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4. Kikimashō ka.
5. Benkyō-shimashō ka.
* Repeat this drill replacing kudasai with kudasaimasen ka or itadakemasen ka.

PATTERN PRACTICE 6

Cue: Koko de orite kudasai. Please get off here.

Response: Wakarimashita. Koko de Okay. I’ll get off here.
orimashō.
Cue: Chotto isoide kudasai. Please hurry a bit.

Response: Wakarimashita. Chotto Okay. I’ll hurry a bit.
isogimashō.

Repeat this drill with the following information:
1. Tōkyō-eki made itte kudasai.

2. Takushi’i ni notte kudasai.
3. Ryūgakusei ni atte kudasai.
4. Jup-pun gurai yasunde kudasai.
5. Senpai ni mēru-shite kudasai.

EXERCISE 5

Say It in Japanese
In a taxi, ask the driver to do the following.
1. Please go to Ginza.

2. Please hurry because I have a bus tour at 10:30.
3. Please slow down (go slower) because it’s dangerous.
4. Please turn left at the traffic light and stop there.
5. Please let me pay with a card because I don’t have cash.

EXERCISE 6

Role Play
1. Suggest that you and a co-worker take a taxi to the station.
2. You wrote something in Japanese. Ask the following people to take a look at

it.
1) a boss;
2) a friend
3. You are running late. Suggest to a co-worker that you