Thank you for joining the lesson without missing any classes. I really appreciate your dedication. It was wonderful to see you!
Starting today, we studied how to use the te‑form to talk about actions that are happening right now. “(shi)te‑imasu” is used to describe an action that is happening at this moment.
For example: Watashitachi wa ima nihongo o benkyō shite imasu. (We are studying Japanese now.)
About the question: Ima nani o shite imasu ka? (What are you doing now?) → The answer is: Watashi wa ima lunch o tabete imasu. (I am having lunch now.)
This next part is also important. We will continue studying sentence patterns that use the te‑form.
That’s perfectly fine. Thank you for your hard work and effort. Have a great week. See you on Friday!
I hope you will receive the textbook soon. Today's Key phrases: あなたは…さんですか。 はい、そうです。…です。/ いいえ、ちがいます。…です。 それは …ですか。 はい、そうです。…です。/ いいえ、ちがいます。…です。 これは なんですか。（これ→それ） それは …です。 （それ→これ） We also learned some long vowel sound, like いいえ、そうです、おとうさん、おかあさん eeh, sooo, too, kaaa The next lesson will be Sept.10. Please come to Zoom 55. Let's keep enjoying Japanese. See you then.
Hello Adam san, Thank you for taking a class with me. We learned verb form, te form. Changing forms is challenging, but it's very important to express yourself more deeply. Let's practice it more mext time! See you, have a nice day! Ayako
Hello Shirley san, Thank you for taking a class with me! As I mentioned, your pronunciation is so clear, there's no problem to listen to your Japanese. Also you know some Japanese phrases and words, so I'm sure you can recall some more Japanese that you've learned. Please keep up the good work! I hope you enjoyed learning Japanese again! See you next week! Have a great rest of the day! Ayako
Thank you for coming to the lesson today! It was nice talking with you! We practiced self-introductions and greetings today!
① How do you do? はじめまして。 hajime mashite ② I am NAME. わたしは NAME です。 watashi wa NAME desu ③ I am American. アメリカじんです。 america jin desu Amerika jin (American) Nihon jin (Japanese) ④ Nice to meet you. よろしく おねがいします。 yoroshiku onegai shimasu
Please use this for today’s review!
From next lesson ① おはよう ございます。: Good morning. ohayou gozaimasu ② こんにちは。: Good afternoon. konnichiwa ③ こんばんは。: Good evening. konbanwa ④ おやすみなさい。: Good night. oyasuminasai ⑤ さようなら。: Good bye. sayounara ⑥ ありがとう ございます。: Thank you very much. arigatou gozaimasu ⑦すみません。 / ごめんなさい。: Excuse me./ I'm Sorry. sumimasen / gomennasai ⑧ げんき ですか。: How are you? genki desu ka
① はい。 / いいえ。: Yes. / No. hai / iie ② わかります。 / わかりません。: I understand. / I don't understand. wakarimasu / wakarimasen ③ わかりますか。: Do you understand ? wakarimasu ka ④ いって ください。: Please say. itte kudasai ⑤ きいて ください。: Please listen. kiite kudasai ⑥ みて ください。: Please look. mite kudasai ⑦ よんで ください。:Please read. yonde kudasai ⑧ いいですね。: Good ! iidesu ne ～Useful expression～ がんばってね！ : Go for it ! ganbatte ne
