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Newbie Lesson S2
Nihongo Doujou - Conversation Starters: Meeting New People in Japan
Made Easy!
1 Kanji
Kana
Romanization
English
2
2
2
3
Vocabulary 3
Grammar Points 4
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Kanji
!
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/./0123
45 6789:!;< 45 9:!=>?@A
B C DEF/GGGIHBCDEFDEF/GGGI')
JKL .MNO JKL .MNO JKPQR ?STNU
.-C23
Kana
VWX
9:
!
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6\
+ +,-
/./0123
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@A
abF DEF/GGGIbabFDEFDEF/GGG\
JKL .MNO JKL .MNO JKPQR ?STNU
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Romanization
Natsumi Ydfefgfhfgjikflfmfnporqflsftufvfhflfwsfgfqfgfhfxporeflgfyfzfvf{fnpohfxpor|fnfhflfw
Watashi wa Sutairu Y tzfghfxfnf}fxfdf~porzfnf|pofnfmfhflf|poufvfhflfw
Daigakuinsei desu.
Sh t Sh tufvfhflfwfvfnhflfmfnporqporhflfmfgufvfhflfwfdffgfgfqfgfhfxporeflfw
Fuyuka Konnichiwa. Watashi wa Kitagawa Fuyuka desu. Watashi wa
kaunser
fu fv fh fl w fs fg fq fg fh px ro fe l fg fy fz fv f{ pn o fh px ro f| fn fh fl w
Haruhito Etto... Higashi Haruhito desu. Etto, etto... gakusei desu.
Faburitsio Faburitsio desu. Fasshon k dfuporzffmf
ufvfhflfwrmfnfqpornfyfporzufvfhflfw
D dffgfgfqfgfhfxporeflgfyfzfvf{fnpohfxpor|fnfhflfw
English
Natsumi Welcome! This is Style You. It's a pleasure to meet you.
I'm Minami Natsumi the president of Style You. I'm a
graduate student.
Shuu I'm Shuu. I'm a hairdresser. It's nice to meet you.
Fuyuka Hello. I am Fuyuka Kitagawa. I am a counselor. Nice to
meet you.
Haruhito Umm...I'm Haruhito Higashi. And...umm...I'm a student.
Fabrizio I'm Fabrizio. I'm a fashion coordinator. I'm Italian. It's
a pleasure to meet you.
Vocabulary
Kanji
Kana
Romaji
dfefgfhfg
English
23 23 Y
dffgfgfqfgfhfxporefl
Welcome!
D It's a pleasure to
9: 9: o-negai shimasu meet you
& ' ( ) [ 6 \ watashi I, me
,-
/./0 ,-
/./0 daigakuinsei graduate student
678 678 hea sutairisuto hairdresser
=>?@A =>?@A Kon'nichi wa.
Hello.
3 D E F D E F kaunser
etto
counselor
let's see..., umm
') \ (casual)
.-C : c6 gakusei
Itaria-jin
student
Italian
JKPQR ? JKPQR ? dfuporzffmf
(Nationality)
STNU
STNU
fasshon k fashion coordinator,
#$ Y8Z shachd
stylist
company president
4
Grammar Points
Target phrase:
I am Natsumi.
9:!\
2.Watashi wa gakusei desu.
I am a student.
9:!
.-c6
I am Italian.
Sentence Pattern:
Watashi wa_____desu.
9
:
9: gfq |fv
g
por}|fnfqfeporzf{
fnfqfmpor}
rv
Watashi
wa (
desu
g
f
l rn fxpor}fxorhv flpofn
rvfzfmmfgfzf{
forhfxnf|porhfnfqfvfw
orhvfmff|fg
rgf{por}fn
rufvfqpofvfu
The term copula comes from the fact that desu
from the combination of the particle de
nfzfumfxfv fvfq arimasu
"to be."
5
Natsumi
VWX ~nfgf|fnfzfhzfnf|fv
9: ]^_
ex) Watashi wa Fuyuka desu. 9:abF f|flfflfefnfw
Watashi wa Haruhito desu. f|fnfqflfxpormfgfw
And what's your name?
Watashi wa_____desu.
9
:
2. Say your occupation!
9:')
gakusei
') \ hfmflfufvfzfm
ex) Watashi wa hea sutairisuto desu.
9 :,-
/./01 f|n
stylist."
Watashi wa daigakuinsei desu.
9:&'() [6\ f|n
graduate student."
9:
.-C
Watashi wa Itaria-jin desu.c6
6 Itaria-jin
. - C
c 6 r fm
n f ro fn
z f
fv fq fh fg z
9: L A c6 nf|fqfnfpofornfzfw
9:C nf|k porhfhfw
ex) Watashi wa Burajiru-jin desu.
Watashi wa Suisu-jin desu.
\
9:
.-c6
.-c6
Watashi wa Itaria-jin desu. Itaria-jin desu.
Useful
dffgfgfqfgfhfxporeflgfyf6zfvf7{fnp8ohfxpor|fnfhfl 23
expressions from today's dialog
DKon'nichiwa
Itaria-jin
.-C c6
Dfd fgfgfqfgfhfxporeflgfyfzfvf{fnpohfxpor|fnfhfl
2
3
In Japanese speech, there are several levels of politeness. Compare the following
expressions:
- D dffgfgfqfgfhfxporeflgfyfzfvf{fnpohfxpor|fnfhfl 23
-----Very polite expression
7 - Yoroshiku o-negai shimasu
-----Polite 2 3
expression
- Ddffgfgfqfgfhfxporefl
- Yoroshiku
-----Casual expression,
not to be used to elders or superiors
6Kon'nichiwa
78
Itaria-jin
.-C c6
C c6 f| vfnfzfh
fvfqfhfgfzgfq
fvfg
rvfwfxfvfzhfnfporzf{hfgf|fvfgfzfvfhzfnfmporgfzfn
formff~
C
jin c6 orhnfmfmfnf}fxfvfumfgmfxfvzfnf|fvgn}fgflfzfmfqffw jin