3.1.6 Lunch at Our House

• offer and ask for food and drinks

• describe typical Japanese dishes

• ask for details about a dish

Academic Vocabulary: 
tai (たい) form of verbs

Lesson Overview

​ひるごはんになにがたべたいですか
Hirugohan ni nani ga tabetai desu ka?

​おにぎりをたべたいです
Onigiri o tabetai desu

ひるごはん　Hirugohan : Lunch
Verbたい　Verb-tai : I/you want .....

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なにがたべたいですか？
Nani ga tabetai desu ka?
What do you want to eat?

(food)をたいです
(food) o tabetai desu
I want to eat .....

(food/drink)をください
(food/drink) o kudasai
.... please / Please (give me) ....

​きょうのぶんぽう　Today's grammar

​Desire Form →　たいです (tai desu)
Tai たい here is not a verb or noun but an ending particle that is used to express a desire or want. It is added to the stem of a verb and it’s used to indicate that the speaker wants to do that action. The formula is to drop the ~masu and add tai desu.

たべます (tabemasu) → たべ (tabe) → たべたい (tabetai) → たべたいです (tabetai desu)

～をください　..... o kudasai

Kudasai ください here is not a noun or verb by itself, but a polite auxiliary verb (a helper verb like have, do, will, shall, could, may, etc.) used in Japanese to make requests or give instructions. Usually is used when you order food or drink and can be translated as ".... please" or "please give me ....."

にほんの　たべもの　Japanese foods

ぶたにく
Buta niku

Pork

とりにく
Tori niku

Chicken Meat

えび
Ebi

Shrimp

やさい
Yasai

Vegetable

サラダ
Sarada

Salad

スープ
Suupu

Soup

あげもの
Agemono

Deep-fried
food

やさいてんぷら
Yasai Tenpura

Deep-fried
Vegetable

えびてんぷら
Ebi Tenpura

Deep-fried
Shrimp

てんぷら
Tenpura

Deep-fried
Dish

からあげ
Karaage

Deep-fried
chicken

とんかつ
Tonkatsu

Pork
Cutlet

おべんとう
Obentou

Japanese
lunch box

Match

Match the following

• Pork

• Chicken Meat

• Shrimp

• Vegetable

• Salad

ぶたにく

Buta niku

とりにく

Tori niku

えび

Ebi

やさい

Yasai

サラダ

Sarada

• ぶたにく

  Buta niku

• とりにく

  Tori niku

• えび

  Ebi

• やさい

  Yasai

• サラダ

  Sarada

I want to eat .....

からあげ
karaage

とんかつ
tonkatsu

おべんとう
obentou

おにぎり
onigiri

あげもの
agemono

えびてんぷら
ebi tenpura

やさいてんぷら
yasai tenpura

てんぷら
tenpura

サラダ
sarada

​​Example :

ひるごはんにてんぷらとおにぎりをたべたいです
Hirugohan ni tenpura to onigiri o tabetaidesu

I want to eat tenpura and onigiri for lunch

ひるごはんに(food)をたべたいです
Hirugohan ni (food) o tabetai desu

なにがたべたいですか
Nani ga tabetai desu ka
What do you want to eat?

Match

Match the following

• Deep-fried food

• Deep-fried dish
  (shrimp and vegetable)

• Deep-fried chicken

• Pork cutlet

• Triangular shape rice ball

あげもの

agemono

てんぷら

tenpura

からあげ

karaage

とんかつ

tonkatsu

おにぎり

onigiri

• あげもの

  agemono

• てんぷら

  tenpura

• からあげ

  karaage

• とんかつ

  tonkatsu

• おにぎり

  onigiri

..... please

からあげ
karaage

とんかつ
tonkatsu

おべんとう
obentou

おにぎり
onigiri

あげもの
agemono

えびてんぷら
ebi tenpura

やさいてんぷら
yasai tenpura

てんぷら
tenpura

サラダ
sarada

​​Example :

てんぷらとおにぎりをください
tenpura to onigiri o kudasai

Please (give me) tenpura and onigiri

(food)をください
(food) o kudasai

なにかたべたいですか
Nanika tabetai desu ka
Do you want to eat something?

Additional Vocabularies

• おなかがすいていません　Onaka ga suiteimasen　I’m not hungry

• のどがかわいていません　Nodo ga kawaiteimasen　I’m not thirsty

• いいえ、だいじょうぶです　Iie, daijyoubu desu　　No, I'm good/No, it's fine

• いただきます　　Itadakimasu

  a way of expressing gratitude for the food and showing respect for the efforts put into preparing it. You say it before you start eating the food.

Q: What is ....? | A: ..... is ......

ぶたにく
Buta niku

とりにく
Tori niku

えび
Ebi

やさい
Yasai

サラダ
Sarada

スープ
Suupu

あげもの
Agemono

やさいてんぷら
Yasai Tenpura

えびてんぷら
Ebi Tenpura

てんぷら
Tenpura

からあげ
Karaage

とんかつ
Tonkatsu

おべんとう
Obentou

​Q: (food)はなんですか？ (food) wa nan desu ka?
A: (food)は(type of food)です (food) wa (type of food) desu　

​Q: かあらげはなんですか？ Kaarage wa nan desu ka?
A: かあらげはとりにくのあげものです Kaarage wa toriniku no agemono desu　

Match

Match the following Japanese foods with the type of the food

• サラダ

  Sarada

• とんかつ

  Tonkatsu

• おにぎり

  Onigiri

• からあげ

  Karaage

• てんぷら

  Tenpura

やさい

Yasai

ぶたにく

Buta niku

ごはん

Gohan

とりにく

Toriniku

えび、やさい

Ebi, yasai

• やさい

  Yasai

• ぶたにく

  Buta niku

• ごはん

  Gohan

• とりにく

  Toriniku

• えび、やさい

  Ebi, yasai

Drag and Drop

Ebi tempura is deep-fried shrimp

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desu

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Ebi tenpura

ebi

no

agemono

tori

gohan

ni

Open Ended

Create one sentence in Japanese using the grammar pattern you just learned about foods you want to eat for lunch. Include an explanation of what kind of food it is.

Example in English:

I want to eat salad for lunch. Salad is a vegetable.

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