tango vocabulary desu is anata you genki happyhealthy

tango たんご vocabulary desu　です is anata　あなた you genki　げんき happy/healthy ohisashiburi desu ne　おひさしぶりですね long time, no see okagesama de　おかげさまで thanks to you sensei　せんせい teacher/master/doctor ああ aa Seito せいと student

たんご： • Ogenki desu ka? おげんきですか？ How are you? • ~san*　~さん polite title, like Mr. or Ms. • • George-san Georgeさん George-chan Georgeちゃん George-kun Georgeくん George-sama Georgeさま

word order • English is Subject Verb Object • Japanese is Subject Object Verb

particles • Flags notifying you about what you just heard • You love me? • Where is grant’s tomb ?

particles • か　（KA) • は　（WA) …. even though it looks like “ha”

Dialogue 1 だい一はなし Haruko says to Jirou: • Jirou san! Ohayou gozaimasu! Ohisashiburi desu ne! Ogenki desu ka? Jirou! Good morning! Long time no see! How you doin’? Jirou replies: • aa, Haruko san! okagesama de, genki desu. Anata wa? Oh, Haruko, hey thanks to you, I’m doin’ fine. And yourself? Haruko: • watashi wa genki desu yo! I’m good yo!

• Look at this Japanglish sentence. Even though some of the words are English, the grammar is totally Japanese: Watashi wa 7: 00 ni school de car wo saw yo • What sounds do you think are particles? • More importantly, What words are those particles attached to?

• iie いいえ no • hai　はい yes • …de wa arimasen (janai) yo …ではありません（じゃない）よ is not… • minasan みなさん everyone • watashi わたし me/myself/I だれ Dare who? たんご