We

Everybody, all of you

Polite equivalent of あのひと

Mr./Mrs. Title of respect added to a name

Suffix added to child’s names instead of ～さん

Suffix often added to boy’s names

Suffix meaning nationality

Teacher, instructor ( not used when referring to one’s own job)

Teacher, instructor

Student

engineer

university

hospital

electricity, light

who

― years old

how old (おいくつ is is the polite equivalent of ....

yes

no

しつれいですが

おなまえは？

はじめまして。

初めて

Pleased to meet you. (lit. Please be nice to me. Usually used at the end of a self-introduction)

こちらは～さんです。

～からきました。

～から来ました

USA

イギリス

インド

INDONESIA

CHINA

ドイツ

にほん

日本

FRANCE

ブラジル

The particle _____ indicates that the words before it is the topic of the sentence. You select a noun you want to talk about, add ____to show that it is the topic and give a statement about the topic.

____ indicates judgement or assertion.

____ also conveys that the speaker is

being polite towards the listener.

____inflects when the sentence is negative

_____is the negative form of です

The particle___ is used o express the speaker’s doubt, question, uncertainty, etc. A question is formed by simply adding ___to the end of the sentence. A question ends with a rising intonation.

___is added after a topic instead of は when the statement about the topic is the same as the previous topic

__is used to connect two nouns

____is added to the name of the listener or a third person to show the speaker’s respect to the person. It should never be used with the speaker’s own name.