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Chapter 07 / Ask for help & talk about now

A helping hand.

Ask for help, and say what is happening now.
ASK FOR HELP & TALK ABOUT NOW✦CHAPTER 07 · 11 EPISODES

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Ask for help & talk about now.

Each episode takes about 5–10 minutes.

みる01
EPISODE 01

The dictionary form

Know a verb’s dictionary form, and say your hobby with a dictionary form + ことです。

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みて ください02
EPISODE 02

Please have a look

Make the て form of verbs like たべます, します and きます, and ask or offer with … て ください。

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まって ください03
EPISODE 03

Please wait

Make the て form ending in って for some Group 1 verbs, and use it to ask with … て ください。

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よんで ください04
EPISODE 04

Please read it

Make the て form of more Group 1 verbs — んで, いて and して — and recommend with … て ください。

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ゆっくり05
EPISODE 05

Please speak slowly

Say you don’t understand, and ask someone to speak slowly or say it once more.

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して います06
EPISODE 06

What are you doing now?

Say what you are doing right now with … て います, and ask いま なにを して いますか。

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ねて いません07
EPISODE 07

Not now

Say what someone is not doing now with … て いません, and answer … て いますか with はい or いいえ.

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たべても08
EPISODE 08

May I?

Ask permission with … ても いいですか, and know the answers はい、どうぞ and すみません、それは ちょっと….

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のんでは09
EPISODE 09

Not here

Tell someone a rule for a place with … ては いけません, and say where it is fine with … ても いいです.

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たべてから10
EPISODE 10

After that

Say two things in order with … てから、….

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もう いちど11
CHAPTER REVIEW

Chapter 7 review

Study with a friend — say what you are doing, ask for help, ask permission, and plan what to do after — in one conversation.

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