【Topic: School】Let’s learn how to say ‘What is your favourite subject?’ in Japanese.

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Key Sentence

Let’s learn how to ask what is somebody’s favourite subject in Japanese.

Kana and Kanji: 好きなか目ですか。

Romaji: su ki na ka mo ku wa na n de su ka

Meaning: What is your favourite subject?

your

A word for ‘your’ in Japanese is あなたの which is often skipped in a conversation.

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One by one

  • 好きな(す・きな/su ki na)→ favourite
  • か目(か・もく/ka mo ku)→ subject
  • は (wa) → no meaning
  • 何(なん/na n)→ what
  • です(です/de su) → is
  • か (ka) → ?
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Extension

せんせい
せんせい

Change ‘su ki na’ into ‘ki ra i na’ to talk about subjects you don’t like.

きらいなか目ですか。

Romaji: ki ra i na ka mo ku wa na n de su ka

Meaning: What is your least favourite subject?

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Review

Task 1: Change into Japanese.

  • What is your favourite subject?

好きなか目は何ですか。

Task 2: Change into English.

  • 好きなか目は何ですか。

What is your favourite subject?

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

What is your least favourite subject?

What is your favourite subject?

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