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Talk about your family in japanese with your friends!

Tell about your mother and father

・Oka-san (Mother)
Introduce to superior… Haha

・Oto-san (Father)
Introduce to superior… Chichi

・Ryo-shin (Parents)

Practice；What does your father do (work)?

Tell about your brother and sister

・おにいさん　Oni-san (older brother)
Introduce to superior… Ani

・おねえさん　One-san (older sister)
Introduce to superior… Ane

・弟（おとうと）　Otouto (younger brother)

・妹（いもうと）　Imouto (younger sister)

when you talk about your friends or someone’s brother and sister,
we say “Otouto san”, “Imouto san”.

older brother and younger brother…Kyoudai
older sister and younger sister…Shimai

Practice: Do you have bother or sister? If you have, talk about it.

Tell about grand father and grand mother

・おじいさん　Ojii san (Grand father)
Introduce to superior… Sofu

・おばあさん　Obaa san (Grand mother)
Introduce to superior… Sobo

・ひいおばあさん Hii Obaa san (Great-grand mother)

・ひいおじいさん Hii Ojii san (Great-grand father)

Practice: Tell your grand mother and grand father’s memory.

If you married…

How to call your partner after marrige.
・Otto (husband)
・Tsuma (wife)
husband and wife… Fuufu

When you talk about your friends or someone’s husband and wife,
we say Goshujin and Okusan.
Also, someone’s children call Okosan.

How to call your child

Boy… Musuko
Girl… Musume
Grandchild… Mago

Practice: Which one do you want, boy or girl in the future? Also, what do you plan to name your child?

Tell about your pet

Pet… pet (same as English)
To introduce your pet…

○○ wo katte imasu.(I have…)
ex) Inu wo katte imasu. (I have a dog.)

Practice: Do you have a pet? What kind of pet do you have?

Let’s introduce your family!

・わたしの家族は、○人です。（Watashi no kazoku wa ○nin desu.）
例）わたしの家族は4人です。（ex) Watashi no kazoku wa yonin desu.）

・○○と○○と○○がいます。（○○to ○○to ○○ga imasu.）
例）母と父と兄とわたしです。（ex) Haha to Chichi to Ani to Watashi desu. ）
母と父と兄がいます。（ Haha to Chichi to Ani ga imasu.）

Ask to your friend

Let’s ask to your friend about family.

・家族は何人いますか？・Kazoku wa nannin imasuka?
(How many people do you have in your family?)

・誰がいますか？・Dare ga imasuka?
(Who is in there?)

・おいくつですか？・Oikutsu desuka?
(How old are they?)

・どこに住んでいますか？・Doko ni sunde imasuka?
(Where do they live?)

・お仕事は？・Oshigoto wa?
(What is their job?)

Let’s plactice conversation！

A：家族は何人いますか？
B：わたしの家族は６人です。
祖母と母と父と妹です。
それからペットの猫を飼っています。
A：妹さんはおいくつですか？
B：２４さいです。
A：お仕事は？
B：学校の先生をしています。

大切な家族を日本語で紹介できるように練習してみましょう！

A: Kazoku wa nannin imasuka?
B: Watashi no kazoku wa rokunin desu.
Sobo to haha to chichi to imouto desu.
Sorekara pet no neko wo katte imasu.
A: Imouto san wa oikutsu desuka?
B: Nijyu-yonsai desu.
A: Oshigoto wa?
B: Gakko no sensei wo shiteimasu.

Let’s paractice and introduce your fabulous family in Japanese!

 

 

【Vegetables】What is your favorite food?~Let’s study food names in Japanese.~

 

【Fruits】 What is your favorite food? -Let’s study food names in Japanese!

 

You are familiar with Japan⁉ Do you know about Japanese typical food？

 

Which side are you on? For breakfast,bread or rice? ～various conversation～

What is your hobby? Let’s become able to listen and answer about hobby in Japanese！

This time,let’s study about hobby with us.
Let’s say about your hobby in Japanese to your friends,people who meet for the first time.

 

To tell about your hobby・・・

・Watashino shumi ha ○○ desu.

To tell what you like …
・Watashi ha ○○ ga sukidesu.

To tell what you are good at…
・Watashiha ○○ ga dekimasu.

Let’s put yourselve in ○○ and tell.

If you want to ask about friend’s hobby・・・

・What is your hobby?
Shumi ha nandesuka?

 

To tell more details・・・Movie versions

・My hobby is watching movies.
Watashi no shumi ha eiga wo miru koto desu.

・I like to watch movies.
Watashi ha eiga wo miru koto ga suki desu.

There are a lot of different kinds of movies.
Which is your favorite movies?

＜Kinds of movies＞
・Action アクション
・Anime アニメ
・Comedy お笑い
・Horror ホラー
・Love 恋愛（れんあい）

Let’s tell about your favorite movies！
・I like action movies.
Watashi ha akusyon (eiga) ga sukidesu.

・I like to watch anime movies.
Watashi ha anime (eiga) wo miru koto ga sukidesu.

To tell more details・・・Music versions

・My hobby is listening music.
Watashi no shumi ha ongaku wo kiku koto desu.

・I like to listen music.
Watashiha, ongaku wo kiku koto ga suki desu.

There are a lot of differnt kinds of music.
＜Kinds of music＞
・Classic
・Jazz
・J-pop（Japanese songs）
・Enka（Japanese traditional style ballad ）
・Pops
・Rock

Let’s tell about your country’s songs or artist to your friends.

To tell more details・・・Instrument・Dance version

People who is not only listening music but also playing！

For example…
・Singing a song
Uta wo utau koto

・Going to karaoke
karaoke ni iku koto

・Playing instrument
Ongaku wo suru koto

・Dancing
Dansu wo odoru koto

There are a lot different kinds of instrument and dance.
＜KInds of instrument＞
・Playing the piano
Piano wo hiku

・Playing the guitar
Gita wo hiku

In instrument, there’s an expression of ”○○wo suru” and ”○○wo hiku”.
You should remember this！

Odori is japanese traditional dance.
There are a lot different kinds of dance.
Let’s check it up！

 

Let’s use this expression about what you are good at.
・I can play the ○○.
Watashi ha ○○ ga dekimasu.

For example）I can play the piano.
Watashi ha piano wo hiku koto ga dekimasu.

To tell more details・・・Sport versions

・My hobby is playing sports.
Watashi no shumi ha supo-tu (wo surukoto)desu.
・I can play sports.
Watashiha supo-tu ga dekimasu.
・I can play ○○.
Watashi ha ○○ ga dekimasu.
・I like to play ○○.
Watashi ha ○○（wo surukoto ) ga suki desu.

＜Kinds of sports＞
・golf ゴルフ
・soccer サッカー
・baseball　やきゅう
・jyu-dou　じゅうどう
・jogging　じょぎんぐ
・swimming　すいえい
・skate　すけーと
・table tennis / ping-pong　たっきゅう
・tennis　　テニス
・basketball　バスケ

If you like watching sports, you can tell like that.
・I like watching soccer.
Watashi ha sakka- wo miru koto ga suki desu.
・I like watching baseball games.
Watashi ha yakyu kansen ga suki desu.

To tell more details・・Reading version

・My hobby is reading books.
Watashi no syumi ha dokusyo wo suru koto desu.
・I like reading books.
Watashi ha dokusyo wo suru koto ga suki desu
・I like reading books at home.
Uchi de hon wo yomu koto ga suki desu.
＜Kinds of books＞
・Literature／Litelary works ぶんがく
・Novel （Romance・Mystery…） しょうせつ
・Horror　ホラー
・SF　えすえふ
・Fantasy ふぁんたじー
・Mystery　ミステリー
・Manga／Commic まんが／こみっく
・Magazines（Fassion・Sport….）ざっし

To tell more details・・・Others！

・Drawing
・Taking pictures
・Cooking
・Studying other language
・Camping
・Fishing
・PLaying the games
・Watching TV／Youtube
・Shopping
・Driving
・Traveling

・絵を描くこと
・写真を撮ること
・料理をすること
・外国語を勉強すること
・キャンプ（をすること）
・つり（をすること）
・ゲームをすること
・テレビ／Youtubeをみること
・買い物に行くこと
・ドライブをすること
・旅行に行くこと

趣味はたくさんあります。
自分の趣味の言い方は、見つかりましたか？

There are many hobbies.
Did you find how to say about your hobby?

 

Let’s practice conversation.

A:　What is your hobby?
B:　I like sports.

 

Let’s ask about favorite kinds.

・What ○○ do you like?
・What ○○ can yo do?

A：What sports do you like？
B：It is baseball.

If you have same hobby,you can tell like that.
・Me too.
・I like ○○, too.

Let’s tell your friends about your hobby and get to know each other better！

Let’s study together!

 

 

【Vegetables】What is your favorite food?~Let’s study food names in Japanese.~

 

【Fruits】 What is your favorite food? -Let’s study food names in Japanese!

 

You are familiar with Japan⁉ Do you know about Japanese typical food？

 

Which side are you on? For breakfast,bread or rice? ～various conversation～

Name: VU TIEN PHU
Country: Vietnam

Why did you start to study Japanese language?

Because I would like to learn about Japanese car.
Japanese car industry have in the forefront of tequnique in the world.
Also, I like Lexus made in Japan, so I came to Japan.

Did you afraid of something before come to japan?

I’m worried about lifestyle. I didn’t know a lot of things before come to Japan.

What were you surprised about when you came to Japan?

I was surprised about train, it is very useful than I thought.

Do you enjoy the school?

Yes, so much. Especially, when taking a lesson at school, it is very interesting for me.

Which class do you like?

I like vocabulary. I am interested in knowing new vocabulary.

Do you do part-time job?

I work at Sushi restaurant. I work part of a kicthen staff member but I’m learning floor staff’s job as well.
It’s good experience for studynig Japanese, so I’m keeping study.

What is your favorite Japanese foods?

I like Tempura. Especially, I like eggplant and renkon (lotus loots) of tempura.

What is your favorite Japanese culture?

I like Sumo.

Where is your favorite place in Japan?

Namba is my favorite place. I often go shopping to Namba.

What is your dislike foods in Japan?

I don’t have dislike foods but I haven’t eat Natto yet.

What is your future goal?

My future goal is to become a car engineer.
I’m thinking to enter proffesional school of car after graduate school.
After that I’ll be working in Japan about 10 years then go back to my country.

What do you usually have for breakfast, bread or rice?

Japanese people often discuss this topic.
Occasionally, speaking of japanese breakfast was used to eatingt rice and grilled fish.
But now, there are many people eat bread for breakfast. Because bread is easy to take for breakfast when they don’t have time to eat.
For this reason, bread culture spread in Japan.
How about your country’s morning?

Let’s practice to ask your friends! Also, try to tell about yourself.

 

Which one do you often have with fried egg, soy source, source or solt?

Do you often eat fried egg? If you are not, omlet will be okay.
What will you often eat with or nothing with that?
In Japan, we choose soy source, source, solt or mayonnaise…it’s different by homelife.
It’s interesting question to talk with friends because a seasoning will be different for each countries.

Let’s practice to ask your friends! also, try to tell yourself.

Which one do you prefer for curry, beef or pork?

It’s separate east or south in Japan.
In Tokyo, everyone choose pork but in Osaka, everyone choose beef for curry rice.
Curry rice is common meal in many countries, so each countries arrange this meal by each countries way.
What do you often into curry?

If you have an opportunity to talk with Japanese, talk about this topic !

Let’s be able to say about your favorite food！

・わたしは○○が好きです。(My favorite food is ○○.)

Watashi ha ○○ ga suki desu

What if you have a lot of favorite foods?

・わたしの好きな食べ物（料理）は○○と○○と…です。(・I like ○○,○○ and ○○.)

Watashi no suki na tabemono (ryouri)ha ○○ to ○○ desu.

 

Let’s practice conversation！

Ａ：「Ｂさん、好きな食べ物（料理）は何ですか。」

（～は何ですか。は聞くときの言い方です。）

A: ”Mr (Mrs, Ms) B, what is your favorite food?”←(~は何ですか？=What is this?)

 

Ｂ：「（わたしの）好きな食べ物（料理）はカレーです。Ａさんは？」

（Aさんは？）←相手に聞くときに使います。

B:”(My) favorite food is curry. How about you?”←（Aさんは？=How about you?)

 

Ａ：「わたしはラーメンが好きです。」

A:” I like ramen.”

Let’s study together!

Very Simple！26 phrases for greetings in Japanese

 

 

 

【Vegetables】What is your favorite food?~Let’s study food names in Japanese.~

 

 

 

【Fruits】 What is your favorite food? -Let’s study food names in Japanese!

 

 

You are familiar with Japan⁉ Do you know about Japanese typical food？

You can live in Japan without knowing about food /ingredient names.

You can do shopping at a supermarket without knowing about vagetable names.
If you don’t know the name, it won’t affect your dairy life.

So, when do you use it???

It is…
to explain about your country’s dishes.

I will be glad that you remember your favorite vegetable names in Japanese.

There are many names！　Let’s study vegetable names.

Question: What is this?

Answer: 人参（にんじん）Carrot

Practice: What does carrot taste like? Lets’ explain.

 

Question: What is this?

Answer: 玉ねぎ（たまねぎ）Onion

Practice: What happens to you eyes when you cut onions?

Question: What is this?

答え：キャベツ（きゃべつ）Cabbage

Practice: What dressing do you want to eat it?

Question: What is this?

答え：レタス（れたす）Lettuce

Practice: What is the differece between lettuce and cabbage?

Question: What is this?

答え：じゃが芋（じゃがいも）／さつま芋（さつまいも）Potato / Sweet potato

Practice: What kind of dishes do you use for?

Question: What is this?

答え：ピーマン（ぴーまん）／パプリカ（ぱぷりか）Green pepper / Paprika

Practice: Do you like green peppers?

Question: What is this?

答え：南瓜（かぼちゃ）ampkin

Practice: Why pupmkins are used at Halloween?

Question: What is this?

答え：茄子（なすび／なす）Egg plant

Practice: What kind of dishes do you use for?

Question: What is this?

答え：大根（だいこん） Radish

Practice: What does radish taste like?

Question: What is this?

答え：ブロッコリー（ぶろっこりー）Broccoli

Practice: How do you want to cook?

Question: What is this?

答え：牛蒡（ごぼう）Burdock

Practice: Have you ever eaten burdock?

Question: What is this?

答え：Bean sprouts

Practice: Do you know how much is that in a supermarket?

Question: What is this?

答え：ほうれん草（そうれんそう） Spinatch

Practice:What does spinatch taste like?

Question: What is this?

答え：パクチー（ぱくちー）Coriander

Practice:Have you ever eaten coriander?

Question: What is this?

答え：胡瓜（きゅうり）Cucumber

Practice: How do you want to cook?

Let’s be able to say about your favorite food！

・わたしは○○が好きです。(My favorite food is ○○.)

Watashi ha ○○ ga suki desu

What if you have a lot of favorite foods?

・わたしの好きな食べ物（料理）は○○と○○と…です。(・I like ○○,○○ and ○○.)

Watashi no suki na tabemono (ryouri)ha ○○ to ○○ desu.

 

Let’s practice conversation！

Ａ：「Ｂさん、好きな食べ物（料理）は何ですか。」

（～は何ですか。は聞くときの言い方です。）

A: ”Mr (Mrs, Ms) B, what is your favorite food?”←(~は何ですか？=What is this?)

 

Ｂ：「（わたしの）好きな食べ物（料理）はカレーです。Ａさんは？」

（Aさんは？）←相手に聞くときに使います。

B:”(My) favorite food is curry. How about you?”←（Aさんは？=How about you?)

 

Ａ：「わたしはラーメンが好きです。」

A:” I like ramen.”

Let’s study with us！

Very Simple！26 phrases for greetings in Japanese

 

 

 

【Vegetables】What is your favorite food?~Let’s study food names in Japanese.~

Let’s say greeting in Japanese！　Various greeting

Today, we are going to introduce about Japanese greetings.
We show the various situations so please remember and use it!

Greeting is very important things in Japan. When meeting someone for the first time with nicely greeting and smile, first impression will be favorable.

Let’s master the Japanese greetings with us!

①Meet someone for the first time

「初めまして。」Hajimemashite
When you met someone for the first time, you can use this.
This means same as “Nice to meet you. ” in English.

「私の名前は○○です。」Watashi no namae ha ○○ desu
You can tell your name by using this sentence.

「○○から来ました。」○○ kara kimashita
Put in your country before ~kara, you can tell your country.

「どうぞよろしくお願いします。」Douzo yoroshiku onegai simasu
(End of greeting, say this sentence.
You can also use this, when you want to request something.

②Everyday greetings

「おはようございます。」Ohayou gozaimasu
When you meet someone in the morning, you can use this.
It is able to use everyone.

「おはよう。」Ohayou

When you meet your friends, family or junior, use this one.
This one cannot be able to use strengers or senior. It’s impolite expression！

「こんにちは。」konnichiwa

When you meet someone at daytime, use this.

「こんばんは。」konbanwa
When you meet someone at night time, use this.

「さようなら。」sayounara
When you leave from someone, use this.

「おやすみなさい。」oyasuminasai
Before you take a sleep, use this.

③Appreciation

「ありがとうございます。」arigatou gozaimasu
This is a polite expression to say “Thank you”.

「ありがとう。」arigatou

This expression is friendly way of speaking better than before.
When we thank a person, we nomaly bow.

「どういたしまして。」dou itashimashite
「いえ。」ie
「いえいえ。」ie ie
After the appreciation by someone, use these expressions. These means same as a “Your welcome.”

④Apology

「ごめん。」gomen
「ごめんなさい。」gomen nasai
These expressions use in everyday life. Do not use in business situation.

「すみません。」suimasen
This is polite expression.
This one also have different means.
First, when apologize to someone. Second, go talk to someone.
Then also, when you appreciate to someone, you can use this.
“Sumimasen.” is really useful words.

「申し訳ございません。」moushiwake gozaimasen
「申し訳ありません。」moushiwake arimasen

These expressions are more polite than other.

Japanese people bow deeply when they apologize.

 

⑤Before and After meals

「いただきます。」itadakimasu

Before having meals, Japanese people always join the palms in front of chest.
Then say “Itadakimasu”.

「ごちそうさまでした。」gochisou sama deshita

After having meals, say this expressions and join the palms same as before eating meals.

These phrases show your appreciation to lives of any kind foods and the person who have prepared the meals.

⑥Leave the home/Return the home

「いってきます。」ittekimasu
When you leave your home, you be able to use this.

「いってらっしゃい。」itterassyai
It uses to response to ”Ittekimasu”.

「ただいま。」tadaima
It uses to response to ”Ittekimasu”.

「おかえりなさい。」okaeri nasai

Let’s response to ”Tadaima”.

How was it? Some phrases are a little bit long, but keep trying！