Culture and slang · Lesson 20

Review: a day of greetings, tact, slang and customs

すみません、土曜日どようびはちょっと……。

A day with Lin Mei: train, school gate, canteen, café job, dinner with a Kansai friend. Forms of address, backchannelling, soft refusals, slang, customs.

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In this lesson

  1. 01Main dialogue: the school gate in the morning
  2. 02Lunchtime: in the student canteen
  3. 03Afternoon: at the café
  4. 04Evening: dinner with a friend, and the last train
  5. 05Days of the year
  6. 06Who you’re talking to: two ways to say the same thing

Practice

  • Match each expression to its situation
  • What would you say?
  • Which one is appropriate?
  • True or false?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Put the dialogue in order

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