Christmas Language lesson

Notes from Japanese class, December 19, 1996

Raishu wa tokubetsu na hi ga arimasu, sunawachi kurisumasu no hi desu.
Kurisumasu no hi no mae no yoru wa santa kurosu ga ro o toshite orite kuru.
Santa kurosu wa sugoku futoi desu, shikashi watakushi no ro ga sugoku semai desu.
Dakara, santa kurosu ga kurisumasu no mae no hi wa do naru ka shimpai desu.

Kurisumasu omerido.

Next week, there is a special day, otherwise known as Christmas.
The night before Christmas, Santa Claus comes down the chimney.
Santa Claus is very fat, but my chimney is very thin.
Because of this, I worry what Santa Claus will do on Christmas Eve.

Merry Christmas.

Vocabulary

Raishu	next week
tokubetsu	special
hi	day
sunawachi	otherwise known as, that is to say
kurisumasu	Christmas
santa kurosu	Santa Claus
sugoku	very, extremely, really
futoi	fat
shikashi	however
ro	chimney
toshite	through
orite	down
come	kuru
semai	thin
dakara	because of this
do nara ka	how to become, what will happen
shimpai	worry