Dialogue 6: Talking about One's Morning Routines
Conversation いつも、あさごはんを たべますか。

いいえ、あまり たべません。でも、
よく コーヒーを のみます。 スミスさんは?

{わたし}は まいにち あさごはんを たべ
ますよ。でも、コーヒーは ぜんぜん のみ
ません。
そうですか。どこで あさごはんを たべますか。
そうですねえ。よく ともだちと カフェテリアで
たべます。田中さんは?

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ぼくも カフェテリアに あさごはんに
いきますよ。
Grammar
See Grammar Notes for Dialogue 6.
Key Vocabulary
1. たべます to eat
2. でも but [casual; Used at the beginning of a sentence]
3. のみます to drink
4. そうですねえ Well, let me see.
5. with [と marks the person you do something together: Xと たべます: I eat (something) with X.
←→ ひとりで たべます: I eat (something) alone. ]
6. for [the purpose activity] [あさごはんに いきます: to go (somewhere) for breakfast]
Additional Vocabulary
Verb Group 3

1. たべます to eat [Xを たべます: to eat X]
2. のみます to drink [Xを のみます: to drink X]
3. みます to watch, look, see [Xを みます: to watch/look at X]
4. よみます to read [Xを よみます: to read X]
5. ききます to listen [Xを ききます: to listen to X]
6. べんきょうします to study [Xを べんきょうします: to study X; Xの べんきょうを します: to do the study of X]
7. します to do [Xを します: to do/play/perform X]
8. あびます to take [a shower] [シャワーを あびます: to take a shower]
English
A: Do you always eat breakfast?
B: No, I don't eat it very often. But I often drink coffee. How about you, Mr. Smith?
A: I eat breakfrast everyday. But I don't drink coffee at all.
B: Where do you eat breakfast?
A: Well, I often eat at the cafeteria with a friend of mine. How about you?
B: I go to cafeteria for breakfast, too.