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Beginner Lesson
Who are you?

5 Formal Kanji
Formal Kana
Formal Romanization
English
2
2
2
2
Vocabulary 3
Grammar Points 4
 
  

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Kanji


 
   


 
   


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Kana


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Formal Romanization
P:<;>= Kawamoto Natsuko-san wa doko desu ka?
Sakura Kawamoto-san wa isogashii desu.
P :<;>= Sakai Kazunori-san wa doko desu ka?
Sakura Sakai-san mo isogashii desu.
P :<;>= Anata wa dare desu ka?
Sakura Watashi wa Suzuki Sakura desu.
P :<;>= Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.
Sakura Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.

English

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Peter Where is Ms. Natsuko Kawamoto?

Sakura Ms. Kawamoto is busy.
Peter Where is Mr. Kazunori Sakai?
Sakura Mr. Sakai is also busy.
Peter Who are you?
Sakura I am Sakura Suzuki.
Peter Please be kind to me.
Sakura Please be kind to me.

Vocabulary


Kanji  Kana
 ! Romaji English
" 56 anata you
  01 dare who
 1  isogashii busy; Adj(i)
   gakusei student
  doko
san
where
polite name suffix,
similar to Mr. or
      Ms.
   "! # $      "! # $   Buraddo Pitto
Nikorasu K 
Brad Pitt
Nicholas Cage

3 %( #"&)*+ %( #"&)*+ Tomu Hankusu Tom Hanks

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Madonna Madonna

#
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6 #7 8$ 6 #7 8$ Sandora Burokku Sandra Bullock

Vocabulary Sample Sentences

6 
39 Is this your bag?
 

Kore : wa anata
3  
"   
 no 
  kaban desu ka. Who is that person?
7
; < hito
Ano =  #   wa dare
    desu

  ka.

. D - Today, I'm busy.
KyF >? @>;@A B?@  CA @AB 1A3E I'm a student.(informal, male speech)
Boku wa gakusei desu.

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    Where is Akihabara?


 8 desu
   wa=  doko
Akihabara   ka.  Mr./Ms. Tanaka is a pilot.
Tanaka-san wa pairotto desu.

Grammar Points
The focus of today's lesson is asking who a person is. The Japanese word for who
is "dare." The following basic sentence structure is an easy way to use this word
in polite Japanese.

[Personal pronoun]
"

[Personal pronoun]
56

[Personal pronoun] wa dare desu ka?

Who is [personal pronoun]?

Using the personal pronouns that have been presented thus far, the following

4 phrases can be constructed.

Japanese
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Kana Romanization
Kare wa dare desu
English
Who is he?
   "  
    3  5 
6 
 
  ka?
 Kanojo wa dare desu Who is she?

" !56 ka?
Anata wa dare desu Who are you?
ka?

Note that the anata example is very direct, and thus considered somewhat rude, so
it is advisable to avoid using it unless needed.

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