Newbie Season 5 S5 #24 - You're Never There When I Call You in Japan
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🗓️ 22 January 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Naomi. |
| 0:04.3 | Hi everyone, Kat here. |
| 0:06.9 | You're never there when I call you in Japan. |
| 0:09.9 | Thank you very much for joining us. |
| 0:11.8 | Then, Katzhan, please tell us what we are going to learn in this lesson. |
| 0:16.2 | In this lesson, we're going to learn how to use the verb, |
| 0:18.6 | Iru, and its polite form, Imus. |
| 0:24.7 | Where does this conversation take place and who is it between? |
| 0:29.3 | This conversation takes place on the phone and it's between Madoka and Kent's father. |
| 0:32.2 | What level of Japanese are they speaking? |
| 0:36.7 | Madoka speaks formal Japanese and Kent's father speaks informal Japanese. Okay, so now let's listen to the conversation. |
| 0:40.3 | Okay, so now let's listen to the conversation. |
| 0:44.3 | Hi, Akagi, is. |
| 0:58.4 | Ah, Madoka, Chan? |
| 1:00.3 | Kent's my son. |
| 1:02.2 | Kent, are you? |
| 1:03.7 | Now, just, I'm not? |
| 1:07.1 | Is not? |
| 1:08.3 | Where in you? |
| 1:10.1 | I'm in school. I'm going to. Sackar? Getskow in I'm |
| 1:11.6 | I'm a |
| 1:12.6 | soccer and |
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