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SUBJECT: |
JAPANESE LANGUAGE |
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TOPIC: |
Now in Progress |
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SOURCE: |
Association for Japanese-Language Teaching (1994) Japanese
for Busy People I (Revised Edition) Lesson 25 |
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DATE: |
10 Mar 2003 |
Mr. Hayashi is looking for Mr. Smith. He knocks on the door.
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Hayashi: |
Sumimasen, Sumisu-san wa imasu ka. |
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Hisho: |
Iie, imasen. 3-gai no kaigi-shitsu ni imasu. |
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Hayashi: |
Kaigi o shite imasu ka. |
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Hisho: |
Iie, suraido o mite imasu. |
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Hayashi: |
Dōmo. |
Sumisu-san wa kaigi-shitsu desuraido o mite imasu.
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Hayashi: |
Excuse me, is Mr. Smith here? |
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Secretary: |
No he isn’t. He’s in the conference room on the third floor. |
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Hayashi: |
Is he in conference? |
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Secretary: |
No. He’s looking at (some) slides. |
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Hayashi: |
Thanks. |
Mr. Smith is looking at slides in the conference room.
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kaigi-shitsu -shitsu kaigi o shite imasu suraido mite imasu |
conference room room is in conference slide is looking |
1. The present progressive is expressed as follows: verb –TE + IMASU. This construction expresses either action that is presently going on or action that regularly takes place.
e.g. SUMISU-SAN WA MAISHŪ TAIMU O YONDE IMASU. “Mr. Smith reads Time every week.”
There is also the past progressive.
e.g. KINŌ NO GOGO NANI O SHITE IMASHITA KA. “What were you doing yesterday afternoon?”
2. DŌMO is a colloquial shortening of DŌMO ARIGATŌ. “Thank you so much.” It is also used widely as an abbreviation of DŌMO SUMIMASEN, “I’m sorry.” It is not especially polite.
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Present
Progressive |
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affirmative |
negative |
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-MASU form |
-TE IMASU |
-TE IMASEN |
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Talk |
Hanashi o shi-masu |
Hanashi o shite imasu |
Hanashi o shite imasen |
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Read |
Yomi-masu |
Yonde imasu |
Yonde imasen |
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Listen |
Kiki-masu |
Kiite imasu |
Kiite imasen |
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Write |
Kaki-masu |
Kaite imasu |
Kaite imasen |
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Past
Progressive |
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affirmative |
Negative |
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-MASU form |
-TE IMASU |
-TE IMASEN |
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Talk |
Hanashi o shi-masu |
Hanashi o shite imashita |
Hanashi o shite imasendeshita |
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Read |
Yomi-masu |
Yonde imashita |
Yonde imasendeshita |
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Listen |
Kiki-masu |
Kiite imashita |
Kiite imasendeshita |
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Write |
Kaki-masu |
Kaite imashita |
Kaite imasendeshita |
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kaigi-shitsu -shitsu o-kyaku-san suraido hanashi o shimasu |
conference room -room client slide talk |
1. Yamada-san wa ima denwa o shite imasu. “Mr. Yamada is making a telephone call now.”
2. Howaito-san wa ima shigoto o shite imasu. “Miss White is working now.”
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Hayashi: |
Yamada-san wa ima doko ni imasu ka. |
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Howaito: |
Tonari no heya ni imasu. |
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Hayashi: |
(Yamada-san wa) Ima nani o shite imasu ka. |
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Howaito: |
Okyaku-san to hanashi o shite imasu. |
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Hayashi: |
Where is Miss Yamada now? |
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White: |
(She’s) In the next room. |
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Hayashi: |
What’s she doing now? |
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White: |
(She’s) Talking with a client. |