Lesson 1 - Additional Vocabulary:
Greeting and Introducing
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Here is a short list of words and phrases that can be used in the situations covered in this module. You will NOT be tested on these new words. To show you how they are used, we have provided some example sentences. Both the words and the sentences are on the tape to help you with pronunciation and to give you practice listening to them.
watashi no |
my |
tomodachi |
friend |
Watashi
no tomodachi des |
This is my friend. |
kanai |
my wife |
Kanai des |
This is my wife. |
NOTE: Kanai means "my wife"; so you don’t have to use watashi no. Since kanai can only mean "my wife," it cannot be used when you are speaking about the wife of someone else.
shujin |
my husband |
Shujin des |
This is my husband |
NOTE: The word shujin like kanai refers onIy to one's own husband. It cannot be used when referring to someone else's husband.
Sumimasen. Mō ichido itte kudasai. |
Excuse me. Please say that again. |
Wakarimas |
Do you understand? |
Hai,
wakarimas |
Yes, I understand. |
Te, wakarimasen. |
No, I don’t understand. |
Wakarimash |
Did you understand? |
Hai,
wakarimash |
Yes, I understood. |
Te,
wakarimasen-desh |
No, I didn't understand. |