Beginning Japanese From Zero II Session Two

Beginning Japanese From Zero II Session Two

Topic: Which one?

Katakana Write-along

Grab something to write with and write on!

Let's Learn Some Vocabulary

A Helpful Pattern

• ど - Question word

• こ - close enough to touch

• そ - Sort of close, but not enough to touch

• あ - Close enough to touch

Using は in different sentences

• これは　なん　ですか

• それは　なん　ですか

• これは　やさい　ですか

• バナナは　なん　ですか

• レタスは　くだもの　ですか

Using the Question Word どれ

Following the same pattern in answering

• When answering questions, remember that most of the answer is already in the question.

• くるま　は　どれ　です　か。

• くるま　は　これ　です。

Learning on your own

• You can use these pronouns and sentences to learn new Japanese vocabulary

• えんぴつ　は　なん　です　か

• えんぴつ　は　pencil　です。

• Next level: えんぴつは　えいごで　なん　です　か。