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When you begin to meet people who speak Japanese, or if you are traveling in their country, you will need to know things about a city. Let's learn the names of the places in a city. Be sure to repeat after the speaker.

mom mom dad dad
はは<
my mother
おかあさん
someone else's mother
ちち
my father
おとうさん
someone else's father
older brother older brother older sister older sister
あに
my older brother
おにいさん
someone else's older brother
あね
my older sister
おねえさん
someone else's older sister
younger sister younger sister younger brother younger brother
いもうと
my younger sister
いもうとさん
someone else’s younger sister
おとうと
my younger brother
おとうとさん
someone else’s younger brother
uncle uncle aunt aunt
おじ
my uncle
おじさん
someone else’s uncle
おば
my aunt
おばさん
someone else’s aunt
grandpa grandpa grandma grandma
そふ
my grandfather
おじいさん
someone else’s grandfather
そぼ
my grandmother
おばあさん
someone else’s grandmother
parentsparents family cousin
りょうしん
my parents
<かぞく
family
<いとこ
cousin
girl counting money girl holding cat skiing girl sleeping on the floor
おかねを かぞえます
to count money
ねこを みつけます
to find a cat
スキーが できます
to be able to ski
ふとんで ねます
to sleep in futon
airplane pool person at bookstore boy with computer
りょこうします
to travel
プールで およぎます
to swim in a pool
ほんを かえします
to return a book
コンピューターを つかいます
to use a computer
man running win ribbon losing boys understanding japanese
はしります
to run
かちます
to win
まけます
to lose
にほんごが わかります
to understand Japanese
studying singing classroom boy and birthday cake
べんきょうします
to study
うたを うたいます
to sing a song
がっこうが はじまります
to begin
ケーキが ほしいです
I want a cake.

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