New Vocabulary

• GAKUSEI• Student• DAIGAKUSEI• College Student• RYUUGAKUSEI• Exchange Student• TOMODACHI• Friend

• SENKOO• Major• HITO• People/Person• OTOKO• Male• ON’NA• Female

I. Identifying

• Watashi wa gakusei desu.

• I am a student.

• Watashi wa gakusei ja arimasen.

• I am not a student.

II. Hai/Ee & Iie

• [Suzuki-san; he is • a student] • Q:Suzuki-san desu ka?• A: Hai, soo desu.• Q: Suzuki-san wa

gakusei desu ka?

• A: Ee, soo desu.

• [Tanaka-san; he is • not a student]• Q: Suzuki-san desu

ka?• Iie, soo ja arimasen.• Tanaka-san wa

gakusei desu ka?• Iie, soo ja arimasen.

The Particle No

• Tanaka-san wa Biranoba daigaku no gakusei desu.

• Tanaka-san is a student at Villanova.

• Watashi no tomodachi wa ryuugakusei desu.

• My friend is an exchange student.

What is your name?

• Onamae wa nan desu ka? [Tanaka-san]

• Tanaka desu.

• Nan nensei desu ka? [a junior]

• San’nensei desu.

• Doko kara kimashita ka? [Japan]

• Nihon kara kimashita.

The Particles Mo & To

• Yamada-san no tomodachi mo daigakusei desu.

• Yamada-san’s friend is also a college student.

• Yamada-san to Yamada-san no tomodachi wa daigakusei desu.

• Yamada-san and Yamada-san’s friend are college students.