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    This document is from JapanesePod101.com and provides a lesson on basic greetings in Japanese. It introduces the phrases "Konnichi wa" meaning "hello" or "good day", "Genki desu ka" meaning "How are you?", and "Genki desu" meaning "I'm fine". It includes the kanji, kana, romanization and English translation for each phrase. It also provides sample sentences and explains some grammar points about using these greetings in conversations.

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    This document is from JapanesePod101.com and provides a lesson on basic greetings in Japanese. It introduces the phrases "Konnichi wa" meaning "hello" or "good day", "Genki desu ka" meaning "How are you?", and "Genki desu" meaning "I'm fine". It includes the kanji, kana, romanization and English translation for each phrase. It also provides sample sentences and explains some grammar points about using these greetings in conversations.

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    This document is from JapanesePod101.com and provides a lesson on basic greetings in Japanese. It introduces the phrases "Konnichi wa" meaning "hello" or "good day", "Genki desu ka" meaning "How are you?", and "Genki desu" meaning "I'm fine". It includes the kanji, kana, romanization and English translation for each phrase. It also provides sample sentences and explains some grammar points about using these greetings in conversations.

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    Basic Japanese #2: Basic Greetings

    2 Formal Kanji
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    English
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    Kanji
    こんにちは。
    げんきですか。
    げんきです。

    Kana
    こんにちは。
    げんきですか。
    げんきです。

    Formal Romanization
    Konnichi wa.
    Genki desu ka.
    Genki desu.

    English
    2
    Hi./Hello
    How are you?
    I'm fine.

    Vocabulary
    Kanji Kana Romaji English
    こんにちは こんにちは Konnichiwa hello, good day
    (daytime greeting)
    げんき げんき genki healthy
    最悪 さいあく saiaku the worst
    まあまあ まあまあ māmā so-so

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    Vocabulary Sample Sentences


    皆さん、こんにちは。 Hello, everybody.
    Mina-san, konnichiwa.
    元気ですか。 How are you?
    Genki desu ka.
    彼とのデートは最悪でした。 The date with him was worst.
    Kare to no dēto wa saiaku deshita.
    ここのすしは、まあまあです。 The sushi here is so-so.
    Koko no sushi wa māmā desu.

    Grammar Points
    The focus of this lesson is how to say "Hi. How are you?" in Japanese.

    こんにちは。/ Konnichi wa ＝ Hi. / Hello


    げんきですか。/ Genki desu ka. = How are you?
    げんきです。/ Genki desu. = I'm fine.

    3
    こんにちは。/ Konnichi wa.

    Konnichi wa (こんにちは) is a general greeting that means "hi" or "hello." It also means "good
    afternoon". But, you can use こんにちは any time of the day as a greeting.

    げんきですか。/ Genki desu ka.

    Genki desu ka.(げんきですか) literally means "Are you healthy?" but it is used to mean "how
    are you?"

    Genki (げんき) means "healthy."


    Desu (です) is a copula which is almost the same as "to be" in English.

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    ka (か) is a sentence-ending particle that can be used to make a question.

    げんきです。/ Genki desu.

    To answer the question, "genki desu ka," you just say "genki desu" which means "I'm fine."

    げんき? vs げんき。

    In a casual conversation, you can say genki? with a rising intonation to ask someone "how
    are you?" To answer this question, you can say genki without rising intonation to mean "I'm
    fine." The only difference is the intonation.

    Language Tip

    When you want to answer "so so" to the question "how are you," you can say māmā
    (まあまあ) which means "so so." If you are not doing well at all, you can say saiaku
    (さいあく), which means "I'm not doing good at all."

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