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Lesson-1 - Self-Introduction-and-Greetings FL2

This document provides an introduction to self-introductions, greetings, jobs, workplaces, and numbers in Japanese. It includes common greetings and expressions for introductions, asking about someone's name or job, and saying goodbye. Sample conversations are provided. Key points on counting in Japanese and combining numbers are explained to discuss ages or any number. Workplace vocabulary like company, school, hospital are also introduced.

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Lesson-1 - Self-Introduction-and-Greetings FL2

This document provides an introduction to self-introductions, greetings, jobs, workplaces, and numbers in Japanese. It includes common greetings and expressions for introductions, asking about someone's name or job, and saying goodbye. Sample conversations are provided. Key points on counting in Japanese and combining numbers are explained to discuss ages or any number. Workplace vocabulary like company, school, hospital are also introduced.

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE 2

Nihongo

LESSON 1: Self-Introduction and Greetings

I. SELF-INTRODUCTION
わたしは (Name) です。WATASHIWA ____DESU.
(Hometown/ Country) からきました。
____KARAKIMASHITA. よろしくおねがいします。
YOROSHIKU ONEGAISHIMASU.

This pattern translates to: I am (name). I am from (hometown). Nice to meet


you! Ex. わたしは MYRA です。 BAYOMBONG からきました。よろしくおねが
いします。

Asking someone for their name


Name means なまえ NAMAE in Japanese. To ask someone what their name is,

you say: おなまえは？ONAMAEWA?

II. GREETINGS

Hello! (To someone you met for the first time)


はじめまして。HAJIMEMASHITE

Hello! (To someone who is already a friend or an acquaintance)

おはよう。OHAYOU
To show a more polite way of greeting someone, you add ございます。

GOZAIMASU Therefore it becomes おはようございます。OHAYOUGOZAIMASU

Good morning! / Good afternoon!


こんにちは。KONNICHIWA

Good evening!
こんばんは。KONBANWA

When someone greets you こんにちは or こんばんは, it is important to respond.

The response also goes こんにちは or こんばんは。


Saying goodbye when leaving:
Goodbye. (For someone you won’t see for a long time)
さようなら。SAYOUNARA

Bye. (For people you would still see later on)


またね。MATANE

When someone says じゃ、また！JA, MATA

You can respond with: しつれいします。SHITSUREESHIMASU

Goodbye at work:
おつかれさまでした。OTSUKARESAMADESHITA

Goodbye at night:
おやすみなさい。OYASUMINASAI

Expressing gratitude or apologizing


Thank you!
ありがとう。Or すみません。 ありがとうございます。
ARIGATOU. / SUMIMASEN. ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU.
Sorry!

ごめなさい。or すみません。
GOMENASAI / SUMIMASEN

As we notice, すみません is used as an apology, However, it can also be used before あ

りがとうございます to denote that the speaker is deeply grateful and appreciates


what someone has done for them.

Lesson 2: Jobs and Workplaces


In navigating Japan, we may come across people with different work and as we
engage with them, it is important to know how to call them.

I. JOBS
Nurse かんごし KANGOSHI
Teacher - せんせい SENSEI
Student - がくせい GAKUSEI
Employee - かいしゃいん KAISHAIN
いん - a suffix meaning ‘worker’
Farmer - のうか NOUKA
Salesperson - てんいん TENIN
Lawyer - べんごし BENGOSHI
Doctor - いしゃ ISHA

To ask someone what their job is:


JOB ですか?
Ex.
Are you a student? (If yes)
がくせいですか? はい、 そうです。HAI, SOUDESU
GAKUSEI DESUKA?
Are you a nurse? (If no)
かんごしですか?いいえ、 わたしは かんごし ありません。
KANGOSHI DESUKA? IIE, WATASHIWA KANGOSHI ARIMASEN.
ありません - means ‘am not’, ‘is not’, etc.

II. WORKPLACES
COMPANY - かいしゃ KAISHA
SCHOOL - がっこう GAKKOU
UNIVERSITY - だいがく DAIGAKU
HOSPITAL - びょういん BYOUIN

To say that you are a worker in this workplace, we use this pattern:
NAME は WORKPLACE の JOB です。

Ex. I am a teacher at Kyoto University.


わたしはきょうとだいがくのせんせいです。
WATASHIWA KYOUTO DAIGAKU NO SENSEI DESU.

Lesson 3: Age and Numbers


In introducing yourself, you can include your age. The pattern goes like so:
AGE さい。

I. COUNTING
1 - いち ICHI
2 - に NI
3 - さん SAN
4 - し / よん* SHI / YON
5 - ご GO
6 - ろく ROKU
7 - しち / なな* SHICHI / NANA
8 - はち HACHI
9 - きゅう / く KYUU / KU
10 - じゅう JUU
* preferred pronunciations; beyond 10, these are used (ex. 40 - よんじゅう YONJUU)

For numbers beyond 10, we follow this pattern:


10 + NUMBER : じゅう____
11 - じゅういち JUUICHI
12 - じゅうに JUUNI
13 - じゅうさん JUUSAN
14 - じゅうよん JUUYON
However, 20 is pronounced as にじゅう. This is the same pattern for the following whole
numbers (30, 40, 50... until 90):
NUMBER + じゅう : ____じゅう
30 - さんじゅう SANJUU
40 - よんじゅう YONJUU
50 - ごじゅう GOJUU
60 - ろくじゅう ROKUJUU
70 - ななじゅう NANAJUU
80 - はちじゅう HACHIJUU
90 - きゅうじゅう KYUUJUU

Following the pattern for numbers beyond 11, we can apply that to numbers beyond 20 as
well. We can combine the two patterns above.
NUMBER + じゅう + NUMBER :___ + じゅう + ___

Like in the examples below:


21 - にじゅういち NI JUU ICHI (2 - 10 - 1)
24 - にじゅうよん NI JUU YON (2 - 10 - 4)
37 - さんじゅうなな YON JUU NANA (3 - 10 - 7)

These are how you write numbers 100 and beyond:


100 - ひゃく HYAKU
200 - にひゃく NIHYAKU
300 - さんひゃく SANHYAKU
400 - よんひゃく YONHYAKU
500 - ごひゃく GOHYAKU
600 - ろっぴゃく ROPPYAKU
700 - ななひゃく NANAHYAKU
800 - はっぴゃく HAPPYAKU
900 - きゅうひゃく KYUUHYAKU

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