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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Who are we? In Japanese, as in other languages, you can say, “My name is…” but you can also say, “I am…” We are our names. When you meet someone and hear their name, if you didn’t quite hear it right the first time, you repeat it and ask if you understand. But where do you go from there when you meet someone for the first time in Japan? Why, asking more about a person is a great place to start! You can ask about nationality in Japanese, “Are you an American?” If you’re in Japan, be prepared to answer that question a lot. And don’t forget basic greetings and showing respect in Japanese! Be prepared to meet people and exchange names and other important information. It’s all a part of learning to converse in Japanese.

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson will have you speaking Japanese greetings and politely giving your name to those whom you meet in no time. In moments, you’ll be saying, “Good morning. My name is …” It’s easy with JapanesePod101.com. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Japanese lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn to Speak Japanese Fluently with This Lesson!



This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 10th, 2007 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Newbie Season 2 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

68 Responses to “Newbie Lesson S2 #2 - Nihongo Dōjō - Asking the Right Questions in Japanese!”

JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san, could you sense the tension between these two? Do I detect some drama building?

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kitty-chan says:

Maybe they will fall in love and live happily every after in Newbie Land! :wink:

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Peter says:

Kitty-chan, Newbie Land…おもしろい! :mrgreen:  I like the sound of that!

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Peter says:

みなさん、
Mina-san =everyone
こんにちは。
konnichiwa!
なおみです。わたしは日本人です。
Naomi desu. watashi wa Nihon-jin desu.
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
In the dialogue, Mi Yeon said 「わたしはアメリカ人です。」. But to be precise, she is Korean American.
Korean(nationality) = 韓国人/かんこくじん/kankoku-jin
American (nationality) = アメリカ人/あめりかじん/amerika-jin
Korean American = 韓国系アメリカ人/かんこくけいあめりかじん/kankoku kei amerika jin.
系/けい/kei =lineage, connection
So if you are French Canadian, you would say 「フランス系カナダ人です。/furansukei kanada-jin desu. 」
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
ピーターさんはアメリカ人です。
Peter san wa amerika jin desu.
みなさんのNationality は何ですか。
Mina-san no Nationality wa nan desu ka?
=What is YOUR nationality, everyone? :razz:

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Naomi says:

I’m sorry. The previous comment was from me! :sad:
わたしはなおみです。/Watashi wa Naomi desu.

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Read The Post says:

わたしはmaxiewawaです。 Sorry I didn’t put my name in the required field, just thought I’d let everyone have a chance to use what we learned. :razz:

私はオーストラリア人です。じつは、中国とイギリス系オーストラリア人です。
Watashi ha o-sutoraria jin desu. jitsu ha chuugoku to igirisukei o-sutoraria jin desu.

Japanesepod101.comを始めて聞くと、ピーター先生は東南アジア系アメリカじんとおもった。
= The first time I heard Japanesepod101.com, I thought Peter was a South East Asian American. :oops: :oops:  (間違えたでしょ?)

Don’t laugh! I’ve heard new posters leave comments to that effect before.

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markystar says:

私は独逸と愛蘭系亜米利加人です。
:shock:   :shock:   :shock:   :shock:   :shock:   :shock:

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Sophie says:

こんにちはNaomi先生、

私はSophieです。フランス人です。
I’m Sophie, and French.

よろしくお願いします。

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bakaneko says:

私は火星人です。  :cool:

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Daniel Beck says:

Naomi先生!

Another excellent lesson! Very very nice! :grin: You are an excellent add to the team!

Even though this is a newbie lesson, your explanations of pronunciation and intonation are good for speakers of all levels.

Akihiroさん、

Loved that explanation of おはようございます。勉強になりました! :cool:

Peterちゃん、

You weren’t too shabby either. :lol:

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markobe8 says:

Watashi wa firipin-jin desu… Id really love to all of you guys.. its really great.. quality talents, actors especially the voices.. honto ni daiski desu…

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João Paulo says:

皆さん、元気ですか。

私はブラジル人です。ポルトガル系イタリア系スペイン系オーストリア系ブラジル人です! :lol:  The funny is that this is true!

なおみ先生とあしひろさん、貴方達はすごいですね!

がんばってね!

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Liz21 says:

Akirihiro-san,
From the sound of your voice — you must be handsome! :mrgreen:
(Love your voice!)

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Liz21 says:

Gomen-nasai.
*Akihiro-san. (I must be more careful about typing! :shock: )

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Naomi says:

maxiewawaさん
Great sentences! すごいですね。 :grin:
You worte…”Japanesepod101.comを始めて聞くと”, but “Japanesepod101.comを初めて聞いたとき” is better.

Markystarさん
Wow, you used very difficult Kanji for country name! :eek:
独逸/ドイツ/doitsu =Germany
愛蘭/アイルランド/airurando = Ireland
亜米利加/アメリカ/amerika =America

Sophieさん
Sophie-san wa Furansu-jin desu ka? Kochirakoso yoroshiku onegaishimasu. :smile:

Bakaneko さん
おもしろい!笑ってしまいした。 :eek: Bakaneko-san wa Alien desu ka? And you are from Mars? :shock: You are very OMOSHIROI (=funny). :mrgreen:

Danielさん
コメントありがとうございます。本当に嬉しいです。頑張ります。 :grin:
komento arigatou gozaimasu. Hontou ni ureshii desu. Ganbarimasu.

markobe8さん
markobe8 -san wa firipin-jin desu ka? Komento arigatou gozaimasu. :grin:

Joãoさん
João-san wa Buraziru jin desu ka? Porutogaru to itaria to supein to osutoraria!? :shock: Sugoi desu!

Liz21さん
Hai. Soudesu. :mrgreen: You are right! Akihiro-san wa hansamu desu.

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Daniel L says:

Not too long ago, I ran across 押忍 (osu) used instead of お早う御座います (ohayou gozaimasu). Is this another way to say “good morning” among friends?

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markystar says:

おっす is a casual greeting (usually for guys) at any time of the day. but only use this with friends. it’s very casual. :cool:

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Sophie says:

My Japanese teacher told us he sometimes joked with close japanese friends on Sunday, saying お遅い御座います to greet them in the morning, underlining the fact that they have been sleeping in.

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Chris says:

ハートクリストファーです。アメリカ人です。テクスッポトです。

Is there a better way to put that last sentance?

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Naomi says:

Sophieさん
As your Japanese teacher mentioned, some people say 「お遅うございます/oosou gozaimasu」or 「おそようございます/osoyougozaimasu.」as a joke. :wink:

Chirisさん
こんにちは。よろしくおねがいします。
Are you working as a tech support? If it is so, テクニカル サポート スタッフ/technical support staff. :razz:

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Naomi says:

すみません。Oops!
I mean, Chrisさん! スペルまちがえました。 :sad:

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nilfisq says:

みなさん、
こんにちは。
私はオランダ人です。
でもベルギーに住んでいる。(is that correct?)

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Moh says:

The iLearning center audio zip file is not working for me for some reason. Did anyone else face this problem?

Thank,
Moh

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matthew says:

how do you say I’m sorry I’m late in Japanese??? please help thx! :nihon:

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matthew says:

because sometimes i walk into class late and ill i know to say is すみません。 got any advice for saying something like sorry that I’m late or something???

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matthew says:

does おそく mean late? and if it does how can i make that into a sentence? :P  

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markystar says:

遅く is the adverbial form of 遅い, it means “slow” or “late.”
but in Japanese “to be late” is it’s own verb. 遅れる.
so i’d recommend saying 遅れてすみません “i’m sorry for being late.”
お待たせしました is “I’m sorry for making you wait.”

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andrew says:

I don’t understand. Where do I begin? i started with Lesson # 1 and so forth and now there is another lesson where I was supposed to start with.

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maxiewawa says:

Andrew, this is Season 2 of Welcome To Style You. I think they’re starting all over again in this series.

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andrew says:

Thanks Maxie,

Its just confusing how the stuff are arranged in my ipod, not in order and sometimes the titles are different!

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allbluedream says:

Peter-San mentioned that Kim used the Japanese way to address herself. Actually it’s kind of the East Asian way. Chinese, Japanese and Korean all use this ‘Family name - Given name’ structure.

私は中国人です。よろしくお願いします。

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maxiewawa says:

こんにひは全蓝夢*さん。

你住在中国吗? 私上海に住んでるよ!

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allbluedream says:

全蓝夢 :grin:
The name is actually an adaptation from One Piece, and this is the first time I see it in English. 面白い!Your Chinese is very good! Did I see you on Youtube?

I’m in London though.

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nazuri says:

Hajimemashite Mina-san….

Nazuri desu. Watashi wa Indonesia-jin desu.

Yoroshiku onegaishimasu :smile:

tada, JapanesePod101 o aishiteiru :kokoro:

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mayumi_k1114 says:

Hajimemashite nazuri-san,

Yoroshiku onegaishimasu. :dogeza:

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joshbaker says:

Hajimemashite. Josh desu. yoroshiku onegaishimasu. Kanada-jin desu. Domo arigatou Peter sensei to Naomi sensei! Peter sensei to Naomi sensei wa sugoi desu!

Ja mata

Josh

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Mayumi says:

joshbaker-san,

Thank you for your nice comment! Arigatou gozaimasu!  :dogeza:
We look forward to your comments again! :wink:

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ニコレット says:

:mrgreen: 皆んにちは!

私は 幸せ(しあわ)せな 二コレットです( I am happy Nicolette hehe)
アフリカ人です~JapanesePod101の新(あたら?)しい学生で~

上に文は 当たりますか?^^

面白い授業(慈雨行?)いつも どうもありがとうございます!~

幸せな ニコレット :grin:

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Naomi says:

ニコレット-san
コメントありがとうございます。Thank you for posting the comment!
Japanesepod101.comへようこそ。Welcome to Japanesepod101.com!
よろしくおねがいします。 :wink:

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Wai Huan says:

I just started listening to this series yesterday. The reason I listened to this podcast was that I wanted to brush up my Japanese :mrgreen:

Anyway, 始めまして、私はワイフアンです。マレーシャ人です。どうぞ、宜しくお願いしま
す!

それでは、 また!

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Naomi says:

Wai Huan-san
ワイフアンさん、よろしくおねがいします! :grin:

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Francesca says:

こんばんは!
わたしは フランチェスカ です。よろしくおねがいします。
わたしは イタリア人 です。
Japanesepod101が だいすきです!

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Jessi says:

Francescaさん,
JapanesePod101へようこそ!
よろしくおねがいします :)

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jaime says:

Ohayou gozaimasu mina-san desu.

hajimemashite. jaime desu. watashi wa jamaika kei amerika-jin desu. yoroshiku onegaishimasu. JapanesePod101.com wa subarashii desu.

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arwa says:

hello my names is masoud arwa yoroshiku onegaishimasu im arabic i love your lessons. i have 2 questions how do you pronounce my first name'’arwa'’and my last name ‘’masoud'’in japanese.and how can i say im arabic ,im from palastine,jordan

arigatou o’gozaimasu

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Denice says:

Kon’nichiwa Mina-san!

I have a question about the video vocab to this lesson. When the kanji are on the screen, sometimes there are little kanas written above some of the kanji letters. I’m not sure what that means. I don’t read or write japanese scripts yet so I’m a little confused. Thank so much for the help and thanks for Japanese Pod 101! It’s a great website!

Ja Ne! Denice :grin:

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Jessi says:

Deniceさん,
Those kana characters are there to tell you how the kanji is read. Usually you learn kana first, and then kanji - and the kana are there to help those who haven’t learned kanji yet to read the characters :)

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Denice says:

Jesse,

Thanks very much for your answer to my question. Now all I have to do is learn to read Kana! :grin:

Thanks again!

Denice

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astrangerhere says:

I am trying to track down the “one point lesson” word Akihiro used in explaining おはようございます

Having trouble transliterating it, therefore having trouble looking it up.

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Jessi says:

astrangerhereさん,
Could you give us the exact time in the lesson that he said the word? Thanks :mrgreen:

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ウラジミール says:

astrangerhereさん,
it’s 豆知識(まめちしき)trivia; bits of knowledge (pea-sized knowledge :smile: )

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Amy Levin says:

私の名前はエイミーです。 Japanesepod101喜びをされています。 “あなたは仕事は何を”と言う方法について例を挙げてください。

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rica says:

hajimemashite. watashi wa rica-des. yoroshiko onegaishimasu.

im a little bit confuse on how i can access the other learning stuffs aside from the audio which thot me already of itadakimas,kanpai,gochisosama and so on..wat do i need to do

i want to move forward..and i dont know how..

i already learned writing hiragana characters but it ended in ya,yu and yo..and it stopped there.. :cry:

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Nate! says:

Konnichiwa!

NEITO desu. AMERIKA jin dayo!

YoroshikuuuuuUUuu! :cool:

So i’ve been studying japanese for a few years now and I plan to teach English in Japan next year. I am a fast learner, but I feel like I am SO far away from becoming fluent in Japanese. Someone please tell me that one day I will have a light bulb moment and it will all just start to click!!

Have a good day :smile:

Nate

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Cate says:

ありがとう ぞざいます。

Good lesson! Everything is fine until I see the kanji characters. I want to know if there is a way to get all of this in my head. I know all of the kana, but the kanji is not that easy to master!
Any suggestions?

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王凱 says:

お早うございます。私はキムミヨンデス。インターンです。宜しくお願いします。
お早うございます。東春人です。東です。ミヨンさんはアメリカ人ですか。
はい、そうです。

じゃあね。

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ダニエル says:

初めまして。私はダニエルです。フランス系カナダ人です。よろしくおねがいします。

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aung myo thu says:

hi konichiwa.hajime mashi te.watashi Aung Myo Thu desu.watashi wa myanmar jin desu.

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Christian3 says:

bakaneko, i’m happy to see even martians wish to learn japanese

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Sheper Ahmed says:

Hello

I am Sheper Ahmed

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Zoé says:

おはようございます!
わたしわゾーイです。Belgiumのがくせいです。カタカナのBelgiumですか?
ありがとござい、あす

Hi there !
I started out with the newbie season 1, but was curious and listened to season 2 anyways… good for me, those lessons are way better than season 1 :)
Naomi-sensei rules !
As for my Japanese, it is still pretty crappy, but I’m working on it :p I don’t know if the formulation I tried above is correct, but basically I would like to know how to say and write Belgium in katakana and tried to put that in a sentence with the very little I know ^^

Thanks for everything :D

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Naomi says:

Zoé-san
コメント、ありがとうございます。
Thank you for your kind comment. :razz:
We write Belgium as ベルギー [ berugii ] .
So ゾーイさんは ベルギー人です。 :grin:

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Ben-sa says:

I very gratefull to the lesson,now I can introduce my self to friends.

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enkhjin says:

I tried to listen these lessons, but there it cannot opened on my pc. how can i open it? :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

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Jessi says:

Hi enkhjin,
Please wait awhile and try playing the lesson again.
If you are still having trouble, please send an email to contactus@japanesepod101.com.
Thank you!!

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Lars Erik says:

わたしは ノルエ 人 です
なおみ せんせい が かっこいいですよ :smile:

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Arve says:

Hm… Watashi wa Suwëden-jin?

I’ll have to figure out how to coerce my computer to write those glyphs at some point.

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トーマス says:

おはほうございます。ぼくのなまえはトーマスです。ドイツじんです。よろしくおねがいします。ナオミさんとアキヒロさんはにほんじんですね。ピーターさんはどちらのくにのかたですか。

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