Day N4 - 10 - Preparing for a Trip Home

Visual exercise: Daily N4 - Day 10

Summary: A graduate student is busy but enjoying life and researching novel translation. They get along well with their roommate, though they asked them to keep the room cleaner. They will return home next month because of their wife’s situation and plan to buy gifts for their parents and daughter before leaving. A friend offers to help with their luggage.

This exercise complements the shadowing training in the YomiNihongo app.

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How to use this exercise

First, practice the dialogue in the app by listening and repeating the lines.
Then, observe the images below and try to reconstruct what was said.

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Open This Text in the App

Practice the dialogue in the app before starting the visual exercise.

1. Look at the images.

2. Try to reconstruct the dialogue in the app

Now open the app and go to the Dynamic Text feature.

The dialogue does not need to be exact.
Look carefully at each scene and try to remember what the characters said.
Try to reconstruct the conversation in your own words while keeping the general meaning of the dialogue.
You do not need to use the exact same vocabulary, grammar, or sentence order as the original text.

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Write

Write the Japanese sentences you remember.

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Analyze

Check each word and its translation.

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Ask AI

Use the AI Assistant to review your sentences.

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Compare

Compare your version with the original text.

In the app: Menu → Texts → + New Text Dynamic

3. Listening Dictation

Listen carefully to each sentence and transcribe exactly what you hear. Repeat the audio if necessary and pay close attention to pronunciation, particles, and grammar. After finishing, compare your transcription with the original sentence and review any mistakes.

1: 来週、京都へ行くことにしました。

2: 写真を撮ってくれませんか。

3: 荷物を持ってもらえませんか。

4: 来月、帰国することになりました。

5: 私のルームメイトはとても優しくて、よく観光に付き合ってくれます。

6: 大学院では、小説の翻訳について研究しています。

7: ハイキングで服が汚れてしまったので、ルームメイトに洗濯をお願いしました。

8: スーパーで食料品を選んでいたら、値段が半分の品物がたくさんありました。

9: 帰国する前に、ルームメイトと一緒に最後の旅行に行こうと思っています。

10: 家内に電話したら、娘が楽しみにしているから、お土産を忘れないでねと言っていました。

11: この前買った翻訳された小説を読んでみましたが、結構難しくて半分しか理解できませんでした。

12: 今回の旅行では、食料品の買い物やお土産選びなど、楽しい思い出がたくさんできました。

13: 出発の日、空港まで家内と娘が見送りに来てくれて、とても嬉しかったです。

4. Grammars used

Grammar	Link
V[dictionary form]ことにします → decide to do	Explanation
V[dictionary form]ことになります → it has been decided to do	Explanation
V[て-form]もらえませんか → could you do?	Explanation
V[て-form]くれませんか → could you do?	Explanation

* Some links lead to external websites with additional explanations and examples.

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Final tip

For better practice, follow this cycle: listen → repeat → remember → write → analyze → compare → listen again
Go back to the app, listen again, and keep improving your Japanese.

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