#japanese #日本
本歩 grammar
です.. it is
12時半です
X は Y + です
we can say は start and gives the topic of a sentence and the next ones if the context is omited ** は (prounced wa) in this occasion**
examples
専攻は日本語です -> my major is japanese
山下さんは先生です -> mr yamashita is a teacher / professor
X + ですか?
Similar to the previous structure just adding the か at the end we can create questions
理由学生ですか? are you an international student?
we can combine X は Y ですか?
メアリーさん の せんこう は なん ですか。 meary san no senkoo wa nan desu ka? which is the major of mary ? / what is mary studying ?
is not obligatory to use a question mark at the end of a question sentence
Noun の, Noun
Noun1 の, Noun2
- the first noun could be treated as the “restriction”
- the second is the main idea of the phrase
examples used to connect two nouns 桜大学の学生 -> student at university of sakura
健さん の お母さんは、高校の先生です Ken’s mother is a high school teacher.
in the above example 健さん の お母さん works as a big noun giving us context and the second part of the sentence tells us the main point
表現ノート (expression notes)
- あのー
- when you have some observation but you don’t want to interrupt the other person, or sound rude by interrupting
- in other words lets say it’s a way to say, i’m going to start talking o wanting to talk
- そうですか
- “i see”
- to let the other’s know you have understood something
練習 (practice)
メありさんはアメリカア人ですか? is Mary from America ?
あなたの専攻はなんですか? what’s your mayor?
あなた it’s considered rude, if you know the name of the other person it’s better to say it
木村さんは、桜学校の学生です 木村さんは who are we talking about
桜学校の学生です big noun sakura university no student
Kimura is a student at Sakura school.
ask for phone number
電話番号は何番ですか? でんわばんごう は なんばん ですか? what is you phone number?
personal note the literal translation could be telephone number what number is it?
years old
~sai 24-Sai 24歳 24 years old
time
time + ji 22時12分です it’s 22:12
time + ji han 1じはん 1:30
AM and PM 午前 gozen ごぜえん
午前 gogo ごご
ask the time すみません今は何時ですか? Excuse me what time is it?
example 東京は午前3時です it’s 3 am in Tokyo
useful questions
おなまえは? what’s your name?
ごしゆつしんですか? where are you from?
なんさいですか? whats your age, how old are you?
おしごとですか? what’s your occupation?
なんねんせですか? what’s your grade?
せんこうはなんですか? what’s your mayor?
bonus
毎日が1時間日本語を勉強します Mainichi ga 1-jikan nihongo o benkyō shimasu or 毎日が1時間日本語を勉強して Mainichi ga 1-jikan nihongo o benkyō shite or 毎日が1時間日本語を勉強する Mainichi ga 1-jikan nihongo o benkyō suru
I study Japanese for 1 hour every day
more notes
今は午後12時30分です it’s 12:30 pm ji = hour
from 1 to 10 minutes ipun nifun sanfun yopun gofun roppun nanafun happun kyuufun juppun
ima now gozen am gogo pm