Ohayou
Itadakimasu
Konnichiwa
Gochisousama deshita
Konbanwa
Oyasumi nasai
Itte kimasu
Sayounara
Arigatou
Itte rasshai
Sumimasen
Iie
Tadaima
Okaeri nasai.
Hajimemashite.
Yoroshiku
onegaishimasu
Renshuu 1. What are these people saying?
Common Classroom Expressions
1. Excuse me.
Sumimasen
(when you want to call somebody’s attention)
Sensei
2. Teacher
3. I have a question.
Shitsumonga arimasu.
4. Are you finish/done? Owarimashitaka.
Hai.
5. Yes.
6. No.
7. Not yet.
Iie.
Madadesu.
8. Kindly repeat it.
Mou ichido kudasai.
9. Please speak slowly.
Yukkuri hanashite kudasai.
10. Did you understand? Wakarimashitaka.
11. Yes, I understood.
Hai, wakarimashita.
12. No, I did not understand. Iie, wakarimasendeshita.
Sumimasen.
13. I’m sorry.
14. See you again.
15. Please wait.
Matane.
Chotto matte kudasai.
Renshuu 2. Act out the following situations with your classmates.
1. You meet your host family for the first time. Greet them.
2. It is one o’clock in the afternoon. You see your neighbor Mr. Yamada.
3. You come to class in the morning. Greet your teacher. Greet your friends.
4. On a crowded train, you stepped on someone’s foot.
5. You dropped your book. Someone picked it up for you.
6. It is 8 o’clock at night. You happen to meet your teacher at the
convenience store.
7. You are watching TV with your host family. It is time to go to sleep.
8. You are leaving home.
9. You have come back home.
10. You are going to start eating.
11. You have finished eating.