Self intro: My name is Takuma.

On this page, you can learn how to introduce yourself and other people in your family in Japanese.

Key Sentence

First box: English, Second box: Romaji, Last box: Japanese writing and audio

One by one

• 私の（わたし・の） → My
• 名前（な・まえ） → name
• は → no meaning
• たくま → Takuma
• です → is

Note 1

私の名前 means ‘my name’. Change 私 into other people, animals etc so that you can introduce them.

Example

• 父の名前 → my father’s name
• 母の名前 → my mother’s name
• ねこの名前 → the cat’s name
• 花（はな）の名前 → the flower’s name

Note 2

my for boys can be ぼくの, instead of わたしの.

【Difference】between わたし (watashi) and ぼく (boku)

わたし is used by girls, ladies and men. ぼく is used by boys only.

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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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2016.11.12

Review

Task 1: Change into Japanese.

• My name is Saki.
• My father’s name is Tomoya.

Task 2: Change into English.

• 私の名前はさとしです。
• 母の名前はまみです。

Kanji

Task 3: Listen to answer what you hear in English.

Answer