On this page, you can learn how to talk about somebody’s age and occupation in Japanese.
Key Sentence
First box: English, Second box: Romaji, Last box: Japanese writing and audio
| My father is 42 years old and works at a bank. |
| chi chi wa yo n ju u ni sa i de, gi n ko u de ha ta ra ki ma su |
| 父は四十二さいで、銀行ではたらきます。 |
One by one
- 父（ちち） → My father
- は → no meaning
- 四十二（よん・じゅう・に） → 42
- さい → years old
- で、 → and
- 銀行（ぎん・こう） → bank
- で → at
- はたらきます → work
Vocabulary
【Japanese Vocabulary】My family
What you learn: my mother, my father, my older sister, my older brother, my grandmother, my grandfather, my aunt, my uncle / Extension: Use 一番上の for the oldest and 一番下の for the youngest to describe people in your family. Put a counter for people after brothers or sisters if you want to talk about more than one brother or sister.
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【Vocabulary: Basic words】Places 1
Let's learn the meaning and pronunciation of くうこう, ぎんこう, がっこう, ゆうびんきょく, スタジアム etc.
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2016.11.09
【Japanese Vocabulary: Numbers】1 to 10, 11 to 20, over 21, 100, 1000, 10000
Japanese numbers 1 to 10: 一（いち、ichi）二（に、ni）三（さん、san）四（し、shi）五（ご、go）六（ろく、roku）七（なな、nana）八（はち、hachi）九（きゅう、kyuu）十（じゅう、juu）/ 11 to 20: 十一（じゅういち、juuichi）十二（じゅうに、juu...
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Grammar
and:【で】
On this page, you can learn how to use で as 'and'.
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Review
Task 1: Change into Japanese.
- My father is 43 years old and works at a hospital.
- My grandfather is 62 years old and works at a station.
Task 2: Change into English.
- 妹は二十三さいで、レストランではたらきます。
- 弟は十九さいで、ゆうびんきょくではたらきます。
Task 3: Listen to answer what you hear in English.