Japanese for the Japanesed Chalenged- Lesson 2
Introductions
In this lesson, you'll learn ho wto introduce yourself, or at least understand others when they introduce THEMselves. Here we go:
Hajime mashite. Watashi no namae wa Smith desu. Dozo yoroshiku.
(How do you do? My name is Smith. Nice to meet you)
Now, let's explain how the hell all that fits in with the english sentence!:
Hajime mashite. -means "How do you do?"
watashi -means "I". If you put "no" after "watashi", it("watashi no") means "my".
no -is called the "particle". Again, like I said, "watashi no" means "my".
na-ma-e-means "name". Please do not pronunce it like "na-me" rather than "na-ma-e".
wa -is another "particle" and does NOT have a meaning, but is used to conect words, just like "is" in English. Note: The particle is NOT a verb like "is" in English.
desu -is the verb like "is" in English. In Japanese, the verb is always located at the end of the sentences.(subject, object, and verb)
dozo yoroshiku -means "Nice to meet you".
Hajime mashite. Watashi no namae wa (put your name here) desu.
(How do you do? My name is [your name].)
Hajime mashite. Watashi wa (put name here) desu. Dozo yoroshiku
(How do you do? I'm [name]. Nice to meet you, too.)
Note: You can say, "Watashi wa (name) desu." instead of "Watashi no namae wa (name).
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