Exercise 5: Compliments/Responses to Compliments

 

 

Sample Dialogue 4

 

お客さん:お嬢さん、ほんとにかわいくて勉強もお出来になって、本当に言うことなしじゃないですか。  Ojousan, hontoni kawaikute benkyoumo odekininatte, hontouni iukoto nashija naidesuka.  ‘Your daughter is so cute and intelligent.  You really have no complaints.’

 

ホスト:いやいや、まだ子供なんですよ。  Iyaiya, mada kodomo nandesuyo.  ‘Oh, no, she is still pretty childish.’