We studied the words used when it’s not clear what “この” “その,” or “あの” refers to. For example: “このかばん,” “あのかばん,” and “その かばん.” Ideally, it would be good to have opportunities to use them little by little, but I understand that it’s not easy when you’re in the United States. Please try to make an effort to use even a little of the Japanese you’ve learned during our conversations.
Thank you for taking today’s lesson. I’m glad you could relax at the hot spring. Going to a hot spring and eating good food gives you energy! Today we also studied the question words “what” and “who.” Now you can ask many questions when you come to Japan. See you again in next week’s lesson! If you have time, please try practicing reading and writing “aiueo.あいうえお” Below are the words and phrases we studied today outside the textbook.
・げんきです / genki desu / I am fine, I am well ・げんきですか？ / genki desu ka? / How are you? ・〜も / mo / also, too ・わたしもげんきです / watashi mo genki desu / I am fine too ・わたしも / watashi mo / me too, I also ・やま / yama / mountain ・やまにいきました / yama ni ikimashita / I went to the mountains ・おんせん / onsen / hot spring ・リラックスしました / rirakkusu shimashita / I relaxed ・ごはん / gohan / rice, meal ・あさごはん / asa-gohan / breakfast ・ひるごはん / hiru-gohan / lunch ・よるごはん / yoru-gohan / dinner ・だんご / dango / rice dumpling ・ちゅうごく / Chūgoku / China ・まだ / mada / not yet, still ・まだです / mada desu / not yet ・しつもん / shitsumon / question ・ふくしゅう / fukushū / review ・たべもの / tabemono / food ・すきです / suki desu / like ・すきじゃありません / suki ja arimasen / do not like ・ペンです / pen desu / It is a pen ・ぺんじゃありません / pen ja arimasen / It is not a pen ・リモコン / rimokon / remote control ・すきなかしゅはだれですか？ / sukina kashu wa dare desu ka? / Who is your favorite singer? ・いません / imasen / there is none, nobody ・これはわたしのめがねです / kore wa watashi no megane desu / These are my glasses ・これはわたしのです / kore wa watashi no desu / This is mine ・なに（なん）ですか？ / nani (nan) desu ka? / What is it? ・これはなに（なん）ですか？ / kore wa nani (nan) desu ka? / What is this? ・すきなたべもの / sukina tabemono / favorite food ・すきなたべものはなに（なん）ですか？ / sukina tabemono wa nani (nan) desu ka? / What is your favorite food? ・えいが / eiga / movie ・すきなえいがはなに（なん）ですか？ / sukina eiga wa nani (nan) desu ka? / What is your favorite movie? ・すきなほんはなに（なん）ですか？ / sukina hon wa nani (nan) desu ka? / What is your favorite book? ・ときどき / tokidoki / sometimes ・まいにち / mainichi / every day ・まいしゅう / maishū / every week ・まいあさ / maiasa / every morning ・えいがかん / eigakan / movie theater ・まいしゅうえいがかんにいきます / maishū eigakan ni ikimasu / I go to the movie theater every week ・ホラーえいが / horā eiga / horror movie
