Japanese Lesson 1 Part 2

LESSON 1 - Meeting the New Neighbor [Part Two]   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 wordkootoogakkoo 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.)   A. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words. 1. Watashi ( ) Amerika-jin desu. 2. Anata ( ) America-jin desu ( ). 3. Watasi wa kookoosei ( ). 4. Anata ( ) nannen-sei ( ) ( ). B. Answer the following questions according the question given. 1. Anata wa Amerika-jin desu ka. (yes)_______________________ 2. Yota-san wa Nihon-jin desu ka. (yes)_______________________ 3. Anata wa daigaku-sei desu ka. (yes)_______________________ 4. Anata wa nannen-sei desu ka. (sophomore)___________________ 5. Anata wa kookoo-sei desu ka. (yes)_______________________ *Jawabannya jgn diliat dulu ini buat latihan Nah ini dia jawabannya A. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words. 1. Watashi wa Amerika-jin desu. 2. Anata wa America-jin desu ka. 3. Watasi wa kookoosei desu. 4. Anata wa nannen-sei desu ka. B. Answer the following questions according the question given. 1. Anata wa Amerika-jin desu ka. (yes) Hai, Amerika-jin desu. 2. Yota-san wa Nihon-jin desu ka. (yes) Hai, Yota-san wa Nihon-jin desu. 3. Anata wa daigaku-sei desu ka. (yes) Hai, daigaku-sei desu. 4. Anata wa nannen-sei desu ka. (sophomore) Hai, watashi wa ninen-sei desu. 5. Anata wa kookoo-sei desu ka. (yes) Hai, watashi wa kookoo-sei desu.