Nihon go is FUN!

Japanese Language (Nihon go) – Beginner 1.0

Introduction

Watashi wa Faeza desu                      My name is Faeza

Q : Anata wa Faeza-san desu ka         Are you Ms Faeza?

A : Hai, Faeza desu                                          Yes, I am.

Q : Mira-san wa gakusei desu ka       Is Mr Miller a student?

A : Mira-san wa gakusei jya arimasen                      Mr Miller is not a student.

Kaisyain desu                      He’s a company employee.

Q : Yamada-san mo kaisyain desu ka Is Mr Yamada also a company employee?

A : Hai                                                    Yes.

~san = Mr / Ms

Jya arimasen = negative / not

Mo = also

no = belongs to

Q : Anata no namae wa nan desu ka        What is your name?
OR  O-namae wa? (polite)

Nan = what

Profession

Sensei / kyoshi = teacher / instructor

Gakusei = student … Gakkou no gakusei = school’s student. 

                                    Daigaku no gakusei = university’s student. 

                                    Gakkou no hito = classmate

Kaisyain = employee… Kaisya = company. 

                                        Kaisya no hito = officemate

Isya’ = doctor…         Byoin no isya = hospital’s doctor

Ginkoin = banker…   CIMB ginkou no ginkoin = CIMB Bank’s banker

Q : Ano hito wa dare desu ka (informal)        Who is that person?

OR  Ano kata wa donata desu ka (polite)

A : Kochira / Sochira wa Maiku-san desu      This / that is Mr Mike

            Amerika-jin desu                                  American

            OR  Amerika kara kimashita               From America

Ano = that

Kochira (polite) / Koko (informal) = this

Kata (polite) / Hito (informal) = person / people / human

Donata (polite) / Dare (informal) = who

~jin = (nationality)

Kara = from

Kuni   Countries

Numbering :-

1          ichi

2          ni

3          san

4          yon / shi

5          go

6          roku

7          nana / shichi

8          hachi

9          kyu / ku

10        jyu

11        jyu ichi

20        ni jyu

100     hyaku

1000   issen

10000 ichi-man

Age

Q : nan-sai (informal)  OR  O-ikutsu (polite)    How old

1          is-sai

2          ni-sai

3          san-sai

4          yon-sai

5          go-sai

6          ros-sai

7          nana-sai

8          has-sai

9          kyu-sai

10        jyus-sai

20        hatachi                        (special case)

Q : Anata wa nan-sai desu ka             How old are you?

A : Watashi wa san ju issai desu         I’m 31 years old

Introducing Myself

Hajimemashite

Watashi wa Faeza desu

Watashi wa ETT kaisya no kaisyain desu

Watashi wa gakusei jya arimasen

Watashi wa san ju ni sai desu

Watashi wa Mare-shia jin desu

Douzo yoroshiku onegaishimasu      Nice to meet you