Lesson 1 Flashcards
How do you say ‘excuse me’ in Japanese?
Sumimasen
How do you say ‘English’?
Eigo
Say ‘English’ as you would in a sentence.
Eigo ga
Say ‘excuse me’.
Sumimasen
Say ‘English’ when it is not in a sentence.
Eigo
Understand
Wakarimasu
Excuse me
Sumimasen
English
Eigo
Say ‘understand’
Wakarimasu
Any statement can be made into a question by adding … at the end of the sentence.
Ka
Do you understand?
Wakarimasu ka?
Ask her if she understands.
Wakarimasu ka?
Do you remember how to say ‘English’ as you would in a sentence?
Eigo ga
Do you understand English?
Eigo ga wakarimasu ka?
‘Ka’ is like a spoken question mark. True or false?
True
No
Iie
How do you say ‘no’?
Iie
How do you ask someone if she understands?
Wakarimasu ka?
Ask the woman, ‘do you understand English?’
Eigo ga wakarimasu ka?
How does she answer ‘no’?
Iie
She asks in turn ‘do you understand English?’
Eigo ga wakarimasu ka?
Tell her, ‘I understand’. I is understood.
Wakarimasu
I understand English.
Eigo ga wakarimasu.
Ask again, ‘do you understand?’
Wakarimasu ka?
Ask the woman, ‘do you understand English?’
Eigo ga wakarimasu ka?
How does she answer ‘no’?
Iie
I don’t understand.
Wakarimasen
What makes a sentence negative?
‘-masen’ at the end.
Say, ‘I don’t understand’.
Wakarimasen
Understand, don’t understand.
Wakarimasu, wakarimasen
I don’t understand English.
Eigo ga wakarimasen.
Do you understand?
Wakarimasu ka?
Ask someone if he understands English.
Eigo ga wakarimasu ka?
I don’t understand.
Wakarimasen.
No, I don’t understand.
Iie, wakarimasen.
I don’t understand English.
Eigo ga wakarimasen.
Ask again, ‘do you understand?’
Wakarimasu ka?
Answer, ‘no, I don’t understand’.
Iie, wakarimasen.
I don’t understand English.
Eigo ga wakarimasen.
Japanese
Nihongo
How do you say ‘English’, when it is used in a sentence?
Eigo ga
What would the word be for ‘Japanese’ in a sentence?
Nihongo ga
I understand.
Wakarimasu.
I understand Japanese.
Nihongo ga wakarimasu.
Say again that you understand Japanese.
Nihongo ga wakarimasu.
Now say that you don’t understand Japanese.
Nihongo ga wakarimasen.
I understand Japanese.
Nihongo ga wakarimasu.
Say ‘excuse me’.
Sumimasen
Ask someone if he understands Japanese.
Nihongo ga wakarimasu ka?
A little
Sukoshi
How do you say, ‘a little’?
Sukoshi
I understand Japanese a little.
Sukoshi wakarimasu. / Nihongo ga sukoshi wakarimasu.
Say, ‘I understand Japanese’.
Nihongo ga wakarimasu.
A little
Sukoshi
I understand Japanese a little
Nihongo ga sukoshi wakarimasu. / Sukoshi wakarimasu.
Do you understand?
Wakarimasu ka?
Ask the woman if she understands English.
Eigo ga wakarimasu ka?
No, I don’t understand.
Iie, wakarimasen.
Tell her that you understand Japanese a little.
Nihongo ga sukoshi wakarimasu.
The woman says, ‘I don’t understand English’.
Eigo ga wakarimasen.
How does she ask, ‘do you understand Japanese?’?
Nihongo ga wakarimasu ka?
Say, ‘no I don’t understand’.
Iie, wakarimasen.
Now say that you understand Japanese.
Nihongo ga wakarimasu.
Say, ‘I understand Japanese a little’.
Nihongo ga sukoshi wakarimasu.
American (politely)
Amerika no kata
The polite word for ‘person’.
Kata
Are
Desu
Are you American (politely)?
Amerika no kata desu ka?
American (when referring to yourself)
Amerika jin.
Speaking of yourself, say ‘American’.
Amerika jin.
Now say ‘American’, first referring to someone else, and then referring to yourself.
Amerika no kata, Amerika jin
In Japanese, ‘are’ and ‘am’ are the same. True or false.
True
Am
Desu
I’m American.
Amerika jin desu.
Yes
Hai
Yes, I’m American.
Hai, Amerika jin desu.
Although ‘I’ is usually understood and often omitted in Japanese, you’ll use it when you empathize or want to compare ‘I’ to ‘you’. True or false?
True
As for me.
Watashi wa
As for me, I’m American.
Watashi wa Amerika jin desu.
How would you say, ‘yes, as for me, I’m American’.
Hai, watashi wa amerika jin desu.
The woman asks you, are you American?
Amerika no kata desu ka?
Yes, as for me, I’m American.
Hai, watashi wa Amerika jin desu.
She asks again, are you American?
Amerika no kata desu ka?
Tell her, yes, as for me, I’m American.
Hai, watashi wa Amerika jin desu.
How does she say, excuse me?
Sumimasen
How does she ask if you’re American?
Amerika no kata desu ka?
She asks, do you understand Japanese?
Nihongo ga wakarimasu ka?
Ask her, do you understand English?
Eigo ga wakarimasu ka?
She says, ‘yes’.
Hai
How does she ask you if you understand Japanese?
Nihongo ga wakarimasu ka?
Yes, a little.
Hai, sukoshi.
Yes, I understand Japanese a little.
Hai, Nihongo ga sukoshi wakarimasu.
She asks you, are you American?
Amerika no kata desu ka?
Yes, as for me, I’m American.
Hai, watashi wa Amerika jin desu.
You want to begin a conversation, what do you say?
Sumimasen
She doesn’t answer, try asking her if she understands.
Wakarimasu ka?
Still no answer. Now ask her if she understands English.
Eigo ga wakarimasu ka?
How does she tell you that she doesn’t understand?
Wakarimasen
How does she ask you if you understand Japanese?
Nihongo ga wakarimasu ka?
Answer that you understand a little.
Sukoshi wakarimasu.
Answer, I understand Japanese a little.
Nihongo ga sukoshi wakarimasu.
How does she ask you if you’re American?
Amerika no kata desu ka?
Answer, ‘yes, as for me, I’m American’.
Hai, watashi wa Amerika jin desu.
Now she will ask you a question, answer truthfully. ‘Eigo ga wakarimasu ka’.
Hai, wakarimasu.
Now she will ask you another question. Answer with using the phrase, ‘a little’. ‘Nihongo ga wakarimasu ka’
Sukushi wakarimasu. / Nihongo ga sukoshi wakarimasu.
