Lesson18:~だい /~dai/ (for casual questions)
Audio
Dialog
男:どこに行くんだい?
女:コンビニよ。
男:こんなに遅くに?
女:ちょっとお腹がへってね。
男:怪しいな。
女:なによ。
M:Doko ni ikundai?
F:Konbini yo.
M:Konnani osoku ni?
F:Chotto onaga ga hette ne.
M:Ayashii na.
F:Nani yo.
M:Where are you going to?
F:To convenience store.
M:It is so late now.
F:I’m little hungry
M:Something’s fishy..
F:You say what?
Grammar explaination
You can use ~だい when you want to say “? (for casual questions) .”
■The patterns is below:
Noun + な+ん+だい
い adjective+ん+だい
な adjective + な+ん+だい
Verb: Casual+ん+だい
Example sentences
何をするんだい? Nani wo surun dai?
What are you doing?
あなたはいつ帰るんだい? Anata wa itsu kaerun dai?
When will you come back?
誰(なん)だい。 Dare(nan) dai.
Who is it ?
Vocabularies
コンビニ konbini(convenience store)
お腹がへる onaka ga heru(to be hungry)
怪しい ayashii(suspicious)
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