Module 4.1 Dialogue
Title
The teacher identifies the student: part 1
| Language | Script and Translation |
Japanese |
先生： 田中君ですか。
田中：はい、そうです。 Click on the kanji with a dotted line to read its furigana |
Romanization |
Sensei：Tanaka kun desu ka?
Tanaka：Hai, sou desu. |
English translation |
Teacher: Are you Mr. Tanaka?
Tanaka: Yes, that’s correct. |
The teacher identifies the student: part 2
| Language | Script and Translation |
Japanese |
先生： 山中君ですか。
Click on the kanji with a dotted line to read its furigana |
Romanization |
Sensei：Yamanaka kun desu ka?
Tanaka：Iie, chigaimasu. Tanaka desu. |
English translation |
Teacher: Are you Mr. Yamanaka?
Tanaka: No, you are mistaken. I am Tanaka. |
Vocabulary
| Audio | Hiragana | Romanization | Kanji | English translation |
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せんせい | sensei | 先生 | teacher, professor |
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たなか | Tanaka | 田中 | Tanaka (Japanese family name) |
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〜くん | ~kun | 君 | Mr. so-and-so |
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はい | hai | yes | |
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そうです | sou desu | that is correct | |
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山中 | Yamanaka | 山中 | Yamanaka (Japanese family name) |
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いいえ | iie | no | |
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ちがいます | chigaimasu | 違います | you are mistaken; literally., it is different (from the correct answer) |
Grammar Notes
| か (ka) |
か (ka), a particle, serves as a question marker. It When it is added to the end of a statement, it changes the statement into a yes-no question.
Also, when asking a question in Japanese, the intonation at the end of the sentence rises slightly to indicate that it is a question. This rise in intonation is often accompanied by a slight lengthening of the final vowel sound.
For example,
| Japanese | Romanization | English translation |
| 田中さんです。 | Tanaka san desu. | This is Mr./Mrs./Ms./Miss Tanaka. |
| 田中さんですか。 | Tanaka san desu ka? | Are you Mr./Mrs./Ms./Miss Tanaka?
or Is this Mr./Mrs./Ms./Miss Tanaka? |
せんせい
たなか
くん
やまなか
ちが