PROFESSIONS AND NATIONALITIES Teacher – sensei

Name (Namae) Student – gakusei

Anata no namae wa nan desu ka? – What is your Office worker - kaishain
name?
Engineer – enjinia
Watashi no namae wa Abby desu ka – My name is
Abby. Policeman – keikan
Singer - kashu

Address (Jusho) Dancer - odoriko

Doko ni sunde imasu ka? – Where do you live? Actor - haiyu

Dasmarinas ni sunde imasu ka. – I live in Actress - joyu

Dasmarinas *watashi – I
*anata – you
Age (Nenrei) *kare – he
Nansai desu ka? – How old are u? *kanojo – she
Nijuu sai desu. – Im 20 years old. *san – mr., mrs., miss
Ex: kare wa haiyu desu. – he is an actor.
Tanjoubi (Birthday)
Anata no tanjoubi wa itsu desu ka? – When is your Nationality (Kokuseki)
birthday?
Country + go = language
Tanjoubi wa September juu-san desu ka. – My
birthday is on September 13 Country + jin = nationality

Hobby (Shumi) Japan – Nihon/Nippon

eiga /anime o mirukoto watching movies/anime Philippines – Firipin

utau singing America – Amerika

piano/ gitaa o hikukoto playing Chinese – Chuugokujin

piano/guitar Korean – Kankokujin

dansu dancing Malaysian – Mareshiajin

dokusho reading Thai – Taijin

e o kakukoto painting/drawing French – Furansujin

shashin picture taking German – Doitsujin

ryouri cooking Spanish – Supeinjin

intanetto internet Australian – Osutorariajin

supootsu sports Ex: Abby-San wa Firipinjin desu. – Abby is a

Filipino.
Abby-San wa Kankokujin dewa arimasen. – Abby
Sentence Patterns is not Japanese.
*wa – topic marker
*ka – question marker
*desu – is, are, am
*dewa/ja arimasen – is not, are not, am not KORE SORE ARE
*kore – This
Profession (Shokugyo)
Doctor - isha
Nurse – kangofu
Lawyer – bengoshi
*sore – That (near listener)
*are – that (over there)

This is my ballpen.
That is your cellphone.
That is their car.

Kore wa watashi no boruopen desu That is Teacher Ramos’ table.

Sore wa anatatchi no keitai desu This is Tezuka’s picture.
Are wa karera no kuruma desu

This is a Filipino Newspaper

Sore wa Ramos-Sensei no teeburu desu This is a French Magazine
Kore wa Tezuka-san no Shashin desu That is a Chinese Slipper

She is a computer engineer from Toshiba

Kore wa firipinjin no Shimbun desu
He is a waiter in Ippon Yari
Kore wa furansujin no zasshi desu
Ms. Yamada is a receptionist in Japan.
Are wa Chuugokujin no surippa desu

Kanojo wa Toshiba no konpyuta enjinia desu

Kare wa Ippon Yari no ueitaa desu
Yamada-san wa nippon no uketsuke desu.