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 Important:

• Try and figure out what each of the words in Japanese mean.
  
• This will serve to help fix them in your memory and so learn to speak Japanese fast.

 Let's now go on to step 2.

• Just do the above three times, from beginning to the end of the fourth romaji dialogue. It starts from 5A.
  
• Remember, you are only reading it at this point.
  

 Step 3.

• Look at the first Japanese phrase and then, read it in to yourself.
• Say it, or think it, without looking at the sentence.
  

You could look at the ceiling, or if you are doing it with a partner, look at your partner and say it.                

 Step 4

• Do the above three times               
      

 Step 5.

• Go to the next of the Japanese phrases and repeat Steps 3 and 4 on it.
                  

 Step 6.

• Continue doing this to the end of the conversation.
  
  

Now let's change some of the words in the dialogue

 I will write the full conversation for the fourth romaji dialogue, in the English section, including the substitute Japanese words.

 I will also write each of these substitute words, in romaji, in the dialogue in romaji space to the right.

 This will help with Japanese pronunciation.

         Step 10. Read the below fourth romaji dialogue, without looking at the Japanese translation.

                          1. Look at the first English sentence and then say the Japanese phrase,

                              using the  substitute word(s).

                          2. Look at the next English sentence and then say that sentence in Japanese.                  

                          3. Continue like this until the end of the dialogue.   

                          4. Look at the above Japanese dialogue in Romaji, to check if you got it right.

Let's change some more of the Japanese phrases

         Step 10A. Read the below fourth dialogue, without looking at the Japanese translation.

                          1. Look at the first English sentence and then say the sentence in Japanese.

                          2. Look at the next English sentence and then say that sentence in Japanese.   

                          3. Continue like this until the end of the dialogue.  

                          4. Look at the Japanese dialogue in Romaji, to check if you got it right.

Let's do it one more time

         Step 10B. Read the below fourth dialogue in Romaji, without looking at the Japanese translation.

                          1. Look at the first English sentence and then say the sentence in Japanese.

                          2. Look at the next English sentence and then say that sentence in Japanese.                  

                          3. Continue like this until the end of the dialogue.  

                          4. Look at the Japanese dialogue in Romaji, to check if you got it right.

Tip!

 If you don't know what a word means, you can always ask the native speaker you are having a conversation with. Most Japanese that you will talk to have had many years of schooling in English and actually do know many words. They are quite good at translating Japanese to English, but in my experience don't feel comfortable speaking English and will feel quite flattered and relieved that you have taken the time and trouble to speak to them in their own language. As a rule, they are very polite and friendly people.

The way to do this is:

• What does inu mean in English?                     Inu wa eigo de nan to iimasu ka?
• It means dog.                                                 "Dog" desu.
  
• How do you say "dog" in Japanese?                Dog wa nihongo de nan to iimasuka?
• It is, "inu."                                                        Inu to iimasu.
  

Japanese Language Learning  Point!

As I said before, the Japanese use an awful lot of English words in their day to day conversation. The way they pronounce them is different to what you would expect. There are no hard and fast rules. Just remember what I said about pronouncing every possible syllable and don't swallow letters, especially at the end of words, as we do in English.

Remember the Beatles! It's not " Good Morning," it's "Gooduh Morningu."  

Another Tip!

When talking to Japanese people using the dialogues, don't worry about understanding everything they say. Just get the gist of it. In the answering of these questions they could use many Japanese words and expressions that you don't know.

You will get better as you increase your Japanese vocabulary and ability.

Later on, as your knowledge of Japanese improves, start carrying a little electronic dictionary around with you and with a liberal use of the repeat and "how do you say" questions, you will be amazed how well you will be able to communicate in Japanese.

How to speak Japanese well? Just do it! Keep trying! Don't give up!

Now you have finished the fourth romaji dialogue

 If you feel confident on this fourth dialogue, then advance to the next page. On this page we will practice putting the dialogue into the various persons, like he, she, we and they.

 Try to get as many opportunities as you can of practising these conversations on a real Japanese native  speakers. If not, then find any other non-native student of Japanese and practice with them.

At any rate, on a regular basis come back to this last page and practice Step 10.

Extra practice on the sentence patterns used in this dialogue.

After mastering the next page would be the time to learn hiragana.

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