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Hajimemashite. Watashi wa Kaori desu. Kaori-san? Hajimemashite. Boku wa Teir desu. Yoroshiku o-negai shimasu. Yoroshiku o-negai shimasu.
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JAPANESEPOD101.COM ABSOLUTE BEGINNER S1 #7 - CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THIS IS IN JAPANESE?
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Nice to meet you! I'm Kaori. Kaori? Nice to meet you, I'm Taylor. It's a pleasure to meet you. (Literally, Please look favorably upon me.) It's a pleasure to meet you too. (Literally, Please look favorably upon me too.)
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TAYLOR:
VOCABULARY
Kanji Kana R omaji watashi yoroshiku onegai shimasu san desu boku English I, me Nice to meet you polite name suffix, similar to Mr. or Mrs. roughly means 'to be' I, me (used by males)
SAMPLE SENTENCES
Tanaka Tar desu. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu. I'm Taro Tanaka. It's a pleasure to meet you.
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Boku wa gakusei desu. I'm a student.
GRAMMAR
T he Focus of T his Le sson Is Saying What Some t hing Is (A is B). Kaori-san? Hajime mashit e . Boku wa Te ir de su. "Kaori? Nice t o me e t you, I'm Taylor."
In this lesson, you will learn how to say what something is in Japanese. In English, we use the verb "to be" to say what something is, and there are many different forms of it: "I am Jennifer," "you are tired," "he is rich," etc. In Japanese, we can use the same pattern to say all of these things. Saying What Some t hing Is ("A is B")
Let's take a look at the sentence pattern for saying what something is: Se nt e nce Pat t e rn: [A] wa [B] de su /"[A] is [B]"
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In this pattern, A = the item being talked about ("me," "you," "he," "the dog," "an apple," etc.) B = what you are identifying it as ("Jennifer," "Raul," "a souvenir," "water," etc.) Now, let's make some sentences using this pattern: A / wa / B / de su / "English"
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Watashi ("I") wa Jenif desu. "I'm Jennifer." Boku ("I") wa Rauru desu. "I'm Raul." Watashi wa pairotto ("pilot") desu. "I'm a pilot." Boku wa shefu ("chef") desu. "I'm a chef." Kore ("this") wa omiyage ("souvenir") desu. "This is a souvenir." Kore wa mizu ("water)" desu. "This is water."
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See how the wa and desu never change? To use this pattern, simply change parts A and B! For Example :
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Kore wa sushi desu. "This is sushi." Watashi wa T masu Ejison desu. "I'm Thomas Edison."
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"I'm Taylor."
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