Japanese 1: Greetings

What Is Your Name?
Asking Each Other 's Name
Practice Someone's Name
Assignments

What Is Your Name?

Let's learn to ask what someone's name is in Japanese. Listen to each expression and see if you recognize the vocabulary below. Then check to see if you are correct.

Click the Play button to hear the audio. Click each link to see the answer.

	おなまえは。	Your name?
	おなまえは　なんですか。	What is your name?
	たなか　です。	(My name) is Tanaka.
	たなかさん　ですか。	Are you Mr/Ms Tanaka?

It is common to use the last name in Japan. さん is used for anyone except yourself. To be humble, you don’t use さん for your own name.

Asking Each Other 's Name in Japanese

Click What is your name? presentation for more ways that people ask each other their names in Japanese.

Remember to repeat after the speaker! Were you able to understand how you will talk about your own name and ask someone else theirs?

Here is a print version of this activity. You will still need to use the online version to hear the words.

Practice Someone's Name: Asking and Responding

Imagine that you see the following students in your new class. Ask them their name and then respond as if you were the person listed as if this were a real conversation. The first one is done for you. Make sure that you can pronounce the expression correctly by listening to each conversation.

Click the Play button to hear the audio.

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