3-1 Flashcards
my father
chichi
my mother
haha
my older brother
ani
my older sister
ane
my younger brother
otooto
my younger sister
imooto
family
kazoku
sibling(s)
kyoodai
name
namae
who?
dare?
Counting people
HITORI, FUTARI, sannin, YONIN, gonin, rokunin, NANANIN or SHICHININ, hachinin, KYUUNIN, juunin. Juuichinin(11). Nannin? (How many people?)
Counting ages
ISSAI, nisai, sansai, YONSAI, gosai, rokusai, NANASAI, HASSAI, KYUUSAI, JUSSAI. Juuissai (11), hatachi (20). Nansai?/(O)ikutsu? (What is your age?/How old are you?)
Do NOT use “shinin” for four people.
“Shinin” means “a dead person”.
Do NOT use “kusai” for nine-years-old.
“Kusai” means “is smelly”.
Is that so? (Used very often by a listener as a response to new information he/she receives, ofeten used as one nods.)
Soo desu ka?
Is that true?/Really?
Hontoo desu ka?
A possessive and descriptive particle.
no (E.g., watashi no hon (my book), Nihongo no hon (Japanese language book)
- Who?
- Donata? (a polite form of “dare”)
- a pet
- petto
- dog
- inu
- cat
- neko
- step– (e.g., stepfather)
- giri no – (e.g., giri no chichi)
- older (of two) –
- ue no –
- younger (of two) –
- shita no –
- my grandfather
- sofu
- my grandmother
- sobo
Look at the Grammar on page 54.
Study!
This is my family’s photo.
Kore wa watashi no kazoku no shashin desu.
My older borther’s name is Mike.
Ani no namae wa Maiku desu.
My stepmother is 40-years-old.
Giri no haha wa yonjussai desu.
