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Exercise 5: Compliments/Responses to Compliments

Situation 1: Dialogue 1

お客さん：みな子さん、とってもお料理お上手ですね。  Minako-san, tottemo oryouri jouzu desune.  ‘Minako cooks very well.’

ホスト（主人）：いやいや、もう、この程度のものしかできないんですけどね。  Iyaiya, mou, kono teidono mono shika dekinain desu kedone.  ‘Oh, no, she can only cook something like this.’

 

  
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