Conversations · Lesson 18

Small talk: weather, weekends, hobbies, keeping it going

週末しゅうまつはどうでしたか。

Open with the weather, ask about weekends, hobbies and food, respond with 「そうですね」, 「へえ」 and 「そうなんですか」, and ask a follow-up.

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In this lesson

  1. 01Main dialogue: Monday morning in the office kitchen
  2. 02Opening: the weather and the season
  3. 03Aizuchi: make sounds while you listen
  4. 04Keeping it going: ask a question, add a comment
  5. 05Small talk habits: what to talk about, how to wrap up

Practice

  • Match each response to its meaning
  • How would you reply?
  • Which sentence says what you want?
  • Match each phrase to its situation
  • Choose the word for each blank
  • Change to a polite way of speaking to a colleague
  • Put the dialogue in order

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