Monthly Grammar: Part II – Age in Japanese Conversation
I already did a post about it in my previous blog but today I will add a simple conversation. If you want to check my previous post, here is the link: How to say your age in Japanese?
(Remember that some people would find it rude or uncomfortable when ask about their age, that’s why we should be sensitive with what we ask. )
The simple sentence structure in Japanese consists of:
Subject + Object + Verb
Where the Japanese particles are in between SOV. I already discussed the は particle in my previous blog. You can check it here: The Japanese particle は.
Conversation sample 1:
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Reiko: こんにちは。初めまして。私はレイコです。 |
If you want
to introduce yourself in a simple way, you can use this conversation. You can just
change the レイコ’s
name to your name and レイコ’s age to your age.
こんにちは means Hello. It
can also be translated as ‘Good Afternoon’.
はじめまして and よろしくおねがいします don’t have a direct English meaning. When you meet people for the first
time and introduce yourself, you can use はじめまして. It is like a standard expression
when you meet people for the first time. はじめまして can also be translated as 'Nice to meet you’. While よろしくおねがいします can
also be translated as ‘Please be kind to me’ or ‘Please take care of me’.
Conversation
sample 2:
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Kris: お疲れ様です。トニーさんですか？ Tony:
お疲れ様です。はい、トニーです。あなたは。。。？ Kris:
クリスです。 |
おつかれさまです also doesn’t have a direct English meaning. It can be
translated as ‘Let’s do our best’ or ‘Thank you for your hard work’. This
expression is used to appreciate someone’s hardship. Use this expression when
you arrive at your workplace, when you meet your colleagues or when you leave
after work.
はい means
‘Yes’. あなた is another Japanese pronoun that means ‘You’. We will
assume that Kris is Tony’s senior colleague but older than Kris because he uses
‘あなたは’
when asking Kris’ name. Even though あなたmeans ‘you’, it can also misinterpret as
rudeness especially if you are using it to talk to someone older than you or
someone in a higher position.
Notice that before Kris ask Tony’s age, she said すみませんですが, in order not to appear rude or insensitive
as asking someone’s age is a bit not the norm in Japan. すみません can
be translated as ‘Excuse me’ in this conversation, with ですが, emphasizing that Kris is asking
apologetically to Tony about how old is he.
おいくつですか is
another way of asking someone’s age. It is the polite form of なんさいですか？ Both
also mean ‘How old are you?’.
Tony is a bit hesitant in telling his age as he said ‘あぁ～の’. It can be translated as ‘Uhm, well’
or ‘aah, I am～’. おれ is
another Japanese pronoun that means ‘I’ and use primarily by Men and boys. よんじゅうさい means
40 years with さい as the counter for age.
Conversation
sample 3:
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Teacher: 今日は新しい学生がいます。 Hina: おはようございます。私はヒナです。 |
Conversation sample 4:
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Colleague: エリさん、ちょっとお聞きしてもいいですか？ Eri: はい、何ですか？ユトくん。 Colleague: エリさんは何歳ですか？と、結婚していますか？ Eri: 私は三十五歳です。来年三十六歳で結婚します。 |
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You can check the list of Vocabulary for this post.
Japanese Vocabulary: Age in Japanese Conversation
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>> The Katakana Character
>> Examples of Katakana
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>> Word of the Week 8
For YouTube Videos:
>> Japanese Words| Hiragana | I-adjectives PART 4
For Monthly Grammar:
>> Monthly Grammar: Part 1
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>> Kanji: 木
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