On this page, you can learn how to talk about what people in your family do (occupation) in Japanese.
Key Sentence
English | My father is a doctor. |
Romaji | chi chi wa i sha de su |
Kana and Kanji | 父はいしゃです。 |
This sentence pattern is used when you know the name of the occupation.
Visit the page below if you don’t know the name of the occupation, but know where the workplace is.
One by one
Word | Hiragana | Romaji | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|
父 | ちち | chi chi | my father |
は | wa | no meaning | |
いしゃ | i sha | doctor | |
です | de su | is |
Vocabulary
Review
Task 1: Change into Japanese.
- My older brother is an accountant.
- My younger sister is a singer.
Task 2: Change into English.
- 父は大くです。
- 姉はかんごふです。
Task 3: Listen to answer what you hear in English.
- 兄は会けいしです。
- 妹はか手です。
- My father is a carpenter.
- My older sister is a nurse.
- My younger brother is a fire fighter.
- My uncle is a pilot.