Y7 T1 week 7 reading

Which word is used when first meeting someone in Japanese

• せんせい

• ありがとう

• はじめまして

• こんにちは

Match the following

• Hajime

• です

• Tanaka

• なまえ

• name

• たなか

• I, me

• はじめ

• am, is

• わたし

Reorder the following to say "I am Kaito Shigeoka"

• です

• かいと

• わたし

• しげおか

• は

Answer explanation

Japanese people use their family name first when introducing themselves, so Kaito Shigeoka would call himself "Shigeoka Kaito" in Japanese. Watch out to switch the order when translating to English.

Caution: Foreigners (non Japanese) should NOT switch the order when introducing yourself. E.g. I say "Watashi wa Mark Ivory desu" (no change to my name order) in Japanese.

Match where the following people live by reading the information

たけしさんは　おおさか　に　すんでいます。

けいこさん　は　なごや　に　すんでいます。

ひろしさん　は　きょうと　に　すんでいます。

まりこさん　は　とうきょう　に　すんでいます。

• Kyoto

• Keiko

• Tokyo

• Takeshi

• Nagoya

• Mariko

• Osaka

• Hiroshi

Answer explanation

Sundeimasu (at the end of the sentence) in Japanese shows where someone lives.

Person WA place NI sundeimasu.

e.g. Watashi wa Townsville ni sundeimasu.

I live in Townsville

Telephone in Japanese is

• でんしゃ

• でんき

• でんわ

• でんとう

Answer explanation

Den= electric

Wa = talking

Denwa = telephone!

ばんごう means

• rice, meal

• evening

• number

• 45

Match the following

• ?

• でんわ

• is, am, to be

• です

• telephone

• ばんごう

• what

• か

• number

• なん

The boy's name is

His family name is

• Smith

• Aoki

• Takeshi

• Watashi

He lives in