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N39 minけんさんおかえり JapaneseBeta

みなさんこんにちは

minasan konnichiwa

Hello everyone

Transcript

  1. みなさんこんにちは

    minasan konnichiwa

    Hello everyone

  2. kenです

    ken desu

    I'm ken

  3. 今日きょうは日本にほん語ごを勉強べんきょうしているアメリカ人にんの方ほうと日本にほん語ごについて日本にほん語ごで話はなしてみたいと思おもいます

    kyou wa nihon go o benkyou shite iru amerikanin no hou to nihon go ni tsuite nihon go de hanashite mitai to omoimasu

    Today I'd like to talk in Japanese about Japanese with an American who is studying Japanese

  4. はいそれではいきましょう

    hai sore de wa ikimashou

    Okay, let's get started

  5. こんにちは

    konnichiwa

    Hello

  6. 1週間しゅうかんぶりかな?

    1 shuukanburi ka na?

    It's been a week, I guess?

  7. 1週間しゅうかんぶりだね

    1 shuukanburi da ne

    Yeah, it's been a week

  8. じゃあまずkentonさん自己じこ紹介しょうかいをお願ねがいします

    jaa mazu kenton san jiko shoukai o onegai shimasu

    So first, Kenton, please introduce yourself

  9. はい、僕ぼくはkentonと申もうします

    hai, boku wa kenton to moushimasu

    Yes, my name is Kenton

  10. 今いま24歳さいのアメリカ人にんで仕事しごとはプログラマーです

    ima 24 sai no amerikanin de shigoto wa puroguramaa desu

    I'm a 24 year old American and my job is programmer

  11. もちろん日本にほん語ごを勉強べんきょうしています

    mochiron nihon go o benkyou shite imasu

    Of course I'm studying Japanese

  12. まず僕ぼくとkentonさんがどこで出会であったかなんですけどitalkiという言葉ことばを勉強べんきょうするアプリがあります

    mazu boku to kenton san ga doko de deatta ka na n desu kedo italki to iu kotoba o benkyou suru apuri ga arimasu

    So about where Kenton and I met, there's an app for studying languages called italki

  13. そこでkentonさんが僕ぼくの日本にほん語ごのレッスンを予約よやくして、

    soko de kenton san ga boku no nihon go no ressun o yoyaku shite,

    Kenton booked my Japanese lesson there, and

  14. だいたい1週間しゅうかんに1回かいか2回かいくらい来きますね

    daitai 1 shuukan ni 1 kai ka 2 kai kurai kimasu ne

    he comes about once or twice a week

  15. kentonさんはどのくらい日本にほん語ごを勉強べんきょうしていますか?

    kenton san wa dono kurai nihon go o benkyou shite imasu ka?

    How long have you been studying Japanese, Kenton?

  16. 5年ねん前まえから勉強べんきょうして、3年間ねんかん勉強べんきょうしています

    5 nen mae kara benkyou shite, 3 nenkan benkyou shite imasu

    I started 5 years ago, and I've been studying for 3 years

  17. オンラインで勉強べんきょうするっていうのはどうですか?

    on rain de benkyou suru tte iu no wa dou desu ka?

    How is studying online?

  18. まぁオンラインはすごく便利べんりで対面たいめんで合あわなくてもいい

    maa on rain wa sugoku benri de taimen de awanakute mo ii

    Well, online is really convenient and you don't have to meet in person

  19. とにかく便利べんり

    tonikaku benri

    It's just convenient

  20. 僕ぼくは今いま日本にほんにいますけどkentonさんはアメリカにいますね

    boku wa ima nihon ni imasu kedo kenton san wa amerika ni imasu ne

    I'm in Japan now, but Kenton is in America

  21. 普通ふつうに、会あいましょうっていったらまあ大変たいへんですね

    futsuu ni, aimashou tte ittara maa taihen desu ne

    Normally, if we said let's meet, well, that would be tough

  22. 飛行ひこう機きに乗のらないといけないし

    hikou ki ni noranai to ikenai shi

    We'd have to take a plane

  23. そうだね

    sou da ne

    That's right

  24. 飛行ひこう機きに乗のらなくちゃでしょ

    hikou ki ni noranakucha desho

    You'd have to take a plane, right

  25. しかも今いまコロナの状況じょうきょうで行いけないから

    shikamo ima korona no joukyou de ikenai kara

    And with the corona situation now, we can't go

  26. 確たしかに確たしかに

    tashika ni tashika ni

    Exactly, exactly

  27. まあその中なかでもね、こうやってオンラインだけどいろんなことを話はなせるし、

    maa sono naka de mo ne, kou yatte on rain da kedo ironna koto o hanaseru shi,

    Well, even so, we can talk about all kinds of things like this online, and

  28. 僕ぼくも勉強べんきょうになるからね、アメリカのこと文化ぶんかとか色いろんなことを学まなべるからね

    boku mo benkyou ni naru kara ne, amerika no koto bunka to ka ironna koto o manaberu kara ne

    It's a learning experience for me too, I can learn about America, the culture, and all sorts of things

  29. お互たがいの勉強べんきょうでしょ?

    otagai no benkyou desho?

    It's studying for both of us, right?

  30. お互たがいにいいかなって思おもいます

    otagai ni ii ka na tte omoimasu

    I think it's good for both of us

  31. だいたい3年ねんくらい勉強べんきょうしているといいましたけど、

    daitai 3 nen kurai benkyou shite iru to iimashita kedo,

    You said you've been studying for about 3 years, but

  32. 日本にほん語ごを勉強べんきょうし始はじめたきっかけは何なんですか?

    nihon go o benkyou shi hajimeta kikkake wa nan desu ka?

    What made you start studying Japanese?

  33. それはアニメでした

    sore wa anime deshita

    That was anime

  34. アニメが好すきで字じ幕無まくなしで見みたかったです

    anime ga suki de ji makunashi de mitakatta desu

    I liked anime and I wanted to watch it without subtitles

  35. なるほどね

    naruhodo ne

    I see

  36. 好すきなアニメは何なんですか?

    suki na anime wa nan desu ka?

    What is your favorite anime?

  37. 好すきなアニメはいっぱいあるから1つだけ選えらぶのは難むずかしいと思おもう

    suki na anime wa ippai aru kara 1 tsu dake erabu no wa muzukashii to omou

    I have so many favorite anime, so I think it's hard to pick just one

  38. でも確たしかにマドカが好すきです

    de mo tashika ni madoka ga suki desu

    But I definitely like Madoka

  39. ちょっと変かわってる魔法まほう少女しょうじょのアニメですが、暗くらくなる

    chotto kawatteru mahou shoujo no anime desu ga, kuraku naru

    It's a bit of an unusual magical girl anime, and it gets dark

  40. 一人ひとり二人ふたりが死しぬ

    hitori futari ga shinu

    One or two people die

  41. それは普通ふつうの魔法まほう少女しょうじょの話はなしには絶対ぜったいにないでしょ?

    sore wa futsuu no mahou shoujo no hanashi ni wa zettai ni nai desho?

    That would never happen in a normal magical girl story, right?

  42. 死しぬことは

    shinu koto wa

    People dying, I mean.

  43. 日本にほん語ごを勉強べんきょうしていて何なんが一番いちばん難むずかしいと思おもいますか?

    nihon go o benkyou shite ite nan ga ichiban muzukashii to omoimasu ka?

    What do you think is the hardest part about studying Japanese?

  44. うーん僕ぼくには単語たんごを覚おぼえることは一番いちばん難むずかしいと思おもいます

    uun boku ni wa tango o oboeru koto wa ichiban muzukashii to omoimasu

    Hmm, for me I think memorizing vocabulary is the hardest.

  45. あーなるほど、単語たんごね

    aa naruhodo, tango ne

    Ah, I see, vocabulary.

  46. うん単語たんご確たしかに

    un tango tashika ni

    Yeah, vocabulary, for sure.

  47. まぁニュアンスがよく変かわるでしょ?

    maa nyuansu ga yoku kawaru desho?

    Well, the nuance changes a lot, right?

  48. あのなんか「単語たんごはこの意味いみがある」 と辞書じしょに書かいてある

    ano nan ka " tango wa kono imi ga aru " to jisho ni kaite aru

    Uh, like the dictionary says this word means this,

  49. ですがニュアンスはちょっと違ちがうなら全然ぜんぜん違ちがう意味いみが伝つたえるでしょ?

    desu ga nyuansu wa chotto chigau nara zenzen chigau imi ga tsutaeru desho?

    but if the nuance is a little different it conveys a totally different meaning, right?

  50. あー確たしかにね

    aa tashika ni ne

    Ah, that's true.

  51. 辞書じしょに英語えいごの単語たんごを入いれたら日本にほん語ごの単語たんごが出でてくる

    jisho ni eigo no tango o iretara nihon go no tango ga dete kuru

    If you put an English word in the dictionary, a Japanese word comes out.

  52. まあもちろん逆ぎゃくもそう

    maa mochiron gyaku mo sou

    Well, of course it's the same the other way around.

  53. 日本にほん語ごを入いれたら英語えいごの単語たんごが出でてくる

    nihon go o iretara eigo no tango ga dete kuru

    You put in Japanese and an English word comes out.

  54. 日本にほん語ごで材料ざいりょうって入いれたら英語えいごでingredientとmaterialって出でてきて、

    nihon go de zairyou tte iretara eigo de ingredient to material tte dete kite,

    I put in the Japanese word for ingredients and it gave me ingredient and material in English, and

  55. 僕ぼくは料理りょうりの時ときにmaterialって言いったら「はん?」って言いわれた

    boku wa ryouri no toki ni material tte ittara " han? " tte iwareta

    when I was cooking I said material and they were like, huh?

  56. ちょっと違ちがう (笑わらい)

    chotto chigau ( warai)

    That's a little off.

  57. そういうことかな?

    sou iu koto ka na?

    Is that what you mean?

  58. そう

    sou

    Yeah.

  59. 確たしかに

    tashika ni

    Exactly.

  60. 発音はつおんが難むずかしいと思おもう人ひとはいるけど僕ぼくはそんな人ひとじゃない

    hatsuon ga muzukashii to omou hito wa iru kedo boku wa sonna hito ja nai

    Some people think pronunciation is hard, but I'm not one of them.

  61. 単語たんごが一番いちばん難むずかしいと言いいましたけど、

    tango ga ichiban muzukashii to iimashita kedo,

    You said vocabulary is the hardest, but

  62. Kentonさんの好すきな日本にほん語ごの単語たんごやフレーズは何なんですか?

    Kenton san no suki na nihon go no tango ya fureezu wa nan desu ka?

    Kenton, what is your favorite Japanese word or phrase?

  63. そうだね、たぶん

    sou da ne, tabun

    Let's see, probably

  64. 「そうだね」のフレーズが好すき

    " sou da ne " no fureezu ga suki

    I like the phrase, that's right.

  65. とてもシンプルで色いろんな意味いみが伝つたえられる

    totemo shinpuru de ironna imi ga tsutaerareru

    It's really simple and can convey lots of meanings.

  66. その理由りゆうで好すき

    sono riyuu de suki

    That's why I like it.

  67. どんなシチュエーションでも使つかえるでしょ

    donna shichueeshon de mo tsukaeru desho

    You can use it in any situation, right?

  68. 確たしかに、そうだね

    tashika ni, sou da ne

    Definitely, that's right.

  69. そうだね

    sou da ne

    That's right.

  70. なんか相手あいての言いったことに対たいして「はい!」「わかるわかる!」って感かんじ

    nan ka aite no itta koto ni taishite " hai! " " wakaru wakaru! " tte kanji

    It's like saying yeah, or I know, I know, to what the other person said.

  71. じゃあこの後あとはkentonさんが日本にほんに来きた時ときの経験けいけんについて聞きかせてください

    jaa kono ato wa kenton san ga nihon ni kita toki no keiken ni tsuite kikasete kudasai

    So next, please tell me about your experience when you came to Japan, Kenton.

  72. kentonさんは今いままでに日本にほんに来きたことがありますか?

    kenton san wa ima made ni nihon ni kita koto ga arimasu ka?

    Kenton, have you ever been to Japan?

  73. はい1回かいしか行いってないけど

    hai 1 kai shika ittenai kedo

    Yes, I've only been once, but

  74. その時とき日本にほんで経験けいけんしたことの中なかで

    sono toki nihon de keiken shita koto no naka de

    Of the things you experienced in Japan that time,

  75. 一番いちばん良よかったことと、一番いちばん悪わるかったことをもしあれば教おしえてください

    ichiban yokatta koto to, ichiban warukatta koto o moshi areba oshiete kudasai

    please tell me the best thing and the worst thing, if there was one.

  76. はい、そうだね

    hai, sou da ne

    Yes, let's see.

  77. 一番いちばん良よい事ことは凄すごく伝統でんとう的てきな旅館りょかんで懐石かいせき料理りょうりを食たべたこと

    ichiban yoi koto wa sugoku dentouteki na ryokan de kaiseki ryouri o tabeta koto

    The best thing was eating a traditional multi-course meal at a really traditional Japanese inn.

  78. 凄すごく美味おいしかった

    sugoku oishikatta

    It was really delicious.

  79. 泣なくほど美味おいしかったですよ

    naku hodo oishikatta desu yo

    It was so delicious I could cry.

  80. で、実じつはその料理りょうり人にんにちゃんとそれを言いうことができた

    de, jitsu wa sono ryourinin ni chanto sore o iu koto ga dekita

    And actually, I was able to tell that properly to the chef.

  81. それも嬉うれしかった

    sore mo ureshikatta

    That made me happy too

  82. 一番いちばん悪わるかったことはちょっと残念ざんねんなことですが

    ichiban warukatta koto wa chotto zannen na koto desu ga

    The worst thing was a bit disappointing, but

  83. バーに行いきたかった

    baa ni ikitakatta

    I wanted to go to a bar

  84. で入はいったときは少すくないけど人ひとがいて、ちょっと席せきを探さがして

    de haitta toki wa sukunai kedo hito ga ite, chotto seki o sagashite

    And when I went in, there were a few people there, and I was looking for a seat

  85. 突然とつぜん「we close we close!!」が聞きこえた

    totsuzen " we close we close!! " ga kikoeta

    Then suddenly I heard, we close we close!!

  86. 「人ひといるじゃん!」と言いって、「いやいやwe close we close go go go!!」と言いわれた

    " hito iru jan! " to itte, " iyaiya we close we close go go go!! " to iwareta

    I was like, but there are people here! And they were like, no no we close we close go go go!!

  87. たぶん開ひらいていたと思おもう。 外そとにとにかく出でた。

    tabun hiraite ita to omou. soto ni tonikaku deta.

    I think it was probably still open. Anyway I went outside.

  88. でも 外そとから窓まどがあったから中なかが見みえた

    de mo soto kara mado ga atta kara naka ga mieta

    But there was a window from outside, so I could see inside

  89. 「we close we close」と言いった人ひとはテーブルに戻もどってみんなが拍手はくしゅして

    " we close we close " to itta hito wa teeburu ni modotte minna ga hakushu shite

    The person who said we close we close went back to a table and everyone clapped

  90. 「えっ⁈」と思おもった

    " e ⁈ " to omotta

    I was like, huh?!

  91. でもたぶん開ひらいていた

    de mo tabun hiraite ita

    But it was probably open

  92. せっかくアメリカから日本にほんに遊あそびに来きたのに

    sekkaku amerika kara nihon ni asobi ni kita no ni

    Even though they came all the way from America to visit Japan

  93. そういう経験けいけんがあるっていうのは良よくないですね

    sou iu keiken ga aru tte iu no wa yoku nai desu ne

    Having that kind of experience is not good, you know

  94. 僕ぼくはアメリカに行いったことがないので詳くわしくはわからないんですけど

    boku wa amerika ni itta koto ga nai no de kuwashiku wa wakaranai n desu kedo

    I've never been to America so I don't know in detail, but

  95. でもちょっと知しりたくて。 日本にほん食しょくについて

    de mo chotto shiritakute. nihon shoku ni tsuite

    I want to ask a little. About Japanese food

  96. 最近さいきんアメリカで流行はやっている日本にほん食しょくは何なんですか?

    saikin amerika de hayatte iru nihon shoku wa nan desu ka?

    What Japanese food is popular in America lately?

  97. 昔むかしから寿司すしは流行はやっている

    mukashi kara sushi wa hayatte iru

    Sushi has been popular for a long time

  98. でも最近さいきんはラーメンだと思おもう

    de mo saikin wa raamen da to omou

    But I think lately it's ramen

  99. たぶんNarutoのアニメのおかげで人気にんきになった

    tabun Naruto no anime no okage de ninki ni natta

    Probably it got popular thanks to the Naruto anime

  100. どんなラーメンが人気にんきですか?

    donna raamen ga ninki desu ka?

    What kind of ramen is popular?

  101. 醤油しょうゆ、塩しお、とんこつも確たしかに人気にんき

    shouyu, shio, tonkotsu mo tashika ni ninki

    Soy sauce, salt, and pork broth are definitely popular

  102. 3つの種類しゅるい以外いがいは無ないかな

    3 tsu no shurui igai wa nai ka na

    I don't think there's anything besides those three kinds

  103. 基本きほん的てきにはアメリカでは

    kihonteki ni wa amerika de wa

    Basically, in America

  104. 今日きょうはkentonさんと一緒いっしょに日本にほんのこと、

    kyou wa kenton san to issho ni nihon no koto,

    Today with Kenton, about Japan,

  105. Kentonさんが日本にほんに来きた時ときの経験けいけんとか日本にほん語ごとか日本にほん食しょくについて話はなしました

    Kenton san ga nihon ni kita toki no keiken to ka nihon go to ka nihon shoku ni tsuite hanashimashita

    We talked about Kenton's experiences when he came to Japan, and Japanese, and Japanese food

  106. もし皆みなさんが日本にほんに来きたことがあれば皆みなさんの経験けいけんもぜひコメント欄らんで教おしえてください!!

    moshi minasan ga nihon ni kita koto ga areba minasan no keiken mo zehi komento ran de oshiete kudasai!!

    If you've ever been to Japan, please share your experiences in the comments too!!

  107. じゃあ今日きょうはKentonさんありがとうございました!

    jaa kyou wa Kenton san arigatou gozaimashita!

    Well then, Kenton, thank you for today!

  108. またね

    mata ne

    See you

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