1.2.1 What Is Your Contact Information?

• exchange LINE IDs

• exchange email addresses

Academic Vocabulary: 
particle no (の) possessive, affirmative and negative form of verbs masu, masen (ます、ません)

LESSON OVERVIEW

かいとさん、
メールアドレスが
ありますか？
Kaito-san,
meeru adoresu ga
arimasu ka?

​はい、あります。わたしのメール
アドレスは　[e-mail]です。
Hai, arimasu. Watashi no meeru
adoresu wa [e-mail] desu.

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Asking If Someone Has Something in Japanese

OOさん、
OOが　ありますか？
....-san,
..... ga arimasu ka?

​（＋）はい、
あります
Hai, arimasu

​ノート：あります arimasu is only used to express the existence of non-living things (like objects, contacts, apps) to say
"I have / There is". The negative form of あります arimasu is ありません arimasen.
Verb with ending ～ます ...masu is positive and ～ません ...masen is negative.

✅ Example Question:

OOさん、OOが　ありますか？ー ....-san, ....ga arimasu ka?
("Do you have OO, [name]-san?")

Just choose what you're asking about from the word bank below 👇

​Hiragana	​Romaji	​English
​メールアドレス	meeru adoresu​	e-mail address​
ライン​	​rain	LINE​
​でんわばんごう	​denwa bangou	phone number​
​インスタ	insuta​	​instagram
スナチャ	​sunacha	​snapchat

​💬 How to Answer:
はい、あります。 Hai, arimasu ✅ — "Yes, I have it."
いいえ、ありません。Iie, arimasen ❌ — "No, I don’t have it."

​LINE is a popular app in Japan for messaging, calls, sharing photos, shopping, and more.

Click the link above to watch the video and learn more about LINE.

Match

Look at each picture and match it to the correct Japanese word from the list below.

らいん

RAIN

でんわばんごう

Denwa bangou

メールアドレス

Meeru adoresu

インスタ

Insuta

スナチャ

Sunacha

• らいん

  RAIN

• でんわばんごう

  Denwa bangou

• メールアドレス

  Meeru adoresu

• インスタ

  Insuta

• スナチャ

  Sunacha

Asking Someone's Contact Information

​OOは
なんですか？
.... wa nan desu ka?

​OOを
おしえてください
.... o oshiete
kudasai

​❓ OOは　なんですか？
　　.... wa nan desu ka?

➡️ "What is (your) OO?"
Use this when you don’t know what something is and want to ask for an explanation.

📌 Example:
ラインのIDは　なんですか？
Rain no aidi (ID) wa nan desu ka?
(What is (your) LINE ID?)

🙏 OOを　おしえてください。
　　.... o oshiete kudasai

➡️ "Please tell me (your) OO."
This is a polite way to ask someone to tell you something.

📌 Example:
インスタを　おしえてください。
Insuta o oshiete kudasai.
(Please tell me your Instagram.)

​🧠 ノート: 【おしえてください ー oshiete kudasai】 means “Please teach me” or “Please tell me.” It’s polite and used when you want to ask for information. Also, 【わたしの ー watashi no】 means "my"

​わたしの　OOは
OOです
Watashi no .... wa .... desu.
My .... is ....

の (no) — The "Possession" or "Belonging" Particle

​PLEASE REMEMBER
おぼえてください
Oboete kudasai

​🔵 What does の no mean?
The particle の no connects two nouns. It shows who something belongs to or what something is related to. Think of it like ....’s in English!

​💡 Simple Formula:

​Aの　B
A no B

= B that belongs to A
= A's B

​💡Examples with “は wa 〜です desu” Sentences

​_ _ _の _ _ _は ​_ _ _です
[owner] no [item/thing] wa [description] desu
....'s .... is ....

​ははの　なまえは　さくらです
Haha no namae wa Sakura desu
My mom’s name is Sakura
Haha no = mom's
Namae = name
Desu = is

けいさんの　いぬは　おおきいです
Kei-san no inu wa ookii desu
Takeshi’s dog is big.
Kei-san no = Kei's
Inu = dog
Ookii = big

わたしの　ともだちは　けんさんです
Watashi no tomodachi wa Ken-san desu
My friend is Ken
Watashi no = My
Tomodachi = Friend
Ken-san = Ken

Drag and Drop

🟨 Practice 1:

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Placeholder

no　neko(cat) wa shiroi(white) desu

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Ken-san

Meeru adoresu

Arimasu

Drag and Drop

🟨 Practice 2:

​

Placeholder

no　​ ​

Placeholder

wa　​

Placeholder

desu。

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Watashi

denwa bangou

717-607-3852

rain aidi

Speaking Practice

りんさん：ひろさん、ラインの　IDが　ありますか。
Rin-san: Hiro-san, LINE no ID ga arimasu ka.

ひろさん：いいえ、ありません。
Hiro-san: Iie. arimasen.

りんさん：じゃあ、メールアドレスを　おしえてください。
Rin-san: Jyaa, meeru adoresu o oshiete kudasai.

ひろさん：はい。わたしの　メールアドレスは　[e-mail]です。
Hiro-san: Hai. Watashi no meeru adoresu wa oshimoshi ichi ni san atto ABC dottokomu desu.

​✅「じゃあ ー Jyaa」 = "Well then..." / "In that case..." / "Okay, so..."

Categorize

Options (4)

〇〇 ga arimasu ka

〇〇 ga arimasen

〇〇 wo oshiete kudasai

〇〇 ga arimasu

Organize these options into the right categories

Do you have ....?

I don't have .....

Please tell me your .....

I have ......

Open Ended

Create a conversation using the grammar you just learned, asking and answering questions related to contact information.

Audio Response

Record yourself reading the conversation you created earlier about asking and sharing contact information. Take your time and make sure your pronunciation is correct.

Open Audio Recorder

Poll

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