LESSON 1: How do you do? I'm Smith. Greetings

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LESSON 1: How do you do? Im Smith. Greetings Level 1How do you do? Im Smith. Greetings LESSON 1 1Objectives1. Hajimemashite. How do you do?2. Watashi wa Smith desu. Im Smith.3. Watashi wa Amerika-jin desu. Im an American.4. Tanaka : Susan-san wa gakusei desu ka? Susan : Hai. Watashi wa gakusei desu. Tanaka : Are you a student? Susan : Yes, Im a student.5. Yamada : Susan-san wa Amerika-jin desu ka? Tanaka : Iie, Susan-san wa Amerika-jin janai desu. Susan-san wa Kanada-jin desu. Yamada : Is Susan an American? Tanaka : No, she is not an American. She is a Canadian.2 LESSON 1 Opening DialogueSusan : Hajimemashite. Susan desu. Doozo yoroshiku.Tanaka : Hajimemashite. Tanaka desu. Doozo yoroshiku. Susan-san wa gakusei desu ka?Susan : Hai, soo desu.Tanaka : Okuni wa dochira desu ka?Susan : Kanada desu.Tanaka : Soo desu ka. Susan : How do you do? Im Susan. Nice to meet you. Tanaka : How do you do? Im Tanaka. Im glad to meet you. Are you a student? Susan : Yes, I am. (lit. Thats right). Tanaka : Where are you from? (lit. Where is your country?) Susan : Im from Canada. (lit. Its Canada.) Tanaka : I see.Tanaka : Konnichiwa.Yamada : Konnichiwa. Atsui desu ne.Tanaka : Ee, atsui desu ne. Tanaka : Hello. Yamada : Hello. Its hot, isnt it? Tanaka : Yes, it is. LESSON 1 3Objectives1. はじめまして。 How do you do?2. わたしは スミスです。 Im Smith.3. わたしは アメリカじんです。 Im an American.4. たなか ： スーザンさんは がくせいですか。 スーザン ： はい。わたしは がくせいです。 Tanaka : Are you a student? Susan : Yes, Im a student.5. やまだ ： スーザンさんは アメリカじんですか。 たなか ： いいえ、スーザンさんは アメリカじんじゃないです。 スーザンさんは カナダじんです。 Yamada : Is Susan an American? Tanaka : No, she is not an American. She is a Canadian.4 LESSON 1 Opening Dialogueスーザン ： はじめまして。スーザンです。どうぞ よろしく。たなか ： はじめまして。たなかです。どうぞ よろしく。 スーザンさんは がくせいですか。スーザン ： はい、そうです。たなか ： おくには どちらですか。スーザン ： カナダです。たなか ： そうですか。 Susan : How do you do? Im Susan. Nice to meet you. Tanaka : How do you do? Im Tanaka. Im glad to meet you. Are you a student? Susan : Yes, I am. (lit. Thats right). Tanaka : Where are you from? (lit. Where is your country?) Susan : Im from Canada. (lit. Its Canada.) Tanaka : I see.たなか ： こんにちは。やまだ ： こんにちは。あついですね。たなか ： ええ、あついですね。 Tanaka : Hello. Yamada : Hello. Its hot, isnt it? Tanaka : Yes, it is. LESSON 1 5 [A] wa [B] desu Noun A wa Noun B desu This means Noun A is noun B. Wa is a particle and a topic marker. The noun followed by a particle wa is the topic of a statement or a question. The topic often refers to the same thing as the subject, but not necessarily. Desu identifies a person or a thing. It can be translated into is/are/am in English. Desu is not affected by gender or number. The negative form and the past tense of desu are as followings respectively: Ja arimasen and ja arimasendeshita are more formal. Affirmative Negative Non-past tense janai desu desu (Present / Future) ja arimasen janakatta desu Past tense deshita ja arimasendeshita 1. Watashi wa Chris Norman desu. I am Chris Norman. 2. Satoo-san wa sensei janai desu. (Mr./Ms.) Satoo is not a teacher. 3. Kimura-san wa sensei deshita. (Mr./Ms.) Kimura was a teacher. Question marker ka? Ka is a question marker. Ka added to the end of a sentence makes it into a question. The word order does not change. Hai means yes and iie means no. Ee is also commonly used for yes in casual situation. Satoo : Smith-san wa Amerika-jin desu ka? Smith1 : Hai, watashi wa Amerika-jin desu. Smith2 : Iie, watashi wa Amerika-jin janai desu. Satoo : (Mr. Smith,) Are you an American? Smith1 : Yes, Im an American. Smith2 : No, Im not an American.6 LESSON 1-Honorific title -san-san is a honorific title like Mr., Mrs., Miss or Ms.. This can be added to either a surname ora first name, of a male or a female. San shows respect to the person, so it should not be usedwith ones own name and ones family. How to say YouYou is anata. In English, you is commonly used in any situation.However, in Japanese, Anata is sometimes regarded as a sign of disagreement, criticismor dissatisfaction. In Japanese conversation we usually call ones name instead of usinganata.× Norman : Anata wa tsuuyaku desu ka?○ Norman : Yoshida-san wa tsuuyaku desu ka? Yoshida : Hai, watashi wa tsuuyaku desu. Norman : Are you an interpreter? Yoshida : Yes, I am.Omission of the subjectIn Japanese, the subject is often omitted when it is clearly understood by the speakers from thecontext of the sentence.Yamada : Norman-san wa puroguramaa desu ka?Norman : Hai, (watashi wa) puroguramaa desu. Yamada : Are you a computer programmer? Norman : Yes, Im a computer programmer.Hajimemashite How do you do?Hajimemashite How do you do and Doozo ...