Theme - Translate the following sentences into Japanese :
This capybara drinks Monica’s soy milk.
このカピバラはモニカの豆乳を飲む。
How many shoes are there in front of the entrance to the game club ?
ゲーム部の入り口の前に靴は何足あるか。
Giacomo and Jacopo work in a pear plantation every weekend.
ジャコモとヤコポは毎週末、梨農園で働く。
Inaya and Marika’s two hobbies are tennis and badminton.
イナヤとマリカの二つの趣味はテニスとバドミントンだ。
Hello both of you. Will you be going to the tennis club next Sunday ?
お早う二人とも。 来週の日曜日はテニス部に行くか。
A tanuki and a capybara fight two cats in the house.
タヌキとカピバラは家の中で二匹の猫と戦う。
There are two oranges and two apples in Blaze’s schoolbag.
ブレイズのランドセルにはオレンジが2つとリンゴが2つある。
Across Europe too, witches deliver birthday cakes and gifts.
ヨーロッパ全土でも、魔女が誕生日ケーキやプレゼントを届く。
Gloria and Julian will go to Norway in January next year.
グロリアとジュリアンは来年1月にノルウェーに行く。
Miss Fielding, are there still kart races in Tokyo ?
フィールディングさん、東京ではまだカートレースがあるか。
What is the legend of the castle of Carrouges ? (polite)
カルージュ城の伝説は何ですか。
Version - Translate the following sentences into English :
おい、辰巳。 秋葉原にクレープ屋がある。 静音ちゃんと源太君と一緒にそこに行く。 辰巳もどう？
Hey, Tatsumi. There’s a pancake shop in Akihabara. I’ll go there with Shizune and Genta. Do you want to come ?
高校には柔道部、空手部、合気道部などがある。
In our high school, we have a judo club, a karate club and an aikido club among others.
でも慎吾のランドセルはまたどこにあるの？
まだ旅館の一室にいる。
But where is Shingo’s schoolbag again ?
It’s still in a room at the ryokan.
雨季の季節でも、愛郎は毎日午後遅くに犬と外で遊ぶ。 それでも、妹の千鶴は自分の部屋で友達と遊ぶ。
Even during the rainy season, Airou plays outside with her dog every late afternoon. However, her little sister Chizuru plays with her friends in her own room.
三葉君と若葉君はどちらも高校の料理部の一員だ。 僕は涼だ。 音楽部から。 小学校からこの二人の姉妹を知る。
Mitsuha and Wakaba are both in their high school’s cooking club. I’m Ryou. In the music club. I’ve known these two sisters since elementary school.
放課後、愛坂千太郎は本屋で本を買う。 その後、途中でクレープを食べる。
After school, Sentarou Aisaka will buy books at the bookstore. After that, he will eat a crepe on the way.
次の日本旅行では、私と家族は四国の旅館で一週間過ごす。
私、静岡の旅館に泊る。 そこに二週間過ごす。
On our next trip to Japan, my family and I will spend a week in a ryokan in the Shikoku region.
I will stay in a ryokan in Shizuoka. I will stay there for two weeks.
プラモデル部には四人のメンバーしかいませんか。
いいえ、星野先生。 五人目のメンバーがいます。
ああ、本当に? 誰ですか。
川島亜美。
There are only four members in the model club ?
No, Professor Hoshino. There is a fifth member.
Oh really ? Who is it ?
Ami Kawashima.
お早う光正君、元気か? 私は赤木さんと山口さんと一緒にプールにいるが、そこには誰もいない。
Hello Mitsumasa, how are you ? I’m at the pool with Akagi and Yamaguchi but there’s no one there.
飛夫君とアトム君はロボティクス部のメンバーだね。
Tobio and Atomu are members of the robotics club, right ?
黒沼森子は天草市に空手クラブの主将だ。
生徒は秋山森夏と天利野森冬の二人だけ。
Moriko Kuronuma is the captain of a karate club in the city of Amakusa.
Shinka Akiyama and Shintou Amarino are her only two students. (*)
バドミントン . the badminton
ランドセル . the backpack (for schoolchildren), the schoolbag (from the Dutch "ransel")
(*) If you pay close attention to the last sentence, knowing that in Japanese we always place the family name before the first name, we can guess that 森夏 and 森冬 are first names. However, if they are first names, they cannot be pronounced in purely Japanese "もりなつ" and "もりふゆ". These pronunciations will rather be for family names. On the other hand, the Sino-Japanese pronunciations work: "シンカ" and "シントウ".
Keep in mind that 99% of family names are purely Japanese while 45-50% of first names are Sino-Japanese. For the rest, it’s all a matter of "feeling". The two first names I chose are far from common, they are even very rare. Simply, it’s about making you think a little bit.
Exercise 1