Chap 1
Sayali Kulkarni..for Lets Talk
Academy of Foreign
Languages, Pune
• N1 はN2 ですーN1 is N2(N1 n2
hain) = n1 wa n2 desu
• A san wa gakusei desu( a san
student hain)
• Mr. a is a student
• Note: は is a topic marker
• N1 はN2ではありません・じゃありません
• n1 wa n2 dewa arimasen / jya arimasen
N1 is not N2 (n1 n2 nahi hain)
• A san wa gakusei dewa arimasen(formal)
• A san wa gakusei jya arimasen (informal)
(mr. a is not a student/ mr a student nahi
hain)
• N1 wa n2 desu(ka)
• Sentenceかー sentence ka – used for
asking questions
• A san wa gakusei desuka (is mr A a
student
• Answer: hai , gakusei desu /iie,gakusei
dewa arimasen/jya arimasen
• Answer: yes he is a student/ no he is
not a student
• N も （also)
• N1 wa n2 desu. N3 mo n4 desuka
• N1 mo n2 desuka
• A san wa gakusei desu B san mo
gakusei desuka
A san is a student is b san also a
student
• Hai, B san mo gakusei desu
• Yes b san is also a student
• How to negate も
A san wa gakusei desu b san mo
gakusei desuka (a san is a student is
b san also a student (b san bhi
student hain kya)
iie, B san wa gakusei dewa
arimasen (no b san is not a student)
• N1 の N2 (of) /
• Watashitachiwa nihongo no gakusei
desu
• We all are the students of Japanese
• Hum Japanese ke students hain
• Watashiwa imc no shain desu – I am
an empIoyee of imc
• N1 = company name n2= profession
Chap 2
Sayali Kulkarni..for
Lets Talk Academy of
Foreign Languages,
Pune
• これー this (thing near the speaker) kore
• それ- that (things near the listener) sore
• あれ- that over there (far from speaker and
listener) are
After これ、それ、あれ comes は (wa) and some
other particles
N1 wa n2 desu
これはペンです korewa pen desu – this is a pen
それはえんぴつです sorewa enpitsu desu – that is
a pencil
あれはかばんです arewa kaban desu – that over
there is a bag
Korewa watashino kaban desu – this is my bag
Watashino – mine watashitachino – our
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•これはなんですか (korewa
nan desuka) what is this
•なん（nan) – what
•Enpitsu desu (it is a pencil)
•Korewa enpistu desu (this
is a pencil)
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S1 かS2か
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To make listener to choose between 2
Answer directly chosen
No はい or いいえ used (hai /iie not used)
Kyou wa mokuyoubi desuka kayoubi desuka
Mokuyoubi desu
Korewa pen desuka enpitsu desuka – is this a
pen or a penciI
• Pen desu
• korewa n1 desuka n2 desuka
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• この+N = Thing or person near to
speaker (kono)
• その+N= Thing or person near to
listener (sono)
• あの+N=Thing or person far from
speaker and listener(ano)
• あのかたはどなたですか？Ano
kata wa donata desuka who is
that person (formal)
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• hai soudesu = yes it is /iie ,sou jya
arimasen = no it isn’t
• Noun sentence is there そうused to
answer positive negative
• これはペンですかーis this a pen (ye pen
hai kya ) korewa pen desuka
• はい、そうです。ーyes it is (hai soudesu)
• いいえ、そうじゃありません- no it isn’t
(iie sou jya arimasen)
• You can also say いいえちがいます iie
• なんのーnanno what kind of …
• Korewa nanno zasshi desuka
(what kind of magazine is this
• Kuruma no zasshi desu ( it is the
magazine of cars ざっし
• Thing
• N1 no n2 ( n1 is of n2)
• Watashiwa imc no shain desu ( I
am employee of imc
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• だれのー(dareno) – whose
• Korewa dareno kaban
desuka(whose bag is it?
• A san no kaban desu (it is the
bag of mr a
• A san no desu (mr.a bag)
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• Kono +noun1 wa n2 no desuka =
• Is this of …..
• Hai , noun no desu = yes it is of
noun
• Kono kasa wa a san no desuka ( is
this umbrella of Mr.A
• Hai watashino desu yes its mine
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• N1 no jya arimasen( it is not of n1)
• A san no jya arimasen (it is not of
mr a)
• Noun no jya arimasen ( it is not of
the noun)
• Kono kaban wa watashino jya
arimasen
• This bag is not mine
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