Course Title: Elementary Japanese 1

Lesson 3

Meeting Others and Introducing Yourself

A businessman and businesswoman are introducing themselves.

In Lesson 1, we learned basic greetings and classroom instructions. Lesson 3 reintroduces additional classroom expressions and useful expressions when you meet someone for the first time. You will learn country names, nationality, languages, year in colleges, majors, etc. After the mastery of this lesson, you will be able to introduce yourself in a formal situation (i.e., business setting, college classes, etc.).

はじめまして/どうぞよろしく/こちらこそ
すみません
● Affirmative answer:
ええ、そうです
● Affirmative answer: はい、そうです
● Country
じん
● Negative answer: いいえ、ちがいます
しつれいしました

お+N
● Topic marker
は: Nは なんですか
● Origin
から: Place + から きました
だいがくは どこ/どちらですか

わたし
● Affiliation marker
の: X + の + Y
● Business Cards
XはYです。わたしは がくせいです。
せんこうは~です。
● Negative answer:
N + じゃありません: (e.g., そうじゃありません)
なんねんせい/Number ねんせい
● Connecting Sentences (
S1。そして、S2) and Nouns (NとN)
Nも