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Module 3, Lesson 1 focuses on teaching how to express age, nationality, and profession in Japanese. Key learning outcomes include vocabulary translation, correct particle usage, and sentence construction using basic patterns. The lesson introduces essential vocabulary and sentence structures for effective communication in Nihongo.

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Module 3

Module 3, Lesson 1 focuses on teaching how to express age, nationality, and profession in Japanese. Key learning outcomes include vocabulary translation, correct particle usage, and sentence construction using basic patterns. The lesson introduces essential vocabulary and sentence structures for effective communication in Nihongo.

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Module 3 | Lesson 1 – Telling One’s Age, Nationality and

Profession
Basic in the study of a foreign language is learning how one tells his /
her age, nationality, and profession.
These topics are the focus of this module.

Learning Outcomes
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to :
1. Translate vocabulary introduced in the module,
2. Use the correct particles in their sentences,
3. Construct sentences applying the basic sentence patterns
introduced.

One cannot write sentences in whatever language if he /she does


not have enough words to use.
Thus, in every Nihongo Grammar Lesson that requires learners to
construct / write sentences, a set of vocabulary shall be introduced. For
this module, here is the list of Japanese words you have to be familiar
with.

JAPANESE
JAPANESE
TRANSLATION
ENGLISH IN TRANSLATION IN
JAPANESE
RO-MAJI
CHARACTERS
I WATASHI
We WATASHITACHI
You ANATA
He, She, That Person ANO HITO
Teacher SENSEI
Student GAKUSEI
Company Employee KAISHAIN
Bank Employee GINKOUIN
Medical Doctor ISHA
Researcher KENKYUUSHA
Engineer ENJINIA
University DAIGAKU
Yes HAI
No IIE
USA AMERIKA
UK IGIRISU
India INDO
Indonesia INDONESHIA
South Korea KANKOKU
Thailand TAI
China CHUUGOKU
Germany DOITSU
Japan NIHON
France FURANSU
Brazil BURAJIRU
Philippines FIRIPIN

Learning Nihongo is made easy because of patterns which you follow.


These patterns are supposed to guide you in order to correctly write your
sentences in Japanese.
In this lesson, the following are the sentence patterns.

1. Subject wa N desu.
· subject of the sentence is a person (noun or pronoun)
· the subject is followed by the subject marker particle “wa”.
§ N tells something about the subject it can be subject’s name, age,
nationality or profession.

Example : 1.1 Watashi wa Grace desu. (I am Grace.)

SUBJECT N (name of SUBJECT)

1.2 Satou san wa kenkyuusha desu. (Mr. Satou is a


researcher.)

SUBJECT N (profession of SUBJECT)

1.3Yamada san wa Nihonjin desu.(Ms. Yamada is


Japanese. )
SUBJECT N (nationality of SUBJECT)

· JIN – is added after the name of a country means “national


of”. Ex : American -Amerikajin

· SAI- refers to age. It is added after the number that represents the
age of a person
Ex: 17 years old is JUUNANASAI.
· If one’s age is 8 or ends in 8 (18 years, 28 years old etc), this is an
exception. Instead of saying HACHISAI, 8 years old is HASSAI, 28 years old is
NIJUUHASSAI etc.
· “NANSAI DESU KA.” – used to ask one’s age

Example : Anata wa nansai desu ka. (How old are you?)


Watashi wa juunanasai desu. (I am 17 years old.)

2. Subject wa N ja arimasen.
· JA ARIMASEN is the present/ future negative form of “desu”. It’s
equivalent to “am not”, “is not”, “are not” and “will not be”.
· JA ARIMASEN is used in daily conversation. It may be DEWA
ARIMASEN in formal speech or writing.

Example : Watashi wa isha ja arimasen. ( I am not a doctor.)


3. Subject wa N desu ka.
· KA is a question marker. It is added at the end of a sentence to
form a question. KA after Subject wa N desu forms an interrogative
statement.

Example : Yamadasan wa Nihonjin desu.


( Ms. Yamada is Japanese.)
Yamadasan wa Nihonjin desu ka.
( Is Ms. Yamada Japanese ? )
· “Subject wa N desu ka” is a question answerable by
YES (HAI) or a NO (IIE).

Example : Yamadasan wa Nihonjin desu ka.


(Is Ms. Yamada Japanese?)
Answer : If YES, say ( write ) :

Hai, + Subject wa N desu.


(Hai, Yamadasan wa Nihonjin desu.)
Or Hai, + N desu.

(Hai, Nihonjin desu.)


(Both answers mean “Yes, Ms. Yamada is Japanese.)

If your answer is NO, say (write) :


Iie, + Subject wa N ja arimasen.
(Iie, Yamadasan wa Nihonjin ja arimasen.)
Or Iie, + N ja arimasen.
(Iie, Nihonjin ja arimasen.)
( Both answers mean “No, Ms. Yamada is not Japanese.)
4. The Particle MO
· The particle MO is added after a topic / subject , it is read as “wa” when
the statement ( predicate) about the topic is the same as the predicate in the
previous statement.
· The particle MO is equivalent to “too” or “also”.

Example : Yamadasan wa Nihonjin desu.


( Ms. Yamada is Japanese.)
Satousan mo Nihonjin desu.

( Ms. Satou is also Japanese.)


· If the particle MO is used to ask a question, the following answer
patterns are observed :
Example : Yamadasan wa Nihonjin desu.
Satousan mo Nihonjin desu ka.
(Ms. Yamada is Japanese. Is Ms. Satou Japanese too? )
If YES : Hai, Satousan mo Nihonjin desu.
If NO : Iie, Satousan wa Nihonjin ja arimasen.

4. N1 (no) N2

· NO ( ) is a particle used to connect two words to form the possessive.


· “Yamada san” is Mr. or Ms. Yamada,
“Yamada san no “ Mr./Ms.
Yamada’s.

Example : IMC shain ( employee of IMC or IMC’s employee)


Batangasu Daigaku gakusei ( student of UB or UB’s student)

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