DAIYONKA Daily expressions 1. 2. 3. 4.

Doozo ohairi kuudasai Doozo okake Arigato gozaimasu Doo itashimashite Basic Grammar 1 Nihongo Kore wa anata no desu ka Hai, watashi no desu. Examples Mine Hers Mr. Tanakas My fathers His friends no Theirs Sentences (Bunshoo) Are wa kanojo no desu. Sore wa anata no desu ka. Iie, chigaimasu. Tanaka san no desu Kono tokei wa watashi no fathers. Chichi no desu Anu kuruma wa anata no desu ka. Hai, watshi no desu. Is that car yours? Yes, its mine. This is hers. Is that yours? No, it isnt. Its Mr. Tanakas this watch is my 1. 2. 3. 4. watashi no kanojo no tanaka san no watashi no chichi no kare no tomadachi Eigo Is this yours? Yes, its mine please come in please sit down thank you Dont mention it Kono

Basic Grammar 2 Sono Ano

These are pro-nouns which always stand immediately before nouns. They are never used alone. Examples Kono kaban Kono hito Kono ie Sono hon Sono isu Sono Zasshi Ano hito Anu biru Ano Note: Kore, Sore, and Are are usually followed by the particle wa when used in a sentence while Kono, Sono, and Ano are never followed by particle wa when in sentence. They are always followed by noun. Example (Reibun) Kore wa pen desu. This is a pen. hoteru This bag This person This house That book That chair That magazine That person That building That hotel

karera no/kanojo tachi no

Kono pen wa watashi no desu. This pen is mine. Sore wa pen desu. That is a pen.

Sono pen wa watashi no desu. That pen is mine. Sentence (Bunshoo)

1. Kore wa watashi no hon desu. ( Yours, his, her, ours, theirs) 2. Kono hon wa watashi no desu. (yours, his, hers, ours, theirs) 3. Ano uchi wa Tanaka san no desu.

This is my book.

This book is mine.

That house is Mr. Tanakas.

( Mrs. Dois, Mr. Satoss, Mr. Directos) Useful Expressions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Nan desu ka. Doko desu ka. Dare (donata) desu ka. Dooshita (Naze) desu ka. Doo desu ka. Shitte imasu Shirimasen. Useful Expression 8. Wakarimasu ka. 9. Wakarimasu. 10. Wakarimasen. 11. Wakarimashita ka. 12. Wakarimashita. 13. Wakarimasen deshita. 14. Shitte imasu ka. Vocabulary 1.Wakai 2. Oishi 3. Omoshiroi 4. Yashii 5. Muzukashii 6. Ookii 7. Chiisai 8. Atarashi Sentences easy; kind Small Difficult Big Young Delicious Interesting Do you understand? I understand. I dont understand. Did you understand? I understood. I didnt understand. Do you know. What is it? Where is it? Who is it? Why is it? Doo deshita ka. I know. I dont know.

3. 4.

Watashi no uchi wa chiisai desu.

My house is small.

Kono eiga wa omoshiroi desu. This movie is interesting. Basic Grammar 3 1. Kono hito wa gakusie desu. This person is a

student. 2. Kono hito mo gakuei desu. student. 3. Ogawa san wa Nihongo no sensei desu. Mr. Ogawa is a Japanese 4. Hayashi san mo nihongo no sensei desu. Mr. hayashi is also a Japanese language teacher. Note: Mo is particle which adds the sense of also, too. Unlike he English word too, mo is not added, but takes the place of wa. Example: 1. Kore wa jibiki dewa arimasen. - This is not a dictionary. 2. Sore mo jibiki dewa arimasen. - This is not a dictionary either. 3. Yamada san a koomuin dewa arimasen. - Miss yamada is not a government employee. 4. Ikeda sa mo koomuin dewa arimasen. - Miss Ikeda is not a government employee either. Exercise 4 Translate the following sentences to Nihongo. 1. This newspaper is new. -Kono shinbun wa atarashii desu language teacher. This person is also a

New

2. Do you understand? -Wakarimasu ka.

1. 2.

Kanojo wa wakai desu.

She is young.

Ano hoteru wa atarashii desu. That hotel is new.

3. Is this Mr. Shimamuras car? -Kore wa Shimamura san no kuruma desu ka.

17. I understood. 18. I understand.

Wakarimashita. Wakarimasu.

19. That hotel is new, too. -Ano hoteru mo atarashi desu. 4. I dont know. -Shirimasen Exercise 4 Translate the following sentences to Nihongo. 5. Mr. Micuas house is new. - Micua san no ie wa atarashii desu. 6. I dont understand. - Wakarimasen. 7. Is this your wallet? -Kore wa anata no saifu desu ka. 8. Do you know? - Shite imasu. Exercise 4 Translate the following sentences to Nihongo. 9. The instructors of UC-CHTM are young. -UC-CHTM no sensei wa wakai desu. 10. I didnt understand. 11. Are your shoes new? -Anata no kutsu wa atarashii desu ka. 12. I know. - Shitte imasu 13. Is this your handkerchief? -Kore wa anata no hankachi desu ka. Exercise 4 Translate the following sentences to Nihongo. 14. Did you understand. 15. That house is also big. 16. How is it? Wakarimashita ka. Wakarimasen deshita. 20. The Japanese language is deifficult. -Nihongo wa muzukashii desu

Sono ie mo ookii desu. Doo desu ka.