A couple sentences, need help with oral presentation

[bonehelm]

Hey everyone, I am a 5 month Japanese learner in a Canadian high school, and coming up in class we are going to give an oral presentation on our own daily time tables (or someone elses'), telling the class when I wake up, when I eat breakfast, go to school, etc. I got all the vocab such as okimasu, nemasu and know how to pronounce them, but I am not sure of the beginning, ending and transitional phrases that I could use. Can you please help me out with it?

How do I say "Today I'm going to talk about my own time schedule" ? Is it something like Mina san, kyou wa, boku no ji kan byo wo.....blah blah blah...

I kind of know how to say "and then", is "sorekara" and "tsugi" interchangeable? But don't know how to say "firstly" and "finally", and I want to use it at the start and end of my schedule (which is waking up and sleeping).

At the end of the presentation, can I say "Hai, o warimashita. Arigatou gozaimasu"? Or what would be a better phrase to say "thank you for listening"?

Thanks guys!

 

[nice gaijin]

to kick off the speech, it's pretty much 決まり文句 to say "OOについて話したいと思います," or "。。。説明させていただきたいと思います" or something along those lines.

最初に and 最後に are ok for "first" and "finally." It depends on the context, though. Talking about your schedule, you probably don't need to use those words.

I'm sorry, but "Hai, o warimashita" doesn't make any sense. There's a very polite set phrase for the end of speeches: ご静聴ありがとうございました (goseichou arigatou gozaimashita), meaning "thank you for listening quietly."

 

[Damicci]

What about using 「 まず」 to start off the first part of the speech?

 

[nice gaijin]

I though about まず, but my understanding of the word is that it's generally used when beginning a list of instructions (at least that's the only time I remember using it myself). I could be mistaken though, and that unconscious part of my brain that brought the word to mind when I first read the thread is trying to tell me something.

I suppose it might be alright to start off with "mazu, okitara..." and then describe the first thing he does when he wakes in the morning.

 

[Elizabeth]

今日は、XXXについてお話ししたいと思います is good too for introducting the topic.

まず（最初に。。。） First of all...

さらに for making an additional point, kind of like "Moreover"

つぎに、 A general way of saying "continuing" or "next" ； それから Something happens next in time, in your schedule


最後に、ご静聴ありがとうございました And finally, for polishing off the speech in real Japanese style

 

[Toritoribe]

another expression for the end of the speech

以上です/以上で終わりです。ご静聴ありがとうございました。


and just one more thing

時間表: jikan hyou

"h" is not voiced.

 

[bonehelm]

Thanks guys, but how to you say 最初に 最後に? What are they in Romaji?

edit: nevermind, I got them. Can I say saigo ni, jyuu ichi ji ni nemasu for "finally, i go to sleep at 11:00"?

And as for "everyone, the following is my time table", what do I say?

 

[nice gaijin]

最初に saisho ni
最後に saigo ni

 

[bonehelm]

最初に saisho ni
最後に saigo ni

Thanks, but could you please also try to answer my other 2 questions? Thanks

1. Can I say "Saigo, boku wa jyuu ichi ji ni nemasu", or is "ni" needed after "Saigo"?

2. How would you say, "The following is my time schedule"?

 

[nice gaijin]

1. I would keep the particle in its place.

2. Would you say "The following is my time schedule" in a presentation? As I said earlier, I would start off with "boku no jikanhyou ni tsuite hanashitai to omoimasu," before launching into the schedule itself.

 

[Elizabeth]

another expression for the end of the speech

以上です/以上で終わりです。ご静聴ありがとうございました。


and just one more thing

時間表: jikan hyou

"h" is not voiced.

Couldn't you just say 毎日のこと or even 日程 instead of 時間表 which sounds awfully harsh (timetable, hourly recording of events, usage of time etc).

 

[Toritoribe]

Couldn't you just say 毎日のこと or even 日程 instead of 時間表 which sounds awfully harsh (timetable, hourly recording of events, usage of time etc).

確かに。他に「日課」「(毎日の)習慣」という言い方もありえますね。
困ったことに、一番最初に浮かんでしかも一番ピッタリ来る表現は「スケジュール」というカタカナ語だったんですけどね

 

[bonehelm]

OK, so here's my final draft for tomorrow, please have a look.

"Mina san, kore wa boku no タイム スケジュール (time schedule) desu. Saisho ni, boku wa shichi ji ni okimasu. Sorekara, shichi ji-han ni asagohan wo tabemasu. Tsugi ni, Hachi ji ni gakkou e ikimasu. Sorekara, jyuuichi ji ni hirugohan wo tabemasu. Sorekara, san ji-han ni uchi e kaerimasu. Tsugi ni, shichiji ni yuugohan wo tabemasu. Sorekara, ku ji ni benkyoushimasu. Saigo ni, boku wa jyuuichi ji ni nemasu."

*bows*, "Arigatougozaimasu."


How is that?

**nice gaijin, thanks for the phrases like "boku no jikanhyou ni tsuite hanashitai to omoimasu", but those are too advanced for my beginner class, and I think the whole class will go like "WHAT? WHAT DID HE SAY?" when they hear it, and the teacher probably doesn't want us to jump ahead by such a wide margin anyways. Your effort is appreciated, though

 

[undrentide]

There are several possible translation for "time schedule";
時間割 jikannwari is used for the time schedule at school (what subject at what time)
時刻表 jikokuhyou is used for trains
日程 nittei, スケジュール sukejuuru are for business or special events

But when talking what you usually do everyday, I would not use "time schedule" but would simply say something like
私の一日について話します watashi no ichinichi ni tsuite hanashimasu.

 

[bonehelm]

There are several possible translation for "time schedule";
時間割 jikannwari is used for the time schedule at school (what subject at what time)
時刻表 jikokuhyou is used for trains
日程 nittei, スケジュール sukejuuru are for business or special events

But when talking what you usually do everyday, I would not use "time schedule" but would simply say something like
私の一日について話します watashi no ichinichi ni tsuite hanashimasu.

Thanks, undrentide san, is everything else OK?

 

[nice gaijin]

I would say you can drop "tsugi ni" and "sore kara" from all but one sentence each; you can just start a sentence with "hachiji ni..."

 

[bonehelm]

I would say you can drop "tsugi ni" and "sore kara" from all but one sentence each; you can just start a sentence with "hachiji ni..."

Thanks for your help once again, nice gaijin. I'm fully prepared now.

 

[Elizabeth]

"Yuugohan" is nice for dinner/supper/late meal.

I'm never able to find it in dictionaries -- always "bangohan" or "yuushoku (formal) -- but it is something my friends use so as far as I can tell there isn't really any difference with "bangohan." If anything, yuugohan may be slightly more colloquial, come to think of it...

 

[Toritoribe]

夕御飯/夕ご飯 might be a little bit more feminine/softer than 晩御飯/晩ご飯 (probably from its sound).
もちろん男でも使いますが、女性に比較的多い気がします。確かに意味の違いは全くないんですけどね。

and just one more thing

*bows*, "Arigatougozaimasita." sounds more natural.