Talking About National Holidays - Japanese Conversational Phrases

Hi everyone, I'm Alisha. Welcome to Conversational Phrases. We've found that the best way to learn a language is to speak it from day one, and the best way to start speaking is to learn phrases that you'll use in real conversations. In this lesson, you'll learn conversational phrases to answer the question, what are you doing during the holiday? After watching this video, you'll be able to talk about your holiday plans. And if you want to learn more vocabulary, phrases, and example sentences, you can use in real life situations, click the link in the description to download your National Holidays PDF cheat sheet for free. Now, let's take a look at some conversational phrases. First of all, you'll need to learn how to say, what are you doing for Golden Week? That's Golden Week is a series of public holidays that take place one after another in the spring. Many people use this time to travel. Listen to it again. This Japanese sentence literally translates as, Golden Week, during, what do you do? But it means, what are you doing for Golden Week? Now, how do you answer this question? The pattern is, plan. This Japanese sentence translates as, plan, intention is. But it means, I'm planning to, plan. For example, I'm planning to go to the beach. Here are a few more phrases you can use with the same pattern to talk about your plans. Go to the beach. Travel. Stay home. Go to see a movie. Let's look at some examples. Listen and repeat, or speak along with the native speakers. Okay, now it's your turn. Do you remember how to say, what are you doing for Golden Week? Imagine you're planning to travel. Do you remember how to say, travel? Say, I'm planning to travel. Now, answer the question saying you're planning to travel. Now, imagine you're planning to stay home. Do you remember how to say, stay home? Say, I'm planning to stay home. Now, answer the question saying you're planning to stay home. Now, imagine you're planning to go see a movie. Do you remember how to say, go to see a movie? Say, I'm planning to go to see a movie. Now, answer the question saying you're planning to go to see a movie. In this lesson, you learned new vocabulary and phrases you can use in your everyday life to talk about your plans. You're now able to talk about your holiday plans like a native speaker. Start by practicing in the comments below. Tell me and your fellow learners what you're doing on your next vacation. Lastly, don't forget to click the link in the description and download your PDF cheat sheets. You'll get useful phrases you need for everyday life for free. See you in the next lesson. Bye.