• 1 : ichi • Toriniku - chicken

• 2 : ni • Gyuniku - beef
• 3 : san • Tamago - egg
• 4 : yon/shi • Sakana - fish
• 5 : go • Yasai - vegetable
• 6 : roku • Mizu - water
• 7 : nana/shichi • Kohii - coffeee
• 8 : hachi • Kocha - tea
• 9 : kyu/ku • Kasa - umbrella
• 10 : ju • Kagi - key
• Jiko shokai - self introduction • Denwa - telephone
• Watashi -I • Tokei - watch; clock
• (o) namae - (your) name • Kamera - camera
• (o) kuni - (your) country • Hon - book
• (o)shigoto) - (your) occupation • Jisho -dictionary
• Sensei - Teacher ( when you talk • Ueitoresu - waitress
about someone else’s job • Chizu - map
• Kyoshi - Teacher ( when you talk • Zasshi - magazine
about your own job) • Borupen - ballpoint pen
• Issha - medical doctor • Kaban - bag; briefcase
• Komuin - public official • Shinbun - newspaper
• Kenkyuin - researcher • Kudamono - fruit
• Nogyo - agriculture • Sandoichhi - sandwich
• Kenshu kosu - training course • Kocha - tea
• Kangufu - nurse • Gohan -rice
• Daigaku - university • Nihon ryori - Japanese food
• Senko - major • Keitai denwa - cellular phone
• Gakusei - student • Noto - notebook
• Librarian - shisho • Enpitsu -pencil
• Library -toshokan • Terebi - television
• Let us meet - aimashou • Ei-go - English language
• Graduate School -Daigakuin • Oishii - Delicious
• Bank Clerk -Ginkoin • Nan - what
• Law -Horitsu • Dore - which
• Nihon-go - Japanese • Dare - who
language • Dare no – whose
• Nihon - Japan • Irasshaimase - welcome
• I’m so sorry - Gomenasai • Iie, chigaimasu – no, it is not.
• But, I’m sorry - Demo sumimasen • Sa, wakarimasen - I’m sorry, I
• I see - Sou desu ka don’t know
• Accountant - Kaikeishi • Wakarimasen - I don’t know
• Menyu - Menu • Kore, onegaishimasu – This one,
• Ryori - Cooking; dish; please.
cuisine • Keizai - economy
• Tonkatsu - pork cutlet • Kaishain -company employee
• Sukiyaki - (beef and • Hajimemasho - Let’s begin
vegetable dish) • Yasumimasho - Let’s have a break
• Tenpura - deep fried • Kore de owarimasu - Let’s stop
fish and vegetables here
• Sushi - rice dish with raw • Mite kudasai -Please look
fish • Kiite kudasai - Please listen
• Sashimi - sliced raw • Itte kudasai - Please say it
fish • Kaite kudasai – Please write
• Butaniku - pork it down

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• Yonde kudasai - Please read it 2. Hai, sou desu.
• Chotto matte kudasai - Wait a ‘iie’ or ‘iie, N1 ja arimasen’ is an
moment, please expression to show disagreement or
• Dozo - please. Here you are. negative response.
• Mo ichi do onegaishimasu – once Q: Isibashi wa ryugakusei desuka?
again, please A. Iie, ryugakusei ja arimasen.
• Yukkuri onegaishimasu – slowly,
please.  Kore - This: A thing or things are
• Wakarimashita ta ka – Do you near the speaker.
understand?  Sore - That one : a thing or things
• Hai, wakarimashita- yes, I do! are nearer to the listener than to the
• Iie, wakarimasen- No, I don’t. speaker.
• Ii desu ka- is it ok?/Is it alright?  Are - That one over there : a
• Hon o akete kudasai- Open your thing or things located at some
books, please. distance from both the speaker and
the listener.
• Hon o tojete kudasai- close your
*COnVO
books, please
A. Hajimemashite. Angel desu. Douzo
• Renshu shite kudasai - please yoroshiku onegaishimasu. O namae
practice this wa?
• Chotto matte kudasai - just a B. Hajimemashite. Piolo desu. Douzo
moment, please yoroshiku onegaishiasu. Angel-san,
• Yasumimashou- let’s have a break o kuni wa?
• Kore de owarimasu- Let’s stop here A. Firipin desu.
• Ii desu - that’s fine B. Sou desuka.
• Chigaimasu - That’s incorrect A. Daigaku wa?
• Shitsumon ga arimasu - I have a B. Notre Dame of Marbel University
question. Daigaku desu.
• Kaisetsu (explanation-grammar) A. Senko wa?
‘wa’ functions to indicate that B. Kaikei desu.
the preceding noun is the topic of the A. Sou desuka. Watashi mo Kaikei
desu.
sentence. ‘desu’ is close to the English
verb ‘to be’ and can be translated as
*CONVO
‘am/are/is’ depending on the context. • A - Kore wa kagi desu. Sore wa
shinbun desuka?
– Mr. Pascual is not a teacher. • B - Hai, sore wa shinbun desu.
– Pascual-san wa sensei ja Are wa enpitsu desuka?
arimasen. • A - Iie, are wa enpitsu ja
Note: ‘ja arimasen’ is the negative form arimasen. Noto desu.
of ‘desu’ showing that the statement is • B - kore wa nan desuka?
the negative present tense. • A – Sore wa zasshi desu.
‘ka’ added at the end of the
sentence makes it into a question. Useful Daily Expressions
• Ganbatte kudasai (Good luck. Keep up
– Is Mr. Reyes a researcher? the good work.) – This is used by older
– Reyes-san wa kenkyuin people to encourage their junior
desuka? colleagues in their efforts.
‘hai, sou desu.’ is an expression
• Shitureishimasu (Excuse me) – This is an
used to show agreement and it can extremely useful expression that can be
mean ‘Yes, it is’, ‘Yes, I am’, ‘Yes, that’s
used in a wide variety of situations:
right’ depending on the context.
- when entering a room
(positive answer)
- when leaving or when asking someone
Q: Isibashi wa ryugakusei desuka? to move aside. (osakinishitureishimasu)
A: 1. Hai, ryugakusei desu.

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 • O genki desuka? (How are you?) – used  Asoko wa supa desu.
only among people who haven’t met for
a long time.
• Daijoubudesu (No problem/ok/all right)
 N1 wa dare no N2 desuka?
‘dare’ is an interrogative to ask ‘who’ and ‘dare
• O sewa ni narimashita (Thank you for
no’ means ‘whose’/
your kindness.) – is used when a great
Ex. Kore wa dare no kagi desuka?
favor has been granted to you.
Kotaba
 N wa (person) no desu.
• Enjinia - Engineer
The thing that the person possesses is
• Konpyuta - Computer
not mentioned when it is already known and
• Bideo - Video
clear.
• Yubinkyoku - Post Office
Ex. Kore wa Jennie-san no desu.
• Nan-ji - What Time?
• Takai - Expensive
 N (o) onegaishimasu
• Yasui - Cheap This expression is used when you want
• Okii - Big to obtain some service or things you need. ‘o’ is
• Chiisai - Small a particle indicating that the noun is the object
• Nagai - Long you want. ‘o’ is sometimes omitted.
• Mijikai - Short Ex. Mizu (o) onegaishimasu. ; Kagi
• Ten’in - Clerk onegaishimasu ; Jennie-san, onegaishimasu
• Hanbaga - Hamburger
• Orenji - Orange KOTOBA
• Ringo - Apple o Koko - here
• Raijo - Radio o Soko - there
• Sekken - Soap o Asoko - over there
• Denchi - Battery o Tsugi - next
• Kutsu - Shoes o Ima - now
• Zubon - Trousers o Gozen - a.m.
• Sukato - Skirt o Gogo - p.m.
o Eki -station
• Seta - Shirt
o Eki-in - station attendant
KAZU o Kippu - ticket
• 100 - hyaku o Kippu –uriba - ticket office
• 200 – ni-hyaku o Depato - department store
• 300 – san-byaku o Furonto - front desk
• 400 – yon-hyaku o Robii - lobby
• 500 – go-hyaku o Toire - toilet
• 600 - roppyaku o Jimusho - office
o Ginko - bank
• 700 – nana-hyaku
o Byoin - hospital
• 800 - happyaku
o Shokudo - dining hall
• 900 – kyu-hyaku o Kurasu - class
• 1000 – sen o Hiru-yasumi -lunch break
N wa koko/soko/ asoko desu o Resutoran - restaurant
o Supa - supermarket
 Nihon-go no kurasu wa koko desu. o Konbini -convenience store
 Jimusho wa asoko desu. o Hoteru - hotel
o Kaidan - stairs
Question- Toire wa doko desuka?
o Esukareta - escalator
o Erebeta - elevator, lift
Answer - Asoko desu.
o Densha - train
o Basu - bus
 Koko wa Nihon-go no kurasu desu. o Doko - where
 Soko mo Nihon-go no kurasu desu. o Ikura - how much

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 o Ikimasen - don‟t/doesn‟t go 1:05 ICHI-JI GO FUN
o To - and
1:15 ICHI-JI JUGO-FUN
Kaiwa Renshu
1:25 ICHI-JI NIJUGO-FUN
o A- Irrashaimase
o B- Sumimasen. Kore wa nan desuka? 1:35 ICHI-JI SANJUGO-FUN
o A- Sore wa „Tenpura‟ desu.
o B- Nan no ryori desuka? 1:45 ICHI-JI YONGO-FUN
o A- sakana to yasai no ryori desu.
o B- Oishii desuka? 1:55 ICHI-JI GOJUGO-FUN
o A- hai, totemo oishii desu.
o B- sou desu ka., ja, kore, 2:10 NI-JI JUPPON/JIPPUN
onegaishimasu.
o A- Hai. 2:20 NI-JI NI-JUPPUN/NI
TIME JIPPUN
 1:00-Ichi-ji 2:30 NI-JI SAN-JUPPUN/SAN-
 2:00-Ni-ji JIPPUN
 3:00- san-ji 2:40 NI-JI YON-JUPPON/YON-
 4:00- yo-ji JIPPUN
 5:00- go-ji 2:50 NI-JI GO-JUPPUN/ GO
 6:00- roku-ji JIPPUN
 7:00- shichi-ji CONVO

 8:00- hachi-ji A. Kore wa butaniku desuka?

 9:00- ku-ji B. Hai, sou desu.

 10:00- ju-ji A. Sakana no ryori dore desuka?

 11:00- juichi-ji B. Kore desu.

 12:00- juni-ji A. Oishii desuka?

B. Totemo Oishii desu.
 1:30-Ichi-ji han
 2:30-Ni-ji han A. Ja, sakana to butaniku no ryori

 3:30- san-ji han onegaishimasu.

 4:30- yo-ji han B. Hai, wakarimashita

CLASSROOM EXPRESSIONS
 5:30- go-ji han
• Kurikae shite kudasai-Please repeat
 6:30- roku-ji han
(after me)
 7:30- shichi-ji han
• Issho ni douzo- All together
 8:30- hachi-ji han
• Kokuban o mite kudasai –Please look at
 9:30- ku-ji han
the board
 10:30- ju-ji han
• Oboete kudasai – please memorize it
 11:30- juichi-ji han
• Kotaete kudasai – please answer me
 12:30- juni-ji han
KOTOBA
 Takai -Expensive
 Yasui - Cheap
 Okii - big/huge

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 Chiisai - small  Nan gai/ nan kai – what floor
 Nagai -Long  (desu) ne – a particle for
 Mijikai - Short confirmation

 Hanbaga - hamburger  Misete kudasai – please show me

 Orenji -Orange  Ee – an utterance of surprise

 Yasui - cheap
 Ringo - Apple
 Motto - more
 Sekken -Soap
 Motto yasui – cheaper one
 Denchi - Battery
 --- wa arimasuka - do you have ---
 Kutsu -Shoes
 --- wa doudesuka – how about-/how
 Sukato - skirt
do you like---
 Seta - Sweater
 Chotto – a little
 Shatsu - Shirt
 Zenbu de – altogether
 Rajio -Radio  Heya – room
 Terebi - television  Kyoushitsu – classroom
 Kyoshitsu - Classroom  Kekko desu - no, thank you.
 Heya - room  Sorekara – and then; in addition
 Orenji jusu - Orange Juice  Chotto – a little
 Kora - cola  Zenbu de – altogether
 Aisukuriimu - ice cream  Motto – more
 Okujo - roof  Motto yasui no – cheaper one
 Chika - basement  Nan-gai/nan kai – what floor
 Otsuri - change  ni-kai - 2nd floor
 Sorekara - and then, in addition  Ikutsu – how many
 Chotto - a little  Hitotsu – one
 Zenbu de - altogether  Futatsu – two
 Motto - more  Mittsu – three
 Motto Yasui no - cheaper one  Yottsu – four
 Misete kudasai - Please show me  Itsutsu – five
 Kore wa do desuka- How about this  Kudasai – please/give me
one  Misete kudasai – please show me
 Nihonjin - Japanese person  Ii desu – it’s good
 Made - until/to  Iie desu ne – oh, it is good.
 En - yen  Kore wa do desuka – how about this
 Ikimasu - to go one?
 Minute -fun/pun
 Kara - from

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Ikutsu o Nanji kara nan ji made desuka

1. Hitotsu IV. E ikimasu

2. Futatsu o „E‟ is a particle that indicates the

3. Mittsu direction or destination of movement

4. Yottsu with verbs of coming and going.

5. Itsutsu V. NE

6. Muttsu o „Ne‟ added at the end of a sentence

7. Nanatsu with the rising intonation is used to

8. Yattsu seek the listener‟s confirmation.

9. Koko no tsu  2 kai desu ne!

10. Too  1kai desu ne!

 Robii desu ne!
Kaisetsu
VI. ___ wa Nan gai desuka.
I. N o Kudasai
o gai/kai is a classifier for floors and is
o O‟ is a particle that indicates that the
added after numerals. Pronunciation
preceding noun is the object you want.
„Kudasai‟ literally means “Please give me.”. changes to „gai‟ after „nan‟ and „3‟.

This expression is used when you want to These days, „kai‟ is often heard in
buy something at a store and also can be place of „gai‟.
used when you order food in a restaurant. VII. Nan Gai/Nan Kai
Ex. o Roof top: okujou
Ringo o kudasai ( please give me some o 10 F: Jukkai/jikkai
apples). o 9F: kyu-kai
Sekken o kudasai. o 8F: Hachi -kai/Hakkai
Denchi o kudasai. o 7F: nana-kai
Seta o kudasai. o 6F: rokkai
Hanbaga o kudasai. o 5F: go-kai
Toriniku no ryori o kudasai. o 4F: Yon-kai
II. Kara o 3F: San-gai
o Indicates the starting point and o 2F: Ni-kai
‘made’ indicates the final or ultimate o 1F: ikkai

point in time. ‘KARA’ used after a place o B1: chika. Ikkai

name indicates that the place is the VIII. N „o‟ kudasai

 o‟ is a particle that indicates that
starting point. ‘MADE’ ( to or as far as)
the preceding noun is the object
added after a pace name indicates the
you want.
destination.
 „kudasai‟ literally means „please
III. Made
give me‟. This expression is
o Narita kara Manira made.
used when you want to buy
o KCC Mall made ikura desuka?

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 something at a store and also can
be used when you order food in a
restaurant.
 Ex. Ringo o kudasai. (give me
some apples).
IX. Kono This (noun)
 They are demonstrative pronouns
like „ kore‟/sore/are/ dore‟ but are
always followed by nouns. The
relationships among the speaker,
listener, and object involved in the
conversation are the same as in the
explanation of „kore/sore/are/dore‟

X. Sono That (noun)

 Kore wa ringo desu.
 Kono ringo wa ikura desuka.
 Sore wa noto desu.
 Sono noto wa hitotsu kudasai

XI. Ano That (noun) over there

 Are wa tokei desu.
 Are no tokei o kudasa.

XII. Dono Which (noun)

 nihon-go no zasshi wa dore
desuka.
 Do no Nihon-go no zasshi
desuka.