Intermediate Listening Quiz: Telephone Etiquette

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Intermediate Listening Quiz: Telephone Etiquette

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This free listening quiz will help you learn how to ask for someone on the telephone and how to respond when that person isn't available.

Two situations are presented: One at a friend's house and another at a business. Listen to both sound clips and see how the word choice and politeness (keigo) differs.

Tip: A lot of Japanese names appear in the dialogs, so you might want to turn on furigana first.

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電話(でんわ)の相手(あいて)がいなかったら・・・

自分(じぶん)が話(はな)したい相手(あいて)が電話(でんわ)に出(で)られないとき、電話(でんわ)に出(で)た人(ひと)に何(なん)と言(い)いますか？
When you call someone but they can't come to the phone, what do you say to the person who answers the phone?