What is "Learn to Write & Speak Japanese" lessons?

Each lesson always take place 2 Japanese people whose name is Tamaki and Tomita .

From this lessons, each Lesson of "Learn to Write and Speak Japanese" shows the conversational Japanese Writing. There are 2 exercises which are included in each lesson. One is to learn writing Japanese, and another one is learn speaking Japanese.

If you have a printer, we would suggest you to print this page out, so that you can practice to write Japanese, and also, if you have an ipod, please listen to our pod casting as well!

Today's Lesson: How to introduce yourself in Japanese

In today's Japanese lesson, you will learn how to introduce yourself in Japanese.
In today's example, supposing that Tomita visit Tamaki's house and meet him first time.
In this conversation, we will tell you in a polite way of introducing yourself in Japanese.

Anyway, Let's learn to write Japanese for real communications!

Tomita: Ha ji me ma shi te	Tamaki: Ha ji me ma shi te
How do you do?	How do you do?
Tomita: Tomita to i i ma su	Tamaki: Tamaki de su
My name is Tomita	I am Tamaki.
Tomita: yo ro shi ku o nega i shi ma su	Tamaki: yo ro shi ku o nega i shi ma su
I am pleased to meet you	I am pleased to meet you

Exercise: Let's learn to write in Japanese

Print out this page, and learn to write the following Japanese language.
In this writing, bothkanji and hiragana script was used.

Hajimemashite is used only when first meeting someone.
It is an interdependent expression, and definitely used when meeting some at first time.
So, both Tomita and Tamaki is meeting each other first time in this situation.

Ha	Ji	Me	Ma	shi	te
Ha	Ji	Me	Ma	shi	te

"Tomita to i i ma su" and "Tamaki de su" was used to introduce yourself and your last name. I i ma su is little bit more polite way of saying.

I	I	Ma	Su
I	I	Ma	Su

de	su
de	su

Yoroshiku onegaishimasu means "I am pleased to meet you" in English.
In Japanese, it is always used when finish introducing your name. Although it means "I am pleased to meet you" in a usually conversation, it literally means "I humbly request favorable treatment".

yo	ro	shi	ku
o	nega	i	shi	ma	su
yo	ro	shi	ku
o	nega	i	shi	ma	su

Exercise: Let's learn to Speak Japanese:

Listen to the following Japanese native speaking, and repeat after the Japanese speaker.
So, that you can learn a real Japanese pronunciation.

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P.S: Each lesson is added on our Japanese pod casting page and blog.
If you have an ipod, you can listen and practice your hearing and speaking with your ipod!

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