[✐1. Adagio] Ask back with interrogative words

“When and where?”

[00:07]

Hello everyone. Let’s keep up the good work today! We practice how to ask back briefly.

[00:13]

Repeat after me

1. When?

2. What time?

3. Where?

4. With who?

5. What day of the week?

6. What month?

7. What date / what day of the month?

8. Why?

[01:03]

You didn’t really get what your friend just said. Ask again briefly with ♫ the interrogative words.

For example,

♫ when

I will go to Japan next year.

→ [you say] Pardon/Sorry, when?

Ready?

[01:22]

1. ♫when

I’ll go to a university in Japan.

→ Pardon, when?

1. ♫what time

My friend comes at 7 O’clock.

→Sorry, what time?

1. ♫where

There is a book store in front of the station.

→ Pardon, where?

1. ♫with who

I went to the concert with Caroline san.

→ Sorry, with who?

1. ♫what day

I have a Japanese class every Tuesday.

→ Pardon, what day?

1. ♫what month

Japanese schools start at April.

→ Sorry, what month?

1. ♫who

George san will come tomorrow.

→ Pardon, who?

[02:40]

1. ♫what

I ate Sukiyaki yesterday.

→ Sorry, what?

1. ♫who and who

Honda san and Suzuki san got married.

→ Pardon, who and who?

1. ♫what colour

My car is yellow.

→ Sorry, what colour?

1. ♫ 2 o’clock tomorrow

The parcel will come at 2 o’clock tomorrow.

→ Pardon, what time tomorrow?

(nimotsu = parcel, package, baggage)

1. ♫who’s mother

That person is a mother of Sam san.

→ Sorry, who’s mother?

1. ♫map of where

This is a map of Kuala Lumpur.

→ Pardon, map of where?

(chizu = map)

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「いつ、どこで？」

[00:07]

みなさん、こんにちは。きょうも はりきっていきましょう！かんたんに ききかえす れんしゅうをします。

[00:13]

Repeat after me

1. いつ？

2. なんじ？

3. どこで？

4. だれと？

5. なんようび？

6. なんがつ？

7. なんにち？

8. どうして？

[01:03]

You didn’t really get what your friend just said. Ask again briefly with ♫ the interrogative words.

[01:11]

たとえば、

♫ いつ

らいねん、にほんへ いきます。

→ [you say]え、いつ？

いいですか。

[01:22]

1. ♫いつ

らいねん、にほんのだいがくに いきます。

→ え、いつ？

1. ♫なんじ

７じにともだちがきます。

→ え、なんじ？

1. ♫どこに

えきまえに ほんやがあります。

→ え、どこに？

1. ♫だれと

キャロラインさんと コンサートにいきました。

→ え、だれと？

1. ♫なんようび

まいしゅうかようび、にほんごのじゅぎょうが あります。

→ え、なんようび？

1. ♫なんがつ

にほんのがっこうは 4がつに はじまります。

→ え、なんがつ？

1. ♫だれが

あした、ジョージさんが きます。

→ え、だれが？

[02:40]

1. ♫なにを

きのう、すきやきを たべました。

→ え、なにを？

1. ♫だれとだれが

ほんださんとすずきさんがけっこんしました。

→ だれとだれが？

1. ♫なにいろ

わたしのくるまはきいろです。

→ え、なにいろ？

1. ♫あしたのなんじ

あしたの２じに、にもつがきます。

→ え、あしたのなんじ？

(にもつ = parcel, package, baggage)

1. ♫だれのおかあさん

あのひとは、サムさんのおかあさんです。

→え、だれのおかあさん？

1. ♫どこのちず

これは クアランプールの ちずです。

→え、どこのちず？

(ちず = map)

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