Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Japanese-Online.com Lesson 1
Vocabulary 1
16
Language - Japanese
Not Applicable
10/12/2007

Additional Language - Japanese Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
kon'nichi wa
Definition
hello
Term
watashi
Definition
I, me, myself
Term
desu
Definition
am, are, is
Term
anata
Definition
you
Term
Amerika-jin
Definition
American (person)
Term
Nihon-jin
Definition
Japanese (person)
Term
daigaku-sei
Definition
college student
Term
kookoo-sei
Definition
high school student
Term
otomo-dachi
Definition
friend
Term
nan'men-sei
Definition
what grade level, what year (in school, college)
Term
ninen-sei
Definition
second level, second year (in college = sophomore)
Term
Watashi wa Suzuki Yota desu.
Definition

This sentence means "I am Yota Suzuki." It is standard for Japanese to use their family name first followed by their given name. The sentence pattern is "Noun wa noun desu" which translates as "Noun is Noun". The wa is a particle indicating a subject or a topic, while desu is an equivalent to "am", "are", and "is".


Examples: Watashi wa Sumisu desu.
(I am Mr. Smith.)
  Watashi wa Tanaka desu.
(I am Mr. Tanaka.)
Term
Anata wa Amerika-jin desu ka.
Definition

This sentence means "Are you an American?" The word ka is a particle which makes a sentence a question.

Examples: Anata wa Nihon-jin desu ka.
(Are you Japanese?)
  Anata wa Suzuki-san desu ka.
(Are you Mr. Suzuki?)

 

Term
Otomo-dachi mo kookoo-sei desu ka.
Definition

This sentence means "Is your friend also a high school student?" The word mo is a particle and means "also".

Examples: Sumisu-san mo Amerika-jin desu ka.
(Is Mr. Smith also an American?)
  Watashi mo daigaku-sei desu.
(I am also a college student.)

 

Term
Nihon-jin desu.
Definition

This sentence means "I am Japanese". The word Nihon-jin is a compound of the two words, Nihon and jin. Nihon means "Japan" and jin means "person". The word jin is added to the end of a country's name to signify a person of that country.

Examples: Gaadana-san wa Igirisu-jin desu.
(Mr. Gardiner is English. [Igirisu=England])
  Rozenbawa-san wa Doitsu-jin desu.
(Mr. Rosenbauer is German.[Doitsu=Germany])

 

Term
Watashi wa kookoo-sei desu.
Definition

This sentence means "I am a high school student". The word kookoo-sei is a compound of the two words, kookoo and -sei. Kookoo is a shortened form of the word kootoogakkoo which means "high school" and -sei is an ending which means "student".

Examples: Waatamanu-san wa daigakuin-sei desu.
(Mr. Waterman is a graduate student.[daigakuin=graduate school])
  Rassoru-san wa daigaku-sei desu.
(Mr. Russell is a college student.)

 

Supporting users have an ad free experience!