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Exercise 6: Compliments/Responses to Compliments

Sample Dialogue 3

The parts in red are the responses to compliments you’ve been asked to write down.

A: いやー、上村さん、英語うまいですね。  Iyaa, Uemura-san, eigo umai desune.  Uemura-san, your English is so good.’

B: いや、そんなことない。川島さんの方がうまいじゃないですか。  Iya, sonnakoto nai.  Kawashima-sanno houga umaijanai desuka.  ‘Oh, no.  Your English is better, Kawashima-san.’

 

 
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