[✐1. Adagio][2.Andante]
Directions: above, below, right, left  みぎ、ひだりetc.
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Hello, everyone. How are you doing? 
Today, we will practice directions, such as above/up, below/under, right, left, etc.
If you think it’s too easy, you can jump to Dialogue and “Interpreting Challenge” toward the end.
Firstly, point your finger in the direction while repeating the following words
Repeat after me
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1. right 
2. left 
3. above, up, on the top of 
4. below, under
5. in front of 
6. behind 
Do it again! 
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Repeat after me
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1. right 
2. left 
3. above, up, on the top of 
4. below, under
5. in front of 
6. behind 
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Now, say the opposite words, for example, 
left
→ right
OK?
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1. above
→ under
2. behind
→ in front of
3. right
→ left
4. in front of
→ behind
5. below
→ above
6. left
→ right
So far so good?
Repeat after me
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1. (on the) top
2. the bottom
3. rightmost
4. leftmost
5. second from top
6. third from bottom
7. fourth from right
8. fifth from left
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Then, make sentences using “〜wo kudasai(please give me〜” as follows.
on the top
→ Please give me the one on the top.
Here objects are simply omitted. 
“ichiban ue no [smth.]wo  kudasai.”
Please also try Japanese Swotter 115“Whose this belong to?”.
Let’s start.
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1. on the top
→ Please give me the one on the top.
2. rightmost
→ Please give me the rightmost one.
3. third from the top
→ Please give me the third one from the top.
4. fourth from right
→ Please give me the fourth one from the right.
5. bottom
→ Please give me the one at the bottom.
6. leftmost
→ Please give me the leftmost one.
7. fifth from the left
→ Please give me the fifth one from the left.
8. second from the bottom
→ Please give me the second one from the bottom.
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Also, if the context is clear, you can use the sentence structure of “N wa N desu” to simply say where it is. 
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Interpreting Challenge
How would you say in Japanese? Act like an interpreter! 
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1. Excuse me, can I have the one second from the right?
2. I’d like to have a look at the leftmost one.
3. Please show me the camera on that shelf?
4. How much is that T-shirts, the one second from the left? 
5. What flavour is the third one from the left?
(flavour = fure-ba-, fuumi)
6. Do you have the second one from the bottom in other colours?
(in other colours = irochigai)
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How was it? Were you able to do it?  Samples are as follows;

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