On this page, you can learn how to say what people in your family are doing in Japanese.
Key Sentence
First box: English, Second box: Romaji, Last box: Japanese writing and audio
| My younger sister is reading a book. |
| i mo u to wa ho n wo yo n de i ma su |
| 妹は本を読んでいます。 |
One by one
- 妹（いもうと） → my younger sister
- は → no meaning
- 本（ほん） → book
- を → no meaning
- 読んでいます（よ・んでいます） → am reading
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: Basic nouns 1
On this page, you can learn very basic Japanese nouns.
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2016.12.08
Vocabulary: Basic nouns 2
On this page, you can learn very basic Japanese nouns.
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2016.12.13
Vocabulary: Basic verbs 1
On this page, you can learn very basic Japanese verbs.
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2016.11.16
Vocabulary: Basic verbs 2
On this page, you can learn very basic Japanese verbs.
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2016.11.28
Vocabulary: Basic words – places 2
On this page, you can learn basic Japanese vocabulary for places.
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2017.10.22
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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2016.11.08
Review
Task 1: Change into Japanese.
- My older brother is watching TV.
- My younger sister is swimming in a pool.
Task 2: Change into English.
- おじは部屋で手紙を書いています。
- 姉はと書かんで勉強しています。
Task 3: Listen to answer what you hear in English.