Lesson 3

Ano hito wa dare desuka?

Vocabulary

Watashi I
Anata You
Ano hito that person, he, she,
(Ano kata) is the polite form of （Ano hito)
～san Mr., & Ms. (suffix added to a name for
expressing politeness)
～chan (suffix added to a child’s name
instead of ～san)
～jin (suffix meaning a nationality
eg. Amerikajin is American)
Sensei teacher, instructor (used to address a
teacher, doctor and others)
Kyoushi teacher, instructor
Gakusei student
Kaishain company employee
Shain employee of ~company
Ginkouin bank employee
Isha [medical] doctor
Kenkyuusha researcher, scholar
Daigaku university
Byouin hospital
Dare who
Donata is the polite equivalent of “dare”
～sai - years old
Nansai how old
(O)ikutsu is the polite equivalent of “Nansai”
Hai yes
Iie no
Sentence pattern 1: A wa B desu
1． Particle “wa”
The particle “wa” indicates that the noun or the word before it is the topic
of the sentence. The particle “wa” is written in Hiragana as は not わ.

2． desu
Nouns with “desu” work as predicates. It shows politeness towards the
listener. “wa” and “desu” in a sentence means “am, is and are”. です also
changes its form when the sentence is in negative, or in past tense form.

3. ～san
1. The suffix ～san is used as a salutation to be polite when mentioning
the name of the other person. It means Ms/Mrs/Mr. in English. ちゃん
is added to small female children’s name while ～くん is added to small
boy children.

Example:
1. Watashi wa gukusei desu。 I am a student.

Subject predicate

2. Ann san wa ishadesu. Ms. Ann is a doctor.

Subject predicate

[NOTE]
さん should never be used with the speaker’s own name.
When referring directly to the listener, the word “Anata” is not generally
used if the speaker knows the listener’s name. Be careful in using it in
other situations as it can sound impolite. Moreover, “Anata” is used to
address someone with whom one is very familiar, such as husband,
wife, romantic partner, etc.
Activity 1:
Make a sentence using the given words below. Write the sentence on the line
provided. Follow the given example.
Example：I - Yumiko

Watashi wa Yumiko desu.

( I am Yumiko.)

1. That person・Ann

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

2. I・Akemi

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

3. Mr. Chan・chuugokujin

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

4. Annsan・Filipino

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

5. Akemi san・Japanese

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________
Sentence pattern 2: A wa B ja/dewaarimasen

The negative form of “desu” is “ja arimasen” or “dewa arimasen”. “dewa”

is not written as でわ instead it is written as “では”. “Ja arimasen” is used
in conversation, while “dewa arimasen” is used in formal speech or writing.
Ja arimasen or dewa arimasen in a sentence means “am not, is not, and are
not”

Example:
1. Watashi wa gakusei ja arimasen. I am not a student.

2. Annsan wa isha ja arimasen. Ms. Ann is not a doctor

Activity 2:

Make a sentence using the given words below. Write the sentence on the line
provided. Follow the given example.
Example：I - Yumiko

Watashi wa Yumiko ja arimasen.

( I am not Yumiko.)

1. I・Ann

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

2. That person・Akemi

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

3. Mr. Tanaka・chinese

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________
 4. Ms. Ann・Korean

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

5. Mr. Ben・Japanese

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

Sentence patter 3: Q: A wa B desuka 。

A+: Hai、B desu。
A-: iie、B ja arimasen。

1. The particle “ka” is added at the end of a sentence to make a question. It

ends with a rising intonation.

2. It is also used to ask whether a statement is correct or not. Depending

on whether the statement is correct or not, the reply begins with either “hai”
for YES or “iie” for NO.

Example:
1. Q: Ann san wa isha desuka。 Is Ms. Ann a doctor?

Answer (+) Hai、isha desu。 Yes, Ms. she is.

Answer (-) Iie、isha ja arimasen。 No, she isn’t.

Note: If the sentence is non-past tense affirmative, “hai” must be

accompanied with “desu”; but if it is in a non-past tense negative, “iie” must
be accompanied with “ja arimasen”.
Activity 3.1:
Make a sentence using the given words below. Write the sentence on the line
provided. Follow the given example.

Example:
Q: Ann san wa Firipinjin desuka. (Is Ms. Ann a Filipino?)
A (+): Hai、Firipinjin desu. (Yes, she is.)
B (-): Iie、 Firipinjin ja arimasen. (No, she isn’t.)

1. Yumiko san wa gakusei desuka. (_________________________)

Hai、＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿_. (_________________________)
Iie、＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿. (_________________________)

2. Akemi san wa ginkouin desuka。 (_________________________)

Hai、＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿_. (_________________________)
Iie、＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿. (_________________________)

3. Ann san wa chuugokujin desuka. (_________________________)

Hai、＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿_. (_________________________)
Iie、＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿. (_________________________)

4. Satou san wa kaishain desuka. (_________________________)

Hai、＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿_. (_________________________)
Iie、＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿. (_________________________)

5. Belley san wa kenkyuusha desuka. (_________________________)

Hai、＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿_. (_________________________)
Iie、＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿. (_________________________)
3. か is also added at the end of the sentence even with interrogatives (どな
た、だれ、etc.).

Example Sentence:
Q: Ano hito wa donata/dare desu ka. Who’s that [person]?
A: [Ano hito/kata wa] Marie san desu. That’s Ms. Marie.

Activity 3.2:
Make a sentence using the given words below. Write the sentence on the line
provided. Follow the given example.

Person 1: Ms. Akemi Yoshida

Person 2: Ms. Yumiko Taniguchi
Person 3: Mr. Kou Kazuko
Person 4: Mr. Aimi Yamada
Person 5: Ms. Ben Galves

Example:
Q: Ano hito wa dare desu ka.
A: (Person 1) - [Ano hito wa] Akemi Yoshida san desu.

1. Q: Ano hito wa dare desu ka.

A: (Person 2)_______________________________

2. Q: Ano hito wa dare desu ka.

A: (Person 3)_______________________________

3. Q: Ano hito wa dare desu ka.

A: (Person 4)_______________________________

4. Q: Ano hito wa dare desu ka.

A: (Person 5)_______________________________
Sentence pattern 4: Person1 wa B desu.
Person 2 mo B desu。

The particle “mo” is added after a topic instead of the particle “wa” when
the second topic is the same as the previous topic stated in the first sentence.

Example:
Akemisan wa nihonji desu。 Ms. Akemi is Japanese.
Yumiko san mo nihonjin desu. Ms. Yumiko is also Japanese.

Activity 4:
Make a sentence using the given words below. Write the sentence on the line
provided. Follow the given example.

Example：I・Akemi・student
Watashiwa gakusei desu. ( I am a student.)
Akemi san mo gakusei desu. ( Ms. Akemi is also a student.)

1. Watashi・Ms. Grace・compony employee

＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ (＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿)
＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ (＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿)

2. Ms. Satou・ Ms. Yumiko・ Japanese

＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ (＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿)
＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ (＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿)

3. Ms. Ann・Mr. Ben・doctor

＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ (＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿)
＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ (＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿)

4. Ms. Yoshida・Ms. Ellen・teacher

＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ (＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿)
＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ (＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿)

5. Mr. Tanaka・Ms. Marie・doctor

＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ (＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿)
＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ (＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿)
Sentence pattern 5: N1 no N2

When a noun (N1) modifies the following noun (N2), “no” is used to connect
the two nouns.
[NOTE]
In Lesson 3, N1 represents an organization or institution and N2 represents
the position/designation of the subject in the organization or institution.

Example:

1. Yamada san wa DMSF no shain desu. Mr. Yamada is a DMSF’s

employee.
2. Akemi san wa LPU no gakusei desu. Ms. Akemi is a
LPU’s student
Activity 5
Make a sentence using the given words below. Write the sentence on the line
provided. Follow the given example.

Example:
Ms. Akemi・UM・student
Akemi san wa UM no gakusei desu.
(Ms. Akemi is UM’s student)

1. Ms. Ann・ Ateneo・ teacher

____________________________________________________________________
(___________________________________________________________________)

2. Ms. Grace・DMC hospital・doctor

____________________________________________________________________
(___________________________________________________________________)

3. Ms. Satou・BPI・bank employee

____________________________________________________________________
(___________________________________________________________________)

4. Mr. Tanaka・Honda・employye
____________________________________________________________________
(___________________________________________________________________)
Kaiwa (Conversation)

Yamada: Satou san wa isha desu ka?

Ben: Iie, isha ja arimasen. Metrobank no ginkouin desu.

Activity 6:
Conversation practice

PERSON PROFESSION INSTITUION NATIONALITY

Ms. Satou student Holycross Japanese
Ms. Marie teacher LPU Filipino
Mr. Chan employee Honda Chinese
Mr. Smith bank employee Metrobank American

Yamada: person wa profession/nationality desu ka?

Ben: (+) hai ____________________desu
(-) iie, ______________________ ja arimasen.
institution no profession desu.