LinguaThe places a day is made of
A dozen nouns cover almost everywhere you go in a Japanese town: えき, ぎんこう, ゆうびんきょく, としょかん, こうえん, びょういん, やっきょく, きっさてん, and the two that are borrowed and therefore written in katakana, コンビニ and スーパー. Every one of them fits straight into the frames you already have: 〜はどこですか, 〜はここです, あそこが〜です.
| Place | What it is for | Script |
|---|---|---|
| ぎんこう | money | native |
| ゆうびんきょく | letters and parcels | native |
| としょかん | borrowing books | native |
| やっきょく | medicine | native |
| コンビニ | everything, at any hour | borrowed |
Which floor: 〜かい
Floors are counted with かい, and three numbers change the sound when they meet it: いっかい for one, さんがい for three, ろっかい for six. The question is なんがい – not なんかい, which would ask how many times. In a Japanese building the ground floor is counted as the first, so いっかい is street level.
ぎんこうはさんがいですThe bank is on the third floor.
えきのちかくのきっさてんthe coffee shop near the station
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| えき | station | えきはあそこです The station is over there. |
| ぎんこう | bank | ぎんこうはさんがいです The bank is on the third floor. |
| ゆうびんきょく | post office | ゆうびんきょくはえきのちかくです The post office is near the station. |
| としょかん | library | としょかんはよんかいです The library is on the fourth floor. |
| コンビニ | convenience store | がっこうのまえのコンビニ the convenience store in front of the school |
| こうえん | park | おおきいこうえん a big park |
| きっさてん | coffee shop | えきのちかくのきっさてん the coffee shop near the station |
| やっきょく | pharmacy | やっきょくはいっかいです The pharmacy is on the ground floor. |
| かい | floor, storey | なんがいですか Which floor is it? |
| ちかてつ | underground railway | ちかてつのえき an underground station |
Exercises
This lesson has 10 exercises in the app:
- multiple choice: 3
- match the pairs: 1
- fill the gap: 2
- build the sentence: 2
- translate the sentence: 1
- listen and type: 1
Try the first one
You need stamps and it is two in the morning. Where do you go?
The answer, the other exercises, the audio and your progress are in the app – free at A0 and A1.