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A SELF-STUDY COURSE FOR LEARNING
EVERYDAY SPOKEN JAPANESE
Taeko Kamiya
TUTTLE Publishing
Tokyo | Rutland, Vermont | Singapore
Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
Copyright © 2010 by Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
Cover photo © 2008 John Cowie, Istockphoto
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ISBN: 978-1-4629-1149-3 (ebook)
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Contents
LESSON 1: How Do You Do?
LESSON 2: What Is That?
LESSON 3: Where Is the Bank?
LESSON 4: What Time Is the Next Hikari?
LESSON 5: How Many Hours Is It?
LESSON 6: What Is the Date?
LESSON 7: What Day of the Week Is Today?
LESSON 8: When Is Your Trip?
LESSON 9: Is There a Restaurant?
LESSON 10: How Many Tables Are There?
LESSON 11: How Many Persons Are There?
LESSON 12: Review Exercises
LESSON 13: Where Are You Going?
LESSON 14: How Much Is This Vase?
LESSON 15: What Did You Do Yesterday?
LESSON 16: Can You Cook Sukiyaki?
LESSON 17: Do You Like to Travel?
LESSON 18: Where Do You Want to Go?
LESSON 19: Which Button Is It?
LESSON 20: Shall We Go Together?
LESSON 21: May I Sit Here?
LESSON 22: Review Exercises
Appendix 1: Verb
