Shopping しょっぴんぐ

Ebi = Prawn
Ikura = salmon roe
Ika = cuttlefish, squid
Tai = sea bream (snapper?)
Maguro = tuna / Toro = belly of tuna
Kani = crab
Hotate= scallop
Tamago = egg
Sake = salmon
Iwashi = sardine
Kome = rice





IN A RESTAURANT (My Dialogue)


Ueetoresu: Irrashaimasu. Menyuu o dozo.  (Irasshaimase)   (Menyū)

Dale: Domo. Sore wa nan desu ka? Oishi so!

Ueetoresu: Dore wa desu ka? Aa ...tonkatsu desu. (Dore desu ka?)

Dale: Tonkatsu? Sakana desu ka?

Ueetoresu: Iie sakana ja arimasen. Niku desu. Oishi desu yo. (Oishii)

Dale: Kekkou desu. Watashi wa butaniko ga kirai desu. Jaa...kore o onegaishimasu (butaniku)

Later ...

Dale: Okeikai onegaishimasu! (Okaikei or Okanjyō)

Ueetoresu: Hai!

Leaving ...

Dale: Gochisousama deshita

***

Waitress: Welcome. Here is the menu.

Dale: Thanks. What's that? It looks delicious!

Waitress: Which one? Oh ....that is tonkatsu.

Dale: Tonkatsu? Is that fish?

Waitress: No it isn't fish. It's meat. It's delicious.

Dale: No thanks. i don't like pork. So then...I'll have this (instead).

Later ...

Dale: Bill please!

Ueetoresu: Yes

Leaving ...

Dale: Thank you for the meal

Teisei ていせい (Revision)

Revision - Lesson 1

Lesson 1 れっすん  レッスン

I'm Dale = Watashi wa Dale desu わたしのなまえわ 　は

I'm from Australia = Ōsutoraria kara kimashita. わたしわ　は　おーすとらりあ　オーストラリアから

I'm 52 years old = Go-juu-ni sai desu. わたしわ　は　５９さい

May I have your name? = O namae wa nan desu ka. あなたのなまえわ　は　なに　なん　ですか

   

Speaking / Pronunciation Lesson 1 (Correction)

Ordering at a restaurant

1) Ais(u)kurim(u)
2) Asahi birru

Greeting the teacher
1) Genki
2) Konbanwa

Personal Details
Watashi wa Dale desu (rhythm)
Onamae (should sound like na, not ne) eg. O namae wa nan desu ka?

Lesson 2 - Revision
Anata wa Osutoraria jin desu ka? = Are you Australian?
Doko kara kimashita? = Where are you from?
Nan sai desu ka? = How old are you?
Watashi mo genki desu. = I am fine too.   mo=too, also

:Totemo nemui desu = I'm very tired
: Watashi mo nemui desu = I'm very tired too

Kurasai = please

(Hai,) so desu = (Yes), I am (affirming)
So, ja arimasen = No, I'm not (denying)

So desu ne = I understand / I follow
Ah so deska! = Really!

Pronouns

Examples

Kore wa watashi no hon desu ka? = Is this my book?

Watashi no neko no namae wa Pussy desu = My cat's name is Pussy

Anata no neko no namae wa desu ka? = What's your cat's name?

Kore wa nan desu ka? = What is this one? (nan = what)
Sore wa nan desu ka? = What is that one?
Are wa nan desu ka? = What is that one (over there)?

Personal Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns



Demonstrative

Biiru futatsu onegaishimasu!

go-juu-ni sai desu = I am 52 years old

助数詞 josūshi

"Counters" in Japanese ...

...are distinct from cardinal numbers. For example, when ordering items in a restaurant we use the Native Japanese system (hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu, etc.)

Biiru futatsu onegaishimasu 
= Two beers please

Ramen itsutsu to isekream hitotsu to biiru yottsu onegaishimasu 
= 5 ramen, one icecream and 4 beers please

use to (pronunciation "toe") = ...and...

Numeral	Sino-Japanese	Native Japanese	Ordinal
0	零 (rei) 〇 (zero) 〇 (nuru)		零番目 (reibanme) 〇番目 (zerobanme) 〇番目 (nurubanme)
1	一 (ichi)	一つ (hitotsu)	一つ目 (hitotsume) 一番目 (ichibanme)
2	二 (ni)	二つ (futatsu)	二つ目 (futatsume) 二番目 (nibanme)
3	三 (san)	三つ (mittsu)	三番目 (sanbanme) 三つ目 (mittsume)
4	四 (shi/yon)	四つ (yottsu)	四番目 (yonbanme) 四つ目 (yottsume)
5	五 (go)	五つ (itsutsu)	五番目 (gobanme) 五つ目 (itsutsume)
6	六 (roku)	六つ (muttsu)	六番目 (rokubanme) 六つ目 (muttsume)
7	七 (shichi/nana)	七つ (nanatsu)	七番目 (nanabanme) 七つ目 (nanatsume)
8	八 (hachi)	八つ (yattsu)	八番目 (hachibanme) 八つ目 (yattsume)
9	九 (kyū/ku)	九つ (kokonotsu)	九番目 (kyūbanme) 九つ目 (kokonotsume)
10	十 (jū)	十 (tō)	十番目 (jūbanme)

Ordering in a restaurant

My Dialogue



Me (to waiter) : Sumimasen!

Waiter: Hai!

Me: Menu onegaishimasu

Waiter: Hai! (Comes back to table)

Me: Ramen futatsu to biira Asahi hitotsu to ocha hitotsu onegaishimasu

Waiter: Hai!

(Later) 

Me: Sumimasen! Okanjyo onegaishimasu