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

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.”

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