Family: My younger sister is in Grade 2.

Basic sentence
Basic sentencefamily
この記事は約2分で読めます。

On this page, you can learn how to say what year level somebody is in in Japanese.

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Key Sentence

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

My younger sister is in Grade 2.
i mo u to wa sho u ga ku ni ne n se i de su
小学二年生です。
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One by one

  • 妹(いもうと) → my younger sister
  • は → no meaning
  • 小学二年生(しょう・がく・に・ねん・せい) → Grade 2
  • です → is
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Vocabulary

【Japanese Vocabulary】Schools and Year Levels
You can learn Japanese words for primary school, high school, university, grade 1, year 7, year 12 and so on.
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Grammar

【Japanese grammar】verb て form + います (imasu) = be + verb-ing: Present Continuous
Let's learn how to say those sentences in Japanese: My mother is eating pasta with my older sister. I am playing with friends in a park. My father is listening to music in a living room now. My older brother is drinking sake with friends now. My uncle is playing baseball at a stadium now.
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Review

Task 1: Change into Japanese.

  • My older sister is in Year 10.
  • My younger brother is in Grade 6.

Task 2: Change into English.

  • 妹は小学四年生です。
  • 兄は高校一年生です。

Kanji

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

Answer

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