Japanese Lesson 2 Part 1

LESSON 2 - Yota's Room [Part One] In this lesson, Yota Suzuki and Jason Miller 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 Jason Miller meet for the first time at Jason's house in Tokyo.

Jason: Ohayoo Gozaimasu.       Good morning.     Yota: Ohayoo Gozaimasu.       Good morning.     Jason: Sore wa nan desu ka.       What is that?     Yota: Kore desu ka. Kore wa kamera desu.       This? This is a camera.     Jason: Dare no kamera desu ka.       Whose camera is it?     Yota: Watashi no kamera desu.       It is my camera.     Jason: 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.     Jason: 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.     Jason: 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.

	ohayoo gozaimasu good morning sore that kore this are that over there nan what kamera camera dareno whose kono this (possessive) konpyuutaa computer Nihon-go Japanese denwa telephone hon book zasshi magazine