Chapter 3 Busuu Flashcards
Hai, sou desu
Yes, that’s right (another way of confirming something)
Hai
Yes
Hai, sou desu. Kaishain desu
Yes, that’s right. (I) am a company employee
Watashi wa gakusei desu
Watashi wa gakusei janai desu
I am a student.
I am not a student.
(To form a negative sentence, we replace “desu” with “janai desu”)
Iie, daigakusei janai desu. Koukousei desu.
No, (I) am not a university student. (I) am a high school student.
Nihon / にほん
Japan
Chuugoku / ちゅうごく
China
Amerika / アメリカ
USA
Igirisu / イギリス
UK; England
Mekishiko / メキシコ
Mexico
Tokyo wa Nihon desu.
Tokyo is in Japan.
“doko”
where
Kyouto wa doko desu ka. / きょうとはどこですか。(Where is Kyoto?)
Nihon desu. / にほんです。(It’s in Japan.)
(The structure for the question is: Subject + wa doko desu ka.
To answer this question, we can omit the subject with “wa” and simply state the location ending with “desu”.)
Oosaka wa Chuugoku desu ka. / おおさかはちゅうごくですか。iie, Nihon desu. / いいえ、にほんです。
(Is Osaka in China?) No, it’s in Japan. (This is a yes/no question, so first reply “no” then state it’s in Japan.)
Hawai wa Igirisu desu ka. Iie, Hawai wa Igirisu janai desu. Amerika desu.
Is Hawaii in the UK? Hawaii is not (in) the UK. (It) is (in) the US.
