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desu
shu
getsu
nen
hima desu
kirei desu
joozu desu
mada
otoko no hito
onna no hito
to be
week
month
year
to be free
to be nice
to be good at
not yet
man
woman
Yamada-san no denwa.
Ms. Yamada's phone.
Dare no kami.
Whose paper?
Watashi no uchi.
My house.
America-jin.
An american.
Gaijin.
A foreigner.
Doitsu-jin.
A German.
Nihon-jin.
A Japanese.
Anata wa Eigo o wakarimasu ka.
Do you understand English?
Nanigo o hanshimasu ka.
What language do you speak?
Anata no kuni wa nani desu ka.
What is your country?
ni
ichi=one;ni=two;san=three; How do you say two?
ichi
ichi=one;ni=two;san=three; How do you say one?
zero
ichi=one;ni=two;san=three;zero=zero; How do you say zero?
yon
zero=zero;san=three;yon=four; How do you say four?
POSSESSION
We use the word `no' to show possession. The word `no' could be translated
to be `of'. In Japanese we say `book of me' rather than `my book'. For
example watashi no hon = my book
anata no teepu = your tape
Nationalities
To say `American' we use the word `Amerika-jin'. A Japanese person is a
Nihon-jin. A German is a Doitsu-jin. A gai-jin is a foreigner. You will
hear this word often if you go to Japan. The word `kuni' means country.
`Nan-jin' means `what nationality?'.
Nihon is Japan. Amerika is the USA. Doitsu is Germany. Furansu is France.
Chuugoku means China. To say the languages that correspond to these
countries we merely add `go' onto the end. Doitsu-go = German
Eigo = English language and nanigo = what language?
In Japanese there are many different ways to count things depending upon
their shape. For example `two flat things' uses a different word for `two'
than `two round things'. However a short stay in Japan doesn't require
mastery in this area. We will learn to count with numbers. This is the
form that a telephone number or an account number would use.