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Beginner Lesson
Talking About Others

3 Kanji
Kana
Romanization
English
2
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Vocabulary 2
Grammar Points 3
 
  

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Kanji





Kana
 

 
 

Romanization
Watashi wa Natsuko desu. Anata wa P #! %" $ %& %' %( %) * %+ %, %- ' %. , %+ %, %/ %) %0 %1 3- 2 %& %' %( %) *
English
I am Natsuko. You are Peter. He is Kazunori.

2 Vocabulary
Kanji  Kana Romaji English
45  watashi I
  anata you
 6 78 kare he
459 : kanojo she
; ; anatatachi you (plural)
6; 78; karera they (masculine)
  kanojora
desu
they (feminine)
polite copula,
9  : watashitachi
roughly 'to be'
we

Vocabulary Sample Sentences

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 I am Japanese.

wa
nihonjin
Watashi  desu.  You are American.

wa  Amerikajin
Anata    desu. He is Mr. Tanaka.
 6
wa Tanaka-san
Kare
     desu. She is Ms. Suzuki.
4 5 9 
wa Suzuki-san
Kanojo       desu. You are French.
;
   waFuransujin
Anata-tachi  desu. They are Brazilians.
  6 ; 
wa  Burajirujin
Kare-ra 
      desu.  They are Australians.


 
Kanojo-ra  wa  Oosutorariajin
   desu.
I am John Smith.
:
wa
Jon Sumisu
Watashi desu. We are Americans.
Watashi-tachi wa Amerikajin desu.

Grammar Points
Today's lesson introduced several new personal pronouns, as well as their plurals.
3  
See the following chart for a reference.

9  : watashi I
45  watashitachi we
4 59 : anata you
  anatatachi you(plural)
; ; kare he,him
 6   7 8 karera they(usually male)
6; 78; kanojo
kanojora
she,her
they(females)

Note: Kanojora is used for a group of two or more people that consists of all
females. Karerais used for a group of two or more people that includes at least one
male.

There is also the informal "Boku" and "Ore", personal pronouns used by males. Boys
tend to use "Boku" when describing themselves until early adolescence. Teenage and

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college aged males use "Ore" to give off a rough or coarse impression. In films,
this is a typical first person pronoun for Yakuza gangsters. You should never use
"Ore" in a formal setting, however, because it is considered rude.

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