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LESSON 1 - Meeting the New Neighbor
This lesson will teach you how to greet and to carry out a conversation in Japanese. In this dialog, Yota Suzuki and Noushad meet for the first time at Noushad's house in Tokyo.
Yota: Kon'nichi wa.
Hello.
Noushad:Kon'nichi wa.
Hello.
Yota:Watashi wa Suzuki Yota desu. Hajimemashite.
I am Yota Suzuki. Nice to meet you.
Noushad:Watashi wa Noushad desu. Hajimemashite. Doozo yoroshiku.
I am Noushad. Nice to meet you.
(May I ask you to be kind to me.)
Yota: Noushad-san, anata wa india-jin desu ka.
Mr. Noushad, are you an indian?
Noushad:Hai, watashi wa india-jin desu. Anata wa.
Yes. I am indian. How about you?
Yota: Nihon-jin desu.
I am Japanese.
Noushad:Suzuki-san, anata wa daigaku-sei desu ka.
Mr. Suzuki, are you a college student? Yota: Hai, soo desu. noushad-san wa.
Yes. How about you, Mr. noushad?
Noushad:Watashi wa kookoo-sei desu.
I am a high school student.
Yota: Otomodachi mo kookoo-sei desu ka.
Is your friend also a high school student?
Noushad:Hai. Suzuki-san wa nan'nen-sei desu ka.
Yes. Mr. Suzuki, what year are you in college?
Yota: Daigaku ninen-sei desu.
I am a sophomore (second year student).
vocabulary
kon'nichi wa hello
watashi I, me, myself
desu am, are, is
anata You
Amerika-jin American (person)
Nihon-jin Japanese (person)
daigaku-sei college student
kookoo-sei high school student
otomo-dachi friend
nan'nen-sei what grade level, what year (in school, college)
ninen-sei second level, second year (in college= sophomore)
1. Watashi wa Suzuki Yota desu.
This sentence means "I am Yota Suzuki." It is standard for Japanese to use their family name first followed by their given name. The sentence pattern is "Noun wa noun desu" which translates as "Noun is Noun". The wa is a particle indicating a subject or a topic, while desu is an equivalent to "am", "are", and "is".
Examples:Watashi wa Sumisu desu.
(I am Mr. Smith.)
Watashi wa Tanaka desu.
(I am Mr. Tanaka.)
2. Anata wa Amerika-jin desu ka.
This sentence means "Are you an American?" The word ka is a particle which makes a sentence a question.
Examples:Anata wa Nihon-jin desu ka.
(Are you Japanese?)
Anata wa Suzuki-san desu ka.
(Are you Mr. Suzuki?)
3. Otomo-dachi mo kookoo-sei desu ka.
This sentence means "Is your friend also a high school student?" The word mo is a particle and means "also".
Examples:Sumisu-san mo Amerika-jin desu ka.
(Is Mr. Smith also an American?)
Watashi mo daigaku-sei desu.
(I am also a college student.)
4. Nihon-jin desu.
This sentence means "I am Japanese". The word Nihon-jin is a compound of the two words, Nihon and jin. Nihon means "Japan" and jin means "person". The word jin is added to the end of a country's name to signify a person of that country.
Examples:Gaadana-san wa Igirisu-jin desu.
(Mr. Gardiner is English.[Igirisu=England])
Rozenbawa-san wa Doitsu-jin desu.
(Mr. Rosenbauer is German.[Doitsu=Germany])
5. Watashi wa kookoo-sei desu.
This sentence means "I am a high school student". The word kookoo-sei is a compound of the two words, kookoo and -sei. Kookoo is a shortened form of the word kootoogakkoo which means "high school" and -sei is an ending which means "student".
Examples:Waatamanu-san wa daigakuin-sei desu.
(Mr. Waterman is a graduate student.[daigakuin=graduate school])
Rassoru-san wa daigaku-sei desu.
(Mr. Russell is a college student.)
LESSON 2 - Yota's Room
In this lesson, Yota Suzuki and Noushad discuss items in Yota's room. This lesson will teach you how to greet and to carry out a conversation in Japanese. In this dialog, Yota Suzuki and Noushad meet for the first time at Jason's house in Tokyo.
Noushad:Ohayoo Gozaimasu.
Good morning.
Yota:Ohayoo Gozaimasu.
Good morning.
Noushad:Sore wa nan desu ka.
What is that? Yota:Kore desu ka. Kore wa kamera desu.
This? This is a camera.
Noushad:Dare no kamera desu ka.
Whose camera is it? Yota:Watashi no kamera desu.
It is my camera.
Noushad:Sore mo anata no desu ka.
Is that also yours? Yota:Iie, kono konpyuutaa wa tomodachi no desu.
No, this computer is my friend's.
Noushad:Kore wa Nihon-go de nan desu ka.
What is this (item) in Japanese? Yota:Nihon-go de sore wa "denwa" desu.
In Japanese, that is a telephone.
Noushad:Jaa, are wa.
Then, how about that over there? Yota:Are wa hon de, kore wa zasshi desu.
That over there is a book and this is a magazine.
Vocabulary
ohayoo gozaimasu good morning
sore that
kore this
are that over there
nan what
kamera camera
dare whose
kono this (possessive)
konpyuutaa computer
Nihon-go Japanese
denwa telephone
hon book
zasshi magazine
1. Kore wa Kamera desu.
The sentence means literally "As for this, it is a camera". A better English translation would be "This is a camera". The sentence pattern is Kore wa noun desu, which translates as "This is Noun". Kore, sore, are and dore are a group of related words meaning "this", "that", "that over there" and "which"
kore
this
sore
that
are
that over there (further away)
dore
which
Examples:Sore wa konpyuutaa desu.
(That is a computer.)
Are wa daigaku desu.
(That over there is a college.)
2. Kore desu ka. Kore wa denwa desu.
This sentence means "This? This is a telephone". The pattern "Noun desu ka" in the beginning of the sentence is for emphasis.
Examples:Watashi desu ka. Watashi wa Itaria-jin desu.
(Me? I am Italian[Itaria= Italy])
Are desu ka. Are wa tomodachi no konpyuutaa desu.
(That over there? It is my friend's computer.)
3. Dare no kamera desu ka.
This sentence means "Whose camera is it?" Dare means "who" and dare no implies "whose". No is a particle that shows possession between two nouns. In this sentence, the subject sore wa is omitted because in Japanese, if the subject is already mentioned, it is not necessary to repeat it.
Examples:Dare no konpyuutaa desu ka.
(Whose computer is it?)
Dare no denwa desu ka.
(Whose telephone is it?)
4. Watashi no kamera desu.
This sentence means "This is my camera". Again, the subject is omitted for the same reason as seen in #3. Watashi no implies "my" and anata no implies "your". The sentence pattern with no has the first noun possessing the second. For instance, Miraa-san no zasshi means "Miller's magazine".
Examples:Sore wa anata no denwa desu.
(That is your telephone.)
Kore wa Waatamanu-san no hon desu.
(This is Mr. Waterman's book.)
5. Iie, kono konpyuutaa wa tomodachi no desu.
This sentence means "No, this computer is my friend's". The words tomodachi no mean "friend's", with konpyuutaa being understood since it was already mentioned as a topic. Kono konpyuutaa means "this computer". Kono, sono, ano and dono are a group of related words that show possession of a noun, meaning "this", "that", "that over there", and "which". Kore, sore, are and dore cannot show possession but stand alone in their meaning. Kono, sono, ano and dono can only show possession and cannot stand alone.
Examples:Sono zasshi wa Kaatan-san no desu.
(That magazine is Mr. Cartin's.)
Ano denwa wa Miraa-san no desu.
(That telephone over there is Mr. Miller's.)
Dono hon wa Suzuki-san no desu ka.
(Which book is Mr. Suzuki's?)
Kono hon wa tomodachi no desu.
(This book is my friend's.)
Kore wa tomodachi no desu.
(This is my friend's.)
6. Kore wa Nihon-go de nan desu ka.
This sentence means "What is it in Japanese?" or "How do you say it in Japanese?" The word de is a particle that signifies "in" when referring to a language.
Thus, Nihon-go de means "in Japanese". The word
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