A repair appointment for a leaking tap

The idea

The worker proposes ten in the morning, but the resident asks for two in the afternoon. The final line confirms the new time and room.

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Examples

• 台所だいどころの蛇口じゃぐちから水みずが漏もれています。Water is leaking from the kitchen tap.
• 修理しゅうりに来きていただけますか。Could you come to repair it?
• 明日あしたの午前ごぜん十時じゅうじはどうですか。How about ten tomorrow morning?
• 午前ごぜんは仕事しごとです。午後ごご二時にじにできますか。I work in the morning. Could we make it two in the afternoon?
• はい、午後ごご二時にじに伺うかがいます。Yes, I will come at two in the afternoon.
• 部屋へやは三百二号室さんびゃくにごうしつです。The apartment is room 302.
• では、明日あしたの午後ごご二時にじに三百二号室さんびゃくにごうしつへ伺うかがいます。Then I will come to apartment 302 tomorrow at two in the afternoon.

Watch out

午前 means morning and 午後 means afternoon; the first time mentioned is only a proposal. 伺います is a polite way to say the worker will come.

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1. 何なにが漏もれていますか。（水みず／ガス）

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   水

   水 is leaking from the kitchen tap; gas is not mentioned.

2. 修理しゅうりは何時なんじですか。（午前ごぜん十時じゅうじ／午後ごご二時にじ）

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   午後二時

   午後二時 is confirmed after the resident asks to change the proposed morning time.

3. 何号室なんごうしつへ行いきますか。（三百二号室さんびゃくにごうしつ／二百三号室にひゃくさんごうしつ）

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   三百二号室

   三百二号室 is the room the resident gives and the worker repeats.

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Read the dialogue, note the problem and both times, then use the final confirmation to answer.