#japanese/hai-3#japanese/hai-4
Question: おたんじょうびは 何月何日 (いつ) ですか。
o tanjoubi wa nan gatsu nan nichi desu ka?
When is your birthday?
Answer: わたしのたんじょうびは八月十六日です。 そして、たんじょうび に よく ケーキを食べます。わたしのたんじょうびはすごくたのしいです。そして、わたしのたんじょうびはきょうです。1
watashi no tanjoubi wa hachi gatsu juu roku nichi desu. soshite, tanjoubi ni yoku keeki o tabemasu. watashi no tanjoubi wa sugoku tanoshii desu. soshite, watashi no tanjoubi wa kyou desu.
My birthday is on the 16th of August. And, I usually eat cake on my birthday. My birthday is very fun. My birthday is today.
Question: ごかぞくは何人ですか。 だれとだれですか。
go kazoku wa nan nin desu ka? dare to dare desu ka?
How many people are in your family? Who are they?
Answer: かぞくは四人です。りょうしんといもととわたしです。うるさくてたのしかぞくです。2
kazoku wa yo nin desu. ryoshin to imouto to watashi desu. urusakute tanoshi kazoku desu.
My family has 4 people. They are my parents, my little sister, and myself. My family is annoying but fun.
Question: (person）は どんな 人 ですか。
(person) wa donna hito desu ka?
What kind of person is (person)?
Answer: (person) が大好き。おもしろくてかっこいい人です。でも、ちょっときびしいです。
(person) ga daisuki desu. omoshirokute kakkoii hito desu. demo chotto kibishii desu.
I really like (person). They are an interesting and cool person. But, they are a bit strict.
Question: しゅうまつに（person）は よく 何 を しますか。
shuumatsu ni (person) wa yoku nan o shimasu ka?
On the weekend, what does (person) like to do?
Answer: しゅうまつに (person) はよく かいものに行きます。かいものはつまらないです。
shuumatsu ni (person) wa yoku kaimono ni ikimasu. kaimono wa tsumaranai desu.
On the weekend, (person) likes to go shopping. Shopping is boring.
Two question scenario - do you like3
Question: (thing）が 好きですか。
(thing) ga suki desu ka?
Do you like (thing)?
Answer: はい、(thing) が好きです。きれいです。
hai, (thing) ga suki desu. kirei desu.
Yes, I like (thing). It is beautiful.
Two question scenario - what do you like?3
Question: 何 が 好き ですか。
nan ga suki desu ka?
What do you like?
Answer: サーカー が大好きです。たのしいです。
sakka ga suki desu. tanoshi desu. 4
I like soccer. It is fun.
Question: 何時に (thing) か。5
nan ji ni (thing) ka?
When do you do (thing)?
Answer: (time) 時に (thing) ます 。
(time) ji ni (thing) masu.
I do (thing) at (time).
Question: (あさごはん / ひるごはん / ばんごはん）に 何を食べますか。
(asa gohan / hiru gohan / ban gohan) ni nan o tabemasu ka?
When do you eat (breakfast / lunch / dinner)?
Answer: (time) 時に (thing) を 食べます 。そして、みずをのみます。おいしいです。6
(time) ji ni (thing) o tabemasu. soshite mizu o nomimasu. oishii desu.
I eat (meal) at (time). And I drink water. They are tasty.
Question: 何で 学校に行きますか。
nande gakkou ni ikimasu ka?
How do you get to school?
Answer: (time) 時に (method) 学校に行きます。わたしの学校はきれいで大きいです。7
(time) ji ni (method) gakkou ni ikimasu. watashi no gakkou wa kirei de ookii desu.
I go to school by (method) at (time). My school is beautiful and big.
Question: 何人 (学生 / 先生) ですか。
nan nin (gakusei / sensei) desu ka?
How many (students / teachers) are there in your school?
Answer: (number) 人 (学生 / 先生) です。
(number) nin (gakusei / sensei) desu.
There are (number) (students / teachers).
Question: 学校から何が見えますか。
gakkou kara nan ga miemasu ka?
What can you see from your school?
Answer: 学校からもりが見えます。そして、小学校が見えます。
gakkou kara mori ga miemasu. soshite, shougakkou ga miemasu.
From my school I can see a lot of trees. And, I can see a primary school.
Question: 一ばん 好きな かもくは何ですか。 どうしてですか。
ichiban suki na kamoku wa nan desu ka? doushite desu ka?
What’s your favourite subject? Why?
Answer: 一ばん 好きな かもくは (subject) です。(subject) はたのしいです。8
ichiban suki na kamoku wa (subject) desu. (subject) wa tanoshii desu.
My favourite subject is (subject). (subject) is fun.
Footnotes
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You say 八月十八 for 18th August. ↩
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use おとうと to refer to your younger brother, and you can replace りょうしん with ちち or はは, if you’d like. ↩
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Try to use different like forms like 大好き/すき/あまり好きじゃない/ 好きじゃない to have more variety. ↩ ↩2
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Note to self: say おんがくinstead. ↩
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There are like 10 different variations, but they all have similar structure, and you can just respond with a time. Revise Hai 3 U4 and Hai 4 U2 to recap. The variations that she can ask us are: おきます、食べます、行きます、かえります、ねます、ききます、します、見ます. ↩
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Make sure to say the water part to skip a question. (何をのみますか) ↩
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If saying walking (あるいて), make sure to not use a で after the method of transport. For everything else, you need it. Also don’t skip the second part again, you can skip a question (どんな学校ですか) by saying it. ↩
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You can also be asked what subject you don’t like, which is the same except instead of 好き, it’s 好きじゃない or きらい. It doesn’t really matter though, just say the same subject and use つまらない as the reason or something. ↩