax but it is
worth comparing prices at discount stores
and bargain markets before you buy.

6. Shop names
Foreign types of shop:
depa-to デパート Department store
su-pa- スーパー Supermarket
bukkushoppu ブックショップ
bookshop

7. Shop names - Traditional shops
Put “ya” 屋 after the name of the item being sold
to make the shop type. 屋 = shop
nikuya 肉屋 Butcher
sakanaya 魚屋 Fishmonger
kusuriya 薬屋 Pharmacy. kusuri = medicine
hanaya 花屋 Florist. hana = flower
panya パン屋 bakers. pan = bread

8. Grammar – with particle
to と = with
Add the particle to the entity you are with
Some examples:
tomodachi to
友達 と with friend.
kazoku to
家族と with family.

9. With particle - sentence
watashi wa 私は
kinou 昨日
kazoku to 家族と
nihon e 日本へ
kimashita. 来ました。

10. With particle - sentence
Yesterday I came to Japan with my family.
kimashita = past tense of to come (came)

11. With particle - sentence
watashi wa 私は
ashita 明日
tomodachi to 友達 と
takushi- de タクシーで
rondon e ロンドンへ
eiga (w)o mimasu. 映画を見ます。

12. With particle - sentence
Tomorrow I’m going to London with a friend by
taxi to watch a film.
eiga = film (movie)
(2 kanji: reflect + picture)
mimasu = polite form of verb to watch

13. Grammar – ~te kudasai
The “~te” form of a Japanese verb is
present continuous.
In English the “~ing” form
Kudasai = please.
Adding kudasai to the “~te” form of a
verb makes a “polite request”

14. Shopping sentences
sono kamera (w)o misette kudasai.
その カメラを見せてください。
Please show me that camera.
kore (w)o kudasai
これをください。
I’ll take it. (literally this please)

15. Culture section – holidays & festivals
May and June National holidays:
No holidays in June but the month of May
more than makes up for this with the Golden
week.
Trains, airports, and sightseeing spots get
very crowded during Golden Week
Tourist accommodation can get booked up
well in advance.

16. Culture section – holidays & festivals
May and June National holidays:
May 3rd Constitution Day (kenpo kinenbi):
A national holiday remembering the new
constitution, which was passed on
November 3rd 1946 and went into effect on
May 3rd 1947. The new constitution replaced
the old Meiji constitution of 1889.
Japanese laws are discussed and passed by
their Parliament (Diet).

17. Culture section – holidays & festivals
May and June National holidays:
May 4th Greenery Day (midori no hi):
Until 2006, Greenery Day was celebrated on
April 29th, the former Emperor Showa's
birthday, due to the emperor's love for
plants and nature.
Before being declared Greenery Day, May 4th
used to be a national holiday due to a law,
which declares a day that falls between two
national holidays, is itself a national holiday.

18. Culture section – holidays & festivals
May and June National holidays:
May 5th Children's Day (kodomo no hi):
Also called boy's festival.
Families pray for the health and future
success of their sons by hanging up carp
streamers and displaying samurai dolls,
both symbolizing strength, power, and
success in life.

19. Culture section – holidays & festivals
May and June Non-national holidays:
No non-national holidays in this time period.
They need to recover from Golden week first!

20. Counting - another set of numbers
The first 10 numbers in Japanese counting are irregular.
From 11 onwards the numbers you already know kick in.
1 = hitotsu ひとつ
2 = futatsu ふたつ
3 = mittsu みっつ
4 = yottsu よっつ
5 = itsutsu いつつ
6 = muttsu むっつ
7 = nanatsu ななつ
8 = yattsu やっつ
9 = kokonotsu ここのつ
10 = tou とう
11 = juuichi じゅういち
12 = juuni… じゅうに

21. More katakana
Ro-maji: Katakana:
ga gi gu ge go
ガ ギ グ ゲ ゴ
za ji zu ze zo
ザ ジ ズ ゼ ゾ
da ji zu de do ダ ヂ ヅ デ ド
ba bi bu be bo バ ビ ブ ベ ボ
pa pi pu pe po パ ピ プ ペ ポ

22. Communities of Practice for Public Service
Language Learning & Development -
Portsmouth City Council.
Our community is up and running.
It’s for all of us to use…
At the weekend there were 36 members

23. Homework
Nothing compulsory
Suggestions
– Work on making a few sentences
– Great if you can practice with a colleague

24. Questions
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