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Podcast 30: Talking about your plans forthe year

In this lesson you will learn the following:✓​ Talk about your new year’s resolutions✓​ Talk about future plans✓​ Ask and answer questions about goals

LEVEL: Upper Beginner

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Introduction
In this podcast you will learn how to talk about your New Year’s resolutions, your plans andgoals for the coming year. Check out the main dialogue to learn natural phrases and vocabulary
for this lesson.

Vocabulary
新年の抱負

Shinnen no hōfu

New Year’s resolution

日本語

NihongoJapanese (Language)

上達Jō​ tatsu

Improve

本を読む

Hon o yomu

To read books

後Ato

Also / As well / After that

もっとMotto

More

読みたいYomitai

I want to read

健康的Kenk​ōteki

Healthy

なりたいNaritai

Want to become

音楽活動Ongaku katsudō​Musical activities

頑張りたいGambaritai

I want to do my best

やる気Yaruki

Motivation

なんでもできるNandemo dekiru

You can do anything

よしYosh(i)Let’s do thisLearn Japanese Pod

Main Dialog (Japanese)
A: ね、新年の抱負はなに？
B: そうだね。やっぱり、日本語を上達させたいからもっと本を読むよ。後、もっと健康的になりたいな。あみは？
A: 私も本をもっと読みたい！後、音楽活動をもっと頑張りたいな。
B: なるほどね。
A: やる気があれば、なんでもできるよ。
B: よし！

Main Dialog ( Japanese pronunciation)
A: Ne, shinnen no hōfu wa nani?
B: Sō da ne. Yappari, nihongo o motto jōtatsu sasetai kara motto hon o yomu yo. Ato,motto kenkōteki ni naritai na. Ami wa?
A: Watashi mo motto hon o yomitai! Ato, ongaku katsudō o motto gambaritai na.
B: Naruhodo ne.
A: Yaruki ga areba nandemo dekiru yo.
B: Yosh!

Main Dialog (English)
A: Hey, what’s your New Year’s resolution?
B: Well, let’s see. I guess I want to improve my Japanese and read more books. Also, I
want to be more healthy. How about you Ami?
A: I also want to read more books. Also, I want to go for it with my music.
B: I see.
A: If you have motivation you can do anything.
B: Let’s do this!

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Grammar Drills
Let’s drill a really useful phrase for talking about you goals for self improvement. Here’s
the basic sentence structure:[The activity or goal]+[もっと頑張りたいな]
motto gambaritai na
I want to go for it (Lit. I want to try harder)

Drill 1
音楽活動​をもっと頑張りたいな。
Ongaku katsudō​ wo motto gambaritai na.
I want to go for it ​with music
Drill 2
仕事​をもっと頑張りたいな。
Shigoto​ wo motto gambaritai na.
I want to go for it ​at work
Drill 3
日本語の勉強​をもっと頑張りたいな。
Nihongo no benkyō​ wo motto gambaritai na.
I want to go for it ​with my Japanese studies
Drill 4
運動​をもっと頑張りたいな。
Undō​ wo motto gambaritai na.
I want to go for it ​for working out
Drill 5ダイエット​をもっと頑張りたいな。
Daietto​ wo motto gambaritai na.
I want to go for it ​for my diet

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Random Phrase of the Week
This week’s random phrase is…
奥が深い - ​Oku ga fukai
This means something like it’s hard than you think or it’s deep or there’s more thanmeets the eye.
Examples:1. 日本語は奥が深い
Nihongo wa oku ga fukai
Japanese is a deep language / Japanese is a deep language
2. この本は奥が深い
Kono hon wa oku ga fukai
This book is deep / There’s a lot more to this book than meets the eye
3. 「七転び八起き」ということわざは奥が深い
Nana korobi ya oki to iu kotowaza wa oku ga fukai
The saying “fall seven times, stand up eight” is very deep in meaning.

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