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 older sister is a 15 year old student. |
| a ne wa ju u go sa i de, ga ku se i de su |
| 姉は十五才で、学生です。 |
One by one
- 姉（あね） → my older sister
- は → no meaning
- 十五（じゅう・ご） → 15
- 才（さい） → years old
- で、 → and
- 学生（がく・せい） → student
- です → am
Example
| My father is a 56 year old policeman. |
| chi chi wa go ju u ro ku sa i de, ke i sa tsu ka n de su |
| 父は五十六才で、けいさつかんです。 |
| My mother is a 48 year old nurse. |
| ha ha wa yo n ju u ha chi sa i de, ka n go fu de su |
| 母は四十八才で、かんごふです。 |
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
【Vocabulary】Occupation in Japanese
Do you know following words in Japanese: doctor, teacher, nurse, police officer, singer, farmer and so on. Let's learn them all.
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2016.11.13
【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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2016.11.13
Review
Task 1: Change into Japanese.
- My older brother is a 26 year old teacher.
- My aunt is a 48 year old nurse.
Task 2: Change into English.
- 母は五十五才で、しゅふです。
- 弟は三十五才で、タクシードライバーです。
Task 3: Listen to answer what you hear in English.