Jikoshoukai-Self Introduction
Konnichiwa, hajimemashite!
(hello, nice to meet you)
Watashi wa Joan desu. (I'm joan)
Nijyunisaii desu. (22 years old) Firipin no shusshin desu. (I'm from Philippines)
Watashi wa daigaku o sotsugyō shite imasu. (I graduated in college)
Shumi wa barēbōru desu. (my hobby is playing volleyball)
Watashi wa Tokyo ni iki tai desu(I like to go in japan), hon o yomu kotto ga suki desu, (I like to read books) Anime ya nihon'no dorama ga suki desu, (I like to watch anime and japanese drama)
Nihon no bunka ni kyoumi ga aru kara, nihongo wo benkyou shite imasu (*I am interested in the Japanese culture, that is why I study Japanese.)
Yoroshiku onegai shimasu. (please be good to me)
You can also say:
Nihongo wo benkyou suru tame ni nihon ni kimashita. * I came to Japan to study Japanese.
●Nationality
I am Japanese.
Watashi wa Nihon-jin desu.
I am filipino
Watashi wa Firipin-jin desu
*
Is Ms. Wang Australian?
Wan-san wa Ōsutoraria-jin desuka?
He is not American.
Kare wa Amerika-jin dewa arimasen.
What nationality is she?
Kanojo wa Nani-jin desuka?
●watashi: I
●anata: you
●kare: he
●kanojo: she
Pattern
Country name + jin = nationality
Nihon-jin: Japanese
Nani-jin desuka?: What nationality?
●Profession
*We are also students.
Watashi tachi mo gakusei desu.
*Are they also engineers?
Kare ra mo enjinia desuka?
Are you (all) also officeworkers? Anata tachi mo kaishain desuka?
●watashi tachi: we
●anata tachi: you (all)
●kare ra: they (men)
●kanojo tachi: they (women)
mo: also (comes after the subject instead of "wa")
gakusei: student
kaishain: office worker
enjinia: engineer
*
Hai, so desu.: Yes, it is so.
Iie, chigai masu.: No, it isn't so.
*joangorgey —thank you for reading. Hope you'll learn how to introduce yourself.
YOU ARE READING
japanese learning language ❤️
Short StoryThe beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. A new language is a new life. 新しい言語は、新たな人生の始まり。 Atarashii gengo wa arata na jinsei no hajimari. Read, review, and read out loud (lots of words to learn here)
