LESSON 01
Self-introduction

Give your name, nationality and job; the noun sentence 「N は N です」 and the か question.

単語Vocabulary27 words
Ipron.
youpron.
that person; he, she (方 = polite)pron.
Mr., Ms. (politeness suffix)suff.
(suffix for a child's name)suff.
suffix: a national of (e.g. アメリカ人)suff.
teacher, instructor (not for one's own job)n.
teacher, instructorn.
studentn.
company employeen.
employee of ~ companyn.
bank employeen.
[medical] doctorn.
researcher, scholarn.
universityn.
hospitaln.
who (どなた = polite)interr.
~ years oldcount.
how old (おいくつ = polite)interr.
yesexp.
noexp.
How do you do?exp.
I'm from ~ (country)exp.
Pleased to meet youexp.
Excuse me, but… (before a personal question)exp.
May I have your name?exp.
This is Mr./Ms. ~.exp.
文型Grammar patterns6 points
は marks N1 as the topic; です is the polite copula.
例
I'm Mike Miller.
Negative of です (じゃ = spoken, では = formal).
例
Mr. Santos isn't a student.
Question: add か at the end (rising intonation).
例
Is Mr. Miller an American?
も is used when the same thing applies as stated before.
例
Mr. Gupta is also a company employee.
の links two nouns; here N1 is the group/organisation N2 belongs to.
例
Mr. Miller is an IMC employee.
Politeness suffix on another person's name — never your own (~ちゃん for small children).
例
That's Mr. Miller.
例文Example sentences4 pairs
Q.
Is Mr. Miller an American?
A.
Yes, he is [an American].
Q.
Is Mr. Miller a teacher?
A.
No, he isn't [a teacher].
Q.
Who's that person?
A.
That's Mr. Miller.
Q.
Are you a student, Mr. Miller?
A.
No, I work for a company.
参考国[くに]・人[ひと]・ことば — Country (+人 = people) · Language24 words
U.S.A. · 英語 English
U.K. · 英語 English
Italy · イタリア語 Italian
Iran · ペルシア語 Persian
India · ヒンディー語 Hindi
Indonesia · インドネシア語 Indonesian
Egypt · アラビア語 Arabic
Australia · 英語 English
Canada · 英語・フランス語 English/French
South Korea · 韓国語 Korean
Saudi Arabia · アラビア語 Arabic
Singapore · 英語 English
Spain · スペイン語 Spanish
Thailand · タイ語 Thai
China · 中国語 Chinese
Germany · ドイツ語 German
Japan · 日本語 Japanese
France · フランス語 French
Philippines · フィリピノ語 Filipino
Brazil · ポルトガル語 Portuguese
Vietnam · ベトナム語 Vietnamese
Malaysia · マレーシア語 Malaysian
Mexico · スペイン語 Spanish
Russia · ロシア語 Russian
漢字Kanji10 characters
I, me
7 strokes
person
2 strokes
before, ahead
6 strokes
life, to be born
5 strokes
study
8 strokes
meeting, to meet
6 strokes
company, shrine
7 strokes
member, employee
10 strokes
big
3 strokes
what, how many
7 strokes
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