☆じこしょぅかぃをしほしょぅ!(JIKO SHOKAI WO SHIMASYO!)☆ February 24, 2010

don’t ask me what the title means, I have no idea!! This is the second part of my first Japanese lesson which is some basic introduction phrases, like saying what your names is and some information about your family.

Anata no kazoku ha nannin desuka?–How many people are in your family?

Kyodai wa imasuka?–Do you have siblings?

Petto wa imasuka?–Do you have a pet?

Anata no–your

Kazoku–family

Nannin desuka?–How many people?

Kyodai–sibling

~wa imasuka?–do you have?

Petto–Pet

Hito no kazu (Number of people)

1-hitori 2-futari 3-sannin 4-yonin 5-gonin 6-rokunin 7-nananin 8-hachinin 9kyunin 10-kyunin

nin–person

hito–person/people

Watashi no kazoku ga gonin desu–My family has five people

Haha–Mum (your own mother only)

Chihi–Dad (your own father only)

Ani–Older brother

Otouto–Younger brother

Anne–Older sister

Imouto–Younger sister

Inu–Dog

Neko–Cat

Kazoku ha dare ga imasuka? (who do you have in your family?)

Haha ga imasu–I have a Mum.

Ani to imouto gaimasu–I have a older brother and a younger sister

Neko moimasu–I also have a cat

mo–also

~ga imasu–I have~

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Kotoba (language)

Eigo–English language

Nihongo–Japanese language

Doitsugo–German language

~wo hanashimasu–I speak~

~wo hanashimasen–I don’t speak~

Igirisujin–British person

Igirisu–Britain

nihonjin–Japanese person

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So after that lesson I can now introduce myself and give some information about my family! Here goes:

Konnishiwa, hajimemashite. (hello, nice to meet you)

Watashi wa flo desu. (I am flo)

watashi wa igirisu, eigo wo hanashimasu. (I am British, I speak English)

Kazoku ha haha to chichi to ni anne ga imasu. (In my family I have a mum, a dad and two older sisters)

Douzo yoroshiku! (nice to meet you!)

So by next week hopefully we will have some kana! This was a good first lesson, and I hope to learn many more phrases next week!