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かいわ  kaiwa  Dialogue

で す か Hiroko is showing her friend at school a photo of her at kindy.

だれ u ka だれですか。Dare desu ka means ‘Who is she/he?’
d e s
Da r e h e /he?
is s Cultural Note:
W ho
In Japan it is considered very rude to call
だれですか someone by name without adding さん san
Dare desuka. or (if the person is male) くん kun. It is a
トムくんです。
title like our Mrs, Mr, Miss or Ms. It is
Tom-kun desu.
used for both adults and children.

しゃしん shashin photograph

Let’s Practise れんしゅう Renshu

Practise the sentence pattern in the dialogue using the しゃしん below.
Answer in Japanese. For example, for (a): Q だれですか。 Dare desuka.
A マリアさんです。 Maria san desu.

Maria Ben Akiko Toshio