Speak Japanese Today. Taeko Kamiya

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だれ dare who こちら kochira this person/thing 佐藤 Satō (a family name) 戸田さん Toda-san Mr./Mrs./Miss Toda さん -san (an honorific suffix added to another person's given name, family name, or full name) カーターさん Kātā-san Mr./Mrs./Miss Carter アメリカ Amerika America 朝日新聞 Asahi Shinbun Asahi Newspaper (one of the leading Japanese newspapers) 記者 kisha reporter は wa¹ (a topic marker) です desu is; am; are か ka?² (a question marker) の no³ of; for

       _{POINTS TO REMEMBER}

      1. NOUN + wa: as for NOUN

      Wa is a particle attached to the topic (or subject) of a sentence. The topic can be anything—a person, a thing, the weather—that comes at the beginning of the sentence. This topic is followed by wa.

      EXAMPLE: あの人は記者です。

      Ano hito wa kisha desu.

      That person is a reporter.

      2. Ka is a question marker. Ka at the end of a sentence turns it into a question.

      EXAMPLE: あの記者は誰ですか。

      Ano kisha wa dare desu ka?

      Who is that reporter?

      3. NOUN (A) + no + NOUN (B): NOUN (B) of NOUN (A)

      [NOUN (A) + no] modifies NOUN (B).

      EXAMPLE: 朝日新聞の記者

      Asahi Shinbun no kisha

      a reporter for the Asahi Newspaper

      4. In general, Japanese nouns do not have plural forms and there are no articles. Therefore, English words such as “a,” “the,” “some,” and “any,” are not translated.

      5. The subject is often omitted in Japanese.

      DIALOGUE

      Study the dialogue below. Practice until you no longer need to refer to the Japanese half.

Carter :	こんばんは。あの人は誰ですか。
	Konbanwa. Ano hito wa1 dare desu ka2?
	Good evening. Who is that person? (lit., As for that person, who is she?)
Satō :	戸田さんです。あの人は朝日新聞の記者です。
	Toda-san desu. Ano hito wa Asahi Shinbun no3 kisha desu.
	It's Miss Toda. She is a4 reporter for the Asahi Newspaper.

Satō :	戸田さん、こちらはアメリカのカーターさんです。
	Toda-san, kochira wa Amerika no Kātā-san desu.
	Miss Toda, this is Mr. Carter of America.
	カーターさん、こちらは朝日新聞社の戸田さんです。
	Kātā-san, kochira wa Asahi Shinbun no Toda-san desu.
	Mr. Carter, this is Miss Toda of the Asahi Newspaper.
Toda :	はじめまして。戸田です。
	Hajimemashite. Toda desu.
	How do you do? I5 am Toda.
	どうぞよろしく。
	Dōzo yoroshīku.
	Glad to meet you.
Carter :	はじめまして。カーターです。
	Hajimemashite. Kātā desu.
	How do you do? I am Carter.
	どうぞよろしく。
	Dōzo yoroshiku.
	Pleased to meet you.

      ADDITIONAL WORDS

      Study these new words and clearly pronounce them aloud. Then proceed to the exercises.

医者	isha	doctor
看護師	kangoshi	nurse
会社員	kaisha-in	company employee
作家	sakka	writer
先生	sensei	teacher
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