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First let's start with the answers to Thought Assignment #7: I hope you did well on this assignment. I believe in you! With a little practice you can do it! (There is a mistake--actually two--in the first answer. Can you spot it (them)? Let me know in the comments below, or shoot me a Tweet!) Update: Since no one commented the mistake is at the end of answer number 2. It should be "nan desu ka?" I accidentally omitted the de. I'll be going on vacation in a couple of weeks and wanted to give you some suggestions to keep your Japanese language practice going, just in case I don't have internet on the road to upload more lessons. As you know, I highly recommend Japanesepod101.com. They are my all time favorite way of learning Japanese. You can sign up for a free account and have access to new lessons (for a limited time) after they are posted. There's also a lot of free PDF cheatsheets and vocabulary content there to keep you learning during the summer. If you prefer watching videos, please check out their channel as well: Japanesepod101 I love watching and hearing the vocabulary and other content on Japanesepod101's YouTube channel. I always find something new and interesting when watching their videos. So I highly recommend you check them out. Here's a beginner video on how to greet an old friend you haven't seen in a while: Another example is one of their Top 25 videos. It reviews some things we've discussed here already and has a few new things to learn: If it's too fast, just click the gear icon and slow it down to a pace that suits you.
Okay, that's it for this week. I'll try to post while I'm on vacation but if I don't, please remember to check out Japanesepod101.com and their YouTube channel Japanesepod101. Mata ne!
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Wordly Wednesday: Learning Japanese. Building Vocabulary: Going To Work, Professions in Japanese6/19/2019
Good morning! I hope you all had a great week. Before we get into this week's topic, here are the answers to last week's Thought Assignment (#6):
I hope you found this assignment easy to do. If you looked back to the posts on Family Names and reviewed the Nationalities, then it should have been a breeze. Again if you didn't get them all, with a little more practice I'm sure you'll remember them better.
In the bonus content for SubscribeStar subscribers, I introduced one more way to say where your from: Watashi wa Amerika shusshin desu. Just make note of that, because you may hear that as well. Today we'll be adding to your conversational skills with new vocabulary.
Let's get to some common professions.
Let's practice some sentences in Thought Assignment #7. Before we begin, there are a couple of ways to say what your name is. Here are two:
私は ______ です。 わたしは ______です。 Watashi wa _______. (Or Boku wa ______. For males) My name is _______. and 私の名前は ______ です。 わたしのなまえは ______ です。 Watashi no namae wa _______ desu. If you're asking someone's name remember to add the polite "0" before namae. The word for you (singular is anata - あなた) and the possessive pronoun is "no" の. However you can omit it. And please note that first introductions include はじめまして (hajimemashite=nice to meet you) and よろしくおねがいします(yoroshikuonegaishimasu=please treat me well, please be kind to me). はじめまして。 My name is _____ . よろしくおねがいします。 Nice to meet you. My name is ______. Please treat me well. Okay, see if you can say the following sentences for Thought Assignment #7: 1. Nice to meet you. My name is _______. Please be kind to me. 2. What's your name? 3. I'm from Germany. 4. Where are you from? 5. What's your profession? 6. I'm a firefighter? Good luck!
At this point you should be able to introduce yourself, say where you're from, how old you are, discuss your family (and how many of them there are) their ages and nationalities, and include professions as well. Can you believe it? Look how far you've come and how much you've learned so far. It's amazing! Good work!
Here's this week's free practice writing sheet:
I hope you enjoy your free writing sheet! Until next time, mata ne!
Howdy! Today we'll go over how to say where you are from, or how to say nationalities in Japanese.
Let's look on the chart:
Obviously this is not a complete list. These are only a few nationalities. But I'm sure you can see the pattern.
To say your nationality in Japanese the sentence would read as follows: わたしは (country name) + (じん) です〭 Watashi wa (country name) + (jin) desu. I am ____ person. But in English it would read: I am _____. The word "jin" or character "人" means person.
Okay let's get to some examples. I'm from America. So, if someone asked me where I was from I would say:
私は アメリカ人 です〭 わたしは アメリカじん です〭 Watashi wa Amerikajin desu.
I bet you're thinking that you've seen the "人" character before. If you'll recall our lesson on counting people, we used the "人" Kanji. When using the "人" Kanji as a counter, "nin" is often how it's pronounced.
In the case of 人, the On reading is ジ (jin) or ン (nin). The Kun reading is ヒト(hito) or ヒトリ (hitori).
We haven't really gone over this before in depth because Kanji isn't our focus here. However, let me just say that each Kanji character has two basic pronunciations: the On reading and the Kun reading.
The On reading comes from traditional Chinese readings. The Kun reading is a traditional Japanese reading. As an in-depth look at Kanji is beyond the scope of these lessons, at this time, you can find information on when to use each reading at Japanesepod101.com or check out this useful video from Japanesepod101 on YouTube:
Now, it's time for this week's Thought Assignment (#6). Let's see if you can translate the following sentences.
1. My family is Australian. 2. My mother is Mexican. 3. My father is Chinese. 4. I'm Polish. 5. My Aunt and Uncle are Irish. Try to do these exercises on your own. You can always use Google Translate or Microsoft Translate to help you out if you're having trouble. However, keep in mind that these tools are not infallible. Sometimes they get translations wrong. Always check with other sources to make sure your translations are accurate.
Here's this week's free practice writing sheet featuring these nationalities.
That's all for this week. Meet you back here next week for something new!
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