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Words Family

	和室				部屋				洋室
Japanese style room				room				Western style room

	アパート
apartment

	引っ越し（ます）			家賃			借ります
house-moving (to move)			a rent (of house, room)			to borrow, rent

Quiz

Examples

この部屋の家賃は月１２万円です。

The rent of this room is 120,000en per month.

	私のアパートには部屋が２つあります。
	一つは和室。もう一つは洋室です。

There are two rooms at my apartment.

One is a Japanese style room. Another is a Western style room.

旅館で和室に泊まりました。

I stayed at a Japanese style room in Japanese hotel.

	和室の床は畳です。
	寝る時は畳の上に布団を敷きます。

The floor of Japanese style room is Tatami mat.

When we sleep, we put Futon on the Tatami mats.

	今のアパートは狭くて、家賃が高いから、
	引っ越そうと思っています

Since the room is small and the the rent is height,

I'm planning to move out of the current apartment.

グレッグさんは友達と共同でアパートを借りています。

Greg-san is renting an apartment (room) with his friend.

週末引っ越しをするので、友達に車を借りるつもりです。

Because I'm moving this weekend, I plan to borrow a car from my friend.

お財布を忘れたので、友達にお金を借りました。

Because I forgot to bring my wallet, I borrowed some money from my friend.

Functional patterns used in the examples

Verb root form + tsumori:I plan to do

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 2

Verb plain form + kara and node:expressing a reason "because", "therefore"

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 3

Verb te form + -te imasu:expressing present progressive or state

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 4

te form semakute,:used as a conjunction "and"

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 6

toki:"when", "during", "in case of"

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 10

Vocabulary

アパート

apartment

あります

to have, be at, exist

で

particle indicating a place involving an action, "in", "at"

で

particle indicating a means, way or method, "by"

２つ

two

布団

Japanese style bedding, bedclothes

部屋

room

引っ越し

house-moving

引っ越します

to move to, relocate

引っ越そう

volitional form of hikkoshimasu

１つ／一つ

one

今

current, now, present

います（-ています）

(fp) expressing progressive or state

から（-から）

(fp) so, therefore, because

借ります

to borrow, rent

借りる

root form of karimasu

借りて

te form of karimasu

この

this (object)

車

car

共同で

in cooperation, jointly, share

万

ten thousand

もう一つ

another one

寝ます

to go to bed, sleep, lie down

寝る

root form of nemasu

ので（-ので）

(fp) so, therefore, because

お金

money

思います（volitional form ＋と思っています）

(fp) expressing intention; I'm plannig to do

お財布

wallet, purse

旅館

Japanese style hotel

狭い

small, narrow

狭くて

te form of semai

敷きます

to lay, spread

します

to do, play, forming shimasu verb

する

root form of shimasu

週末

weekend

高い

expensive, high, tall

畳

Tatami mat

と

with (person)

時（-時）

(fp) when, in case, during, occasion, time

泊まります

to stay (at hotel, inn)

友達

friend

月

month

つもり（-つもりです）

(fp) expressing intention; plan to do

上

on, above, over, top, upper

和室

Japanese style room

忘れます

to forget, forget to bring, leave something behind

忘れた

ta form of wasuremasu

家賃

rent (of a house, room)

洋室

Western style room

床

floor

和421,室424,部162,屋175,洋422,引279,越862,家79,賃349,借339,月20,万13,円16,私76,一1,旅416,館417,泊419,床1207,畳1206,寝782,時17,上41,布1299,団1019,敷1449,今32,狭1064,高101,思222,友77,達78,共411,同412,週27,末180,車142,財941,忘223,金24

(Kanji numbers are from 2001.Kanji.Odyssey)

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