20 min

language learning center · A1 · Lesson 8

Make a simple plan

Practice this topic in Japanese: Make a simple plan.

Understand and learn

Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.

ゆき

コーヒーを飲みませんか。

Would you like to have a coffee?

健太

明日行けます。

We can go tomorrow.

ゆき

博物館の前で会いましょう。

Let us meet in front of the museum.

健太

五時で大丈夫です。

Five o’clock works for me.

Notice, try, and speak

Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.

Useful words and phrases

These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.

Learn these items
  • コーヒーを飲みませんか。

    Would you like to have a coffee?

    コーヒーを飲みませんか。

  • 明日行けます。

    We can go tomorrow.

    明日行けます。

  • 博物館の前で会いましょう。

    Let us meet in front of the museum.

    博物館の前で会いましょう。

  • 五時で大丈夫です。

    Five o’clock works for me.

    五時で大丈夫です。

  • では、またそこで会いましょう。

    See you there.

    では、またそこで会いましょう。

Notice, try, and speak

Which Japanese sentence has this meaning: “Would you like to have a coffee?”

Which Japanese sentence has this meaning: “Would you like to have a coffee?”

Make it yours

Say the five Japanese turns aloud, then connect two of them naturally.

Change one detail so the message is true for your own life or opinion.

Use it with someone

Use this Japanese in a real conversation

  1. 1. コーヒーを飲みませんか。
  2. 2. 明日行けます。
  3. 3. 博物館の前で会いましょう。
  4. 4. 五時で大丈夫です。
  5. 5. では、またそこで会いましょう。
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