Lesson 5.

Self-introduction
◆Goal
Learn how to introduce yourself in Japanese.

Q.1 Is there any difference in the gesture between your culture and that of Japan?

Q.2 What is their name

Q3. What is the difference of the phrases between the first person and the second person?

New words and phrases

This is our first meeting.

- (be-verb)

Same here / Same as me/ me too

Hope you will be kind to me. Nice to meet you.

 Conversation
Pronunciation Japanese English
A: Hajimemash(i)te. A:
A des(u). A: I’m A.
A Nice to meet you.
Yorosh(i) kuonegai
shimas(u).

B: B des(u). B: B B: I’m B.
Kochirakoso Nice to meet you,
yorosh(i)ku too.
onegaishimas(u).

※The sounds in the brackets are usually omitted when you speak.