in japanese...dai 5 ka

Konnichiwa! O genki desu ka? Hello! How are you doing?
Now that you have woken up and greeted your friends and family and asked them how they do, it is time to introduce yourself or something.

first of all, when learning japanese, do not do a direct conversion from english to japanese. I'll tell you while in our history lesson 1 later (:

to introduce something, we use the particle 'wa'. what does particle mean?
Take example, in english to introduce something, we use the particle 'is'. This is a table, that is a chair.
that is just an example to explain what 'particle' mean. however, 'wa' does not mean 'is'.


first, 3 new words:
1) watashi = I = wah-ta-she
2) anata = you = ahh-na-ta
3) kore = this = co-ray

to introduce yourself/someone:
I am Avriel = watashi wa Avriel desu = wah-ta-she wah Avriel dess
I am Dylan = watashi wa Dylan desu
You are Jaron = anata wa Jaron desu
You are Vanessa = anata wa Vanessa desu

to introduce something/someone:
this is Sebestian = kore wa Sebestian desu
this is Anthony = kore wa Anthony desu
this is a chair = kore wa isu desu (you can guess now 'isu' means chair)
this is a table = kore wa tsukue desu

Right.. so now, go out there and introduce everything... if you dont know the word for the object, use the english words. the point is to get the grammar right (:

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for those who want to understand why wa is used in the sentence.
1) there are many reasons why a particle is used in a sentence.
2) wa is used right behind the subject/thing of topic.
eg. this is a table. the subject/thing you are talking about is what you are pointing at.
eg. I am John. the subject/thing you are talking about is I. and the name to the subject is John.
eg. so what should "this is a book" be? this is the subject/thing you are talking about is what you point at, which is the 'this thing' so you say kore WA hon desu. hon = book. = sounds like horn without the r.
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