Talk about yourself

◆Goal◆
Learn how to ask 1) name, 2) where the person is from, 3) nationality, 4) occupation, 5) if the
person can speak a certain language, 6) where the person lives and 7) age, and how to reply to the
questions.

Question Answer

1 Anoo*1, onamaewa*2? _________ des(u)*3.

Sumimasen, onamaewa?
Sumimasen, onamaewa nandes(u)ka.

2 ( ________ sanwa) dochirakara desuka. __________ kara desu.

3 ( ________ sanno) oshigotowa? __________ desu.

Oshigotowa nandesuka.

4 _________ goga dekimasuka. Hai, dekimasu.

Iie, dekimasen.
Hai, sukoshi dekimasu.
Benkyoochuudesu.

5 ( ________ sanwa) dokoni sunde imasuka. __________ ni sunde

imasu.

6 shitsureedesuga, ( ________ sanwa) __________ sai desu.

oikutsudesuka.

※Sumimasen, moo ichido onegai shimasu.

*1 Long vowels in Roman scripts are written according to their pronunciation.
*2 wa-particle is supposed to be written - .

*3 the ‘su’ sounds in the middle or at the end of the words are pronounced ‘s.’
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 (11, 12, 20, 99, 214 are examples)

Japanese Pronunciation Japanese Pronunciation

1 ichi 9 kyuu
2 ni 10 juu
3 san 11 juu ichi
4 yon/shi 12 juu ni
5 go 20 nijuu
6 roku 99 kyuujuukyuu
7 nana 100 hyaku
8 hachi 214 nihyakujuuyon

Comes after the topic.

The following phrase or word will be the focusing point.
The noun comes in front of this particle can be a subject, an object or just a topic.
It emphasizes the word.
It emplies the opposite or additional information behind the sentence.

It comes at the end of the sentence (after a verb) and changes the sentence into an interrogative one.
Usually there is no question mark because this particle shows that the sentence is a question.

→
do → can do
(I can do Japanese. →) I can speak Japanese

Verb- → Verb-
Negative form of verb
eg.) →
→

Verb- → Verb -
form present tense/ future tense
form present tense/ present continuous tense
Some verb becomes
eg.) →