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Greetings & Self-Introduction

The foundation: daily greetings and introducing yourself politely.

12 words 6 grammar N5

Sample dialogue

Nice to meet you. My name is Tanaka.

Nice to meet you. I'm Smith.

Where are you from?

I came from America. And you, Tanaka?

Osaka. What work do you do?

I'm an office worker. Nice to meet you.

Key vocabulary

Grammar you'll need

Topic marker は

I am a student.

From / since から (origin)

I work from 9 o'clock.

Possessive / noun modifier の

This is my book. (possession)

Sentence-final よ / ね

This is delicious, you know. (よ asserts new info)

na-adjective predication 〜な + です

This town is quiet. (predicate)

Reason 〜から (because)

Because it's cold, I'll stay home.