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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Lesson 1 - です}}  \tn
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\textasciitilde{}です。　It is... \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1)
\seqsplit{じゅうにじはんです。}    (It) is half past twelve. \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 2)
がくせえです。            (I) am a student.% Row Count 4 (+ 1)
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Lesson 1 - XはYです}}  \tn
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{XはYです。    X is Y. As for X, it is Y. \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1)
\seqsplit{わたしはすうきむです。　　　I} am Sue Kim. \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 2)
\seqsplit{やましたさんはせんせいです。　　　Mr}. Yamashita is a teacher.% Row Count 5 (+ 2)
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Use the pattern X は Y です　to identify a person or a thing X as item Y.}  \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Lesson 1 - Question Sentences}}  \tn
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\seqsplit{りゅうがくせいですか。}    (Are you) an international student? \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 2)
\seqsplit{せんもんはなんですか。}    What is your major? \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 2)
なんじ (what time) \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1)
なんさい　(how old) \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1)
\seqsplit{なんねんせい　(what} year in school)% Row Count 7 (+ 1)
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\emph{To form a question, add か to the end of a statement. \newline }}Question sentences may also contain a "question word" like なん (what).}  \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{noun1のnoun2 \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1)
noun2 is the main idea and noun1 is a further restriction to noun2. \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 2)
\seqsplit{たけしさんのでんわばんごう}    Takeshi's phone number \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 2)
\seqsplit{だいがくのせんせい　a} college professor \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1)
\seqsplit{にほんごのがくせい　a} student of the Japanese language \newline % Row Count 8 (+ 2)
A phrase of the form "noun1のnoun2" acts like on big noun. You can put it wherever you can put a noun, as in the following example: \newline % Row Count 11 (+ 3)
\seqsplit{たけしさんのおかあさん　は　こうこうのせんせいです。} \newline % Row Count 13 (+ 2)
Takeshi's mother is a high school teacher.% Row Count 14 (+ 1)
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{の is a particle that connects two nouns.}  \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{When we want to talk about things that we do not know the names of, we use \seqsplit{これ、　それ、　and　} あれ。 \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 3)
\seqsplit{これはいくらですか。} \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1)
How much is this? \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1)
\seqsplit{それはさんぜんえんです。} \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1)
That is 3,000 yen. \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 1)
There is also どれ for "which." \newline % Row Count 8 (+ 1)
どれですか。 \newline % Row Count 9 (+ 1)
Which one is it?% Row Count 10 (+ 1)
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{これ refers to a thing that is close. \newline  \newline それ refers to a thing that is close to the person you are talking to. \newline  \newline あれ refers to a thing that is neither close to the speaker nor the listener.}  \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{If you want to be slightly more specific than \seqsplit{これ、　それ、　and　あれ、　you} can use \seqsplit{この、　その、　and　あの　together} with a noun. \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 4)
If you are holding a watch: \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1)
\seqsplit{このとけいはいくらですか。} \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1)
How much is this watch? \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 1)
If talking about a watch held by the person you are talking to: \newline % Row Count 9 (+ 2)
\seqsplit{そのとけいはさんぜんえんです。} \newline % Row Count 10 (+ 1)
That watch is 3,000 yen. \newline % Row Count 11 (+ 1)
If the watch is far from both speaker and listener: \newline % Row Count 13 (+ 2)
\seqsplit{あのとけいはさんぜんごひゃくえんです。} \newline % Row Count 15 (+ 2)
That watch over there is 3,500 yen. \newline % Row Count 16 (+ 1)
If you already know that one of several watches is 3,500 yen but do not know which, you can say: \newline % Row Count 18 (+ 2)
\seqsplit{どのとけいがさんぜんごひゃくえんですか。} \newline % Row Count 20 (+ 2)
Which watch is 3,500 yen?% Row Count 21 (+ 1)
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Since  dono  is  a  question  word,  just  like  dore  discussed  above,  we  cannot  use  the  particle wa  with  it;  we  must  use  ga. \newline  \newline これ（は～）　このnoun (は～）　close to the person speaking \newline それ(は～）　そのnoun(は～）　　close to the person listening \newline あれ(は～）　あのnoun(は～）　　far from both people \newline どれ(が～）　どのnoun(が～）　　unknown}  \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{To ask for directions: \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1)
\seqsplit{すみません。　ゆうびんきょくはどこですか。} \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 2)
Excuse me. Where is the post office? \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1)
If close by, you can point toward the post office and say: \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 2)
あそこです。 \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 1)
(The post office is) right over there.% Row Count 8 (+ 1)
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{ここ　　　here, near me \newline そこ　　　there, near you \newline あそこ　　over there \newline どこ　　　where}  \tn 
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Whose bag is this? \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 1)
\seqsplit{それはすさんのかばんです。} \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1)
That is Sue's bag.% Row Count 4 (+ 1)
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{*The question for "who" is dare, and for "whose," we add the no particle.}  \tn 
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Takeshi is a Japanese person. \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 1)
\seqsplit{みちこさんもにほんじんです。} \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1)
Michiko is Japanese, too.% Row Count 4 (+ 1)
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\emph{A　は　X　です。　　A is X. \newline }}B　も　X　です。　　B too is X.}  \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\seqsplit{やまださんはがくせいじゃないです。} \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 2)
Mr. Yamada is not a student.% Row Count 3 (+ 1)
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{*To negate a statement of the form X wa Y desu, where Y is a noun, replace desu with janai desu. \newline  \newline affirmative:　(Xは)Yです。　X is Y. \newline negative:　　(Xは)Y\{じゃないです；じゃありません；ではありまえん\}　X is not Y.　}  \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{ね \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1)
＝＝ \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 1)
\seqsplit{りいさんのせんこうはぶんがくですね。} \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 2)
Ms. Lee, your major is literature, right? \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1)
\seqsplit{これはにくじゃないですね。} \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1)
This is not meat, is it? \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 1)
よ \newline % Row Count 8 (+ 1)
＝＝ \newline % Row Count 9 (+ 1)
\seqsplit{とんかつはさかなじゃないですよ。} \newline % Row Count 10 (+ 1)
Let me assure you. "Tonkatsu" is not fish.% Row Count 11 (+ 1)
} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\emph{If a speaker is seeking the listener's confirmation or agreement to what has been said, then ne("right?") could be added. \newline  \newline }}Another particle, yo("I tell you"), is added to a statement if the speaker wants to assure the listener of what has been said.}  \tn 
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