Unit 06

Asking for Directions to Osaka

å¤§é˜Ŗćøć®č”Œćę–¹ć‚’čžć
Asking for Directions to Osaka

Lesson

ć©ć”ć‚‰ćøč”Œćć¾ć™ć‹ [dochira e ikimasu ka]
Which way do I go?

  • 恩恔悉 [dochira] means "Which direction"
  • へ [e] in this case means "toward"
  • Literally means "Which way, I go?"

äø‹ćøč”Œćć¾ć™ [shita e ikimasu]
You'll go down.

  • 下へ [shita e] means "downward"
  • Literally means "downward, you'll go"

å·¦ćøč”Œćć¾ć™ [hidari e ikimasu]
You'll go to the left.

  • 左へ [hidari e] means "toward the left"
  • Literally means "toward the left, you'll go"

Conversation

  • A: ć©ć”ć‚‰ćøč”Œćć¾ć™ć‹
    Which way are we going?
  • B: å·¦ćøč”Œćć¾ć™ [hidari e ikimasu]
    We are going toward the left.
  • A: ć©ć”ć‚‰ćøč”Œćć¾ć™ć‹
    Which way are we going?
  • B: å³ćøč”Œćć¾ć™ [migi e ikimasu]
    We are going toward the right.
  • A: 恂态恝恆恧恙恭
    Oh, I see.

Vocabulary

Japanese English
上 [ue] up
äø‹ [shita] down
å·¦ [hidari] left
右 [migi] right
前 [mae] front
å¾Œć‚ [ushiro] back
外 [soto] outside
äø­ [naka] inside