Reviewing Words with Cards | Learn Japanese in English

Japanese lesson set in a contemporary Tokyo everyday setting: In a language classroom, two adults use word cards and example sentences to review words they need to remember..

EN → JA / Level: A1

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Use Reviewing Words with Cards to practice Japanese conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.

Dialogue

A

この単語を復習したいです。

KOH-noh tahn-GOH oh foo-koo-SHOO shee-TAH-ee dess. I want to review these words.
B

この単語カードを使いましょう。

KOH-noh tahn-GOH KAH-doh oh tsoo-KAH-ee mah-SHOH. Let's use these word cards.
A

これは覚えていません。

KOH-reh-wah oh-boh-EH-teh ee-MAH-sen. I can't remember this one.
B

例文を見てください。

ray-BUN oh MEE-teh koo-DAH-sai. Look at the example sentence.
A

その文で覚えられます。

SOH-noh BOON deh oh-boh-eh-RAH-reh-mahss. The sentence helps me remember it.
B

別のカードを使って、まず例文を見てください。

BET-soo noh KAH-doh oh tsoo-KAHT-teh, mah-ZOO ray-BUN oh MEE-teh koo-DAH-sai. Try another card and check the example first.
A

今、次のカードを使ってみます。

ee-MAH, TSOO-gee noh KAH-doh oh tsoo-KAHT-teh mee-MAHSS. I will try the next card now.
B

まず文を読んで、それから単語を言ってください。

mah-ZOO BOON oh YOHN-deh, soh-reh-kah-RAH tahn-GOH oh EE-teh koo-DAH-sai. Read the sentence first, then say the word.

Word by Word

この この means “this” and points to a noun that follows it, as in この単語 and この単語カード. Use この + a noun when referring to something nearby or already identified.
単語 単語 means “word” or “vocabulary word” here, in この単語. It also appears in the compound 単語カード, meaning a word card.
を を marks the thing affected by the action, as in 単語を復習する in the meaning of “review the words.” A common pattern is nounを followed by an action.
復習 復習 means “review” in 復習したいです, referring to studying words again. It is used before したい to express wanting to review something.
したい したい expresses “want to do” in 復習したいです, so the speaker wants to review the words. It follows 復習 here to form the expression “want to review.”
です です makes 復習したいです a polite statement. It is used at the end of this sentence when the speaker politely says what they want to do.
カード カード means “card” in 単語カード, 別のカード, and 次のカード. It refers to the learning cards used in this classroom conversation.
使いましょう 使いましょう means “let’s use” in この単語カードを使いましょう. It invites the other person to use the cards together.
これ これ means “this one” in これは覚えていません and points to the item being considered. It is commonly followed by は when that item is made the topic.
は は marks これ as the topic in これは覚えていません. The sentence is about this particular item.
覚えて 覚えて contributes the meaning “remember” in 覚えていません, which says that the speaker does not remember this item. It connects with いません to form the negative expression 覚えていません.
いません いません makes 覚えていません express that the speaker does not remember the item. In this dialogue, it completes the negative expression after 覚えて.
例文 例文 means “example sentence” in 例文を見てください. It is the sentence the learner is asked to look at for help with remembering a word.
見て 見て means “look at” in 例文を見てください. Together with ください, it politely asks someone to look at the example sentence.
ください ください makes 見てください a polite request meaning “please look at it.” It follows the action form 見て when asking another person to do something.
その その means “that” in その文 and identifies the sentence already being discussed. Use その + a noun when referring to a specific thing in the conversation.
文 文 means “sentence” in その文 and in 文を読んで. Here it refers to the example sentence that helps the learner remember the word.
で で shows the means used in その文で覚えられます, meaning that the sentence helps the learner remember it. A common pattern is a noun followed by で and an action.
覚えられます 覚えられます means “can remember” in その文で覚えられます. The sentence is presented as the means that makes remembering possible.
別 別 means “another” or “different” in 別のカード. It identifies a card that is not the one currently being used.
の の links 別 to カード in 別のカード, making the meaning “another card” or “a different card.” The pattern 別の + noun is used to identify a different item.
使って 使って means “use and then” in 別のカードを使って、まず例文を見てください. Its connecting form links using another card with the following instruction.
まず まず means “first” in まず例文を見てください and まず文を読んで. It signals the action that should happen before the next action.
今 今 means “now” in 今、次のカードを使ってみます. It places the speaker’s action at the present moment.
次 次 means “next” in 次のカード, identifying the card that comes after the current one. It is used before のカード to specify which card the speaker will try.
みます みます contributes the meaning “try” in 使ってみます, so the speaker will try using the next card. The pattern 使ってみます is used when someone says they will try an action.
読んで 読んで means “read and then” in 文を読んで、それから単語を言ってください. It connects reading the sentence with the following action of saying the word.
それから それから means “then” or “after that” in 読んで、それから単語を言ってください. Within this expression, それ refers to the preceding action or point, and から adds the sense of moving on from it; together they mark the next step in the sequence.
言って 言って means “say” in 単語を言ってください. Together with ください, it politely asks the learner to say the word after reading the sentence.

Grammar Points

〜てください

これを見てください。

KOH-reh oh MEE-teh koo-DAH-sai.

Please look at this.

Attach てください to a verb in the て-form to make a polite request.

〜ましょう

このカードを使いましょう。

KOH-noh KAH-doh oh tsoo-KAH-ee mah-SHOH.

Let's use this card.

Attach ましょう to a verb stem to suggest doing something together: “let's …”.

Japanese Vocabulary

カード noun
KAH-doh card
この det
KOH-noh this

この単語

これ pron
KOH-reh this one
まず adv
mah-ZOO first
覚える verb
oh-boh-EH-roo remember 覚えていません
見る verb
MEE-roo look at; see 見てください
使う verb
tsoo-KAH-oo use 使いましょう
単語 noun
tahn-GOH word
復習 noun
foo-koo-SHOO review
文 noun
BOON sentence
別の det
BET-soo noh another; different
例文 noun
ray-BUN example sentence

Quiz

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

remember

Show Answer覚えていません

look at; see

Show Answer見てください

use

Show Answer使いましょう

another; different

Show Answer別の